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Looking for beginning/inexperienced players ready to stick their toes in the pool in an ongoing casual session (in terms of rules, not commitment) I will be DMing.

Tell everyone about YOUR current (or ideal) game.

I'm working on a campaign to be played with a simplified d20 ruleset. This is a gritty, dark fantasy world inspired somewhat by R.E. Howard and Lovecraft, full of intrigue, ancient mysteries, and a desperate struggle against soul-devouring evil...

What is your favorite class in any system? Why?

I gravitate towards Rogues in D&D, Drifters in Traveller, Scoundrels in Star Wars... basically any character with a healthy disrespect for authority and a preference for sneaking around instead of a fair fight, to paraphrase Han Solo.

What balance do you like to see in your game towards RP and Combat? 50-50? 70-30?

50-50 max... if there's any more combat you might as well be playing a MMORG on the computer by yourself.

How many players do you prefer in your group?

4-5.

How long have you been gaming?

Just got back into it, but did it for many years 25+ years ago---shout out to 1st Ed AD&D, Top Secret, Car Wars, Gamma World, and all the other great RPGs of the '80s!

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AlexTheSeal Hmm, I really don't see what's "retro" about this, other than the fact that the new edition comes in a red box with cover art similar to that of Mentzer Basic D&D....

Sep 11

D&D Red Box Gameday at GG
Saturday 11:00 AM at Guardian Games

10 Gamers

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What are people's thoughts about Shadowrun 3rd Edition?
"How about Microlite20 + choice bits from d20 Future and d20 Cyberscape?"

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What are people's thoughts about Shadowrun 3rd Edition?
"It does, but IMHO that's not saying much. Shadowrun's a great setting but a horrendously overcomplicated rule system...."

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Never been good at runnin' SciFi RPGs...
"Hi Andrew! Great ideas! I think you can get a lot of mileage out of religious or quasi-religious elements in an SF setting; for example, the Dune universe wouldn't be the same without the Bene Gesserit order...."

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"Looking for beginning/inexperienced players ready to stick their toes in the pool in an ongoing casual session (in terms of rules, not commitment) I will be DMing."

Oct 30