I used to play a lot of D&D back in the day and would like to get back into gaming. Got overwhelmed when I looked at the newest set of D&D rules but then I...
Heya, If you don't find anyone here that can help, I recommend wandering over to Google+ and signing up. There are a LOT of gamers over there doing regular ...
Sparks, NV you say....I happen to be up in Truckee. :-) Welcome to Risus! ... -- Brent Wolke Husband/Father - Freemason [Non-text portions of this message have...
Thanks, kindly, y'all. Bit of background: Technical writer, model rocketeer, genre fiction fan (except horror and romance), and roleplaying gamer (since 1981)....
Hi folks! Just checking in from my Internet exile* to see if there are any Risus enthusiasts heading to GenCon... I'm trying to determine my gaming schedule. I...
... I'm going to be there, but I don't know about my availability, as I'll be working a booth most of Gen Con. I should have the evenings free, though. -- ...
Cool bean. I'm in the same boat so I'll be gaming (mostly) only at night. What booth are you working at? I'll be helping Joe Wetzel at Inkwell (Dungeonmorph...
... I'll be at the Lone Wolf Development booth. -- Hollis McCray aka The Fifth Wanderer ascensionschild@... "GMing is like herding cats. Wet, angry cats...
Good to have you here, Bob! So, do you have any Risus stories to tell, questions to ask, observations to relate, or house rules to share? Guy ... -- Guy Hoyle ...
Hey all, Like Bob, I am new yet old. I known Bob and S. John as online presences for a LONG time. I'm finishing up a long break from roleplaying and looking at...
Hey, Mark! Good to see you. I'm expecting Risus for all my gaming needs in the future, 'cause ... I just don't have energy for anything more elaborate. Not...
Alas, no stories yet. Except for blatantly stealing cliches and sticking them into my homemade Fudge variant. And running "Ring of Thieves" with some success...
... I can understand the energy issue. I suspect I will fall the same way, maybe ripping bits of Fate out and shoving them where they fit (Fate/Fudge dice and...
Bob, whereabouts are you in Sparks? I'm up in Truckee, and there is a gaming dead zone here. Would love some face-to-face gaming. ... -- Brent Wolke ...
He could always make the right tools. The troll stomps him as a Burly Barbarian (4) meaning he loses Manly Broadsword; so he changes cliche, snaps a leg from a...
I'm converting characters from Risus, I just noticed that on template characters, particularly D20, I seldom use back-story. I do the math and fill in the...
... Yes, but the tools are different. Farm implements vs a bike chain or brass knuckles. Tractor vs motorcycle. Squirrel rifle vs sawed off shotgun. Knee to...
Nero asked about converting Risus characters to other games. I won't claim to know the answers to all his questions, but I do know that a certain subjectivity...
You might want to give Beverly Hillbillies and Dukes f Hazard another look. Your two examples, Ellie Mae Clampett and Daisy Duke both did their share of...
... Ellie Mae was very much able to defend herself. :) There is also this email that used to make the rounds back in the old days before posting photos of...
My grandmother was orphaned at an early age in rural Maryland, and when the authorities found her looking after her 9(!) siblings all alone, she was sent to...
Hey all, Every summer for the past few years two of my friends have put on a mini-convention in lieu of birthday parties. This year, I and another friend are...
