r/AskGameMasters • u/Smolbunny120 • 8d ago

Some tips please

Hey guys so my nephew is visiting for 2 days and wants to do a one shot game. He is 12 and I want to give him a good adventure. But there's a problem... he has never played before and I only sat in on a couple games while my husband played a couple years ago and have never actually played myself... what do I do? How do I start?

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u/Smolbunny120 6d ago

Thank you everyone. We eventually settled on doing Honey Heist and I got my husband to play too. I am admittedly terrible at asking followup questions so when I asked my nephew what made him want to play he said because Stranger Things made it look fun and he wanted to play. So we made Honey Heist into a small quick 1 hour game which was enough because my nephew has ADHD and didnt really think through his actions. I did promise him next time i will put together a more adventure type where he will explore things and not have to make decisions where he fights security guards. It was a great learning experience and im very excited to learn more on how to put a game together. Thank you all for the advice and notes.