Hey, I'm Back!
Dec. 9th, 2009 06:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theronNow that I've driven off all six of my readers, I'm back.
Gaming-wise, things have generally been of the D&D variety. I ran my third D&D with the kids game over Thanksgiving weekend, and our Tuesday night game is still in full swing, heading towards the momentous conclusion. It looks like a completely different group of local gamers I know are starting up a Warhammer Fantasy 3rd edition game and I'm currently planning on joining that. I've never played any version of WFRP, so I'm looking forward to it. I also still have two games to prepare for OwlCon.
I think I can safely declare my Champions group dead. This is due as much to my own lack of effort as other people's schedule issues. One of my players got very involved in competitive Magic tournaments, and now that WizKids has managed to return from the dead, most of the other folks are looking to play HeroClix on their weekends. Given all that's on my plate at the moment, it's probably for the best.
Of course, that hasn't stopped me from picking up and looking at new stuff. Most recently, I've been reading BASH! Ultimate Edition, a really neat rules-light superhero game. For a long time now, my favorite approach to superhero games is in the context of an animated series, like "Justice League" or "Teen Titans," and while I've done quite well running games in that fashion using the HERO System, I've found the rules crunch really gets in the way of the experience. On the other hand, ultra-rules-light systems like Truth & Justice lack a certain degree of rigor I find necessary given my own GMing style and the play styles of my groups. On the basis of a first read-through, BUE might well fit the bill. It's a point-build game, but quite rules light in its approach. Hopefully, this weekend will allow me a chance to write up a could of characters and stage a test-combat.
I also discovered that Golden Heroes, an 80s era superhero game published by Games Workshop (before they became All-Warhammer-All-The-Time) lives on in PDF form as Squadron UK. It's still a mid-80s mess, full of disconnected subsystems and rules for things that don't need rules, but there are some glorious gems in it and it was well worth picking up to revisit them.
So, that's that. If you're still reading this, what have you been doing, gaming-wise?
Gaming-wise, things have generally been of the D&D variety. I ran my third D&D with the kids game over Thanksgiving weekend, and our Tuesday night game is still in full swing, heading towards the momentous conclusion. It looks like a completely different group of local gamers I know are starting up a Warhammer Fantasy 3rd edition game and I'm currently planning on joining that. I've never played any version of WFRP, so I'm looking forward to it. I also still have two games to prepare for OwlCon.
I think I can safely declare my Champions group dead. This is due as much to my own lack of effort as other people's schedule issues. One of my players got very involved in competitive Magic tournaments, and now that WizKids has managed to return from the dead, most of the other folks are looking to play HeroClix on their weekends. Given all that's on my plate at the moment, it's probably for the best.
Of course, that hasn't stopped me from picking up and looking at new stuff. Most recently, I've been reading BASH! Ultimate Edition, a really neat rules-light superhero game. For a long time now, my favorite approach to superhero games is in the context of an animated series, like "Justice League" or "Teen Titans," and while I've done quite well running games in that fashion using the HERO System, I've found the rules crunch really gets in the way of the experience. On the other hand, ultra-rules-light systems like Truth & Justice lack a certain degree of rigor I find necessary given my own GMing style and the play styles of my groups. On the basis of a first read-through, BUE might well fit the bill. It's a point-build game, but quite rules light in its approach. Hopefully, this weekend will allow me a chance to write up a could of characters and stage a test-combat.
I also discovered that Golden Heroes, an 80s era superhero game published by Games Workshop (before they became All-Warhammer-All-The-Time) lives on in PDF form as Squadron UK. It's still a mid-80s mess, full of disconnected subsystems and rules for things that don't need rules, but there are some glorious gems in it and it was well worth picking up to revisit them.
So, that's that. If you're still reading this, what have you been doing, gaming-wise?
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Date: 2009-12-10 02:21 pm (UTC)I recently met a GM who's very enthusiastic about getting a game of his own up and running, but I've been inexplicably struck by a case of reticence to meet a new group of people.