BlueSquareThing
With chips
Live Action Roleplaying.
You get to dress up and hit people with rubber swords.
You get to dress up and hit people with rubber swords.
D&D confession/tabletop rpg thread
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ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
Live Action Roleplaying.
You get to dress up and hit people with rubber swords.
Nothing stopping you just going out and doing that anyway.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
i've kinda missed my D&D sessions
need to find someone else to D&D with
but altohug it's possible to D&D with just two you really need more and i don't think i can arrange that kind of number
need to find someone else to D&D with
but altohug it's possible to D&D with just two you really need more and i don't think i can arrange that kind of number
october_lost
It's not hip any more...
Dragons on the Hill if your in London. There are nationwide listings on Orc's Nest website and various groups on Meetup.com
Incidentally went to my first D&D session on the weekend, the first in about twelve years and appears alot has changed. I used to play AD&D/2e just missed out the 3e (but it looked good) and initial thoughts on 4e I have to say I am not all that impressed. What's with the silly classes (avenger, seeker, warden), races (goliath, razorteeth, eldering), healing surges, silly elongated combat rules and all the mammoth amount of additions on dice rolls?
Looking to getting hold of All flesh must be eaten and Mouseguard atm
Incidentally went to my first D&D session on the weekend, the first in about twelve years and appears alot has changed. I used to play AD&D/2e just missed out the 3e (but it looked good) and initial thoughts on 4e I have to say I am not all that impressed. What's with the silly classes (avenger, seeker, warden), races (goliath, razorteeth, eldering), healing surges, silly elongated combat rules and all the mammoth amount of additions on dice rolls?
Looking to getting hold of All flesh must be eaten and Mouseguard atm
october_lost
It's not hip any more...
I get the impression most people switched to Pathfinder when they took over the license for 3.5e.
Stigmata
sexual tyrannosaurus
I'm a bit tempted by this, especially if it gives me the chance to dust off my bombastic Soviet professor for a Call of Cthulhu game.
Pingu
Credo
Streatham_Mao
Active Member
Huh, and he's me been unable to find gamers in London.
Frogwoman, LARPing isn't all fun in the wood with a bunch of guys into leather and latex (as one mate put it), although that is a big part. Mind you, some of it's amazing - the German Warhammer Fantasy stuff looks incredible, as do the Russian Fallout LARPs.
There's social LARPs too, like Vampire and Passion Play. Vampire is all about the social structure, with vamps basically meeting up occasionally to scheme together (and shaft each other). Passion Play is sci-fi - parts Dune, 40K and Star Wars, with Nobles, Guilds and the Church questing, running fiefs and, well, following their passions.
Frogwoman, LARPing isn't all fun in the wood with a bunch of guys into leather and latex (as one mate put it), although that is a big part. Mind you, some of it's amazing - the German Warhammer Fantasy stuff looks incredible, as do the Russian Fallout LARPs.
There's social LARPs too, like Vampire and Passion Play. Vampire is all about the social structure, with vamps basically meeting up occasionally to scheme together (and shaft each other). Passion Play is sci-fi - parts Dune, 40K and Star Wars, with Nobles, Guilds and the Church questing, running fiefs and, well, following their passions.
Streatham_Mao
Active Member
Vampire's a funny old thing. The books are all full of 'exploring man's inhumanity to man' and 'questioning expediency over morality', which is pretty damn cool, and I love them for it. In real terms though, what I actually got was people treating it as an excuse to be a git. I do know some real horror stories about the Camarilla, but that's because I asked for the horror stories (I haven't played Vampire in a while and was curious about the rage going on). On the other hand, my mates have a good game going, but they're a pretty tight-knit bunch and can shrug off in-game bitchiness.
EDIT: That said, lots of people still go, so they must get something out of it.
It's like Cyberpunk2020 all over again - it promised wailing guitars, sticking it to The Man and a combat system that required thought to come out alive, but what you got was people just wanting to smash through using bigger and better weapons.
And it's why I stick to Fading Suns, despite it's extreme niche-ness; it's so much easier to wax philosophical and you don't have the levels of player bastardyness going round.
october_lost
It's not hip any more...
I have had good experiences with WOD people. They seem less faceious and nerdy than D&D types. I have the books, but unfortunately not the time, but there aren't many takers for Werewolf last time I looked.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
despite being on a budget i've got myself a new D&D game.
It's called Lords of Waterdeep and it's kinda like D&D meets Settlers of Catan or Carcassonne.
After playing the D&D version of risk and really loving it i have high hope for this one.
It's called Lords of Waterdeep and it's kinda like D&D meets Settlers of Catan or Carcassonne.
After playing the D&D version of risk and really loving it i have high hope for this one.
Streatham_Mao
Active Member
I think I've played D&D about once. I don't like the rules, I don't care for the tropes of fantasy anyway, and the players...they're not my kind of people. Too much rules lawyering and not enough fun, too much killing and not enough story.
Basically, my favourite group is one that'll try anything. I've run Star Wars, Stargate and Mass Effect in Cinematic Unisystem, I ran Fading Suns and Lo5R when they were still unknown in the area and I have a bunch of games still to go.
BlueSquareThing
With chips
All the story telling stuff is pretty good - Ars Magica as well - if you have the right sorts of people involved. Not played them for years mind - far too many other things going on.
Either that or stick to Toon I reckon ;-)
bouncer_the_dog
Well-Known Member
So for the last 3-4 months I have been playing DnD with a group of 5 others. They take it in turns to DM and I have now had a go with 3 sessions. Last session a Blizzard Dragon bit and clawed the Elf Ranger. Blizzard Dragons bites 'immobilise' and their claw attacks can 'slide 2'. So the elf in question was frozen and then lobbed off a cliff. To his inescapable death.
So I am the first DM in the group to successfully kill a PC. This is awkward as I am relatively new. I am hoping next session I can kill the others so we can all re-roll.
So I am the first DM in the group to successfully kill a PC. This is awkward as I am relatively new. I am hoping next session I can kill the others so we can all re-roll.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
aim for TPK!
fractionMan
Custom Title
I am trying really hard to not kill my sons character this early on (we've only just started playing and he's7). He's nearly died several times. I expect I'll kill him or his henchman at some point though.
I see it as akin to kids with pets. It's good for them to learn about death
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
I must say my D&D dream have still to surface. can't get a party together and the two man exploration team i had has sorta dissolved for now.
fractionMan
Custom Title
I'm really liking the new 4th edition rules. It's got a lot of haters but it's far, far easier to explain to a kid that the old rules.
fractionMan
Custom Title
It's up to our generation to drag the new one into the light.
bouncer_the_dog
Well-Known Member
I visited Leisure Games in Finchley and one of the staff there told me that there's few new people coming into roleplaying. I'd have thought that WoW, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings would have caused a bit of a boom
I explained to my cynical friend who hates everything that 'it's like a computer game but without the computer' to which he replied 'so a game, you mean.'
fractionMan
Custom Title
It's a game but you're not trying to win. It's one of the few games where you can't win. Taking part is truly the aim of the game.
october_lost
It's not hip any more...
I discovered this lot (http://www.phoenixgamesclub.org.uk/) right in the heart of East London. Friendly to newbies, lots of gaming options, but more nerdier than a Doctor Who convention.
october_lost
It's not hip any more...
Anyway, Whitewolf is the way forward. Unless someone wants to introduce me to Pathfinder.
bouncer_the_dog
Well-Known Member
I trust all DnD heads have seen this:
