Role Playing Games

[Belladonna 0]

I think my favorite was a version of Battletech adapted to the GURPS system. I'd still be playing, but my weekends are taken up my much more important things now.

[agent_lead 0]

if you count world of warcraft consider me guilty...


i was a WOW feend...

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[MarkM 0]

The ones I can remember:

D&D, AD&D, GURPS, Palladium, Twilight Zone and Twilight Zone 2000, Paranioa, Vampire the Masq, Ars Magica, Over the Edge, Amber, Beyond the Supernatural, Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk 2020, Cyborg Commando, Dark Conspiracy, DC Heroes, Marvel, Doctor Who RPG, Earthdawn, Elric, Fantasy Hero, Gamma World, Lords of Creation, Macho Women With Guns, Middle Earth, Rolemaster, Millenium's End, Morpheus, Powers and Perils, Rifts, Robotech, Shadowrun, Skyrealms of Jorune, Star Frontiers, Star Wars, Buck Rogers, Talislanta, Torg, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toon, Warhammer, and Synnibarr.

Did a brief stint at a company called Harvest Moon to write my own rpg, wrote fan fiction for Cyberpunk 2020, etc.

I was really into the scene at one point, but got bored of it once MMORPGs came around and now I just casually play those.

Edit: Oh and I LARP'd once, but that was just to meet chicks.

[Maxamillion 0]

Isn't there one called Illuminati? Strange. When I was younger, RPG books, pick a page different outcome, they were quite cool.

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When I was younger, RPG books, pick a page different outcome, they were quite cool.

I remember those...

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[MarkM 0]

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Wait, I think i'm confused... what exatly is a role playing game?

This specific genre is called "pen and paper roleplaying games", because roleplaying games mean different things(computer roleplaying game, online roleplaying game, psychological counseling roleplaying game, etc). But basically, it's:

You and a bunch of friends sitting around a table, eating junk food, staying up late all night. One person is the game master, who controls the flow of the game(basically makes shit up as he goes along), while everyone else plays a character.

A character is very much like a character in a story, only you have numbers and statistics that make up the character in addition to a backstory. Like your character could be Elizabeth the vampire, who used to show horses professionally before being turned and since then has been playing a lot with knives. So you'd have stats that'd show you were good with horses and knives on your character and these stats come into play with complex game rules.

The game master would tell you about the environment, create the situations(he'd be the story teller) and you'd react to that. You're sitting around watching TV and some robber comes in the back window. Do you kill him or maybe help him rob the rich annoying asshole next door instead?

They can be very fun or very Zzzzz depending on the game, the person running the game and the other players.

[mailin 0]

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(yes, I make games for a living...)

I'm incredibly jealous!



Jen

Arianna Frances

[napalmboy 0]

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(yes, I make games for a living...)

I'm incredibly jealous!



Jen

It's not always that glamorous, but I love what I do.
Plus, playing games isn't goofing off, it's research!

Well, the door was open...

[napalmboy 0]

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Isn't there one called Illuminati?

Yup, there is. Too many out there to list them all, of course, but you remember correctly.

Well, the door was open...

[Broke 0]

One game I loved running was Kobolds Ate My Baby. That was a fun game to run. It is perfect for conventions, because the point of the game master is to kill all the players as many times as possible

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[napalmboy 0]

I don't think I've ever even heard of that one, but it sounds like fun. I like games that don't take themselves too seriously, because then players don't get too attached to their characters and the game is more likely to be quick, and thus able to be picked up anytime.

Well, the door was open...

[Broke 0]

here you go

http://www.koboldsatemybaby.com/index.html

It looks like they devloped the game more since the last time I played it.

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[Broke 0]

Bizzump for more research

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[turtlespeed 212]

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Bizzump for more research

I have a +8 staff of power now.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[Broke 0]

That's nothing compaired to my hackmaster +12

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[turtlespeed 212]

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That's nothing compaired to my hackmaster +12

You hack em - I'll staff 'em

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[ladydyver 0]

Sad...but true....I played D&D and car wars too.....what can I say....I am easily entertained.

DPH # 2
"I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~
I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc!

[Bolas 5]

Played D&D a few times in college. My friends were really into MUDS, but I avoided that addiction.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[tbrown 26]

and no I am not talking about dressing like a Sailor while your SO dresses like a whore.

[flygirl1 0]

Ok I feel kind of dumb but, What is D&D?

Fly like a girl

[Bolas 5]

Dungeons and Dragons. The guys that ogled you in high school but were too scared to talk to you played it.

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[flygirl1 0]

Ok, now I know what your talking I think I used to here people talking about playing that all the time in computer class in HS but, never really knew what it was. Is it a computer game?

Fly like a girl

[Bolas 5]

It started as pen, paper, and dice but has been on computers and game systems too.

Bolas "I swear I was not in the AV club" Rodriguez

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[Remster 24]

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Is it a computer game?

Kids these days...

Remster

[ladyskydiver 0]

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Is it a computer game?

Kids these days...

You know that when you saw this title, you were thinking master/slave, doctor/patient, etc.

Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.