Filed under: Japan, Organized Event, Real Life Adventures | Tags: Bears, Big Blue
I’ve been struck down by a disease so virulent and deadly that even by reading this post you have a chance of being infected. You have been warned.
Apart from that I’ll have another episode of Big Blue up shortly, hopefully including my new intro! Here are a few notes about the making of Big Blue to tide you over. Two of the kids regularly attend Saturday / Friday classes where the game might get played every other week. I’ve found it to be incredibly effective at motivating them to express ideas that they might otherwise not get to practice, and to use English in all sorts of crazy new ways.
This session that I taped was originally intended to go for a couple of hours, but unfortunately we started late, so the first season is a short one. The rules are incredibly simplified 4e rules, although every so often I’ll step them up a little when I think the group is ready. Strangely though, the kids all feel that no matter what pokemon mechanics will apply to the game and every monster in it.
I hope you enjoy it, and if you do feel free to let me know by commenting. That way I’ll know whether to keep going with it or to abandon it like a Jehovah’s Witness at the door.
What happens when a group of Japanese students have a school camp and play a simplified role-playing game? Watch and find out. This episode starts with an explanation of the rules for the kids, and a little sorting through the miniatures that will be used.
