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Richard
Greece
Marousi
Athens
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We are playing Fiasco this saturday (woohoo!) with 5 players. Are some playsets found to be easier or difficult to play than others?
I am flirting with the Suburbs playset because it reminds me of the movie The Ice storm
Next would be the Gangster London one, because Guy Richie's movies are more well known to my group.
At the end are playset's so important?
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Barad The Dwarf
Belgium
De Haan
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Well I think it's important to find something your group likes and can live into. I printed out a couple but no one had any preferences we ended up with Gangster London then after randomly picking one. And it worked fine.
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Oliver Graf
Germany
Weissenthurm
[Ø]
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We started right away with Hocus Focus, because we know the background best. I would say: pick a playset that suits your group best, cause in the end you need to talk a lot about the topic, and a playset that does not inspire your group might be poison.
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marauder / media
Germany
Unspecified
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Boards of Games wrote: I am flirting with the Suburbs playset because it reminds me of the movie The Ice storm
The Ice Storm - aaaah - great movie! Ang Lee, Sigourney Weaver, Elajah Wood - great movie!
And yes, I think it is easier to play a set, with wich the players can relate easily to. Be it because of movies, books or real life events, espacially if it is the first fiasco game.
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Jason Morningstar
United States
Durham
North Carolina
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Pick one everybody likes and is excited about, avoid ones with weird conditions or complex settings or that anybody is lukewarm about. Save stuff like Camp Death or Objective Zebra for later.
As a rule, simple, plain, prosaic settings make for excellent first Fiasco games.
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Boards of Games wrote: We are playing Fiasco this saturday (woohoo!) with 5 players. Are some playsets found to be easier or difficult to play than others? I am flirting with the Suburbs playset because it reminds me of the movie The Ice stormNext would be the Gangster London one, because Guy Richie's movies are more well known to my group. At the end are playset's so important?
If you all like Guy Ritchie movies then Gangster London would be a great place to start. You need something that everyone can get into.
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Paul Baldowski
United Kingdom
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I agree with everyone else, which probably means it's the right idea. Pick what works for you and your group, the common strand of interest in theme or background material that floats everyone's boat.
Admittedly, it might turn out quite at odds with your original intentions. We chose 'News Channel Six' because of a common enjoyment of 'Anchorman', but honestly... the final plotline had nothing to do with humourous inter-news team rivalry and everything to do with our minds being in a very dark place that evening!
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I introduced it to new group in Fallout setting. The other time, I took the southern town setting with other new group. The fallout rocked, while the other was quite bad. It depends of the group.
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The Harnish
Germany
Duisburg
NRW
Cult of The Harnish Leader
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I've had really good luck with most of the playsets in the book. Gangster London is my favorite playset and both times I've run Dragonslayers it's worked well too. The high school playset from the companion is also one of my favorites.
As others have said, probably the best advice is to find one that matches your group's tastes and that everyone is excited about - if people aren't excited about the set-up it's probably not going to work well no matter what other people's experiences.
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Marshall Miller
United States
Medford
Massachusetts
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Rather than what your group is most interested in, I'm going to say go for what your group knows the most about. Look for the most mundane playset you can find, rather than the most exciting. Something suburban or rural, something that matches peoples' everyday lives. Take that and use your experience with that setting to make it rich in detail and then make it go horribly wrong.
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