What Would You Run For A Public Game Day

Persimmon · April 05, 2022, 10:11:15 PM

I'd likely run OSE or White Box. Quick & easy set-up without too many rules to keep track of, but lots of latitude in an adventure.

Jam The MF · April 06, 2022, 02:41:43 AM

Quote from: Wrath of God on April 05, 2022, 08:18:58 PM
I'd roll d6.

1. Forbidden Lands
2. D&D 4E
3. Call of Cthulhu 5e
4. Fading Suns 2e
5. Monster of the Week 2e
6. Warhammer Fantasy 2e

You'd roll with D&D 4E, for a one session game? Hmm.....

Chris24601 · April 06, 2022, 08:08:34 AM

As I've got my own system built I'd run it with some pregens.

Ghostmaker · April 06, 2022, 08:22:41 AM

Spawn of Fashan.

Ok, seriously now. Any halfway decent one-shot from a system that's not going to give people too many headaches will work for a Game Day.

HappyDaze · April 06, 2022, 08:55:58 AM

If you really want to support literacy, then run a game with minimal visuals and no miniatures. Encourage theatre of the mind and "show" them that something imagined can be as enjoyable as hyper-sweetened eye candy.

jeff37923 · April 06, 2022, 11:25:20 AM

OK, they have sent me a flyer for the event and it looks a lot more comic book related than I thought it was.

Wrath of God · April 06, 2022, 09:21:43 PM

QuoteYou'd roll with D&D 4E, for a one session game? Hmm.....

If that's what Dice Gods decide.

rhialto · April 07, 2022, 06:21:56 AM

Quote from: jeff37923 on April 05, 2022, 05:27:36 PM
So, I've been asked to run a game for a Game Day at the end of this month. The event is sponsored by our local community college and will last for 5 hours - so I will have enough time for a single RPG scenario. Now they have also mentioned that this is also designed to promote and support literacy in higher education.

I already know what I will run, but using the same criteria - what game system and what scenario would you run if you were in the same position? Why?

I think I'd go with Cepheus Atom, Cepheus Quantum or Barbaric!, since you could do chargen (no pre-gens) and play in 5 hours. If CA I'd explain it as similar to "Mad Max" or "The Walking Dead", if CQ I'd explain it as "The Expanse", if Barbaric! as "Game of Thrones", as the most immediately identifiable media tie-ins. Not that I'd use those settings, just as references they might know. I'd assiduously avoid anything heavier if I had any hope of getting any of them reading more or gaming a 2nd time: if the idea is to "promote literacy in higher education" I'd want to encourage their desire to keep reading/gaming with a light intro.

oggsmash · April 07, 2022, 06:27:26 AM

Given what most kids read these days (meaning most do not read anything, they touch a screen and watch or listen, including for many classes) any rpg that has a book with rules in it, will be in the spirit. Hand out a 3-4 page summary of rules or the background for the adventure, and IMO you are doing just fine regarding promoting literacy.

rhialto · April 08, 2022, 06:34:22 AM

Come to think of it, Beyond the Wall and Through Sunken Lands would be good options too: hand out playbooks and roll PCs as a group, have a scenario ready at the end. That'll promote literacy and numeracy.