tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post7591114878427064051..comments2023-11-03T08:06:51.408-07:00Comments on Coiled Sheets of Lead: Play Report: Holmes Basic Intro to Gaming for Post-MillenialsKarel Machahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753758856975674463noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-73031905018925693272019-03-11T11:55:19.103-07:002019-03-11T11:55:19.103-07:00We're also using pieces from old board games a...We're also using pieces from old board games a lot. Also coins and small d6s.Ynas Midgardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972628887096890642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-10201439038899371212019-02-09T15:29:17.000-08:002019-02-09T15:29:17.000-08:00Glad you found it interesting! I like playing D&a...Glad you found it interesting! I like playing D&D with people who have never played before or don't have so many preconceptions of what they are supposed to do. About 8 years ago, I DMed for an artist friend who had never played D&D (and didn't read Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser types of literature.) An unsavory-seeming fellow with a patch over one eye waxed on to her PC and her party about unguarded ancient tombs on the steppe which were full of forgotten gold for the taking. Somebody steeped in the right tropes would realize "oh, here's an adventure hook" and jump in (with proper preparations and suspicion toward the hook-dangler) to remedy their empty-wallet condition. But the artist was thinking like a sensible real-life person, not a swords & sorcery character: "Descend into a dark hole in the ground? Listen to a rogue? No way!" So it was cool to see D&D tropes from an outside perspective.<br /><br />Anyway, to finally answer your questions: One of the girls had played computer RPGs, but the other, raised by my bohemian intellectual friends, had only really played Minecraft before on the computer. <br /><br />They had no gripes about the simplicity of the rules, but they did wonder about no armor for the mage, not many weapons for the mage, why only leather armor for the thief. Karel Machahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753758856975674463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-91971314205749452692019-02-09T09:41:02.930-08:002019-02-09T09:41:02.930-08:00Glad the character sheets were useful! I put those...Glad the character sheets were useful! I put those spaces for Age, Height etc on there because I knew kids loving picking out that stuff. I've shied away from burning oil in my kids' games because of the horribleness of burning something alive, although of course when I was a kid it never bothered me, though we never used it much.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-85278825240493355552019-02-08T22:42:49.244-08:002019-02-08T22:42:49.244-08:00Huh. This is pretty interesting (especially your o...Huh. This is pretty interesting (especially your observations). Had the kids any prior experience with computer RPGs? Were there any gripes about the simplicity of the (Holmes) basic rules?JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-29942366676804756762019-02-08T11:15:19.469-08:002019-02-08T11:15:19.469-08:00Yes, it was. Thanks for reading, Denis!Yes, it was. Thanks for reading, Denis!Karel Machahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753758856975674463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-23841103891543046202019-02-08T11:14:06.141-08:002019-02-08T11:14:06.141-08:00That's a good idea, Chris! I have always avoi...That's a good idea, Chris! I have always avoided miniatures because I don't want to spend all that money, but chess pieces on a paper grid wouldn't be a bad way to give the kids the benefit of visuals minus the expense and hassle of minis.Karel Machahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753758856975674463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-77836748718084896232019-02-08T04:12:26.531-08:002019-02-08T04:12:26.531-08:00Sounds like a lot of fun!Sounds like a lot of fun!Gwythainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184355400691527355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992629824940251469.post-81222376437354080132019-02-07T22:09:18.785-08:002019-02-07T22:09:18.785-08:00Sounds like you all had fun. I would play with ch...Sounds like you all had fun. I would play with chess or Clue pieces or anything to help the kids visualize.Chris Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226704397864485757noreply@blogger.com