I have both 1E and 2E Paranoia (but haven't done more than skim them a bit) and a friend of mine is planning to run some sessions of XP. He's a somewhat inexperienced GM but really loves the game.
One difficulty is that he waits until the last minute and then gets annoyed when the rest of us don't know what is going on. His idea is that if we know nothing about the mutations and secret societies then we can be surprised when stuff pops up that we don't know anything about. Because of his desire to surprise us, I have promised him that I would not read my rulebooks until his campaign has finished.
My biggest frustration is that he isn't telling us anything about how the game works. (Character generation, etc.) He quickly listed off the stats and they don't sound familiar, so I have to assume that some big changes occured in the XP revision. I've been trying to prep my children (ages 10 and 13) because they really want to play in this campaign, but things are too different and I don't know enough to help them out. My GM just doesn't seem to "get it" that my kids will be twice as frustrated as I am if they are too confused.
What I'm asking is this: Does anyone know of a link that would give general information about character generation without giving away all of the secret stuff? I thought I saw that someone wrote up a "how to play Conan" and I would be interested in something like a "how to play Paranoia XP".
Will anyone help me out?
One difficulty is that he waits until the last minute and then gets annoyed when the rest of us don't know what is going on. His idea is that if we know nothing about the mutations and secret societies then we can be surprised when stuff pops up that we don't know anything about. Because of his desire to surprise us, I have promised him that I would not read my rulebooks until his campaign has finished.
My biggest frustration is that he isn't telling us anything about how the game works. (Character generation, etc.) He quickly listed off the stats and they don't sound familiar, so I have to assume that some big changes occured in the XP revision. I've been trying to prep my children (ages 10 and 13) because they really want to play in this campaign, but things are too different and I don't know enough to help them out. My GM just doesn't seem to "get it" that my kids will be twice as frustrated as I am if they are too confused.
What I'm asking is this: Does anyone know of a link that would give general information about character generation without giving away all of the secret stuff? I thought I saw that someone wrote up a "how to play Conan" and I would be interested in something like a "how to play Paranoia XP".
Will anyone help me out?
