The Pen-And-Paper RPG thread! Options

[Colonel Mustard]

Just posted this up out of curiosity to see who here on the forums plays any kind of Pen-And-Paper/Tabletop RPGs in the vein of D&D, Call of Cthulhu, Exalted etc. I'm a player of Pathfinder (think D&D version 3.75) and have dabbled in Call of Cthluhu and the Warhammer 40,000 RPGs, and I'm just interested in seeing what people on the forum have done in regard in regard to these games, seeing as these boards are devoted to an RPG series; you a hardened veterans of the dungeon crawl? An exhausted, baffled and exasperated DM? A fresh-faced level 1 fighter with little experience of the game and no idea why the DM keeps bursting into tears whenever you suggest Bull Rushing somebody? Or are you just RPG-curious*?

Anyway, this is the Colonel Mustard totally not a survey to see if he's truly alone in this harsh, dark world thread. Do have fun, and I am curious to see how many vidja gamers play on the tabletop as well.


*Like Bi-curious but with a much smaller chance of actually having sex.

[Grits]

I played AD&D with my brother and his friends way back in the day. We were too young for jobs and our parents thought it was all about devil worship, so we managed with one kid’s allowance and my babysitting money. We had the Player’s Handbook and the Monster Manual, plus I think one or maybe two modules. So I got some graph paper and made things up. It was tremendous fun. I still have my blue canvas binder with pen drawings on it, and somewhere in the attic lurks a bag full of dice.

I would love to see more activity on the roleplaying threads here. I’m one of the silent readers.

[Lady Saga]

I played AD&D with my brother and his friends way back in the day. We were too young for jobs and our parents thought it was all about devil worship, so we managed with one kid’s allowance and my babysitting money. We had the Player’s Handbook and the Monster Manual, plus I think one or maybe two modules. So I got some graph paper and made things up. It was tremendous fun. I still have my blue canvas binder with pen drawings on it, and somewhere in the attic lurks a bag full of dice.

I still have all my dice, I still actively use them here and there for TES! I also have all my old books. I sometimes consult my Monster Manuals to compare DnD monsters (goblins, for instance) and humanoids to TES's versions. I do notice that Beth does seem to take into consideration some ancient facts, like trolls regenerating health and having a weakness to fire. Ghosts not being affected by "normal" weapons, etc.

I spent a lot of money back in the day, too. Hundreds of dollars, I'm sure. Far more than I've spent on TES's games so far. Not just on books, but also on all the little figureines they sold in the hobby stores. We'd buy those and paint them, which added to the fun, but this means we were also buying paints and paintbrushes by the dozen.

To answer your Q, Mustard, I will check out the MSN/Skype at some point, but I can't promise I'll join. My schedule would just get in the way at some point, but I'll look into it.
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This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Dec 4 2012, 05:52 PM