johnsemlak
First Post
After months of trying to put together a group (here in Moscow), I had my first session.
There were four players, one of whom was my wife. I DMed. None of the players knew the rules, so I had to explain from the beginning concepts like race, class. They hadn't even seen any dice except the d6.
After a brief explaination of basic concepts (thanks everybody for all the comments on how do do so in a related thread), I gave them some pregenerated characters (I had quite a few, so the players could choose something they wanted in terms of race and class), and we went through <i>The Burniong Plague</i>. We got to encounter 6, and had to stop the session while being attacked by zombies.
I have to recommend <i>The Burning Plague</i> as an introductory module for newbies. It's got a little of everything. My players fell through thier first pit trap (a near TPK), got ambushed several times, tried sipping a potion, listened through doors, etc.
We did combat on makeshift battle sheets I did by drawing the rooms on a sheet of paper and drawing a grid with a pencil. We used small chess pieces for miniatures. It worked really well. It was the first time I had every used miniatures to such an extent. It really helps, I must say. I'm really interested in battlemats now.
To give them a taste of what might lie in the future, I showed them my Greyhawk map from LGG, which I plan to use in modified form (I'm going to add a Russian-flavored kingdom somehwere) They had never seen such a detailed fantasy setting map, and thought it was really cool.
I really hope the players are as interested in continuing as they say they are. It's always difficult to judge. They probably don't yet have the same passion I have, and may never will, but we have agreed to meet again, so their's real promise of an ongoing campaign.
Anyway, I can finally say my D&D-Moscow campaign has begun!!!
There were four players, one of whom was my wife. I DMed. None of the players knew the rules, so I had to explain from the beginning concepts like race, class. They hadn't even seen any dice except the d6.
After a brief explaination of basic concepts (thanks everybody for all the comments on how do do so in a related thread), I gave them some pregenerated characters (I had quite a few, so the players could choose something they wanted in terms of race and class), and we went through <i>The Burniong Plague</i>. We got to encounter 6, and had to stop the session while being attacked by zombies.
I have to recommend <i>The Burning Plague</i> as an introductory module for newbies. It's got a little of everything. My players fell through thier first pit trap (a near TPK), got ambushed several times, tried sipping a potion, listened through doors, etc.
We did combat on makeshift battle sheets I did by drawing the rooms on a sheet of paper and drawing a grid with a pencil. We used small chess pieces for miniatures. It worked really well. It was the first time I had every used miniatures to such an extent. It really helps, I must say. I'm really interested in battlemats now.
To give them a taste of what might lie in the future, I showed them my Greyhawk map from LGG, which I plan to use in modified form (I'm going to add a Russian-flavored kingdom somehwere) They had never seen such a detailed fantasy setting map, and thought it was really cool.
I really hope the players are as interested in continuing as they say they are. It's always difficult to judge. They probably don't yet have the same passion I have, and may never will, but we have agreed to meet again, so their's real promise of an ongoing campaign.
Anyway, I can finally say my D&D-Moscow campaign has begun!!!
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Keep us posted, ok?
