Hi everyone, I just joined the list, and it happens to coincide with an event I'm co-organizing, so I figured I'd send out something about both! I've been...
I had a great time last week at D&D Experience, my first ever gaming convention. One of the highlights was playing in two pre-release tournaments for the...
Gary Gygax died today after a period of illness; the initial announcement was made by Troll Lord games, a small RPG company he was working with. He will be...
Hello everyone, I'm new to the list. Some information about me I live in Central Massachusetts, near where I-84 meets the Pike. Most of my gaming experience...
Pandemonium Books, our local Sf/Fantasy/Horror Books & Gaming Store here in Cambridge (Pleasant St in Central Square) is facing some harsh financial situations...
Question #1 (of 2 for today): I'm curious whether any has run across (or used in a game) systems or games that involve the bartering (or trading) of...
Another curiosity of mine: Has anyone run across either in RPGs or LARPs, games where a player's character is tossed into the metaverse of the game with only a...
... Such as - Settlers of Catan, any of the Mayfair railroad games such as Empire Builder, Eurorails, or British Rails, Puerto Rico, San Juan, and that's just...
I did play in a few games like this a few decades ago, but found them relatively boring and pretty much a collection of GM fiats with no real player control of...
Are you talking board games, RPGs or both? I'm not sure if this meets your criteria, but something like Spirit of the Century has an economy of fate points...
... This is, I think, what old Traveller character creation tried to do, except it was rolled out rather than played out. In other words, you decided that you...
I asked: "Has anyone run across either in RPGs or LARPs, games where a player's character is tossed into the metaverse of the game with only a basic knowledge...
Also, you might check out Mortal Coil by Brennan Martin, where the players use chits (again this is also linked to economy) to spend to create the game...
... What do you do in the case where the player has played the game before, and knows from that experience that this is indeed an Orb of Enemy Gelatinization,...
Sandman from Pacesetter, circa 1984 or thereabouts. The characters were all "real people" supposedly, running through scenarios that seemed to be loosely based...
That's not what killed Sandman. Pacesetter, according to various folks in the industry at the time (1985) was a bit over-extended. Mayfair had been forced to...
... I'll address this question first. The answer is yes. If the player has never heard of an OEG, then they'd consider the metal orb they found to be just a...
... You might check out XPI <http://www.xanodria.com> -- they have a magic system like what you seem to be seeking, wherein the characters know whatever spells...
... What about (in the context of a campaign-length boffer-combat larp, for instance) where a group of players have OEGs in their backstory and have decided...
My new D&D Age of Worms campaign is just about to have its first meetup this weekend, and we're still looking for two or three additional players to add to the...
Any particular location? Or do we all just sign onto the group here and chat about our characters? ... for getting together, working character creation, and...
Mark, Where's this campaign of yours? Check out our little template in the files section for the sort of information potential players want to know about your...
Ok, having listed to this I do have a tiny piece to offer. I have run an 'setting information poor' game once before (using a mechanic called Kaleidoscope). It...
The sessions will most likely be run in Somerville. From what I know of the area, it's not too far from TUFTS and the mass-transit lines. - Mark ... From:...
The sessions will most likely be run in Somerville. From what I know of the area, it's not too far from TUFTS and the mass-transit lines. My bad, for not...
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