Episode 625 – profiting from session one

Fear the Boot, RPG Podcast

* (0:29) What is your goal for the first session of a game?

* (2:10) Who are these characters really?

* (6:08) When the person you wanted to be isn’t who you became.

* (11:34) A buffet of NPCs.

* (16:14) Keeping the first session low pressure and shorter length.

* (20:33) The social leader of the group.

* (25:30) The flexibility in session one. Using the first game as a test of session zero.

* (33:43) Testing the waters as the Game Master.

* (37:09) Using rules and rolls a bit more than you otherwise would.

Hosts: Dan, Doug, Mary, Wayne