Well, waiting around for gaming threads doesn't work very well, so I'll start one I'll keep the goals modest: let's chat about our current campaign(s). I don't know a lot of the nicks around here, and I'd like to try to get a sense of what kind of gamers are posting ... What are you running/playing? How often? Does it rock a little, or a lot?

I need to game again soon before I mutate into a giant ant and start masquerading as the mayor.

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!I need to game again soon before I mutate into a giant ant and start masquerading as the mayor.

You anywhere near Austin? I'd love to GM for you sometime; you have My Kind of Gamer Vibe.

What I'm playing:

True 20 - Highlander-like Immortals living during the Roman Empire. The rules fit the setting like a silk glove. The campaign began in 23 BC, and next game will be 96 AD. Among other things, we've survived Caligula, invaded Britain, destroyed followers of Lovecraft's Old Ones, and are currently rallying other Immortals to face a barbaric invasion in the Danube (which is led by a group of Immortals who don't follow the rules).

Oh yes, Pundit is the GM, and he used a lot of I, Claudius for the early part of the campaign.


Vampire the Masquerade - A LARP campaign at the local game pub, set in Montevideo, which I recently joined. I'm playing a Brujah Chinese businessman fresh from Hong Kong, who's quite happy to provide you with anything you need... for a price. Think of Shadowrun's fixers and you're on the right track.

EDIT: I'll post what I'm running later. Gotta work right now.

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!I need to game again soon before I mutate into a giant ant and start masquerading as the mayor.

Again? :O

-mice

/me eyeballs audience.

Did therpgsite become, like, an annex of RPG.net?

Anyways, no current campaign.

Eyeballing possibilities of playing in an Iron Kingdoms or Ravenloft game and running a Spycraft 2.0 game, if we can net in one or two more players (two of my potential players had to go and get pregnant... people and their lives... sheesh!)

Eh, right now I'm finishing up a D&D campaign for some of my co-workers (all of them either novices or returning to the table after a hiatus).  They're having fun, but I sorta had to reign in a bit of power creep a bit.  It's somewhat of a human-centered camapaign, with the remaining Great Houses of Man under siege by a fallen God and High Elves (yes, I did the whole "High Elves are militant arrogant enemies of humanity" bit), and they've been running around from one place to another trying to shore up the dam, so to speak.  It's been a lot of fun, and they have lots of enthusiasm, but I'll be happy to wind down the campaign.  For some reason, this one took a lot out of me.  I'm looking forward to playing Rifts or Palladium Fantasy and running Rolemaster back in Indianapolis come the end of October, and to a whole slew of games for shorter runs after that, too.

This Sunday begins a game of Cold City, a game of politics and monster hunting in 1950 Berlin.  The players will be hunting down beasties that WWII left behind.  We are going to play that for 3-5 sessions or so and rotate GM-ship.  The other games on the table that have caught my fancy are Don't Rest Your Head (Lovecraft-style), Mutants and Masterminds, Spycraft and Iron Heroes.

We'll see what we end up playing this fall and winter.

Currently playing: A way cool fantasy homebrew setting called Aestas that my friend Andy brewed up.  We are using GURPS 4th ed. rules.  Check it out at:

http://brassbricks.com/main/?cat=2

Currently running: Nothing at the moment, but I hope that will change once my schedule opens up a little in the next few weeks.  I was until recently running a near future WW3 post apocalyptic game that I took over for a while from my friend Andy.  We have been playing it off and on for almost 6 years.

Currently planning: Too many to mention, but the top contender is a Tekumel campaign that I tentatively call CSI:Tumissa.  The players would be a special squad of the city's Tomb Police who specialize in tracking down and exacting vengeance upon those who defile the tombs of those important families that have the political and economic status to afford it.


TGA

Currently Running:

The New Jerusalem Project:  The last remnants of humanity, packed into a colony on a barren world without an atmosphere, are dealing with a wee zombie problem.  Sort of a cross between Alien and Dawn of the Dead.  (a warning to those who may want to follow in my footsteps:   zombies are not scary in zero-G)

The Mob Table: A group of petty criminals try to climb up the ladder of organized crime... with a dash of CoC-style horror thrown in for good measure.    I actually managed to run the players through Weekend at Bernie's in the last session.

What I'm playing:

I don't know... all the campaigns seem to vaporize right as soon as I start enjoying my PC.    :mad:

Running:

Lunchtime D&D: Every Tuesday I run a game at lunch here at the office. The game session starts with "Roll for initiative!" and goes from there. There's no story, but rather long, running battles with whatever I have in my bag of tricks.

It's a lot of fun, primarily because it serves as a testing ground for all sorts of weird ideas. I tested out new monsters, variant rules, and even stuff like the dungeon tiles we just published.

Playing:

Eberron Campaign: We're romping through the jungle continent of Xen'drick, searching for a way back home after being abandoned in the middle of a cycolpean ruin by our "guides". I play an arrogant sorcerer modeled on Major Winchester from MASH.

Boardgames: Every Thursday and Friday at lunch I play different boardgames at work. We've played Blokus and Jungle Speed along with a game of Bohnanza in the past two weeks.

Dreamblade: I try to spend one week night playing this game. I really enjoy it, and I'm not just saying that as a WotC employee.

I'd like to run something more story oriented, but the lunchtime game is a welcome respite after two attempts to do something a bit more grand failed. My previous game was a year-long Eberron campaign that, despite a few rough spots here, was highly enjoyable and wonderfully epic.

I'm currently playing in a Witchcraft campaign, set in an alternate reality where magic is known and generally accepted by the public (think GURPS Technomancer, or Poul Anderson's Operation Chaos).  We've only got a few more sessions to go, and then I'll be eventually starting up a C&C campaign, possibly with some variopus one-shots in between the two campaigns.

Just a question to all, but should this not perhaps be in the "Actual Play" forum instead?

Ross? Its your call, if you want to keep it on the main forum I'll keep it on the main forum, but I was thinking it might fit more in the actual play forum. Seeing as how its about, you know, what people are actually playing.

RPGPundit

Quote from: RPGPunditJust a question to all, but should this not perhaps be in the "Actual Play" forum instead?

Ross? Its your call, if you want to keep it on the main forum I'll keep it on the main forum, but I was thinking it might fit more in the actual play forum. Seeing as how its about, you know, what people are actually playing.

I'd personally rather have my gonads removed by ice-cold steel pointy things than ever read an "Actual Play" forum, but bear in mind that I speak through the scars of other fora when I say that. My perspective on what "Actual Play" means in Internettese is certainly warped. If it actually begins meaning actual play, then my gonads and/or opinions will alter themselves accordingly. A sight to see, I assure you.

I'll follow it wherever it goes, and wear a cup.

I'm just starting a campaign set in Wilderlands of High Fantasy using the old Dragonquest system. A lot of conversion work, but so far it's been fun.

I just finished running a multi-year Middle Earth Rolemaster game. It went really well with seven players, but they finally offed the Witch King, so I figured it was a good place to stop.

I'm playing in an Orphius game (my first White Wolf game ever), a Serenity game and an Amber Diceless style homebrew. So far I'm having fun with all three groups.