Just Him and His Dad
From an email I’ve been meaning to post. Today seems like the right day:
Just wanted to let you know – I introduced a friend of mine to Microscope with a 4-person game a few months back, and he enjoyed it so much that I bought him the rulebook. He texted me yesterday saying that he played a 2-person game the other night, just him and his dad (a first-time Microscope player), and that:
“I haven’t had an interaction with my dad like that since we played first edition D&D together when I was a kid.”
It really meant a lot to him as an adult to be able to sit down with his dad and just kind of “play catch” with their imaginations like they did 20-some years ago. Thanks for such a cool game.
Stuff like this makes being a game designer feel pretty great. Happy Father’s Day.
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Helperman: My email is info at lamemage.com, but public is really better because other people might have the exact same questions that you do and benefit from the answers.
If there isn’t a post that fits, a good place to ask me questions is mastodon:
https://dice.camp/@benrobbins
Aww, that’s lovely, Johannes!
I can share a similar experience about my mom: I’ve been playing role-playing games for at long as I can remember, and my mom has been suspicious of them for just as long. I’m a massive collector, and she’s a children’s book illustrator.
She would pick up a game book, leaf through it with disapproval on her face and make me promise not to let my little brother see it, so he doesn’t get traumatized. She did ask what this gaming thing was all about, but then wouldn’t have the patience to listen to the answer.
Some years back, it came up again, and I brought up Microscope as my favorite game (fortunately, no illustrations of game content). And I said no, I’ll not explain anything, but I’m happy to show you. My brother happened to be around, and we set up a short introductory game of Microscope Union (she cares about family).
After the game she said “I think now I get what you’re so fascinated by. And why you’re talking about it all the time. Thank you for showing me. That made me happy.
Whats the email address that your getting these emails from? I’m asking because I have been wanting to ask you things that d o not directly apply to any of your posts,but I dont know any way to ask you about things except through comments.