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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 1162296" data-attributes="member: 9410">Are new gamers always shy?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; I wasn't.What do you do with a shy gamer?&nbsp; That depends upon who you are...I (as a player) gamed with a shy gamer, once.&nbsp; I kept after him.&nbsp; I'd ask him what he was doing, in-game.&nbsp; I'd ask him what he thought...&nbsp; I'd say &quot;Any ideas?&quot;, and then look at him...&nbsp; When the party was divying up the magic items, I'd make sure he didn't get &quot;overlooked&quot;.&nbsp; Unfortunately, he never caught on, and soon left the game.If you're the GM, demand Initiative rolls, and then handles PC actions in order.&nbsp; When you get to them, review the situation, state the other PCs' actions, and the results so far, and then ask them what their PC is doing.&nbsp; If you have a treasure in the room, and haven't defined where it's hidden, you might as well let the newbie find it...&nbsp; That usually gets a smile, and the fact that THEY have their hands on it pretty much assures they get first choice!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> I never had any of these problems, when I started.&nbsp; I had been rarin't'go for quite a while, and dived right in.&nbsp; Eventually, we found a +1 Ring of Protection, which I got to wear until the party divied up the wealth...&nbsp; Cash we split evenly, but magic we &quot;auctioned off&quot;, and whoever bid the most got it...So to this point, we had found several items, most of which someone else was using.&nbsp; The +1 Ring came up for bid, and one of the higher-level PCs with lots of magic items started bidding against me.&nbsp; Soon, everyone else had dropped out.&nbsp; It irked me that he wanted to take &quot;my&quot; lowly ring, when I had nothing else but the sword, so I ran the price up.&nbsp; The other PCs started laughing when we exceeded the GP sale value of the Ring...&nbsp; I ran the price as high as I thought he'd keep bidding, and then let him have it...When &quot;my&quot; +3 sword came up for bid, the GM asked him if he was going to bid on it.&nbsp; He just shook his head.&quot;You don't have enough money, do you?&quot; asked the GM, grinning.The other player grinned back, sheepishly.&nbsp; &quot;No!&quot;I wasn't shy, but I didn't say a word.&nbsp; I just forked over the cash and collected my +3 sword.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 1162296, member: 9410"] Are new gamers always shy? No. I wasn't. What do you do with a shy gamer? That depends upon who you are... I (as a player) gamed with a shy gamer, once. I kept after him. I'd ask him what he was doing, in-game. I'd ask him what he thought... I'd say "Any ideas?", and then look at him... When the party was divying up the magic items, I'd make sure he didn't get "overlooked". Unfortunately, he never caught on, and soon left the game. If you're the GM, demand Initiative rolls, and then handles PC actions in order. When you get to them, review the situation, state the other PCs' actions, and the results so far, and then ask them what their PC is doing. If you have a treasure in the room, and haven't defined where it's hidden, you might as well let the newbie find it... That usually gets a smile, and the fact that THEY have their hands on it pretty much assures they get first choice! :p I never had any of these problems, when I started. I had been rarin't'go for quite a while, and dived right in. Eventually, we found a +1 Ring of Protection, which I got to wear until the party divied up the wealth... Cash we split evenly, but magic we "auctioned off", and whoever bid the most got it... So to this point, we had found several items, most of which someone else was using. The +1 Ring came up for bid, and one of the higher-level PCs with lots of magic items started bidding against me. Soon, everyone else had dropped out. It irked me that he wanted to take "my" lowly ring, when I had nothing else but the sword, so I ran the price up. The other PCs started laughing when we exceeded the GP sale value of the Ring... I ran the price as high as I thought he'd keep bidding, and then let him have it... When "my" +3 sword came up for bid, the GM asked him if he was going to bid on it. He just shook his head. "You don't have enough money, do you?" asked the GM, grinning. The other player grinned back, sheepishly. "No!" I wasn't shy, but I didn't say a word. I just forked over the cash and collected my +3 sword. [/QUOTE]

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