HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope that the holidays have been good to everybody. We spent Christmas in Belfast, Ireland, visiting my wife's family. Trust me when I...
ah... OD&D... what nastalgia. i've got a Blue Book here at home, found it in a comic store used section for $4.95. the gods smiled on me that day, i was...
... want to be in the dead of Winter. Well, next to Siberia. ... been great! ... Ireland? A branch of my family lives in Ireland, I think in Belfast; when...
I'm certain that there is gaming in Ireland, although the times that I have been there have all been family related, so no gaming went on. I have noticed that...
yeah i have a friend that had the Dragon mags on cd, it included the The Stratigic Review also, it was great stuff to look on and wax nastalgic in the...
TWERPS was originally created as a sly in-gaming joke from Jeff Dee to the gaming community at large, particularly all the GURPS fans. Yet, despite this, it...
To be honest, I've never had a chance to game with TWERPS, but the Zelda supplement I wrote pretty much sums up what I'd use TWERPS for. I'm just glad I was...
I mix comedy with all my elements of all my rpgs. I feel TWERPS is just as good as any other game system. I believe that it dosent recieve the respect that I...
I have run three long-term TWERPS campaigns for two different gaming groups so far, and all three of them were serious campaigns. They had moments of whimsy, ...
What sort of campaigns were they? Space? Fantasy? Superheroes? And how long did they run? My own TWERPS games are usually one-shot adventures that I run...
... One was a classic Golden Age space opera involving a galaxy chockful of Earth-like planets (each named after a famous SF writer), human-shaped robots,...
... Sounds very much like my ideal setting! _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here...
hi all. I think i've covered the the entire canvas.. My group plays TWERPS in a world i converted from tsr's Star Frontiers game, as many of know. In the...
I've run Superdudes and Space Cadets, that was a while ago. What I found is that becasue the game presents itself as a 'beer & pretzel' game, that is the...
Hi guys, The debate over TWERPS being a serious RPG system can go either way. For me TWERPS was a break from the rules lawyers in my gaming groups exploiting...
I would be very interested in helping playtesting it. roland _____ From: howtodoeverything@yahoogroups.com [mailto:howtodoeverything@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
For those of us that watch Smalleville, don't forget that this week will be the much anticipated Justice League episode. And I have heard some rumors that...
... I've had great success with the tactic of making certain that the players all know their characters have Dramatic Immunity -- and that they know the ...
Hi Guys, The response to my request for playtesters was great, So here is what I'll ask of each of you interested: Please send me a Game playing Resume'(a...
It is a fantasy engine, with real simple mechanics, simplistic, but stackable skills, focused more on roleplaying than anything else. Character design is ...
I know i would be very interested.. For me it would be a double treat. Within my group, I am always the game master and never get to play as a player. Also, my...
Hi mike I'm looking for GM to test my RPG in their groups, so you would probbably get stuck running it as well. Though I bet your guys would love the combat ...
LOL, that actually sounds very much like a 40's-50's bubblegum space opera game that I played in some years ago, only it wasn't TWERPS. My character was a...
Sounds like a good idea, Justin. Go for it! I would probably make a simple d6 randomizer that would include a seperate table for homeland, childhood, and...
Well, I started working on it and here is an outline. -still working on it... Homeland (may modify how character acts socially) 1: Hamlet 2: Village 3: Town 4:...