I’ve had a game of Anima Prime at a con where a player froze during our first turn of conflict. Others went first and were describing cool little maneuvers. Then it was his turn, and he’s like, “I don’t know.” So we all give some suggestions. He keeps saying “I don’t know what to do.” I explain that it’s totally cool to literally just say “I punch the giant robot” and then roll his dice, like you would in any trad game, and that he’s not going to be ineffective or missing out on supporting the team or what. Still didn’t want to do it. It was an incredible drain on everyone.

At first I blamed myself for maybe not helping him enough. But I was later stuck in a different game with the same guy, and still, no creative input whatsoever. And that was Microscope! Why’d you sit down to play Microscope if you are not ready to add anything?!?