War of the Lance 4th edition game

Session 1 July 30th

This is a D&D 4th ed. game I'm running for my son and 3 of his friends.
Yeah I know D&D 5th edition comes out on August 19th and I start a 4th edition game now?

The Group,
Terios, Minotaur, Shaman, level 1
Unsung, Warforged, Monk, level 1
Aramil, Eladrin, Wizard, level 1
Adrik, Dwarf, Fighter, level 1

Due to some unfortunate luck the session started an hour and a half late.(really half hour late we wanted to start an hour early, it did not happen).

I planned a 6 coarse encounter of "hey, you all live no matter what this first session?"
It took the heat off from the kids (and me) learning the rules, which are not that far from Pathfinder (movement,basic rules that is) I ran the adventure from the back of the Dungeons Masters Guide but cut all the story out so they could learn skills and combat as one player had never played an RPG before.

After the first 2 encounters they had it down pat and we started the Campaign.

The Gods do not exist, so you can not choose Divine characters, that means no Clerics,Paladins,etc,etc.... Well they did 300 years ago.
Seems harsh? not really they will join the campaign and anyone can change their class if they choose once the gods return, but with the 4th edition mechanics this is possible to game without clerics.

Story begins,

The group 5 years ago separated and made an oath to meet back up in 5 years and see how everyone is and what the characters are doing and have become, so they Meet in Solace all the characters home town. Two more are part of the group, Tasselhoff Burrfoot, burglar and Kitara Majar.
They entered the Inn Of the last home and talked to each other, Terios and Aramil saw thousands of armored and orderly goblins marching past Solace and watched 400 goblins march into Solace.
They ran into 5 goblins asking them for a blue crystal staff for lord Mek-mek, they then went to the Inn.

Adrik and Unsung where stopped on the road by Worg riding wolves asking the same question, which both did not carry this staff as well.

The group meet up in the Inn with Tasselhoff and a new companion, named Goldmoon a Human Barbarian, an old man told stories of the gods in which a drunk man declared him a heretic against the high seekers but he fell into the fire pit and his clothes caught on fire. The old man was crying for someone to knock the man down so they could smother the flames. Tass took Goldmoons staff and knocked the man down, but the staff turned into blue crystal and healed the man? by the gods!

The people in the Inn panicked and called for the guards, but the goblin soldiers came instead, it was time to leave.

The group departed out the back through a magic window the fighter had, you see the Inn is 40 feet above the ground in a giant tree, they used a skill challenge to get away instead of fighting.
They fled to Tikas house an old friend and barmaid at the Inn, once they searched the house and neighbors house for supplies (right on Ryan!) they put one and one together and had to get out or town, fast!
Another skill challenge later and they hit the river fleeing the goblins in a stolen boat Tass magically found.

The game continues August 6th.