Session 0: Game Creation

Kids on Brooms assumes that all the characters are at a wizard-school.
The game setting has stolen quite a lot from the Wizard World (what Warner Bros now calls the world of Harry Potter).

One of the first things we will do, is to create a game together.


Steps to create the game
Game Creation basically takes the follow steps.

1. Create the world we play in.
2. Share some rumors about this world.
3. Create characters.
4. Connect the characters.

Feel free to think about the characters you'd like to play already. But, it'd be good to have a game world first, so your character can be really connected to the world.


Wizarding World or a world of our own?
Kids on Brooms is very inspired on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
As such it is very easy to set the game in the the Wizard World (be it actually at Hogwarts or another school), or create a world of our own.

How do you feel playing in the Wizarding World?


Game variant: Magic Domains
In KoB every spell is basically a Wish. You want something to happen and wave your wand.
Then you roll the dice. Depending on what you are trying to achieve there is a difficulty. So it might work or fail (but something WILL happen).

There is a game variant which restricts magic.
You pick a Domain of magic (anything you can think of: Fire, Life, Illusion, Animals, Travel, Purple, Chocolate) and all your spells will have to fit within the chosen domain.
In this game variant there is a new character strenght: Second Domain.

How do you feel playing in with Magic Domains?
Magic Domains should not really be used with the Wizarding World, in which case we'd best use the spells known from books and movies.


World Creation Questions
If we create a world of our own, I'd like everyone to give some input and have a bit of discussion on the following questions.

Group questions
1. What year do we play in?
2. Where in the world is the school located?
3. How would year and location impact the school and it's surroundings?
4. What is the name of the school?
5. Who is the headmaster? What are they known for?
6. What sort of sports do we play at the school?
7. Let's name two unconventional classes the school teaches.

A question for everyone
7. Let's name a notable locations in the school.
8. Let's name a notable locations in the local area.
9. Let's name a teacher or staff member at the school.
10. Make up a rumor about the school or someone at the school. This might be (partially) true (or not).

If we agree on ignoring all of the many plot holes in The wizarding world , then I'll okey with that setting. But I'll gladly craft our own setting

I'm currently playing Hogwarts Legacy and that is set in the 18th sentry. Are we playing current time 2023?

Legacy is indeed a great game. Currently playing it too.

Any world and time period will work for me.

Yes! Legacy player here too, no surprise we all jumped on Kids with Brooms lol. I'm good with the WW, as long as we have our own plot. We can also use the setting without the actual storylines ie. lets fanfic it lol.

I'm also fine with any time period

yeah. If we do WW, we have a basic world set, but still have our own plot.
Either by going in a different time period and/or making a whole new school (Beaux Batons? Durmstrang? Other?)

I'm pretty much happy to roll with whatever everyone else wants to do. I'm just happy to finally get to try the system.
I like the idea of playing in the Wizarding World, but adding more detail to an existing school, or creating a new one in that world.
I don't know if the time period and location matter? How much of the story will take place off campus?

Okey, we will do the Wizarding World

What kind of game do we want? How old are our characters

Harry potter timeline

Ooh runekyndig, how do you do those? When ever I try to make a poll GP gives me an error. Good thinking though.

I had invited Gnomius, but he will be to busy for the next two weeks. After that, he might join.
So for now it's just us to create the world.

Chech out the GP guide

For North America, i'd rather have our own school than Ilvermorny. Maybe a smaller school near Salem, Oregon? Norse/Norway would be interesting ("By Odin!" As an exclamation of surprise lol.)

I like the idea of near Salem and older ages

May I suggest:

The early/ colonial US, near Salem?
I could imagine the school would have serious issues with witch hunts and the like.

I like the early/ colonial US idea. Having wizards exploring the new land, new creatures and getting ready for an unwelcome frontier. But let us not do it in Salem. To cliche

Some of whats appeals to me is exploring old mysteries. We can't have a "Chamber of secrets" or "The lost private study of an mad genius 100 years ago" in the wild west.... Unless the school is a bigger on the inside tent that the headmaster had brought from the continent. It is much much bigger on the inside, bigger than anyone realizes.

Such old secrets could also be native legends and stuff.

One possibility is a big school, other option could be a smaller more private setting of a local villager teaching a few kids.

@crazybirdman,@Theanah how do you feel about these ideas?

My current mental image is that our school is a horse drawn wagon, but the insides are much bigger on the inside. Larger than the headmaster realises. Making room for us to tell stories about kids who find secret rooms ect

Not comfortable with witch hunts to be honest. I like the idea of a tent. Another option would be an area of mesas. The school could be inside the landforms?

Would the school be in the tent or wagon? Or would it be a portal/port key like device to send kids and staff to where the school is?

If it's early colonial, would the magical community still be loyal to the crown?

No need to go with these then. Witch hunts are out.
Could be interesting. Maybe the teachers just recently came over to the new world and still refer to Hogwarts a lot?
Love it. A travelling magic school. It would actually be a great cover to travel to various locations in the game.



As far as the setup questions go.

Group questions
1. What year do we play in?
May I suggest 1770? That is only a few years before the Boston Tea Party. It should be an era with tension?

2. Where in the world is the school located?
Travelling through New England?

3. How would year and location impact the school and it's surroundings?

4. What is the name of the school?

5. Who is the headmaster? What are they known for?

6. What sort of sports do we play at the school?

7. Let's name two unconventional classes the school teaches.


A question for everyone
7. Let's name a notable locations in the school.

8. Let's name a notable locations in the local area.

9. Let's name a teacher or staff member at the school.

10. Make up a rumor about the school or someone at the school. This might be (partially) true (or not).