August 16: What historical character would you like in your group? For what game?
I'm sure that there will be a deluge of answers from people clamoring to play with Hitler, but I'm going to buck the trend and choose someone nice. His name Fred Rogers from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. I'm not the first person to notice this and I have nothing to do with the little meme below, but I think Mr. Rogers would kick ass running any game. First, he had the coolest set pieces: minis that could be played with at the table and even better the full size props for LARPing. He was always clear and patient making sure that everyone knew what was going on. He gave plenty of opportunity for player input. He had several story props that would come out from time to time and Picture Picture and the Trolley would give visual and audio clues respectively alerting the players to the beginning and ending of each session. Mr. McFeely was always dropping off more stuff for Rogers--I assume it was all from Amazon and Kickstarters that he backed--so that things stayed fresh at his table. He even had girls playing. Admittedly, things went gonzo really quick with purple pandas, the bizarre relationship between Henrietta Pussycat and X the owl, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde always freaked me out, but you can just tell that he'd run the gaming table like a boss.
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