So I expected the game to be a little slow at first, as you don’t want to look like a fool.  It’s kind of like showing up for a job interview at McDonalds wearing a tuxedo.  While the tux is appropriate at an opera house, you’d be overdoing it at a fast food joint.  As the first game session started, my expectations were proven incorrect as the players immediately started playing in-character.  Accents and voices were used, which is not something I can do well at all, but it immediately set the bar as to what was expected in this gaming group.

 The second session, with a much larger group (most of the group didn’t make the first game), made me reset to my original plan—sit back and wait.  However even this plan was deflected as I spent the first hour of the game as an active participant while the new players finished their characters and waited to get involved.  Therefore I was forced to put my cards on the table first.

 Overall, the experience went very well.  I think the group fits my general style of gaming, and sets the bar a little above my comfort level—which has its benefits as well.  Its interesting to see how other people game, so I can pull some of those experiences back to my normal gaming group to improve that game as well.