Dungeons & Dragons: Teh Moral Panic

[Martinus]

I did not get involved in RPGs to play them, really it was to make some money off my brother and his nerd friends painting and modifying figurines, vehicles, buildings... WH40K made me some money.

Uhm, figurines are NOT tabletop RPGs. Neither is WH40K.

[Habbaku]

I think you will have a hard time convincing many a D&D nerd that there are no figurines in their tabletop RPGs...

[The Brain]

I think you will have a hard time convincing many a D&D nerd that there are no figurines in their tabletop RPGs...

Are pencils RPGs?

[Habbaku]

If angled correctly.

[lustindarkness]

Back in the day, I sometimes wished I had an RPG(grenade launcher) at those RPG(games). They really got on my nerves sometimes.

[PDH]

Does anyone still actively do table-top other than me and Martinus?  I would love to hear what systems you guys are using these days.

I am currently in a bi-weekly Werewolf: The Apocalypse game, am working on a Hunter: The Reckoning storyline so I can run it, and will almost certainly be running a 7th Sea 2nd edition game when the new book comes out.

My old college buddies and I (along with Scott's son and some of his friends) still tabletop each Saturday.  Those of us not in the vicinity join through Google Hangouts.  We have been doing this for almost 2 years now.

We have been playing GURPS since 2nd edition, still doing it.

[CountDeMoney]

About 5 years ago there was a small group of younger guys at work in IT that I latched on to for some WH40K Dark Heresy.  That's the silly, gritty, completely over-the-top RPG universe I would've sunk myself into as a teen;  but in your 40s, too many tables, too much silliness.

You get older, you appreciate the lighter, narrative-driven RPGs.  Dogs in the Vineyard, Dirty World, Hot War, Don't Rest Your Head.  Stuff like that.

Although, like Marti, I thoroughly enjoy the Ars Magica system:  if you want magic, you need to fucking earn it.  Magnificent system.

[Ed Anger]

I just want to wear fancy helmets that shoot lasers.

[PDH]

For decades (literally) we played in Scott's world - The High Reaches.  It has hundreds of years of development and had gone through several "campaign jumps" in which it started all over again.  Even when I was in California I managed to make it back at least once a year to play.

Now I am a junkie again, in Scott's new world.

[Martinus]

About 5 years ago there was a small group of younger guys at work in IT that I latched on to for some WH40K Dark Heresy.  That's the silly, gritty, completely over-the-top RPG universe I would've sunk myself into as a teen;  but in your 40s, too many tables, too much silliness.

You get older, you appreciate the lighter, narrative-driven RPGs.  Dogs in the Vineyard, Dirty World, Hot War, Don't Rest Your Head.  Stuff like that.

Although, like Marti, I thoroughly enjoy the Ars Magica system:  if you want magic, you need to fucking earn it.  Magnificent system.

I also think it's the Catholic in us - this was the best system to incorporate Christian theology, imo. They had stats for archangels and miracles.

[Habbaku]

For decades (literally) we played in Scott's world - The High Reaches.  It has hundreds of years of development and had gone through several "campaign jumps" in which it started all over again.  Even when I was in California I managed to make it back at least once a year to play.

Now I am a junkie again, in Scott's new world.

I hope to be able to do something similar when life settles a bit more.  Feel free to share any noteworthy stories of your recent sessions.  I remember you shared maps and commentary from one game a while back that was fun to read. 

[celedhring]

About 5 years ago there was a small group of younger guys at work in IT that I latched on to for some WH40K Dark Heresy.  That's the silly, gritty, completely over-the-top RPG universe I would've sunk myself into as a teen;  but in your 40s, too many tables, too much silliness.

You get older, you appreciate the lighter, narrative-driven RPGs.  Dogs in the Vineyard, Dirty World, Hot War, Don't Rest Your Head.  Stuff like that.

Although, like Marti, I thoroughly enjoy the Ars Magica system:  if you want magic, you need to fucking earn it.  Magnificent system.

Ars Magica was my favorite RPG system too. Sadly I could never engage any of my groups in a campaign. They all preferred more fantastic settings and high adventure stuff. But I loved it.

[Razgovory]

It does have some interesting rules.  I like the idea of each adventure a different player plays the wizard.

[Tamas]

About 5 years ago there was a small group of younger guys at work in IT that I latched on to for some WH40K Dark Heresy.  That's the silly, gritty, completely over-the-top RPG universe I would've sunk myself into as a teen;  but in your 40s, too many tables, too much silliness.

You get older, you appreciate the lighter, narrative-driven RPGs.  Dogs in the Vineyard, Dirty World, Hot War, Don't Rest Your Head.  Stuff like that.

Although, like Marti, I thoroughly enjoy the Ars Magica system:  if you want magic, you need to fucking earn it.  Magnificent system.

Ars Magica was my favorite RPG system too. Sadly I could never engage any of my groups in a campaign. They all preferred more fantastic settings and high adventure stuff. But I loved it.

Yeah same here. I was fascinated by the world and the concept but the others didn't share my enthusiasm at all.

[The Larch]

I also played a couple of sessions of Ars Magica and remember the system as pretty cool. A friend of mine still raves about it from time to time. I sometimes wonder why it failed to catch on in our group, but it seems that we're not the only ones.