It's been a while since I last posted in this blog, the reason being is that I've been busy. I'm also discovering that it's really difficult to blog about creating a campaign world that I can't somehow get off the ground. Anyway, my wife has recently asked me to try and play an RPG with our five year-old daughter Chichi. She's a precocious little thing - very early exposure to my primary hobby of board gaming has made her eager to try board games children her age can't normally play or understand yet. With Fate Core being one of my favorite RPGs, I decided to try the Fate Accelerated Edition (FAE) with her since I wanted something simple where she can start. Below is a transcript of what roughly transpired in our little game creation:
Me: So what kind of pretend character do you want to play?
Chichi: I want to play a fairy princess
Me: (Well, that was easy). So what does she do beside the usual princess-y stuff?
Chichi: She waters her garden!
Me: Ok...
Chichi: And she loves purple tulips and pink roses. And eats chocolate cake every day!
At this point I realized that the rule book suggests a minimum of three players for FAE: at least two players and one GM. So I included the wife.
Me: Chichi, Mommy wants to play a character, too. What kind of character do you think she can play?
Chichi: She can be a talking pink and purple butterfly.
Me: And what does the talking butterfly do, beside fly around?
Chichi: She can be the princess's friend
Me: And what else?
Chichi: The butterfly likes pretty stuff. And loves to sing all the time!
So at this stage I introduced the concept of Approaches. Chichi wants the fairy princess to be Careful, first and foremost (+3). Next, she is also Clever and Flashy (+2). Lastly, she is Quick and Sneaky (+1). As for the talking butterfly friend, Chichi determined it to be Flashy as a singer (+3). Also, Careful and Quick (+2), and Clever and Sneaky (+1). Both of them are mediocre in Forceful (+0).
Finally, I introduced that their character can have Special Powers (Stunts). Chichi wanted her fairy princess to have a Magic Wand that can create nice things. The butterfly, aside from being able to talk and fly, has a Magic Song that can make people happy.
Lastly, I asked for the names. Chichi wanted to name her character "Chichi" but I said she should think of another name, so she called her Rosy. As for the butterfly, she was named "Flappy".
So after all of these, we created two characters for the players:
Rosy the Fairy Princess
High Concept: Fairy Princess who waters her own garden
Trouble: Obsessed with pink roses and purple tulips
Other: Eats chocolate cake every day
Approaches:
+3 Careful
+2 Clever
+2 Flashy
+1 Quick
+1 Sneaky
Stunt:
Magic Wand: Once every session, can create one nice thing
Flappy the Butterfly
High Concept: Rosy's talking butterfly friend
Trouble: Attracted to pretty stuff
Other: Likes to sing a lot
Approaches:
+3 Flashy
+2 Careful
+2 Quick
+1 Clever
+1 Sneaky
Stunt:
Magic Song: +2 to Flashy to change the mood of listeners to "happy"
Tomorrow, hopefully my first FAE game :)
