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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

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Sean K - Jun 20, 2008 8:15:40 pm PDT #1039 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Okay, thinking about this further, I'm definitely willing to run.

I've run a couple of 3.5 play by post games. They each ran for about six months or so, before breaking up. Now in that six months, each party did a large amount of really fantastic roleplaying, and one combat.

The combats were complex, and involved me posting several hand drawn, scale battle maps. And yeah, after a time, I did add coordinate letters and numbers for precision.

So, I'm not talking a major campaign or anything. Just a little campaign-let, maybe.

I may be able to borrow a copy of the other two books.

And...

I have an idea in mind.


Sean K - Jun 20, 2008 9:39:45 pm PDT #1040 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

This is one of the reasons I like the Eberron setting. The gods may or may not actually exist, and clerics can be any alignment.

Yeah, I only have the basic Eberron book, so that's as far as I've explored the world, but that was something I *really* liked about the setting. I think i could have gotten in to Eberron, but at this point, I'm thankful I never did.

While I bought a metric buttload of 3.5 books, spending way more money than I think I ever want to admit, I was never stuck playing or running an Eberron or Forgotten Realms campaign, so I like to think of the extra thousands of dollars I saved on 3.x books.

Is this per Bertrand Russell's arguments against God? I really struggled with the relation between God and good when I left the FAC. (A uni course on the moral philosophy of Iris Murdoch and Rai Gaita helped me sort out my position.) I love these kinds of questions. (And the Ontological Argument for God, and questions of theodicy, and a bunch of other stuff.)

While I have read some Russell, I wasn't consciously channeling him. I found him interesting, although he occasionally made me want grab him by the collar and rattle him around.


hippocampus - Jun 21, 2008 1:40:36 am PDT #1041 of 26132
not your mom's socks.

would you all be willing to have a bystander for the game? I'm too much of a newbie, but I would like to watch teh masters play.


hippocampus - Jun 21, 2008 1:45:31 am PDT #1042 of 26132
not your mom's socks.

that was likely a rude thing to ask, actually. But its early yet.


Sean K - Jun 21, 2008 5:32:58 am PDT #1043 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Oh, not rude at all sox.

If this game happens, I was planning on posting regular updates here in thread for the enjoyment of all. Right now the game is still pretty tentative, though.


Volans - Jun 21, 2008 9:02:35 am PDT #1044 of 26132
move out and draw fire

Sox, you should totally play.


hippocampus - Jun 21, 2008 10:31:32 am PDT #1045 of 26132
not your mom's socks.

can I have a sword?

Kidding....


NoiseDesign - Jun 21, 2008 4:12:07 pm PDT #1046 of 26132
Our wings are not tired

I'd love to play the email campaign. That sounds just asynchronous enough that it might work really well with my schedule.


Volans - Jun 21, 2008 4:22:41 pm PDT #1047 of 26132
move out and draw fire

I want to be a lumberjack!


billytea - Jun 21, 2008 6:56:20 pm PDT #1048 of 26132
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I want to be a lumberjack!

You'll need to take Athletics for leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. And possibly Nature to allow you to recognise the larch, the fir, the mighty Scots pine.