Originally, I had elected to have real people play the part of the pet. After some play testing players seemed to not be as attached to their pets as much if they were real people. Instead they seemed to latch on to and have more of an emotional connection with their pets if they drew them on a "cage card." The role of the pet was to observe the conversations taking place and their only way of communicating with the other players was through miming and noises appropriate to their species. This proved somewhat uninteresting to the pet players.
After much consideration, although people seem to prefer the drawn pets, I feel it is necessary to have a real life person playing the role of the pet. I have had many discussions with people and have come to the realization that the pet role just needs to have more options. So I have elected to add the ability for the pet to die whenever they wish. Once I have re-vamped the client information sheet I will begin play testing again.
Both James and Steve were at the play test where we discussed the role of the pets. I got interesting feedback from both of them. James prefers the hand drawn pets and Steve [although he feels like the pets need more to do] prefers the pets to be played by players.
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