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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 329024" data-attributes="member: 1368">Lead them down the assumption path.I had this problem in Gamma world a lot and learned that describing little and pausing to search for a word helped. Often players will supply and word and if it fits, From their point of veiw use it. Also give the item to them in parts.I ran a recent d20 hybrid Gamma world (Baddly done then but I'm working on an update) and they found a metal box half buried in the sand. I knew it was a buried car and only the trunk was exposed but that being all they saw they made all sorts of assumptions. Since it was a hover car no spare wheel but everything else in the trunk was very car like. A small medical kit, suitcase and briefcase etc. Like 3 sessions later it dawned on a player what the hell it was. For a gun use a revolver with the chamber open and make it a 5 shot (Not uncommon in the old west I understand) Say the chamber looks like a spotting mechanism and such. Just taking it and turning it a little sideways helps. When we hold  or look at a gun we naturally orientate it correctly becuase we know what it is. A primitive doesn't so describe it while looking down the barrel. It does create a new prospective.These are a few tricks I use and also remember old fashion/early guns looked odd even by todays standards becuase they hadn't been refined yet. A gun could be just a blow gun with a handle until you load a bullet in the chamber roatate the handle to close the chamber and reveal the hammer and trigger which lock into place only when a bullet is in it. Hope this helps</blockquote>

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