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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Badwe" data-source="post: 4723518" data-attributes="member: 61762">I can’t say that I shared your experience.  This was my first time going to a con-style event and playing with strangers and it worked out smashingly.  I met 5 brand new people that day to play with, including a gentleman who had never played 4th edition before, and one of the other players brought his young daughter to play.  I was reticent at first, worrying she would get bored or distracted, but she actually did wonderfully.  We let her pick first, and she gravitated towards the bard (tiny like her) which again made me nervous as the leader is an important role.  With a little help from her father she did a great job, and was arguably even a great roleplayer.  She dove right into the (admittedly light) story of helping a little girl who had accidentally unleashed demons upon her town.  The rest of us were able to squeeze in little bits of roleplaying with our admittedly bare bones personalities, including I (the paladin) feigning displeasure at the drow and invoker proposing trying to ignite the mill full of monsters rather than descend in immediately.  We all shared a laugh when the barbarian successfully distracted me long enough for the other players to attempt their scheme (to no avail, the monsters stomped out the flame before it could reach the flammable flour.).Ultimately it took us 6 hours to do what was supposed to take 3 hours, but with 2 people who were essentially completely new to the game period, I’d consider it a resounding success, and nobody left the table unhappy.In all fairness though, I think trying to play along with someone who has a serious impediment to overcome could probably be more frustrating than a sharp-witted little one.  It really depends on your perspective and your willingness to be patient with others.  Since my own group is full of people constantly busy with jobs and having to come in late and leave early, I was delighted to sit down with people willing to invest 6 hours in a game.</blockquote>

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