thread: 2006-02-20 : Open House: Ask a Frequent Question, pt 2
On 2006-03-21, Vincent wrote:
Not your fault, Marcus! Bring money into the conversation and you have to deal with my whole ethical system.
The best way I've found to get people interested in the game - and here I'm talking to you as a fellow enthusiast, understand, pitching the game to people who might not pick it up on their own - the best way I've found is a ten-minute demo based on the scenario that opens the conflict resolution chapter.
"You're a kid, maybe 20; you're Christian; you're a Texas Ranger. You're in this town where the shopkeeper from Connecticut? His wife isn't his wife, she's a whore, he's the pimp. Your oldest brother lives in town, and his son - he's 14, your nephew - his son has been stealing money from him to take to visit her. Your brother's just found out. He's going to shoot her.
"You meet him on the road coming up from his farm, he's got his old carbine in his hand. He says, 'get out of my way brother, this ain't nothin of yours.' Here are your dice to answer him. You get these other dice too if you fight him, and these dice? They're your gun."
Play out that one conflict with just the one player, gather the rest of your group around to watch how it works. If the game's for them, they'll be totally sold.
If you're interested in what the game means to me personally, ask whatever you like, and maybe start here.
