thread: 2006-10-17 : My roleplaying summary
On 2006-10-19, Warren wrote:
I started out playing Final Fantasy solo Gamebooks, but I'm not sure if that counts or not.
Then I saw an ad for TSR's Marvel Super Heroes (Basic Set) in my Spiderman comics, and pestered my parents to buy it for me. I ran that several times with some schoolfriends, and we branched out into:
Paranoia (2nd Edition)
Ghostbusters 1st Ed. RPG
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (1st Ed.)
Then our family moved house, and it turned out, next door to an older gamer. He was a Traveller fan, so I played:
Lots of Classic Traveller (First character, a scout who died during character creation!)
Traveller:2300
Lots of MegaTraveller
And during that time, our group expanded & joined with a bigger board/wargaming club, where I played:
Twilight:2000
TOON
Call of Cthulhu (3rd Ed, I think)
Plus various homebrews and other stuff I can't recall.
Next, moving away to university, where I got straight in with the games club and played lots and lots and lots of 'episodic' Shadowrun 2nd Ed. (Nearly every Thursday for four years). Weekend games were short runs of other stuff, including:
Champions (4th Ed. I think)
More Call of Cthulhu (5th Ed.)
Star Wars D6
Several years of Vampire 1st & 2nd Ed.
Mage 1st & 2nd Ed.
Heavy Gear
SLA Industries
Also during this time, I joined a splinter student group in a Vampire game that kept in touch after we all graduated. This started using the 1st Ed. rules in late '93, and ran long sessions every month or so, changing editions as we went, until '01 or so. About six months of in-game time elapsed over that period. It burnt out the GM and turned me off roleplaying, pretty much.
Oh, towards the end of that campaign ('99-2000), I got involved in the playtesting, production, and promotion of what I now call a "White Wolf" Heartbreaker, Suzerain: Mortal Realms. **Sigh**
But gaming is still in my blood, so, early last year, I stumbled across a blog post mentioning Dogs in the Vineyard. It sounded very intriguing, so I picked it up. Since then it's been:
Dogs in the Vineyard
D&D 3.5 (Yep, no D&D until very recently)
Vampire 3rd Ed.
More Dogs in the Vineyard
Paranoia XP
Nobilis
Werewolf 2nd Ed. (Ratkin)
Kill Puppies for Satan
Trollbabe
Yet more Dogs in the Vineyard
The Mountain Witch
And currently, Primetime Adventures
Gaming is awesome :)
