Hello, My Fellow Nerds
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jmfargoI'm really excited about my D&D game. How lame is that?
The game I'm running now that features Maria, Earl, Derek, and Kath in a mostly city-based adventure where magic is prevalent, intrigue is as natural as breathing, and the machinery of every day city life comes into play as it marches on and grinds over all who stand in its way is slowly winding to an end. I predict three to five more games, and then we'll know whether the heroes live up to their names, or if they fail like so many have before them. I will pull no punches, and neither will they.
After that game is over I'm going to take a month breather, get things in order, and start up not one, but two new games. They will run biweekly, and hopefully will attract a new player or two into the mix. I love the group I play with but fresh players would be nice too. Every player I add gives me a new way of looking at how I DM and what I can do better. I've come a long way from "Here's a big bad guy, kill it." Well, maybe not a long way, but I try to at least put some roleplaying in there and new situations that the players haven't faced.
Of the two games I'm going to be running I am most excited about the low-level fantasy one I'm going to be running. No, wait, the zombie apocalypse game. No, the fantasy, but the zombie game is...
Yeah, it's a toss up. Both of them offer completely new and different things that I'm excited about with the fantasy game being the first game that I'm really planning out ahead of time (like the fact that I plan on it starting at 1st level and ending around 10th level at a certain point in the storyline) and the zombie game meaning I'll have to buy a few D20 modern books. Yay new geek books! I'm very tempted to buy a few copies of the core rulebook in order to share them with the players that can't buy them or just doesn't care to spend the money on a thing they'll probably only play once. Does anyone have experience with the D20 Modern rules? Any advice?
So, yes. This is what I get excited about. Dungeons and Dragons, roleplaying, fantasy and zombies. I love the thought of making a story that my friends can enjoy and that I can have fun running. This is why I want to start a LARP, why I want to run a gaming/book business, and why I want to write stories. I'd like to think that in some way I was put on this planet to entertain people, because it's one of the huge ways I get my kicks.
In reality though I realize - I was put here to be a damn good typist. I guess I can take pride in that as well, but it's just not as fun.
The game I'm running now that features Maria, Earl, Derek, and Kath in a mostly city-based adventure where magic is prevalent, intrigue is as natural as breathing, and the machinery of every day city life comes into play as it marches on and grinds over all who stand in its way is slowly winding to an end. I predict three to five more games, and then we'll know whether the heroes live up to their names, or if they fail like so many have before them. I will pull no punches, and neither will they.
After that game is over I'm going to take a month breather, get things in order, and start up not one, but two new games. They will run biweekly, and hopefully will attract a new player or two into the mix. I love the group I play with but fresh players would be nice too. Every player I add gives me a new way of looking at how I DM and what I can do better. I've come a long way from "Here's a big bad guy, kill it." Well, maybe not a long way, but I try to at least put some roleplaying in there and new situations that the players haven't faced.
Of the two games I'm going to be running I am most excited about the low-level fantasy one I'm going to be running. No, wait, the zombie apocalypse game. No, the fantasy, but the zombie game is...
Yeah, it's a toss up. Both of them offer completely new and different things that I'm excited about with the fantasy game being the first game that I'm really planning out ahead of time (like the fact that I plan on it starting at 1st level and ending around 10th level at a certain point in the storyline) and the zombie game meaning I'll have to buy a few D20 modern books. Yay new geek books! I'm very tempted to buy a few copies of the core rulebook in order to share them with the players that can't buy them or just doesn't care to spend the money on a thing they'll probably only play once. Does anyone have experience with the D20 Modern rules? Any advice?
So, yes. This is what I get excited about. Dungeons and Dragons, roleplaying, fantasy and zombies. I love the thought of making a story that my friends can enjoy and that I can have fun running. This is why I want to start a LARP, why I want to run a gaming/book business, and why I want to write stories. I'd like to think that in some way I was put on this planet to entertain people, because it's one of the huge ways I get my kicks.
In reality though I realize - I was put here to be a damn good typist. I guess I can take pride in that as well, but it's just not as fun.
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Date: 2006-05-26 11:35 am (UTC)I hope whatever it is you decide to do, it's fun, exciting, and shows positive results. If there's a spot open in either of my games and you feel like coming back, you only have to ask.
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Date: 2006-05-27 03:10 am (UTC)