best 1st scenario for newbie

[Cdnwolf]

Going Home or Pirates of the Vistuala are pretty good beginner scenarios because it allows you play test different talents (ie armor combat - mass combat - driving vehicles)

[Tegyrius]

One thing to take into account is that almost all of the published adventure material was written for v1.0. Most of the plot points are still usable but you'll need to adapt any equipment or NPC stats. The community here can help with specifics.

It sounds like you want to run a classic "start in Europe, get home to the World" campaign. This sets you up for several of the original modules:

• Free City of Krakow introduces a large independent survivor community and focuses on espionage in the ruins.
• The Black Madonna gets into Polish history and has something of a "dungeon crawl" feel to it.
• Pirates of the Vistula is a travel and escort story which leads into...
• Ruins of Warsaw is a military aid and training operation aimed at eliminating a ruthless regional warlord.
• Going Home is a road trip with a time limit, which leads into a return Stateside.

I do feel compelled to ask, though: what sort of adventures do your players want and where do they want the campaign to go?

- C.

[Michael Lewis]

I havent discussed that with them yet
i havent decided witch system to use. V2.2 or Twilight 2013, which i recently picked up.
Have u played 2013? I cant seem to find a forum that supports it yet.

[B.T.]

Hi Michael,
when I started to play, most of my players had no idea of the background and no one knew the rules. But the rules are complicated (Not too complicated, but you have to bear a lot in mind. I personally think, the rules are not in a good order. I still have to flip back and forth through the book. I thought, it is better, to get to know the rules a little better, before starting with one of the modules.). Therefore I choose, to start a little earlier. Before the actual desaster at Kalisz, I gave my players 2 mini-adventures, to accustomize to the rules and the setting.
The adventures were like a Shadowrun without magic and Matrix, but the players got used to the rules and had the chance, to finetune their characters.

[Michael Lewis]

Originally Posted by B.T.

Hi Michael,
when I started to play, most of my players had no idea of the background and no one knew the rules. But the rules are complicated (Not too complicated, but you have to bear a lot in mind. I personally think, the rules are not in a good order. I still have to flip back and forth through the book.

Yeah, the rules are not the best organized. An short adventure would not be a bad idea.

Any suggestions?

[Tegyrius]

Originally Posted by Michael Lewis

Yeah, the rules are not the best organized. An short adventure would not be a bad idea.

Any suggestions?

Effectively, what you need here is a convention demo game. Four or five hours, simple plot, just enough to teach the basic rules and give your players a feel for the setting.

My usual formula for such games has a briefing/introduction and three main scenes. Feel free to use or discard this as you see fit.

In the briefing, the PCs receive a mission. For a demo, make it easy and make them part of a larger unit, so this can be handed out by a commander. "Go reconnoiter our planned route and deal with any major problems" is always good.

In the first scene, the players engage in some preliminary investigation, which leads into the first of the session's two combat sequences. This should be a slow pitch - you don't want to outclass or kill the PCs, you want to use this as a low-threat learning experience so your players learn how the game mechanics work. (Example: the PCs encounter a patrol of local militia which initially acts friendly, then tries to backstab them.)

In the second scene, the players put together all the information they gathered in the first scene, do some more investigating based on that, identify the major obstacle facing them, and formulate a plan to deal with it. (Example: friendly villagers thank the PCs for taking out the militia patrol. The local militia is in the pay of a renegade Russian officer who rules this entire area with an iron fist. The local garrison is weak enough for the PCs' unit to take on, but an unrelated event has triggered a large-scale deployment. A large troop column is due to arrive in 18 hours, and it's more than enough to overwhelm the PCs' unit.)

In the third scene, the PCs go deal with the problem in decisive and violent fashion. This is the players' chance to come up with a cool tactical plan and to use whatever resources they managed to scrape together in the previous scenes. They also get to apply the lessons they've previously learned about how combat works in this game system. (Example: while the unit gets ready to move out, the PCs are tasked with taking out the local garrison to clear the path. How do they do it? Up to them.)

That help?

- C.

[Michael Lewis]

Somewhat.

[Tegyrius]

Originally Posted by Michael Lewis

I havent discussed that with them yet
i havent decided witch system to use. V2.2 or Twilight 2013, which i recently picked up.
Have u played 2013? I cant seem to find a forum that supports it yet.

Nor are you likely to, I fear. 93 Games Studio, the publisher of Twilight: 2013, shut down at the end of 2010. The company forum went down when the domain registration and hosting contract expired. Your best bet for 2013 support is this forum.

- C.

[Cdnwolf]

Originally Posted by Michael Lewis

I havent discussed that with them yet
i havent decided witch system to use. V2.2 or Twilight 2013, which i recently picked up.
Have u played 2013? I cant seem to find a forum that supports it yet.

Yes Teg... have you played Twl2013 .... lmao...