Gaming Geeks & Roleplayers

[Aganzir]

I think I was 12 when I started roleplaying, and despite some other, shorter campaigns we've played recently, the first campaign is still running.

First, it was just a let's-have-some-fun (with character sheets and dice, of course) thing. The characters resembled us quite much, in other forms and another world, though. I admit giving little thought to my character until I grew older, and those things have caused some difficulties now that we should at last be able to think that our characters make even some sense as persons and are credible. For example, what was the point in my character cooking his fellows some disgusting organs for lunch, wanting to eat this innocent little kitten, committing crimes without a reason...?
Reading through my old roleplaying-related notebooks, also my own growth can be quite clearly seen. The character is still stupid, childish, ridiculous &c., but maybe it's just a part of his personality.

Our group has remained the same for all these years, but it was actually by chance that it ended up consisting just us four. If I remember correctly, Lommy had tried to recruit some others from our primary school class as well, but we were the only ones to show enough interest & find the time needed... And I doubt we would now be this good friends if not for the roleplaying. Despite all the quarrels we've had, no one has had the gut to quit playing. And spending much time together has brought us quite close to one another.

Our long-term campaign is set in Middle-earth, but it's the only one. The others we've played together have taken place in various other fantasy worlds or a world invented by the GM herself. I admit I like Middle-earth the most. It has always fascinated me more than the stories themselves, and it's just wonderful to actually get there, despite it being a version slightly perverted by the GM's evil mind.
Other fantasy worlds work as well (although I always face the problem of not knowing as much about the place as my character should), to some extent, but I've found that games set in the GM's imaginary world are not quite my cup of tea. Because of the lack of information. Because I have no clue about what my character could be like if I don't know about the world first. And a world created by an average 17-year-old doesn't match the world creating of which Tolkien spent all his life.

I've never been much into computer roleplaying nor CCGs, but in my early teens I had a short craze for Middle-earth: the Wizards. I knew the rules but usually we just played a very idiotic variation with our own rules. Now I've happily forgot them both. Larping is not something I've tried, either. I've never been that interested in it, and because of my natural laziness I find it unlikely that I can ever make myself sign up for some larp.

[Groin Redbeard]

The only RPG games that I have ever played were right here on the Downs, The Golden Perch Inn. Whoever came up with the idea to have RPG's was brilliant! I love writing small stories and when I discovered the RPG's it was like a dream come true.

[McCaber]

I started my first RPG system early last year. I play Warhammer tabletop, so it was an easy step into Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Easily one of the darkest worlds I've ever had a chance to enter.

I just got Call of Cthulhu, but I haven't had time to run a game yet. It sounds fun, though.

On the computer front: I got Bioshock, but my system can't run it yet. I am looking forward to Warhammer Online, though.

[samwise7]

Roleplaying and gaming are really my only hobbies, unless you consider posting on forums a hobby. I need to be someone else from time to time. It's like taking a mental vacation from all the crap I have to deal with in real life.



I started a world building project that I've been trying to find members for. We started out with some guys and gals, but many of them bailed on me and one other guy that is still helping me out some. It is a system-less world, but we've been trying to translate most of it to D20/D&D stats on the wiki.

Here is what the project is about:


Gasp World Building Forum (The realms we worked on are now on the wiki, but new ones go here)
http://www.eonsreach.com/worldforum/index.php?www

Gasp World Building Wiki (older realms are here, but they still need a lot of work)
http://www.eonsreach.com/worldwiki/i...itle=Main_Page


The idea is to make a flat world made entirely out of 200 mile Hexes that were isolated from each other for 5,000 since the creation. The setting is "finished" during the 5,001st year. It is up to the GM to figure out how the chaos unfolds after the Great Uniting, when each Realm realizes that the "End of the World" is now a new land.

Each designer represents a God that is given free reign (with some limitations) to design the hex as they see fit. The Uber-God reigns over all the United Realms (I'm that guy, since I came up with the idea and do the work no one else wants to do...)

What this isolation of hexes does, is allow new hexes to be added whenever, because of the isolation, world builders don't have to worry about their neighbors.

When the designer is "finished" with their hex, it is added randomly with the help of dice to the map that is already made of the previous hexes.

For a better outline, check out the Laws of Creation.
http://www.eonsreach.com/worldforum/index.php?topic=6.0

I'm the Knight of Frost on those forums.

The first group of guys bailed on me at the end (it takes a lot of work to build a world).

This is my attempt to get new blood to make new hexes, and to help finish the previous ones that were dumped in my lap to finish.

Any takers?

If so, feel free to sign up on the world building forum with a forum name.