A month ago, I was at a 4th of July celebration with a bunch of friends I'd made through a Meetup group called 'Geek Girls'. Stellar folks. I love 'em to bits. But one of them brings up the fact that she's never played a tabletop RPG before, wants to, and knows a bunch of other girls among the Geeks who would like to. I've played before several times, so she asks if I want to run one. This was not something I felt I was up to, feeling still like a bit of a newbie myself, despite the number of years I've played. However, there was another girl present who had some experience and a pension for rules--my one true weakness. So we decide--what the hell? We become co-GMs for a newbie Pathfinder game. Over the next week or so, a lot of effort went into world-building and background formation. We didn't want to use anything premade. So we made Solden.
I drew the map and my co-GM Kate filled in the awesome color and texture. We've both had hands in the names. We're very proud of it.
Our first game was about two weeks ago, and I think we were rather successful. We had a huge turnout. Ideally, we wanted six players and wouldn't go over eight. We ended up with seven. A bit much to handle, but they were all really well-behaved. I can't wait to get into real character building and interaction. I think there are quite a few who don't quite know what to do with themselves or their characters, but I'm thinking we could maybe start doing a couple one-on-one-type sessions to get people more familiar with their characters.
We had to forgo a second game the following week on account of my being out of town to go to my cousin's wedding--not to mention my mother's arrival in town and my very first car accident. But that's a story for next time!
