Running a Pickup Game at the FLGS

[falconious]

As I have mentioned in my first collection of microdungeons (just before Ageless Sentinels), I have contemplated running a pickup microdungeon event at the FLGS, wherein players would create microdungeons and run them for neighbors.  I have two big questions for this.  First, what would be the best microdungeons to select to provide as an introductory packet?  Second, would asking new players to make microdungeons be a bit much, with the caveat that I could pre-compute many numbers beforehand?

[order99]

Are these 'new'players as in 'just met them' or 'new' as in 'never tried T&T before'?

At any rate, i'd probably suggesting the players contribute their own Microdungeons once your new group has a few games under their belts-maybe 100 AP per donation? Back when I had a regular group (sob!) we used to have a 'rotating GM' for different adventures...this eventually became 'rotating Games' where one GM would have a 'hot streak' with a game (T&T or otherwise) and another Player wetting up a different game for when the current GM wanted to be a Player again. Worked well for seven years...until life intervened as always...

As far as a starting adventure or two-unless the Players know it already you can't go wrong with the updated 'Dungeon of the Bear':

www.drivethrurpg.com/product/65655/Dungeon-of-the-Bear?manufacturers_id=2238

The classic Labrynth:

www.drivethrurpg.com/product/65634/Labyrinth?manufacturers_id=2238

Uncle Ugly's Underground

www.drivethrurpg.com/product/246013/Uncle-Uglys-Underground-Doom?manufacturers_id=2238

-what can I say, i'm a fan of the Classics

Best of luck on the new game BTW...

[falconious]

Thanks. This would presumably be "never tried T&T before". I was figuring a group of four people, each making a microdungeon, and playing it with a partner, probably performing matches as Left, Across, Right. Keeping Dungeon of the Bear as a fallback is probably a good idea.

[falconious]

Also for the event, the FLGS requested a flyer. Below is my first draft of text. What else should I include/leave out? Thanks!

Create Your Own Adventure


Gamebooks have been around for a long time. Now you can create your own short adventures, try them with other players, and score some Magic cards in the process!


Rules and Characters Provided!

[order99]

Sounds like a T&T Micro-Deathmatch (FUN!). So two PCs per Dungeon with pre-scripted scenarios (and Yourself for on-the-fly rulings)...or would one of the partners be a GM with the other a PC running Solo? Either way sounds fun.

[falconious]

The plan is that everybody makes a solitaire and runs it for a partner. This is repeated until everybody has played with every other person. This could presumably be followed by a vote for favorite dungeon, or similar. I have typed up rules for it in another post.