RE: FT Demo - Advice, Do's, Don'ts?

OK as a Demo Veteran I've got some advice:

DO Run each step of the first turn, explaining the game as you go.

DON'T try to teach EVERYTHING, then run the turn.

DO have legible record sheets.	I recommend you create the sheets with
full
SSDs on a computer then laminate them.	Use transparency markers to mark
them.  That way you only ever need one set of records.

DO have everything that the player's need: minis, dice, tape measures,
turn
lassos.

DON'T go wandering around unless you have to.  Stick around to answer
questions from your players.

DO arrive on time.

If playing  DON'T try to win... let your players do that.

and most importantly...

DO have a good time.

Later,
Mark A. Siefert

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Ray Forsythe
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:37 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: FT Demo - Advice, Do's, Don'ts?

I'm doing a Full Thrust demo a few weeks from today at one of the local
game stores in town (Rusty Scabbard, 11/29, 1pm to 4pm if you happen to
be
near Lexington, KY).  This will be the first time I've done something
like
this outside of teaching some friends the rules. Rules-wise, I'm
planning
on using cinematic movement, damage control, basic beams and pulse torps
to
keep things simple, but I'm not sure how many ships to use per side.

I've got one 4'x6' table to work with.	I've been thinking along the
lines
of 2 destroyers, 1 light cruiser and 1 heavy cruiser per player, or
maybe 1
heavy cruiser per player if I get if a large turnout.  I'm pulling these
numbers out of the general vicinity of my back pocket however, so I'm
open
to any advice anyone might have.

--
Ray Forsythe - erf2@wombatzone.com - www.wombatzone.com