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Post by Shelby on Feb 14, 2020 8:31:25 GMT -8
So at the moment I'm running: 1st ed AD&D, one game in Tekumel, and one in Dragonlance Classic Traveller
And I'm playing: FASA Star Trek Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Lands of Adventure (published by Fantasy Games Unlimited) run by the author, Lee Gold
But I find myself glancing at games on my shelf, and sighing. I wish I had more gaming in my life! Here's what I'd like to add to what I'm playing: Classic Runequest Old-School Gamma World / Metamorphosis Alpha Fading Suns and Rogue Trader, probably with an alternate system like Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying (BRP) Steven Brust's Dragaera, or The Elder Scrolls, using BRP or 1st ed AD&D
And here are some things I'd like to be running: Call of Cthulhu (PRE-7th EDITION) Orient Express or Mountains of Madness 1st ed AD&D -- Thieves World, Thieves Guild, Spelljammer, Oriental Adventures, Glantri, or City-State of the Invincible Overlord
But there just aren't enough hours in a month!
What games are you pining for?
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Post by jose on Feb 15, 2020 8:35:40 GMT -8
You are lucky to have time to spend it in hobbies!!! I like rol games, but... there are so many!! So many manuals to check!!
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Post by Shelby on Feb 15, 2020 9:16:46 GMT -8
It always comes down to time, doesn't it? You can overcome so many other obstacles, but you can't make more time to play. I've been invited to play in games that I just can't play because they conflict with my schedule too much, and just running the three campaigns that I am really keeps me scrambling to get everything done!
Of course, playing online means that time zones become a factor. While I might be able to play at a certain time, some of my online gaming buddies won't be able to. And vice versa. Gaming in person with local players, sitting at a real table, should be easier to schedule. But since you're dealing with a much smaller group of potential players when you look locally instead of online, it can be tough to even discover local players who are interested in the games you want to play.
But in addition to all that, you bring up a good point. So many games require learning a new rules system. When really, the biggest difference between games is the setting, the scenario, the genre. None of those things has to be dependent on a separate set of rules. Which is where "universal" rules sets come in handy. If you learn a rules set like GURPS (which I don't like) or Chaosium's Basic Role-playing -- the rules for Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Stormbringer, Elfquest and Ringworld -- then you can play so many of those other types of games. Especially if you're willing to use one set of rules with a different game.
For instance, as I said above. Fading Suns and Rogue Trader are two science fiction games, and each one comes with its own rules set. Of course, because these are businesses. I don't really like the rules that come with them. But Basic Role-playing is a simple, intuitive system that can be used in any genre, so it would be easy to simply use it with those setting books. And voila! You no longer have so many different rules sets to get used to!
And I'll also add something I've pointed out many times. Back In The Day, the late 70s -> early 80s, role-playing was in its infancy. When a new game came out, you always knew one guy that wanted to play it. He would be the one who would buy the book. He'd be the one who'd learn the rules. And he'd be the one to get some other guys to try it out as players. And no one else ever bought the book for it! I played ICE, MERP, Chivalry & Sorcery, Bureau 13, Toon, Paranoia, Dragonquest and so forth without ever even reading the rules, let alone buying them, and no one I knew ever did either unless they were the guy who was running it. I had a character sheet with some notes, and that was it.
I've noticed that in more recent years, everyone who's even considering playing a particular game feels it's perfectly normal to buy several books for each game, and "study" before they join a group that's playing it. To me, that's just crazy. Although to the businesses that sell books, that's exactly what they've been aiming for, all these years. I think it's crazy though, and I can see where you'd comment that in order to play all the games I want to I'd have to go out and buy so many books and study them. But not me!
So I'd be curious to hear what you think about all this..?
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