Quote from: Lajs on June 25, 2013, 08:56:50 AM
I used to play a lot of D&D, but it's sadly all over now as we're all going our different ways. We played our own system based on the D&D one, handed down to us by the father of one of boys from the our group. The DM was really good, when he wasn't shouting at us, bending the rules and killing us off. He acted like he hated us all... One of our players got killed off so often, he went through six characters in six months. It was hilarious.

I really hope to play more when I move upcountry and meet more people. I miss wasting my Wednesdays and stuffing my face with pot noodles and coke. Tons of crappy food was a big tradition in our group.

That seems familiar... was your DM an overweight hispanic man who always wore a panama jack?
With him, if you weren't  playing a wizard, you were reduced to supporting cast and very, very expendable.

Hope you find a good gaming group! A good gaming group has for me been a ready-made circle of great friends, something everyone should have.

I had a crew of guys I played with who I had to kill off a character per game session sometimes.

But they would push the limits and pull boneheaded maneuvers they knew were likely to get them killed off. I had one guy who would occasionally come to me privately before game time and ask me to kill off his character so he could bring a new character into the Saga.

I have been tempted to try dungeon mastering an rpg via google+ for a while now.  Time zones are a problem though-plus I get dysphoric looking at my little webcam image.

Once I get further into transition perhaps I will run an all trans game... that would be fun!

I tried to run a video chat RPG and it was a total fail.

logistics are a bitch on this one

Saga: the Game still my favorite of all time.

Re: logistics.  Yes, I suspected that may be the case.

In the meantime I will settle with my all girl (inc trans girl and genderrunny) local old school dnd sesh.

Have yet to try saga.

I really want to get into tabeltop gaming. A friend is going to run a one-shot Basic D&D story for a few people in our social circle in a few weeks, and I'm pumped (we're all knitters, so there will probably be gameplay interspersed with craftiness of some sort). I'd really love to find a group to do a longer campaign with, though (I've been reading up on the 3.5 edition rules, on the recommendation of the internets). Sadly, I don't really know anyone with enough experience or desire to DM a long campaign, and I'm hesitant to go into totally new social situations both as an introvert and as a genderqueer person.

This is making me miss RPGing heaps.

Search DMSCRAFT on youtube... lots of rpg craft for nimble fingers to enjoy.

Yukari, I used to run Twilight 2000, I remember it fondly. I think I did a terrible job, I was one of those GMs that stymied players and killed them off with no mercy or respite. I wonder now why my players kept coming back... In my defense the first game I ever GM'd was Paranoia where that kind of behavior was encouraged.

I've played every edition of DnD at one time or other, Cyberpunk 2020, RIFTS, Mythus, Rogue Trader (and Deathwatch), and on and on.

cynthialee and Emmaline, I've looked at (and never tried, so I can't make promises) Roll20. It looks like it can do the job well enough that a Pen and Paper game could be played online, it might solve the logistics issue?

I would be interested in joining a game if one were to happen...

I have a crew playing the same heroes for the last 2.5 years. Every game I have them convinced that they are about to die in any number of heinous ways, yet they skim by on the hair of their asses and survive.
It is an art.


These characters they are playing are some of the most powerful I have ever seen and they are still convinced they are chump change.

I'd try to do that now, if I were to run a game. Keeping players alive and happy seems to be a good thing. 

Quote from: DeeperThanSwords on January 23, 2013, 05:46:08 PM
In my experience, many, many roleplayers are frustrated actors at heart .

More like William Shatner type of actors, but you may be right. Or maybe I'm just projecting my personal issues.

Quote from: cannedrabbit on May 15, 2013, 08:18:28 AM
My husband (who is just beginning her MtF journey) and I own and run a tabletop gaming store, so of course we're both huge gaming nerds!

OMG! You're living the dream, or least it's my childhood dream!

Quote from: LWhite on May 28, 2013, 11:57:42 PM
That's why I'm not usually allowed to RP in an open area. I get up, gesticulate, use props, pace around the room excitedly and make an unashamed fool of myself. And then I drag everyone else into it.

There are such double-standards out there. If you paint your body in the colors of a football team and put on silly foam hats and fingers and stand half naked in the freezing cold, people will just say you're an enthusiastic sports fan who's excited about a game. If you get just a little bit excited doing what YOU love, all of sudden there's judgment. 

I agree, dalebert, it's a very strange double standard. How is knowing every stat about David Urlacher any less obsessive than me knowing all the fine and fun things my little elf can do (sure he's a real person, but how's knowing how much time he was on the field last season helping you enjoy the game)? My brother doesn't do the face paint, but I know never to interrupt his game watching time. Also, I don't talk him that day if the Bears lose... 

Just GM'ed for my Fella and my kids for the first time, dug out my old M.E.R.P rulebook and used that. We had an absolute blast!

That's awesome, Alex. It easiest to find time for a game when all the players are already there. 

MERP? Middle-Earth Role Playing? I've never touched that one, but I do love Middle-Earth. (Feeling psyched about The Hobbit part 2, loved part 1.)

I award you one internet for RPG awesomeness. 

I just got in to Tabletop RPGs this year, actually! I play a lot of 4th edition D&D plus Next, , Pathfinder, and soon Star Wars Edge of the Empire In D&D I'm usually my group's DM but in Pathfinder I play a Drow sorcerer. I'll be DMing the Star Wars game that I'm setting up. I've watched a lot of older and more active DMs and I'm not too bad as a beginner!
-Samantha ^^

My friend ran the first game of his Pathfinder campaign last Friday. I'm already loving it. I'm playing a ratfolk gravewalker (witch) and I make a point to always talk with a lithp when he speaks because of course he's quite buck-toothed. I have an elaborate back story that I will tell sometime when it's not so late and time for bed. *yawn*

The winter break is finally upon me and maybe, just maybe I'll finally get to play in a game of Shadowrun 5th edition!

This will be especially interesting as it will be my first game with my old group since I've started transitioning... At least no one will be teasing me about playing a female character anymore...

I have a huge love of game books, and will read them even if I don't have a group to play with!

I started with tabletop a little over a year ago with White Wolf's New World of Darkness series; primarily Werewolf: The Forsaken, and Changeling: The Lost. I run a couple of games through Google docs, as my group has different timezones and can't always have a Skype session. So we do a lot of writing and rolling, and it's all good fun.

Looking into getting into other games though to spread my wings a bit, per se. (: