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2017 Gaming Plans

Started by K Peterson, December 28, 2016, 12:44:55 PM

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K Peterson

It's a cliched forum topic this time of year... but what the hell.

What Rpg(s) are you planning to run in 2017? Or will continue to run into 2017? Or you'll be a player in?

I'm continuing to run Cthulhu by Gaslight, at least for the next month or two. We (re)started in September, and have played through a number of mysteries - surprisingly, with few casualties and asylum visits. It was a campaign that I started in mid-2015, shelved when that gaming group imploded, and resurrected for my current gaming group. (With one player from the original group). It's been a lot of fun, and it's a good group to play with.

I'd like to explore another campaign or two in the new year. It's been a while since I've run anything Scifi, and might dabble in a short 'belter' campaign, using Jovian Chronicles as the baseline mechanics. Otherwise, I might explore other eras of Cthulhu - running Cthulhu Dark Ages, or Dark Streets. I've been contemplating running either for ages.

I'm an occasional player in a friend's group, which is starting up a Gurps campaign this Friday. They've been playing through Modiphius' Mutant Chronicles for months, until the GM could no longer stand the system. He's rebooting a Dark*Matter campaign, using Gurps, which should be entertaining.

AsenRG

#1
First, play in my wife's Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate campaign as long as it lasts. Or I might make someone else run something else for me if it doesn't last as long as I expect it to:)!

Second, once this concludes, I'd probably run either an "authentic fairy tale" game for my group, probably using an OSR title or Mythras. Or I might do a "Fighting game tournament" campaign using either Mastercraft or Mythras;).
Horror might be mixed with both according to my tastes at the moment.
Or it might be an Earthdawn game to begin with:p.

And of course, my Tekumeli campaign would resume at some point next year, but I need some time as a player before that;). I need a break once in a while.

I'm running an OSR game and a freeform game on another forum. I plan on finishing both of them, if I can. I've decided to play at most one more PbP game, which means I'm only going to commit to another online game if I think it's going to be good.

Of course, if The Way of the Tiger RPG is published next year, as it should, odds are it would take priority over some of those other plans:D!
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"Life is not fair. If the campaign setting is somewhat like life then the setting also is sometimes not fair." - Bren

cranebump

A hack of Fantasy AGE, because I like the Stunt and spell systems. I've already modded Microlite-20 down to a more B/X style curve, so I can use the monsters from it, and worked up a list of Ranked spells (a la FAGE). Ported over the Stunts as "Maneuvers" (tweaked a couple), created a Maneuvers list for Travel (pilfering Dungeon World/Freebooters), and then adapted a Race-as-Class system.

So, um, short answer...running my own hack in the same campaign world we've already built, and hoping like hell it works well.:-) (while making sure I take some of the better GMing techniques from Dungeon World, which, I believe has made my GMing better).
"When devils will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows..."

Ratman_tf

My big plan is to start an open table group over the internet, so that we can get maximum participation, and include players in other states.

We'll see if it takes off or not. Details are to be determined. (System, setting, etc.)
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-Haffrung

tenbones

Doing my first foray into virtual GMing.

Indulging myself with Savage Worlds and figuring out what I wanna hack/not hack.

Running a full-blown dedicated Sci-fi campaign that's not Star Wars.

Running Star Wars (FFG rules)

Running Savage Rifts

Michael Gray

I'll continue running Stars Without Number until we get tired of it or someone does something stupid enough to TPK the group. No plans beyond that.
Currently Running - Deadlands: Reloaded

Alderaan Crumbs

Blades in the Dark, Star Wars (FFG) and maybe The Sprawl.
Playing: With myself.
Running: Away from bees.
Reading: My signature.

Teodrik

Continuing the Hyborian Age episodic campaign recently rebooted useing Barbarians of Lemuria. I am kind of split on if I should change system for variation, but I really want it to continue.

Hoping to finally end Keep on the Borderlands ( as a player) early next year.

Try to learn and at least run one adventure for Trail of Cthulhu

Learn The One Ring again and get a campaign going when the BOL campaign goes into the freezer.

Spellslinging Sellsword

#8
I'm planning on kicking off 2017 with a new campaign using the Mythras rules. I'm using The Lost City of Barakus.

Ashakyre

Get the first draft for my game out and start a regular game with it.

trechriron

Continuing to run mu semi-weekly Castles & Crusades game.

Starting up a new SAT bi-weekly Star Wars (FFG) game at a FLGS in Tacoma (Tacoma Games on 6th Ave!).
Trentin C Bergeron (trechriron)
Bard, Creative & RPG Enthusiast

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Spinachcat

GM = Playtesting my own shiznack to ready the damn shiznack for Kickstarter. It's only been incubating for two decades. Maybe running the Modiphuckious playtest for Star Trek.

Player = maybe join a semi-regular something. Or just continue with convention one-shots. Who knows? I may be moving out of Cali in 2017, especially if I complete my current client project.

Simlasa

All the games I play/run have been on hiatus since November... hopefully those will start up again without losing too many folks (all but one are online and that's a common hazard).
So playing Mazes & Monsters, DCC and Magic World. Our Wednesday Traveller game is going to be pre-empted by some Holmes D&D.
As GM I'll be starting up my online Magic World campaign again... though I've got some ideas for one-shots and short campaigns I'd like to try.

Doom

D&D 5e for now, though I've been struggling to get folks to show up for some reason (granted, this particular week is bad). I might just start over from 1st level, I suspect pulling folks in at 6ish level might have been an issue.

Past that, I just bought Witcher 3, and there's a Conan board game still on the agenda...just as soon as I finish writing another book.
(taken during hurricane winds)

A nice education blog.

Krimson

AD&D 1e. Same campaign I've been in on and off since '86. D&D 5e spinoff of the AD&D 1e game and a Star Wars game using D&D 5e. Not Ultramodern, none of the conversions, but D&D 5e.
"Anyways, I for one never felt like it had a worse \'yiff factor\' than any other system." -- RPGPundit