For an initial opening topic to get the group going as people join up (meaning you won't see this unless you view it on the website, but oh well... :| Have you...
Okay, first, hi all and hope to see more members here! I'm currently in a group now that has two people of color in it (both of us from the States), a Canadian...
I've been following the "Are most gamers white?" thread over on rpg.net, and was not very surprised at the defensiveness exhibited by a fair number of people...
Oops. Forget a bio with my last post... Also, thanks for the list. Again, more folks should join up. I'm Black American, touch of Blackfoot and Dutch somewhere...
Hi folks, I'm 26, half chinese/half white, although I grew up in South Seattle, which has to be one of the most diverse areas in the US. It left me exposed to...
Long rambling post follows: :) In gaming I've not had anything so direct, in fact the early appeal for me when I got into gaming in 82 was that it was the...
... 30 Years? Were you in on Gygax's playtest group or something? :) I searched around and didn't find a group like this, and it seems to have a point....
I'm beginning to notice a pattern with the people that have posted here so far. Thus far, most of us who have posted have had a few minor issues (with possible...
Hi Stan, I think it's a couple of things... first, as you mentioned, internet users tend to be more educated. Second, people who are willing to have a solid...
... works I'd agree with something close to that. Today almost everyone is using the internet, but -what- they use it for varies. I spend all my time typing in...
Hi, I also wanted to say that a good book to read on the subject of real life issues in roleplaying would be Ron Edwards' Sex & Sorcery, which is the 3rd and...
I think you sent this to just me and not the group, but it looks addressed to everyone so I'm going to pass it on. :) Yahoo groups often sets the reply-to to...
Hello all, It is great to see such good experience sharing going on already... My gaming bio: I've been playing weekly for 6 yrs. (i scheduled my wedding...
Hi all, Here's the question: What era/sort of game do most of us play? Also, in those times are there different races (in the D&D sense) that you can play? For...
It depends on what game my group is playing. D&D: One DM will set the rules/limitations. Mostly set in the Greyhawk world. So we the players, can be of any...
Hi Dorthea, I run anything from modern to fantasy, and I tend to run in one of three "modes"... -"Action Movie", light, fun, nothing serious -"Personal Drama",...
... Traditionally I've done supers games the most, or fantasy. I've tried my hand at politically driven science fiction as well, but it has always fallen flat...
Continuing this with the part I meant to include in the last email... Given how I see fantasy, it is often difficult for me to sit in on games in the genre run...
Hey, I usually lurk on RPG.net and caught the thread which was basically the origin point of this group. I think it's really awesome of you to start this and I...
Heya Rick and Dorthea and Bankuei. Glad to see ya'll here! Now, to answer Dorthea's question, and add to others. In general, I've played just about everything...
The Japan note reminded me of something from when I lived in Korea in the early 90s. I was stationed there for three years with the Air Force, then another...
Hi, Some of arcady's comments had me thinking a bit about some trends that I noticed in gaming in general. -Monoculturalism or non-culturalism- Most game...
Very thought-provoking, and quite reminiscent of my own experiences. The "I don't want to think about that" habit is something I have to deal with whenever I...
Yup, I've had to deal with that quite a bit, ESPECIALLY on RPG message boards (Hero Games I'm looking at y'all). Less so in real life, but I have had to argue...
... That sort of thing is always very frustrating. It becomes more so when gamers point to that 'Asians book' and say 'see, we're not racist, we -understand-...
... I've heard that too. But the reason I usually hear makes them both justified in the context and yet is frighteningly worse. "Well, there are no blacks in...
Hi arcady, ... Right, a VERY telling example I can point to is the world of Glorantha(RuneQuest, then Hero Wars, then Hero Quest). This is a setting that is...
Interesting! On a side note to our gaming (but linked to fantasy) I recently caught wind of the Earthsea short TV series. Dear God was that bad. Worse, when we...
Anyone seen this or know much about it? I just got home from buying it, and I'd seen bits of it here and there over the years. The game originally game out in...
Hi, Tekumel had several differences that made it a harder sale to the general public than D&D... 1) D&D was "fantasy", Tekumel was a "world" You could grab any...
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