10-01-2017, 09:52 PM | #11 |
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Seattle, WA
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Re: First Impressions
I just got done trying out the new game with my regular group and I gotta say it was an amazing success!
It was kind of a spur of the moment decision. We where going to continue the newly started cyberpunk campaign I was running, but one guy couldn’t make it, and he’s the hacker. Sure, I could have made rolls for him but that didn’t sound like any fun, so I sprung this on the guys instead. They made characters. I have the PDFs so I was able to loan out my laptop and tablet so multiple people could look things up as needed. I put them to work on it while I familiarized myself with the dungeon, which I hadn’t had the chance to read yet. We had a GURPS newbie amongst us, and he took to it quite well. He chose the Cleric template and made his character on his own with only having to ask a few questions. It still took us about four hours before we got to the actual game, but there was a lot of talking and pizza eating as well so that’s not at all bad. The veteran GURPS players where impressed! They made comments as to how the rules where explained so much better and that it was likely an item to appear on their Christmas lists. We didn’t finish the dungeon but we plan to play it through in later session(s) now. Good job! |
10-02-2017, 02:26 AM | #12 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way, Infinity.
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Re: First Impressions
That's great to hear Zarmonic.
How long did you play and how far did they get? (If you don't want to post spoilers, you can just say what page you made it to). |
10-02-2017, 07:37 AM | #13 |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Montréal, Québec
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Re: First Impressions
Speaking from my experience running the dungeon twice at Gen Con for groups new to the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game but not to GURPS: It's probably a two-session dungeon for most gamers – three sessions if the group tends to find combat slow-ish in any game because they like to weigh all the options. People tend to need a while to reach area #6 owing to the puzzle-y nature of the earlier areas . . . and due to roleplaying through the adventure intro with the quest-giver!
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10-02-2017, 08:26 AM | #14 |
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Seattle, WA
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We only had a couple of hours left to play so we didn't get past the sewer. They did find Room 4 and now they've decided to return upstairs before moving on. Looks like I'm going to have to come up with some background info for the town, the history of the tavern, smugglers and thieves.
I think it's cool such info was left out so as to make it able to fit in any GM's world, but this was a case where I would have appreciated more detail. Things about the employer are pretty vague. It says in the book how her uncle died but nothing about how everyone thinks he died, or that he is in fact dead and not simply missing. It made for a pretty awkward intro but the players did seem to understand that such petty details where kind of besides the point for this kind of adventure so it worked out fine. |
10-02-2017, 10:45 AM | #15 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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But since I opted to play the Half-Ogre Barbarian pregen* I'm just rolling with "Let's get to the bashing stuff part guys" and no one else has yet thought to ask those pertinent questions. So we breezed right past all those 'pesky' RP moments and are poised at the door opening... * I haven't seen the other pregens as I didn't back deep enough to get the GM Screen (have to buy it later), but there are ... problems with this character's design. Or maybe I just have problems with it's design. |
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10-04-2017, 05:10 PM | #16 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Wellington, NZ
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10-11-2017, 12:44 PM | #17 |
Join Date: Apr 2017
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I was rereading Exploits last night. A little bedtime / stress relief reading.
I do find Dungeon Fantasy to be a really good, fun read, from first impression through current. I hope it does well - I'd like to see some follow-on items or other boxed sets one day. |
10-11-2017, 07:10 PM | #19 | |
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Location: Canada
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He also misses that the professions assume you'll take Disadvantages. Quirks are suggested for a few extra points. |
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