Hi everyone.
It's been several weeks since I joined this forum. And it's been the same since I bought the core rulebook pocket edition.
With one thing and another I have only just got my act together in the last 2 weeks or so and digested the rules.
I started out (obviously) with chargen, on my own. I find it very straight forward which I wasn't expecting (for some reason). Tasks and combat were next and I think I have the grasp of them. I will find out this weekend as I am starting our first adventure with my brother and my 3 kids.
I took onboard the really helpful advice of everyone here about how to approach Traveller with resepct to kids and which adventure to get the ball rolling.
I'm going to be GMing this, a first for me. Back in the '80s I never got to GM any games. So I'm really looking forward to it, as are the kids.
I chose 'Across The Bright Face' as our first adventure but I have added a mini-adventure to it which will be set in an underground lab somewhere near one of the mines.
For eye-candy (especially for the kids' sake) I made my own version of the Dinom map and printed it out as a large mat. It's about 4 feet long! So the the hex tiles are big enough to use minatures on. Unfortunately I have no minatures so I improvised using a plastic Sherman tank from 'Axis & Allies' that I found in a charity shop. So that is going to represent the ATV. It will be something visual for everyone to use.
One other very important thing I have found very difficult to obtain here in the countryside of Ireland is DICE!!! Yes D6s have been almost impossible to obtain. Luckily the same charity shop that I found Axis & Allies in also had some other cheap boardgames which I bought, took the dice then threw the rest away.
Anyway, I will post a report next week of how the session went and any GM mistakes I made (should be a long report).
Also, in my attempt to get the kids hooked on the idea of an RPG game session evening, I have bought a nice stash of Doritos, sweets, Cola and various other munchies.
Thanks everyone for your advice recently. I can't wait to get started.
It's been several weeks since I joined this forum. And it's been the same since I bought the core rulebook pocket edition.
With one thing and another I have only just got my act together in the last 2 weeks or so and digested the rules.
I started out (obviously) with chargen, on my own. I find it very straight forward which I wasn't expecting (for some reason). Tasks and combat were next and I think I have the grasp of them. I will find out this weekend as I am starting our first adventure with my brother and my 3 kids.
I took onboard the really helpful advice of everyone here about how to approach Traveller with resepct to kids and which adventure to get the ball rolling.
I'm going to be GMing this, a first for me. Back in the '80s I never got to GM any games. So I'm really looking forward to it, as are the kids.
I chose 'Across The Bright Face' as our first adventure but I have added a mini-adventure to it which will be set in an underground lab somewhere near one of the mines.
For eye-candy (especially for the kids' sake) I made my own version of the Dinom map and printed it out as a large mat. It's about 4 feet long! So the the hex tiles are big enough to use minatures on. Unfortunately I have no minatures so I improvised using a plastic Sherman tank from 'Axis & Allies' that I found in a charity shop. So that is going to represent the ATV. It will be something visual for everyone to use.
One other very important thing I have found very difficult to obtain here in the countryside of Ireland is DICE!!! Yes D6s have been almost impossible to obtain. Luckily the same charity shop that I found Axis & Allies in also had some other cheap boardgames which I bought, took the dice then threw the rest away.
Anyway, I will post a report next week of how the session went and any GM mistakes I made (should be a long report).
Also, in my attempt to get the kids hooked on the idea of an RPG game session evening, I have bought a nice stash of Doritos, sweets, Cola and various other munchies.
Thanks everyone for your advice recently. I can't wait to get started.