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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mishihari Lord" data-source="post: 6633021" data-attributes="member: 128">I have just a few bits of advice, and they're based on my 16 year old nephew who has Asperger's and whom I've known well for many years.  I'll call him Bob here, but that's not actually his name.  Take this with a grain of salt, as I'm assuming he's a typical example of Asperger's, which may or may not not be the case.That first bit of advice is to play the initial session with just the two of you, if he considers you a friend, or just the two of you with one parent otherwise.  One of Bob's big challenges is that he gets information overload very quickly.  For example if there's two conversations going on in earshot he can't block one out and process the other, and he can't understand both at the same time, so his mental processing just kind of shuts down.  It's very frustrating and stressful.  When he was younger he would start chanting a mantra to block everything else out.  Now he just leaves the room.  Limiting the number of people in the room for the first game would help avoid this scenario.  Once he has how to play the game down then add other people.The second bit is to be patient if he obsesses on the rules a bit.  Bob likes rules, as they simplify how he thinks of his environment which helps avoid information overload.  He really, really likes rules and likes it when everyone follows them.  Don't be surprised if your friend wants rules and not rulings.If you can share the results of your experience without breaching any sort of confidentiality, I'd be very interested in hearing how things went.</blockquote>

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