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Post by RaptorsTalon on Feb 20, 2014 17:29:02 GMT
Anyone else here a table top gamer?
I myself am currently DM'ing a D&D 3.5 campaign and playing in a Dark Heresy campaign run by one of my friends.
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Post by coolyo294 on Feb 20, 2014 17:29:54 GMT
I play Deathwatch.
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Post by Dewin on Feb 20, 2014 17:30:43 GMT
Have played some of the FFG games.
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Post by Darko on Feb 20, 2014 18:00:45 GMT
We have a section for tabletop games, it's the Pen & Paper games section. While I advocate playing some of them on the site, we do often play them over skype. There are currently two Only War games that have started.
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Post by RaptorsTalon on Feb 20, 2014 18:54:32 GMT
I had noticed, I started this thread for the discussion of the games we play away from the site, rather than those that are run here, as well as for discussion of rules systems, mechanics and stories ect
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Post by Nebula on Feb 20, 2014 19:25:48 GMT
I started in 1978 before there was the white box D&D. Due to health problems I am unable to continue GMing and playing. Soooo sad.
I was utterly unimpressed with 3rd ed. They made it so different it was about fixing the bugs instead of playing the game. I have no proof but I think tabletop mini gamers make better game designers then publishers and fans. No game system is every perfect. But spending that sort of money again and again on new versions and they can still sail super tankers through the rules? This sort of start-up error brings the wrong sort of players to the table.
There were a lot of really fun small start-up games out there before 3rd ed hit that got crushed because of the reputation and the artwork. That market has recovered but it soured a huge number of gamers and game designers. I'm a total less-is-more rules person. Yes, I pushed minis long ago (mostly romans and celts). And I even played the mother of all rule freak games ICE (Iron Crown) also know as Chart Master. That balance for me is between the tension the dice provide, the inventive solutions the rules allow, and the story. Any game that devolved into a room full of screaming players has flawed rules. I went to a game convention right after 3rd ed was released and every room running the system had screaming people. Good games should have a climax that involves something loud, but not about the rules.
Does anyone here play any small press games? I'm got a permanent place in my heart for CoC. I was in a game where someone nuked his sanity roll and blew the whole root cellar clear into the sky with a spray of all our body parts and all the rotted produce from the farm. Lots of noise with that one. LOTS of noise. (Not a single rules question even from the total beginners at the table).
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Post by RaptorsTalon on Jan 5, 2015 14:37:20 GMT
I thought I would revive this rather than starting another one.
What are people up to in the world of Tabletop RPGs?
I myself am currently GM'ing games of Shadowrun 5th Edition and Call of Cthulhu (Just about to start Masks of Nyarlathotep), playing in a D&D 3.5 game and I have just backed the new edition of Paranoia on Kickstarter, which is looking really good.
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Post by Darko on Jan 5, 2015 14:58:41 GMT
At the moment, not in any tabletop RPGs unfortunately. I may try and GM a new 40k one with some of my old group if I can organise it, but I suspect it's unlikely with how busy everyone is this time of year.
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Post by coolyo294 on Jan 5, 2015 15:02:08 GMT
My afermrntioned deathwatch campaign has ended and we've moved on to rogue trader. It's all good fun
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Post by Darko on Dec 3, 2015 19:26:20 GMT
Speaking of Rogue Trader, some of us are about to start a new campaign. I don't know about the others but I'm going to try and write some IC posts alongside each session to post here.
Anyone else playing anything?
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