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Encouraging Variety in Roleplaying
laughingfuzzball
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I'm sure pretty much anyone who roleplays is familiar and comfortable with DnD and at least a portion of other D20 games. Someone has to be on top of the industry and that's all well and good, but limiting ourselves to one, or even a small number, of games, systems, and setting will cause the hobby to tend to stangnate, and even work backwards at times. I propose we organize an effort to add more variety to the gaming in our corner by putting together easily accessible games in some of the lesser played systems and settings.
One the hardest part about being into a relatively unplayed game is getting a group together. Since the group available here is much larger than what most of us have access to otherwise, it will be much easier to find others who are either already interested in the game, or are willing to try it if you show them how. By exposing ourselves to a greater variety of games, we can enjoy the hobby to a greater extent. By organizing this effort, we can avoid merely shifting the absolute focus to another game (since the whole point is to improve variety, this would be self-defeating), and share some of the more time-intensive burdens, primarily teaching new players who may not have access to the books and gathering and sharing resources for more obscure and out of print games.
Would anyone else be interested in such a thing?
One the hardest part about being into a relatively unplayed game is getting a group together. Since the group available here is much larger than what most of us have access to otherwise, it will be much easier to find others who are either already interested in the game, or are willing to try it if you show them how. By exposing ourselves to a greater variety of games, we can enjoy the hobby to a greater extent. By organizing this effort, we can avoid merely shifting the absolute focus to another game (since the whole point is to improve variety, this would be self-defeating), and share some of the more time-intensive burdens, primarily teaching new players who may not have access to the books and gathering and sharing resources for more obscure and out of print games.
Would anyone else be interested in such a thing?
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Let me find the link...
http://dsg.neko-machi.com/thrash.html
Making a character can take forever, but they're very fleshed out. Martial arts/fighting game/anime style game. The rules need a little tweaking, because they are themselves tweaked off of the old Street Fighter game..and some GURPS I think.
You sit down and think up the character first, and then use the rules to make the idea real in the system. If you try to use the system to make a kickass character, you'll run into all the broken rules and loopholes. You have to follow the spirit of the game, not the word.
Normal, Texas! is one that I've been very intrigued by for a long time, and haven't had the opportunity to play.
The Have Games, Will Travel podcast is a great place to find out about new board games and RPGs, as he tends to focus on lots of small press stuff with great reviews, and is very professional and fun to listen to.
I have a copy of ConX, but haven't tried it yet. I hear the more recent Unistat sytem is knda bland, though. I can't say I'm really surpirsed 'cuz, ya know, Unistat. Normal, Texas! looks nifty, too.
Be part of something big, even if you are small.
Well, I have been considering running some demo games here at PA-forums, but I don't know if there would be enough demand for it.
Get a thread going and describe the game. You'll get a lot more interest if you're willing to teach people to play, or if there's a free .pdf of the rules flosting around.