Friday, 12 February 2021

Solo scenarios to teach the game

  • I'm a fan of solo scenarios to teach rules, there's nothing like learning by doing.
  • The ones I've done (in approximate order of publication are).
    • The one from the the D&D Red Box (Mentzer).
    • The one from the D&D 1991 Black Box.
      • This one was embedded in a more thorough tutorial, which deserves its own post.
    • "All in a Night's Work" from the GURPs 3e Basic Set
    • The one from the Starfinder Beginnner Box (though this one is pretty minimalistic).
    • And the one from the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, which also slowly introduces character generation. 
  • I guess they're an extension of the ubiquitous (and also useful) example of play idea, which goes right back to OD&D.

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