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I recently found out about this forum through a Reddit discussion on RPG communities, and I was wondering if you could tell me about yourselves. There was no 'say hello' sub Forum, so I thought I would just post this here.

I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups… but they're kinda dead.

• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

1. Currently in a gaming doldrum. Mostly I DM some form of D&D. My group played AD&D for decades though I have been running 5e.

2. This forum, once you get around the quirks, is bar none the best place to talk about the OSR (Old School Revival/Renaissance based on some older edition of D&D). I mostly avoid the political discussion because nothing good ever comes of that, but the people here even if they are abrasive, will give you useful feedback and opinions when it comes to actual game discussion and I like that. I like the honesty even though it sometimes comes across as harsh, because it is often very detailed and can be datamined.

3. I live in Calgary, Alberta in Canada.

1. I currently GM East Texas University (Savage Worlds) and Mutants and Masterminds 3rd edition. I was playing Savage Rifts until recently, but that game is on indefinite hiatus. I'm also gearing up to start a campaign with the new Masks of Nyarlathotep when the latest edition finally drops this year.

2. As Krimson said, there's a lot of talk about the OSR and older D&D in general. I read the political stuff in Pundit's forum as it can be entertaining at times but I rarely post there. I don't really post that often, but usually when I do it's about games or systems that I'm more familiar with like Savage Worlds or the Sine Nomine games.

3. The middle of nowhere, otherwise known as western Arkansas, USA. Living out in the country has its perks but access to good Internet and lots of gaming partners are not among them.

Welcome to the zoo.

This place has almost no rules.  "You're a stupid sack of shit" is a term of endearment.  Eyes gouged out are usually handed back.

On the other hand, we DO talk about gaming.  You won't get banned if you do or don't like this game or that.

Just don't mention "story games" around Pundy, he gets bitey.

I'm playing Pathfinder right now, and about to go to GaryCon for my annual dose of gaming.

I've been wargaming since before RPGs existed, and was part of Gary Gygax' group as of late 1972.  I enjoy talking about the assumptions and play style of old school, but really don't mind if people like other stuff until you start telling me it's "wrong" or "bad".  "I like this better than that" is simply opinion, "this is objectively better than that" will get you fanged.  For bonus rabid attacks tell me I only like OD&D because of "nostalgia."

I am also 62 going on 13, and my sense of humor reflects this.

I live in a little dying shithole town in the middle of the eastern half of South Dakota.  No, we don't have any oil, that's NORTH Dakota.

Quote from: Wade;1024277I recently found out about this forum through a Reddit discussion on RPG communities, and I was wondering if you could tell me about yourselves. There was no 'say hello' sub Forum, so I thought I would just post this here.

I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups... but they're kinda dead.

• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Welcome aboard!

1) 5e, setting: Tekumel. (Up until last summer I was using an AD&D-EPT fusion, but we decided to try 5e, and stuck with it).
2) Tekumel. I hangout almost exclusively on the Questioning Chirine baKal II thread, but I do occasionally join in on other threads. Come over if you want to talk about Tekumel, and go off on completely non-related tangents every so often.:D
3) Tekumel, no wait I mean the snowy, frozen hell that it is Toronto, Ontario.

Shemek.

1: 2 5e D&D campaigns. One paused Spelljammer campaign thats been running for many years. and various stuff on the side like a brief return to Shadowrun.

2: All sorts of subjects.

3: The very first person to buy my RPG wayyyy back in the 90s was from Melbourne.

I'm from the UK, currently running F-T-F sessions Dungeon Crawl Classics,  playing Mongoose 2e Traveller and in several GUMSHOE on-line games - Esoterrorists, Poison Tree playtest, Final Revelation and finishing up Curse of Nineveh, a Call of Cthulhu on-line game. Then there's  13th Age - Eldolan also on-line and we're just making characters for Yggdrasil that starts in April.

For this year's con season I'm planning a selection of games:
Revelation later this month - Cartel and Alas for the Awful Sea, two PbtA games.
Chimeriades in the south of France - some Runequest and some Mythras.
UK Games Expo in June - Call of Cthulhu, Laundry, Mythras and Tekeumel/EPT
Continuum  in July - Some Mythras
The Kraken in Germany - Mythras and Call of Cthullhu.

I shall also be running a on-line game of Mythras set in the 300BCE era of post Alexander's world in Asia.

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• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Hello!

I'm running mostly (a lot of) 5e D&D in the Wilderlands of High Fantasy on the Arnesonian sandbox model, with a fortnightly 4e D&D Nentir Vale side game (mostly combat) and 2e AD&D occasional solo Council of Wyrms dragon-PC game. I like lots of social interaction elements in my D&D as well as dungeon exploration & combat.

Your list of RPG stuff sounds good to me. I guess maybe I prefer more 'best practice' than 'theory'. I like OSR stuff as well as 5e.

I live in London but I grew up near or in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

I am running a face-to-face Shadowrun: Anarchy campaign. It's been a lot of fun and the first version of Shadowrun I've been willing to run.

Also am a player in a couple play-by-post D&D 5e games. We had a face-to-face game of Dark Albion/FH&W going, but that kind of fizzled because the GM works a lot.

This is definitely one of the best OSR discussion forums. Also good for OSR stuff is Dragonfoot. I do like RPG.net for general gaming discussion. ENWorld has got the most up-to-date news.

Near Chicago, Illinois, USA here

I am currently playing 5e D&D (with options turned towards a TSR-style: no feats or multiclassing), as well as a home-brew Mad Max-inspired game I wrote with my friend (the GM). On the side, I DM 5e and Beyond the Wall for my nephew when convenient. Favorites I'm not currently playing include Adventure, Conquer King system, WEG Star Wars, and Traveller (original or the Mongooes semi-remake).


I've been gaming since 1983 when I was 8-9 (first game I owned was BECMI red box, although I was introduced to the game with the "big kids' " Holmes-B/X-AD&D mashup). Played BECMI until '89, then moved to 2e, then GURPS and HERO and other complex systems until the OSR brought me back into the D&D-like fold (5e being an 'acceptable compromise').  

Conversationally, I prefer to discuss gaming best practices, DM/GM advise, broad concepts like 'does rule X incentivize behavior Y' or 'how detailed a setting should be,' etc. I also came to the 'original/early-era' games (oD&D and 1e AD&D, LBB Traveller, etc.) after the fact, so I do enjoy a bunch of discussion of the historical aspects of TTRPGs and the whole 'why did it turn out this way, and not that,' etc.

Overall, I am not that hard to figure out--I don't believe in 'best ways to game' or the like. There's no purity in anything, much less silly little games. I'm not a genius or idiot, neither are you, nor that fellow over there (or at least I have no real evidence thereof, you might be a genius on your own time, that's none of my business). There are decent/horrid people and good/bad behavior on all sides of any issue. Politics (or pseudo-political social issues) have no place in gaming (on either side), and I'd frankly prefer not to know my fellow gamers opinions on ___. My sense of humor is kinda reverse-Gronan's: once I turned 20, I didn't need to use swear words or sexual/scatological references anymore (I just  (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?38442-Dumbest-D-amp-D-Creature&p=1024336&viewfull=1#post1024336)contradicted this earlier this morning, but that just shows that I am never a purist).


I live in Richfield, MN, USA; although as of last night, we just put in a bid, and it was accepted, on a house in Minneapolis proper. So {update: we close at the end of March, and I hope never to shop for houses in a seller's market ever again}

Welcome to the boards! People are right, it is very much the Wild West here. Do not expect to agree with anyone 100% of the time. The lack of any but the most basic moderation or censorship is the #1 thing that makes this place great. So be prepared to go at it hammer and tongs, and pick each other up and move on with no hard feelings. That's the kind of place this is. You'll love it.

I've been here since before the Pundit took it over. I generally post about things important to my own gaming, and unimportant to anyone else in the known universe. I am not interested in the OSR, so I have no idea why I stay here. I'm not a story gamer either, so I'm neither fish nor fowl nor good red meat. :D

I generally play my own games, so I'm always playtesting something. I live in the Hub of the Universe, Boston MA USA, and I'm old as dirt.

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• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Welcome,

***DMing 5e at two libraries with open games. At home I would rather play Dungeon Crawl Classics or BEC/MI (no time for the MI levels). I am also playing an Earth Pony in my wife's My Little Pony RPG, named Ace with a cutie mark of an Ace of Spades.

***I lurk more than I post but it is a lot of fun to see the personalities go at it from time to time. And, there are some people here that have some legitimate insight regarding the beginnings of D&D/ RPG industry. I like the "history of the game" as well as the game.
After feeling like I had been zombified from a few years of D&D 4e, I came here looking for some insight on more streamlined faster gaming and discovered this thing called the "OSR". I still don't know what is and is not OSR but I am damn happy to be doing some more old style easier/ enjoyable gaming (even using 5e).

***I currently reside in the mountains of north Georgia.

Running two games of D&D 5E, with optional rules to make it more like BECMI/RC.  One game is set in a homebrew world with pockets of highly developed civilization but problems maintaining population.  The other game is about to "reality shift" to that same world.

Like to talk about design and how games work, and a few other related things.  My genre tastes are very narrow, primarily limited to epic or high fantasy, with a dose of "sword and sorcery" thrown in to leaven it.  I don't have anything to say about much that goes on here, but read a lot of it.  (I lurked for over six years before something tempted me to post.)

I'm from North Alabama.

1. Right now I'm running a Deadlands: Reloaded campaign.
2. All kinds I guess. I'm not real big on 'me too' comments so if someone comments here and I agree you might never see me say a word about the subject.
3. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US.

Welcome!

1- playing in a 5e game with my friends.  So far, really digging 5th.  

2- whatever catches my fancy at the time:)  Most of what I write here adds nothing to the conversation.

3- right outside of Hartford CT

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• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

HI! Your stock took a sharp dive at "I like RPG.net" but I won't hold that against you. I'm willing to take a risk and buy low and hopefully your value will skyrocket as a participating member of this elite community of ironically non-ironic humble egomaniacs that believe the one true way to game is to smash all one true ways. Except for the ones I endorse of course, of course.

1) I'm playing FASERIP (Classic Marvel Superheroes)
2) I'm obsessed about GMing. I like talking about settings, systems, mechanics, and giving unsolicited advice that is always correct.
3) I'm from Los Angeles. But I've lived all over. I'm currently visiting Dallas for the last the 20-years, and oddly liking it. I may stay here.

In your honor I'm eating vegemite and peanut-butter sandwiches for lunch.

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• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

1. Currently I'm not playing anything, as we just welcomed my second daughter into the world (so far, she's been using STR, DEX, CON, INT, and WIS as dump stats for CHA, which is through the roof... what a little powergamer).  Also, I'm working nights, so I don't get much time to game.  But that will change soon enough, as my schedule changes at the end of March.  I'm also considering running a Savage Worlds pulp/Crimson Skies game, but not sure about it yet at all.

I have two Stars Without Number games on hiatus, and I had ran some Cepheus Engine (basically OGL Mongoose/Classic Traveller) one-offs too, recently.  I was playing in a D&D5e game as well.  Generally, I think D&D5e is decent enough, though I would definitely play it with as few feats as possible.  Way too fiddly.

I have been playing RPGs since the mid-80s (I was 9 when I cracked open the Red Box Basic D&D and haven't looked back since).  I still think that the Twilight:2000 2nd ed. autofire rules are the best ever published, and that Heavy Gear >>>>> Battletech.  :)

2.    I'm a newer addition to Stellagama Publishing, a small indy press RPG company. We publish science fiction gaming materials for SWN, Traveller (Classic or Cepheus Engine), and some of the other OSR stuff, like White Star.  It's only four of us that produce materials, and we're really proud of These Stars Are Ours! a full science fiction setting for Cepheus Engine.  You can get it on drivethrurpg.com.  I wrote the adventure hooks/patrons and did a big chunk of the editing (so typos are on me!).  And I've got a few SWN-compatible books out there too.

I don't really care much about the ideological underpinnings of the OSR, though I do appreciate what happens when my players realize that they have fewer constraints than some of the more modern RPGs that we've played over the years.  I stumbled across Stars Without Number a few years ago, and I really like the way it plays.  The new rules are even better, and I'm pretty happy with how things have turned out in my games.  I will say that I still get twitchy about Armor Class.  I have learned to live with it, but it doesn't feel right in modern/sci-fi games with guns. But that's me.

I like talking about GMing, world-building and sandbox-building ideas, and adventure ideas too.  I really, really like designing adventures and multi-layered plot-hooks that can be turned into adventures with very little effort.  I think that's why I've gotten into SWN so much: there are so many tools to help me run amazing adventures without too much work.  I like that.

3.  I'm in Montreal, Canada, where I am a teacher.

Quote from: MonsterSlayer;1024356***I lurk more than I post but it is a lot of fun to see the personalities go at it from time to time.

I hope I count as an rpgsite personality! Right? Right? :o

There can be no more exclusive Brotherhood! :D

>>I still think that the Twilight:2000 2nd ed. autofire rules are the best ever published<<

This is very true. Never played T:2000, but I use those buckets of d6s in all kinds of other games!

1.  I'm running GURPS at the moment: a couple of rotating online games with my gaming buddies from college, and a face-to-face game a couple times a month.
2.  I like discussing worldbuilding, campaign prep, and useful or interesting supplements.
3.  I'm from Alabama.

Quote from: S'mon;1024461>>I still think that the Twilight:2000 2nd ed. autofire rules are the best ever published<<

This is very true. Never played T:2000, but I use those buckets of d6s in all kinds of other games!

I always felt it was to random. I would think skill should play some part in resolving hits.

Quote from: Wade;1024277I recently found out about this forum through a Reddit discussion on RPG communities, and I was wondering if you could tell me about yourselves. There was no 'say hello' sub Forum, so I thought I would just post this here.

I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups… but they're kinda dead.

• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

I'm playing in a 5e Homebrew Campaign run by a young twenty-something GM. Having lots of fun with that! I'm running 0D&D, and aStar Wars games at the moment. I'll be going to GaryCon next mopnth to help out with the convention, and to run a few pick-up games.

I'm an old-school RPG GM. Mostly I talk about Original D&D, Gamma World, Classic Traveller, ...like that. I also like to write about worldbuilding, and history because they go hand-in-hand with roleplaying, and about good GMing. I especially like to talk about homebrew worlds, and making up your own gaming materials and supplements. When I started playing D&D, the only way to have adventures, was to make them. That's why I like guys like Flyingmice, Tenbones, and others here... Everything they create (well almost everything!) is an original creation, and our hobby and recreational pastime is much richer for that.

I'm from Germany. Traveled all over the world, however spent the most time here in Indiana, and really got into RPG gaming out in Colorado. Been a wargaming since 1972, and have played (and run) role-playing games since 1977.

Welcome to the RPGSite!

Thanks everyone, it's nice to meet you all :)

I think I'm in flyingmice's camp, as I'm not into OSR or story games, and I mostly play my own games (once you start publishing your own stuff it becomes a rare treat to play other people's work).

My first gaming experience was with 2nd Ed D&D, and it was very cool… but the guys I were playing with kinda sucked, and I've only ever played one terrible game of 1st Ed with a DM who was not good. Most of my gaming history is with homebrewed versions of the HERO system and now I mostly just play my own stuff (sometimes I think I just got so carried away with my homebrewing that I accidently made a job out of it).

I noticed a few people mention politics, and the giant "The Rules" post at the top of the forum :P By the looks of this would I be right in assuming that most people here fall on the 'libertarian' side of the spectrum?

I will have to check out the 'Design, Development, and Gameplay' forum, as on occasion I like to share my Works in Progress to gather feedback from other people.

Quote from: Ras Algethi;1024475I always felt it was to random. I would think skill should play some part in resolving hits.

There was an optional rule in the Special Operations Handbook that allowed for aimed 3-round bursts which addressed the instance where more accurate bursts are possible.  However, I think that basic 1/6 chance of hitting with each bullet in a burst is a fairly accurate simulation of automatic fire in combat.  And what's more, those rules also had suppression fire built right into them.  So that was cool.

Quote from: Wade;1024477Thanks everyone, it's nice to meet you all :)

Welcome to the madhouse! You have to provide your own straightjacket, though.

Quote from: Wade;1024477I noticed a few people mention politics, and the giant "The Rules" post at the top of the forum :P By the looks of this would I be right in assuming that most people here fall on the 'libertarian' side of the spectrum?

I don't know if libertarians make up a majority, but they're quite possibly the largest bloc when it comes to political affiliations here. I don't identify as one though I'm far closer to libertarian than any of the other American political labels. Politics is generally kept out of this section unless it specifically pertains to a game or other gaming subject. For other things you'll have to look to Pundit's forum, which is basically the Wild West. That's where all the political explosions happen and people often completely lose their cool. :)

Quote from: Wade;1024277What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.

I'm running Labyrinth Lord once a month for some coworkers. I'm prepping games of both d6 Star Wars and Traveller/Clement Sector for a local convention in two weeks. I am about to start up a local d6 Star Wars game series (same setting, different groups, occasionally all meeting for massive adventures).

Quote from: Wade;1024277What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.

Almost anything besides theory. If it does not have a practical application, I don't see the use of it. I tend to be more interested in science fiction and science fantasy RPGs myself.

Quote from: Wade;1024277Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Quote from: Wade;1024477I noticed a few people mention politics, and the giant "The Rules" post at the top of the forum :P By the looks of this would I be right in assuming that most people here fall on the 'libertarian' side of the spectrum?

I suspect >50% have not voiced a strong option (although as someone who wants to avoid it like the plague here, I don't have the most complete picture). It's more that... well, let's say you want to carry on a discussion about something specific and noncontroversial--let's say what decade to best situate your cliffhanger RPG campaign. The topics which can come up in a thread which all but guarantee that you'll never get the conversation back to cliffhanger rpgs are--storygames vs. trad. TTRPGs, old school vs. new school games (particularly d20/D&D), rpg.net/TBP, and anthing vaguely in the social justice socio-political broad category. The first two are arguably reasonable points of contention amongst gamers, the third a historical grudge match/genuine disagreement on best way to run a forum culture, and then politics (my view upon, I have already stated).

Quote from: Wade;1024477I noticed a few people mention politics, and the giant "The Rules" post at the top of the forum :P By the looks of this would I be right in assuming that most people here fall on the 'libertarian' side of the spectrum?

The giant post is a recent development. If it makes you feel better, the bakery I work in has a big AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY sign, which routinely gets ignored. It's sole purpose is so we can say, "Can't you read?" without getting in trouble. :D

1. I'm playing in a GURPS cyberpunk game. I was playing a GURPS morrow project, but I need those Sundays for personal time, so I am only GURPSing every other Sunday. I'm up next to run, and I'm planning a futuristic hard-ish sci-fi game inspired by The Expanse, Altered Carbon, Transhuman Space, Eclipse Phase and to a smaller degree, Stargate. I also run two Radiance d20 games, one for a work group every two weeks on Friday, and one for a group of friends every two weeks on Saturday.
2. I like discussing everything related to RPGs - how to play, how to GM, help me find..., opinions on everything from the Industry (I've been an insider lurking for sometime now...) to our Hobby and the benefits of tabletop gaming. I also (here on theRPGsite) like to use my comedy and direct talking to poke fun at hard-liners who preach "one true wayisms" or against puritans that like to inflict rules on others. I can get uppity, but generally I listen and try to understand where people are coming from BEFORE I spit a tirade.
3. I'm from WA state, Puget Sound. Working in Redmond, living in Renton, born in Tacoma. I took a small break for about 7 years in Las Vegas but came back because I was dry enough.

Quote from: Wade;1024277I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups… but they're kinda dead.

Reddit is probably the only major game forum that I haven't frequented at some point. I originally came to this site because google led me to a discussion on mega-dungeons that interested me, but I was oblivious to the pundit's reputation. Since then I've noticed his infamy in the rpg world and don't have much use for this place as a result.

Judging by the impossible-to-miss banner you've noticed as well, the pundit wants to be able to Big-Brother any political talk he disagrees with. But judging by posts like this (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?38431-ethics-of-telepaths-in-superhero-games&p=1022206&viewfull=1#post1022206), he wants to be able to throw his own political nonsense into any old topic. I don't truck with hypocrisy, nor the spite I suspect I'll experience the next time I wander here.

Quote from: Wade;1024277What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.

What's Aeternum, haven't heard of it. Currently I'm only playing TCGs -- Hearthstone, Magic, and I'm getting into Pokemon with my son -- but I'm going to be DMing the first adventure of the Zeitgeist AP later in the month. Hopefully it turns into further adventure. :)

Quote from: Wade;1024277What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.

These days I don't talk about rpgs much at all, I'm kinda burnt out. I've seen every rpg topic come up there is to see, argued all the arguments there are to argue, and now I mostly use rpg forums to chat with forum friendlies on RPGnet and Paizo during my lunch breaks.

I used to talk a lot of mechanics, though. House rules to bring RAW in alignment with RAI, house rules to balance a game, house rules to make D&D...well, 'make sense' from my PoV. So yeah, I liked talking house rules especially.

Quote from: Wade;1024277Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Australia and New Zealand -- sorry I know you folks hate each other, but that's where LotR was filmed ;) -- are on my short list of places to visit. Can't wait to see a kangaroo in person, though I'm sure they're 100% mundane to you.

I'm from and live in the U.S.. Grew up in a super-rural landscape of beautiful greenery that I now miss. I've lived in big cities, and now I'm a suburban dad. Everywhere has its perks, right?

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• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Hi,

I am a stereotypical grumpy, jaded, old-school GM  - and a professor of history.  The rpgsite is awesome, and I am not saying that because it's the only place that will put up with me. We argue and curse a lot, but beneath that ugly veneer, folks here have a deep understanding and appreciation for the hobby.  Discussions here are not really for the thin skinned, but they are generally honest and based in deep experience.  There is kind of a 1st amendment culture here. People will respect your voice even if they spend 20 pages destroying it. If you like a "vigorous discussion" you're in the right place.

1) I am currently running Traveller.  It's a great change of pace for me.
2) I am kind of a mechanics and systems junkie.  I am heavily biased towards straight forward, traditional mechanics that don't get in the way.
3) I am currently in Colorado

Greetings,
   1. I'm in a Skype Pathfinder game right now.
   2. I'm up for talking about anything related to RPGs. Normally, that slides into whatever I'm currently playing or interested in at the moment.
   3. A Chattanoogan living in the cold, frozen tundra of North Dakota.

Gidday Wade, there's a guy doing a thread about Geektogethers here, perhaps you could advise him.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;1024678Gidday Wade, there's a guy doing a thread about Geektogethers here, perhaps you could advise him.

Did we meet at a Melbourne Geektogether? That was a long time ago, its a shame it no longer runs.

I read over that thread, but I'm not sure if I can contribute much. I dont have any experience with organising gatherings like that, as I only have experience running games and booths at bigger conventions (ie: PAX Melb, CanCon, etc...).

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• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

I play nothing at the moment. Had a short-lived groups about a year ago starting a  fantasy campaign. But had to quite  because of my work schedule. I am hoping to get a game going of both Barbarians of Lemuria in the age of Conan and a red-box D&D-Expert game as well (when I figure out which setting to use).

I generally like Sword&Sorcery/weird fiction/sword&planet, lovecraftian games and Tolkiens Arda. I also have a bit of a obsession about D&D and it's broader off-shot OSR variants. I am also a bit off a collector. I get interested easily in a lot of systems but I am really more into rules-light at heart. And a bit of junky of campaign settings (muh lore'n'shit ;) )

I am from south Sweden.

Quote from: Wade;1024277I recently found out about this forum through a Reddit discussion on RPG communities, and I was wondering if you could tell me about yourselves. There was no 'say hello' sub Forum, so I thought I would just post this here.

I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups... but they're kinda dead.

• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Welcome to theRPGsite, Wade! I was wondering where all the recent newcomers had found us from.

Quote from: Wade;1024694Did we meet at a Melbourne Geektogether? That was a long time ago, its a shame it no longer runs.

I read over that thread, but I'm not sure if I can contribute much. I dont have any experience with organising gatherings like that, as I only have experience running games and booths at bigger conventions (ie: PAX Melb, CanCon, etc...).

Any bits of advice are welcome. While I am planning the geektogethers as the main thrust of my project, there will be auxiliary things like having a table at the local comic-con to show off tabletop RPGs.

1) I've been GMing for a little over 30 years now and that's mostly what I do, but I'm currently playing in a friend's 5e D&D campaign and being on the other side of the screen has been a very illuminating experience.

2) I like to read everything my beady little ape-eyes come across, but I only chat here and there, usually to ask or answer a question, but I like setting spitballs, OSR-ish mechanics, and my guys and I are into stripping down systems for efficient handling the way some dudes strip down cars. I also like to chat about stripping and I once went out with a stripper.

3) I'm from Albion's Old North, though apparently I was very nearly an Australian!

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• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

OK, I guess I should answer:

1. Currently, I'm running Lion & Dragon, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Aces & Eights, and a Wuxia OSR setting of my own design very loosely based on the tv series "Into the Badlands".

2. I mostly talk about my own work these days. Goes with the territory. Or more broadly, about the OSR.

3. Currently living in Uruguay. Born in Canada.

Quote from: Wade;1024277I recently found out about this forum through a Reddit discussion on RPG communities, and I was wondering if you could tell me about yourselves. There was no 'say hello' sub Forum, so I thought I would just post this here.

I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups... but they're kinda dead.

• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

I'm currently running a Palladium Fantasy campaign for a group that's been gaming with each other for 25 years. And another Palladium Fantasy campaign for my eldest daughter and her friends.
I think game design theory is bullshit for pseudo-academics. Maybe it's just recency bias but after ~15 years of people talking about game design theory on the internet I just hate it. I like to talk about cool stuff I can throw into a campaign. I run sandbox games so stuff that I can put in my toolbox to be pulled out later.
I'm a third generation Arizonian but went to middle school and high school in the Bay Area but went back to Arizona for University (Bear Down!) and moved to Milwaukee when Wells Fargo purchased Strong Funds 10 years ago.

I'm currently considering running either an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game or a game of Changeling: The Dreaming, not sure yet.

I like to talk about all sorts of gaming-related subjects

I live in Roanoke, Virginia, Eastern United States.

Quote from: Wade;1024277I recently found out about this forum through a Reddit discussion on RPG communities, and I was wondering if you could tell me about yourselves. There was no 'say hello' sub Forum, so I thought I would just post this here.

I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups... but they're kinda dead.

• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Wade, welcome to the board.  I think I talked to you a few times on /rpg a couple years back around the release of Fragged Empire.  Congratulations on the game, as well as it's followup settings.  While it was ultimately too crunchy for my group, I enjoyed reading over FE.  You had a lot of good ideas in there and the presentation is beautiful.

• I am running two games weekly on Roll20.  Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea and Stonehell using Swords & Wizardry.  I am playing in a monthly game of Dungeon Crawl Classics at a local game store.
• I mostly like discussions on GMing.  Useful tools, interesting random tables, dungeon layout and design, etc.  Some game theory is interesting but after a while people start trying to fit everything into ridiculous terminology that just obfuscates the discussion in an attempt to prove something is wrong by defining at something other than what it is.  I'm also on a bit of a medieval history kick, so all the discussion around authentic medieval gameplay has been very interesting to me.
• I've lived all over the U.S.  Just moved to Atlanta last fall.  It's ok.

Quote from: Wade;1024277By the looks of this would I be right in assuming that most people here fall on the 'libertarian' side of the spectrum?

I think the entire political spectrum is fairly well represented on this board, although it likely appears more that way because the Pundit is very outspoken on his politics and political opinions are not censored here, unlike another board.  Anyway I find it pretty easy to ignore/avoid all the politics.

Quote from: Wade;1024277I recently found out about this forum through a Reddit discussion on RPG communities, and I was wondering if you could tell me about yourselves. There was no 'say hello' sub Forum, so I thought I would just post this here.

I like to hang out on the /RPG subreddit (which is good for news announcements and reading about GM/Player drama stories), I like rpg.net (they like their story games and some people 'really' get into talking about gaming culture), I was looking into some G+ groups... but they're kinda dead.

• What games are you playing at the moment? I've just started a new game of Aeternum.
• What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? I generally like to chat about game-design theory, good GM practices and creative inspiration.
• Where are you from? I'm from Melbourne, Australia.

Just joined, because after lurking for a couple of days, I felt like I had come home. :)
1. Currently in a Pathfinder game. Not my preferred version, but A. the GM is a veteran with the system, and he handles it well. B. Pathfinder has some good stuff in it.
2. Worldbuilding. Everything from philosophy of worldbuilding to nuts-and-bolts to "it has to play at the table".
3. Currently in St. Louis, MO. Planning to move west summer of 2019.

Quote from: RandyB;1025468Just joined, because after lurking for a couple of days, I felt like I had come home. :)
1. Currently in a Pathfinder game. Not my preferred version, but A. the GM is a veteran with the system, and he handles it well. B. Pathfinder has some good stuff in it.
2. Worldbuilding. Everything from philosophy of worldbuilding to nuts-and-bolts to "it has to play at the table".
3. Currently in St. Louis, MO. Planning to move west summer of 2019.

Welcome!! We're glad to have you.

Politics: Ex-republican, Reagan conservative. Ex-Democrat, Obama progressive.
Currently anarcho-imperialist with nihilist leanings.

I live in darkest Lincolnshire (in the UK for you colonials) and I'm currently running Conan and playing Call of Cthullu.

Quote from: under_score;1025462Wade, welcome to the board.  I think I talked to you a few times on /rpg a couple years back around the release of Fragged Empire.  Congratulations on the game, as well as it's followup settings.  While it was ultimately too crunchy for my group, I enjoyed reading over FE.  You had a lot of good ideas in there and the presentation is beautiful.

Thanks  Under_Score, Fragged is going very well atm (its my full time job) and I hope the new settings are received well this year (I think Aeternum has some real potential as no other RPG does what it does). Yea, Fragged is unashamedly a mid-crunch RPG. One of the great things about the plethora of choices that we have these days is that there is a setting/rule-system for whatever you like :)

Welcome aboard Wade!

Looking forward to you promoting Fragged projects and sharing more about them!

At the moment, I'm mostly playtesting boardgames designed by friends or doing playtests of my RPG projects.
It's odd, but I haven't played a published game in months!

I like to chat about stuff to be used in actual play. For me, its all about actual play.

I am currently living in Hollyweird!

Hi, Glithus here, I lurk...(first real post)

1. What games are you playing at the moment? 5e Curse of Strahd
2. What type of RPG stuff do you like to talk about? Mostly Old School stuff. But I like it all. Even the much maligned Story Games.
3. Where are you from? Nice try CIA.

1.  Nothing, currently.  
2.  World-building.  It helps with a project I am working on currently that doesn't directly relate to RPGs, and it's fun besides.
3.  Atlanta, Georgia.  I joined because I found a guy I used to go to college with on here (Steve Mitchell), and because it seemed like a cool place (It is).

Welcome!  I'm relatively new here myself.

1) I'm currently running a 2nd edition AD&D campaign.  A co-worker wanted to know if I could run D&D game for her son, but I don't own any of the more recent editions, and 2nd edition is what I'm primarily familiar with from when I gamed back in the 90's.

2) At the moment I still lurk a lot.  I was out of the gaming loop for a decade and a half, and I'm still acclimating myself to a lot of the more recent theories and jargon in the current RPG landscape.

3) I live in rural Georgia (the U.S. state, not the European country), in a town that if you drove through you might miss if you blinked.

Hey there!

I run and play RPGs in Brisbane QLD.

There's a huge RPG community here and a lot of various clubs and societies related to RPGs.
I administrate one club and help out as an admin on another.

Currently I'm running and playing a few various RPGs, too many really.

So I'm pulling back from running DnD 5e this year, which I've been playing and running a LOT over the last few years in favor of more Indie RPGs, such as running Godbound and Stars without number.
I'm hoping to get to play more Call of Cthulhu this year and trying to restrict myself to only PLAYING DnD 5e.

I've also got the itch to play more Boardgames this year. I hardly played any last year.