[UA] Re: Promoting UA at Conventions

[James O'Rance]

"Heaver, Paul A." <paul.heaver at baesystems.com> said:

 >>>While I have not tried it at conventions, the way I exposed the members 
of my gaming group to UA was by running Jailbreak, the (IMO) best oneshot 
for any game system ever.<<<

I've used "Jailbreak" and "And I Feel Fine" a number of times to introduce 
UA. and they both work very well (I've even run them both in one sitting). 
Neither requires that the players know detailed magic rules, both include 
chances for action, investigation, and character-play, and both have some 
genuinely creepy bits that really make an impact without being "gratuitously 
mature" (as I think of some convention scenarios I've seen for various 
games).

I've seen players get really spooked by the violin girl in "Jailbreak"; it 
works great if you physically act the role. I've *never* been able to tempt 
players into the basement, though (darn those Scream movies).

"Jailbreak" is an example of how to introduce a magic school in a 
self-contained scenario without the need to introduce all of the rules 
behind it too. Admittedly the school used lent itself to this requirement, 
but it should be possible with many other schools of magic.

"And I Feel Fine" is easier for the GM to control, in my experience; you've 
got the group in your hands for the entire scenario. I like to combine the 
endings, and contrast the eerie emptiness of the general store with grand 
guignol gore in the radio station. Sparky periodically vanishing works as a 
lure without fail. In "Jailbreak," I find that once the cops arrive, you've 
gotta go with the flow.

Cheers!


James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

http://www.geocities.com/dragon-dreamer/



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