Here's what I'm doing (short form):
I'm going to be introducing RPG's to my math students in our last unit (starts in 2 weeks). The unit is on probability so I intend to have them spend some time learning how to figure simple and compound probability and to work out how common events are, how likely they are to "succeed" or "fail" at an event in the game, etc.
The game they're going to learn on is Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG which uses a simple D10 system (called the Unisystem). They're going to look at other games (like GURPS, and Serenity the RPG) but their own characters for the bulk of the project will be from BVS.
Actually I'm going to modify the game to be more like a Teen version of Heroes the TV Show. Each character will be a "special" teenager (like Claire) that has some power they're trying to keep secret. I'll give them pregen'd characters with some motivations and some background. Of course kids that really get into it can make changes, look at different goals, or even stay after one day and make their own characters from scratch.
So where do I need help?
I really want to give them a Choose Your Own Adventure story to read through the first day of the unit (about two weeks), but I'm not sure about my time to write one (I know it's not a small undertaking). I've got one that comes in the GURPS book but it's not really easy to photocopy and it uses a lot of GURPS rules mechanics. I would like to have one that's game mechanic free so they can focus on the story and the fun.
Would anyone be willing to help? Heck even giving me the outline/ tree diagram I could flesh out the prose; Or the other way... I give someone the tree..
Or we could even do it collaboratively. Any one know how to set up a wiki?
Mr. O