Hullo, folks,

Friday night, the first of my two gaming groups went through the process of character creation for the Broken Rooms RPG. So I figured I would post here about how that process went.

I started off by going through the basics of the Broken Rooms game and rules with the players, and then we got down to character creation. The players came up with some interesting characters, I thought, and I'm rather looking forward to running the game with these guys. Kathy created her character, Hayden Blake1 (I can't figure out how to do the superscript here, to designate the Earth from which the character hails), an ex-thief and cat burglar who experienced the trauma of the death of her entire family and children, and who now travels the Nearside to find out who was responsible for their deaths. Nick's character is also an interesting fellow, Richard Martinez1, a construction site foreman who was dismissed after being wrongfully accused of embezzling funds from the construction crew injuries fund. Tom is playing Andrew Travers1, a fiction writer capable of opening broken rooms, whose works of fiction have gotten darker over the last few years. Joanne created her character, Michelle Helstrom1, a record-setting Avon saleswoman, who had a strange experience while travelling the road one night, and who now has some psychological trauma from whatever experience she had that fateful evening. Angela is playing Kate Matthews1, a forensics specialist working for the local police force, and mother. One of her two children drowned during a summer vacation, and she's not been the same since. David created the character of Max Roberts1, a former hockey player who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was struck during an on-ice collision, and who nows works as a high school hockey coach. Finally, my goddaughter Ellie created Samantha Whitmore1, an 11-year-old student with a fondness for computer and science fiction, who hasn't come into her own yet as a Nearsider. Definitely an interesting group of characters, I think.

You'll be reading more about the exploits of these characters in my campaign, either here in the forums or over on my blog, once the game starts shortly. Hope you enjoy!