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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 1879062" data-attributes="member: 14041">(possibly off topic, not sure, mods please forgive me if its in the wrong place)I have occasionally wondered about exposing my non-RPGing family and friends to the game as a way of explaining it to them.  This first came up when I published my first article in Dragon (which makes it sound like there have been tons, but alas not (yet)) and I showed it to my mother.  Who of course understood none of it, but was very motherly congradulatory (actually she said "oh the art is beautiful" but thats mama for you).  I started thinking it would be easier to show it than explain it.Recently, a friend's mother had one of those self-modifying memories and claimed that she was worried about her daughter playing DnD.  (Said friend is well and away old enough to be consider an adult and has been playing off and on since the 70s when she was in High School.)  Apparently the subject came up at T-giving again but her mother has again altered her memory and no longer has a problem with it, but her brother who played  back when wanted to role up a character for old times sake as a way to explain it to his wife (who my friend's husband described as a "straight" and "normal" but,a s we pointed out, she  is an actress so how normal can she be.)  She can tell you more, she posts here and will find this thread soon enough.So, my question for discussion is: have you ever run a game for non-gamers just to show them what it was like?  If so how did it go? Got any advice? Horror stories? Great Victories? or even.....converts?</blockquote>

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