Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Shit, I meant to back Cy Borg
D&D confession/tabletop rpg thread
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FridgeMagnet
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I took about a twenty year break myself, between "being a student" and "pandemic hitting".
The scene around D&D has changed quite a lot recently. You may have heard of Critical Role which has resulted in a bunch of connected intellectual property and also a big YT actual play boom.
FridgeMagnet
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was definitely worth it - but it's coming out for general release soon as the KS rewards have mostly all been sent out
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
I will get the pdf.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Well there is this thread but i guess you wanted something more broad?
www.urban75.net
Just did some Pathfinder today.
D&D confession/tabletop rpg thread
i've just taken the first step into hell i got myself the D&D essentials red box i've always ment to dabble in roleplaying but tended to lack the friends.. (see large box of unplayed warhammer stuff under my bed) so when i heard that the D&D essentials red box was a good starting...
www.urban75.net
Just did some Pathfinder today.
FridgeMagnet
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yes definitely, I didn't just fail to find it or anythingWell there is this thread but i guess you wanted something more broad?
D&D confession/tabletop rpg thread
i've just taken the first step into hell i got myself the D&D essentials red box i've always ment to dabble in roleplaying but tended to lack the friends.. (see large box of unplayed warhammer stuff under my bed) so when i heard that the D&D essentials red box was a good starting...
what edition?
FridgeMagnet
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Still playing via Roll20. Our D&D campaign is on hold whilst we try some other stuff. Same friends I've been playing with since 2020. Just starting a game of Blades in the Dark. GM has bought the books and everything and has the task of explaining it all to the rest of us. It's a underworld crime gang thing set in a fantasy city, with super natural elements.
FridgeMagnet
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I entirely missed this thread and started a new one 
"Tabletop RPG" thread but more generally about TTRPGs, not specifically D&D.
"Tabletop RPG" thread but more generally about TTRPGs, not specifically D&D.
FridgeMagnet
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BitD has been very influential - there's a whole genre now called "Forged in the Dark" based around the same rules. The whole idea that you don't plan your caper out beforehand beyond your approach, and play the details out kind of backwards, was a big hit. (I've not played it myself though, don't think my lot would be that keen.)
I was trying to talk my mate into buying the Aliens physical table top game.
We do meet up and play face to face now and then.Yeah it does sound quite different to D&D style and ruleset. Though I still count myself as a novice with that. We should get properly going this week. Just finishing the set up of our gang. We'll probably argue over the name
It's fun, like CoC you expect to be expendable.I was trying to talk my mate into buying the Aliens physical table top game.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
common sense rules for common sense living
mojo pixy
interesting times
I have a game book called 'Fiasco', which is based on the kind of plots Coen bros stories revolve around .. normal people making bad choices and ending up overwhelmed by the consequences. It's a lot of fun, best with groups of 3-6, no GM required.
Looking now, it seems to be available as a game set with cards and a board, but IME all you really need apart from a twisted sense of humour, is the main book and a bunch of 6-sided dice of 2 different colours. Good times
Looking now, it seems to be available as a game set with cards and a board, but IME all you really need apart from a twisted sense of humour, is the main book and a bunch of 6-sided dice of 2 different colours. Good times
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
one of my 'bucket list' goals is to design a tabletop rpg. Seems easy enough
I had ideas based around a scifi setting inspired by heavy metal, which is one of the reasons I wanted to read Cy Borg. It was going to be called Stratocaster after a long lost fleet of mighty starships.
I had ideas based around a scifi setting inspired by heavy metal, which is one of the reasons I wanted to read Cy Borg. It was going to be called Stratocaster after a long lost fleet of mighty starships.
They're good mojo, wish I could write so well.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
1st. Been doing rise of the rune Lords for the kast few years. First face to face now roll20 since lockdown.
Still my first major campaign. Now lvl 12 (well 11 until a week of game time passes and i get restored. If i don't die again before that [actually fairly likely])
FridgeMagnet
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Was just thinking about this and there's a modern movement to use some of the older versions of D&D, generally for reasons of simplicity and avoiding half hour combat rounds - long story mind, it's generally called OSR but people don't even agree on what that stands for. AD&D isn't the most popular system for that given that, well, there are quite a lot of rules for it, but basically old school games are not entirely just old hat. I played some WFRP 1e not too long ago.
FridgeMagnet
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There's a game called Vast Grimm which is sort of Mork Borg In Space - more of an 80s straight to video sci fi gore horror sort of vibe. There are 14 pages about being infected with space parasite worms for instance.one of my 'bucket list' goals is to design a tabletop rpg. Seems easy enough
I had ideas based around a scifi setting inspired by heavy metal, which is one of the reasons I wanted to read Cy Borg. It was going to be called Stratocaster after a long lost fleet of mighty starships.
that's another kickstarter I did, I might have maybe backed too many kickstarters over lockdown (but it's actually available for non backers now)
maomao
普費斯
Well I work at a school with a lot of asd kids so half hour combat rounds might go down well. Though I no longer own any ad&d books anyway and it'll be weekly 80-90 min sessions so being able to advance the story will be key. I'm utterly confused tbh, I can get hold of pretty much anything online but there seem to be at least seven different versions of it now. I'm trying to work out the minimum equipment I need to get started.
locomotive
come on baby, do the locomotion
I have a game book called 'Fiasco', which is based on the kind of plots Coen bros stories revolve around .. normal people making bad choices and ending up overwhelmed by the consequences. It's a lot of fun, best with groups of 3-6, no GM required.
Looking now, it seems to be available as a game set with cards and a board, but IME all you really need apart from a twisted sense of humour, is the main book and a bunch of 6-sided dice of 2 different colours. Good times
I'd love to play this but am yet to find anyone to play it with... Not that I've seriously tried. Most of my nerdy friends are committed to a particular game and not always up for new things.
FridgeMagnet
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There's a really good blog by a guy who does a lot of rpgs with kids of various ages - he has a tag called "playing with youngers" which might be of use playing with youngers – DREAMING DRAGONSLAYER
mojo pixy
interesting times
If it's D&D, a lot of people still favour 3rd edition, it's a nice balance between absorbing mechanics (for those who enjoy that) and storytelling momentum. The 3rd edition source books are widely available as PDFs, but I can send you a load if you PM me an email address.
maomao
普費斯
That's very nice of you but they're all on a well-known e-book sharing site anyway.
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Just bought the 5th ed rules and two modules (Curse of Strahd and the Rise of Tiamat) and i‘ve got two players and me (DM). Looking forward to rolling the dice again. I started playing AD&D in the 80’s. A guy i went to school with got two monsters in The Fiend Folio. One was the Lizard King. Can’t remember the other one. I used to have the first twenty White Dwarfs in binders but I left them in London when i left. Regret that.
FridgeMagnet
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Strahd is supposed to be pretty good - I've not played it myself but it seems to be consistently at the top of "Not Shit 5e Things".
furluxor
snake with a claw
Playing it atm and can confirm - it's lots of fun. Prepare to use a bad Russian accent a lot.
Over the years, I've also played Pathfinder, Mage, Quest, Blades in the Dark and Savage Worlds. I've tried playing online (with people I knew IRL) a few times but it doesn't work for me, I find that it's hard to maintain focus. Whilst I have much sympathy for people re their busy lives, jobs, children, etc. I still need them around the table, need to hear their voices and see their facial expressions.
