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Kain Bodom
Gallente
Garoun Investment Bank
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Posted - 2008.02.11 19:12:00 -
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Does anyone play any kind of paper n pencil RPG anymore?
Are the days of role playing games dead? I used to be a part of a group of nerds (used with respect) and we played all sorts of wonderful rpgs.. now-a-days ppl are playing that other mmo or changing their babies diapers or just plain too lazy to leave the house.
how can we bring back the days of wonderful face to face (social!!) gaming?
Do you still game?
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
Dread Sovereign
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Posted - 2008.02.11 19:24:00 -
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I dont game anymore but I still have alot of books and minitaures. It just got to a point with my friends and I where everyone had different time schedules, priorities, or in one case they move far, far away.
Basically we had to leave never never land and grow up a little.
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Kain Bodom
Gallente
Garoun Investment Bank
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Posted - 2008.02.11 19:28:00 -
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 Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
I dont game anymore but I still have alot of books and minitaures. It just got to a point with my friends and I where everyone had different time schedules, priorities, or in one case they move far, far away.
Basically we had to leave never never land and grow up a little.
lol.. I respect your point but I could easily make a case that ppl that fly around in shiny space ships and shoot pew pew lasers at others are playing in "never never land". :)
I don't see any reason why "adults" can't play paper n pencil rpgs, is there really that much difference between DnD (which i hate) and WoW? one uses a 1000 dollar metal box and the other 100 bucks worth of books and some dice.
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Riethe
Fine Goods for Fine Gentlemen
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Posted - 2008.02.11 20:23:00 -
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Just a heads up but computers aren't metal boxes.
Obviously all that dungeons and dragons you have played has gone to your head. Your mom was right.
Refer to Michael's post about the appropriate course of action from this point on.
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
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Posted - 2008.02.11 20:47:00 -
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The difference between mmo's and pen/paper though is imagination. Say all your friends played the same mmo and could all get on at the same time, well theres a lack of a story line. You all may go kill a dragon one day or go rvr a day but after a while it all turns into the same thing.
Whereas in the paper and pencil scenario the gm is actually taking you on a quest each week and character interaction really means something.
I had a teacher in high school that thought my rpg's were the greatest thing ever cause they can really make a person think outside of the box and be more creative.
It used to be when we played the game I would get off work (graveyard) and go straight to my friends house, let myself in and crash on a couch until everyone showed up then we'd be up all night playing either tabletop battles or rpgs. But that friend moved out of his moms place, got married and has 3 kids and his own business, another is married with one kid and is starting his own business, another one is in Iraq, one more dropped off the face of the planet, one got married and divorced with 2 kids and moved away, and the last I haven't heard from for a good 5 years now.
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Orgos Khenn
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.02.11 21:00:00 -
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I would given a proper gaming group. I don't have one where I live.
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MalVortex
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Posted - 2008.02.12 01:42:00 -
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I love that sort of gaming, but finding the right mix of people that can all get together consistently for at least an hour is very difficult anymore :\
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Kain Bodom
Gallente
Garoun Investment Bank
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Posted - 2008.02.12 04:00:00 -
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Originally by: Riethe
Just a heads up but computers aren't metal boxes.
Obviously all that dungeons and dragons you have played has gone to your head. Your mom was right.
Refer to Michael's post about the appropriate course of action from this point on.
and your mom is kinda sloppy. I gotta get to her b4 your 2 bigger brothers do next time.
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Terianna Eri
Amarr
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Posted - 2008.02.12 10:38:00 -
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I actually play in a weekly D&D game and a weekly D20 Modern game >_>
Really, really great stuff to give you a break when you have tests and exams out the arse.
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Victus Incendia
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2008.02.12 10:41:00 -
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I don't, but a friend keeps trying to drag me in to them.
I don't have a head for maths though.
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Riethe
Fine Goods for Fine Gentlemen
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Posted - 2008.02.12 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: Kain Bodom
and your mom is kinda sloppy. I gotta get to her b4 your 2 bigger brothers do next time.
My mom can kick your mom's ass.
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Savesti Kyrsst
Minmatar
White-Noise
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Posted - 2008.02.12 13:54:00 -
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I still play D&D. Now that we're all adults I think we hide our nerdy sides very well, until the session comes around heh.
Order of the Stick comic has forums attached where people run all sorts of rpgs. It's an option for people that can't get a group where they live.
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Daelin Blackleaf
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Posted - 2008.02.12 14:10:00 -
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Isn't WW supposed to be working on an EVE based P&P game.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2008.02.12 14:25:00 -
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My own P&P gaming has since influenced the development of airport security systems in this country.
All because I needed an excuse for hiding a weapon very well that didn't involve pain.
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Riethe
Fine Goods for Fine Gentlemen
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Posted - 2008.02.12 14:30:00 -
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Originally by: Adonis 4174
My own P&P gaming has since influenced the development of airport security systems in this country.
All because I needed an excuse for hiding a weapon very well that didn't involve pain.
Want to hear something about airport security?
I've traveled to Canada and back (LAX to YYZ to LAX) carrying a decent sized pocket knife and a lighter. On board. An airplane. In flight. Just a couple months ago.
I'm white though. Oh ho.
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Adonis 4174
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Posted - 2008.02.12 14:32:00 -
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Originally by: Riethe
Originally by: Adonis 4174
My own P&P gaming has since influenced the development of airport security systems in this country.
All because I needed an excuse for hiding a weapon very well that didn't involve pain.
Want to hear something about airport security?
I've traveled to Canada and back (LAX to YYZ to LAX) carrying a decent sized pocket knife and a lighter. On board. An airplane. In flight. Just a couple months ago.
I'm white though. Oh ho.
Yeah, this was about scanning for dismantled guns. It was also about 6 months ago so don't expect production yet.
I used to go through customs wearing steel toecaps. No guard ever asked me to de-shoe after a long day's travel.
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
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Posted - 2008.02.12 14:37:00 -
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Originally by: Adonis 4174
Originally by: Riethe
Originally by: Adonis 4174
My own P&P gaming has since influenced the development of airport security systems in this country.
All because I needed an excuse for hiding a weapon very well that didn't involve pain.
Want to hear something about airport security?
I've traveled to Canada and back (LAX to YYZ to LAX) carrying a decent sized pocket knife and a lighter. On board. An airplane. In flight. Just a couple months ago.
I'm white though. Oh ho.
Yeah, this was about scanning for dismantled guns. It was also about 6 months ago so don't expect production yet.
I used to go through customs wearing steel toecaps. No guard ever asked me to de-shoe after a long day's travel.
Back in my days of being a punk I showed up at the airport once wearing combat boots with spikes in them, a couple belts that had pyramids and more spikes, many chains, jeans with holes, and my flamingo hair and they wouldn't even let me near the metal detector let alone past it to get to the airplane. Made me go change.
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Aaron Ravenwood
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Posted - 2008.02.12 17:32:00 -
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As to in person gaming whether board or p&p I think the real problem for those of us who used to do it and don't any longer is that we got old.
When I was in college I had a group of war gaming buddies. One of them owned a hobby shop where they sold games and models and such. We'd all meet there around 7:00 PM on Friday night, drink beer and solve the world problems until closing time ... then often go over to Denny's to eat an early breakfast and solve more of the worlds problems until dawn.
Then we'd go home and sleep all day.
Around 7:00 PM that night, we all gather at some house a group of the guys were at and play games all night.
Often, we'd have a campaign going. Some board game we'd set up at one of these houses and play for months on end every Saturday or Sunday night (Friday was reserved for drinking beer).
Now ... this of course ... was paradise. Easily the best time of my life.
But then ... women ... started stealing my friends away from me ... and me away from my friends ...
Guys would get married and ... you weren't going to be setting up a board game at their house and going over there every Sunday Night for six months to play it. Nope.
Most of these women ... when they first started going with a guy ... would be oh so friendly to us ... his friends ... but then ... once they'd got their hooks in him ... they just gradually wore the guy down and ... after a while ... we just didn't seem to see him that often.
What had been a beer drinking circle of over a dozen guys that filled a booth and a row or two of chairs outside the booth ... became one to three guys ... if anyone showed up at all.
Finally, after over twenty years of drinking in that bar ... the owner sold it ... and we lost our table to the new comers ... then these guys sold the place and gutted it ...
But that's what happens to social gaming. Guys get married. They can still come sit in front of a computer now and then and play an online game - cause the wife knows right where they are and can come grab them any time they want ... but heading out to play games with your buddies where the wife can't monitor what you're doing until all hours of the morning? Nope. Not any more ...
*sigh*
Of course ... having full time jobs and having to show up to work 40 to 60 hours a week bright and early Monday morning tends to put a crimp into drinking beer all night Friday and playing Games all night Saturday ...
That and getting old ... makes it a lot harder to spend 15 solid hours plotting the search patterns for the Argentine Air Force while refighting the Falklands War of 1982 ...
We had a set of Rules called Warship Commander that had another book that went with it with the air and submarine rules ... or something like that. We'd have two teams and a judge. We'd plot our course and search patterns on velum attached to butcher paper mounted on poster board with the land and ocean elevations on it. Then each team would send it's velum to the judge who'd make the changes to his velum and report back to us what we'd seen. If we saw the other team - we'd get out the charts, tables and many sided dice and start rolling. When we were done, we'd get out our Rulers, Compasses and Protractors and get back to work plotting our next move.
*sigh*
Ah! Youth!
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
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Posted - 2008.02.12 17:55:00 -
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I think one of my favorite experiences was setting up a 4X10 board on the pool table and gathering as many home made building, box sets, and anything else we could scrap together for a 7 man necromunda battle royal.
That game took all night to finish and I can't even remember who won it.
Another time we did a fun battle of 40k which had my Blood Angels, the Dark Angels, and the Empire on the allied forces verses the Eldar, Chaos, and Necrons for the axis.
The board was set up so we had a city scene on one side with a few roads, the middle having a few hills and tree areas, and the right side being open ground.
We set my blood angels to hold the city against the eldar since I had better gear for short range combat. My Land Raider Crusader and Baal predator took the road followed up by Empirial stormtroopers all backed by mortars and a howitzer.
The Dark Angels were to flank wide from the right using the rest of the tanks from both blood angel forces and empire but they had issues when chaos subdued the lead tank causing a massive blockade.
We had enough mechanized forces within the city though holding Eldar and necrons at bay that we were able to redirect 2 squads and artillery over to the right and stop chaos from further hampering our assault on the right.
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M00dy
Killed In Action
The Crimson Federation
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Posted - 2008.02.12 18:06:00 -
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I'm married and have a daughter and I still find time for my D&D group on Thursday nights. We're playing Call of Cthulu right now which I don't like very much, but we're starting a new dnd next week. I'm looking forward to 4th ed.
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The Crimson Federation
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Chaosgabe TWC
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Posted - 2008.02.13 07:06:00 -
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Yeh, Necromunda is/was a lovely game. Especially as you were connectet to your gangmembers way more than to your army in any other tabletop game.
Epic stuff happened there, like when i one shot the enemys heavy weapon guy and captured him even! Or one of my guys got hit with a shotgun on top of a very tall building . . . Needless to say that the fall took him out.
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
FOUNDATI0N
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Posted - 2008.02.13 07:56:00 -
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I play vampire once a week.
hmm larping :P
but it's fun because we have like 90 people!
hahaha...
awww I'm such a nerd :P
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Ryan Scouse'UK
omen.
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.02.13 08:43:00 -
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what is a paper n pencil RPG ?
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Daelin Blackleaf
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Posted - 2008.02.13 12:24:00 -
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Originally by: MotherMoon
awww I'm such a nerd :P
Two words: Internet spaceships. 
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XenoPagan
Enterprise Estonia
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Posted - 2008.02.13 13:39:00 -
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I still play from time to time. Not much now, but we get a group of friends together once a month on saturdays, start drinking and play some random and whacky PnP games. D6, D20, D10... by the time its night, we are reallyreally drunk and have had a loads of fun. we call them "partygames".
next one is this weekend, already waiting for this.
was a larper too and would have wanted to play but can't find any free time. maybe on summer.
and this "I grew up and stopped playing/got wife n kinds/etetc" crap is pure bollocs. PnP is a great way to spend some quality time with your friends. It just changes one drunken saturday night at club into one drunken saturday night at someone's place, but is better.
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