thread: 2006-10-17 : My roleplaying summary
On 2007-05-14, Robby wrote:
So, for some perspective on some of the younger generation here.
Started out when my neighbor invited me over to play D&D with them. I think it was some sort of being neighborly/introduce new blood to gaming kind of thing. They were all adults, I was in 8th grade or so.
Played AD&D 2nd first, I was a theif who fell through the sky and landed on the 4th level underground in front of a locked door. My character's name became bob as I forgot to think of one. (A recurring problem, names seem to always come last)
That group played a new game about every 2-4 months, as each campaign seemed to fizzle or explode. I later learned this was largely because of one very dominant personality breaking the system and the game. Played various superhero games including HERO, Nemesis, Blood of Heroes and Brave New World. Played some Shadowrun, Star Wars D6, and Deadlands.
After that I kind of drifted off on my own for the latter parts of high school before joining a group of Exalted players at a store. Played and then ran in several Exalted groups. Picked up lots of World of Darkness, but rarely if ever actually played them.
Got into a really cool Shadowrun game, with an extremely powerhungry GM. Contrary to normal experience, it was actually really fun, he did a very good job of it. I still think it is not as fun as the styles here, but I it was a very fun campaign. I joined towards the tail end, most of the characters had around 300+ karma by that point, but I made my worth with a starting character by making a very nichey non-combat shaman. Lots of hiding, sneaking and manipulation spells, not so much combat.
After that ended, played in an Iron Kingdoms game with the same GM. Still fun, but we all moaned over our hatred of D20.
Switched my Exalted game over to Wushu system and had a great deal of success with that, particularly in drawing the more hesitant players into the interaction and reinforcing that they could do cool things.
This was the first time I found out there was different ways of doing things that might work better.
Picked up Dogs in the Vineyard as a present swap on an RPG forum, and haven't looked back since, but also haven't played yet as I joined the Navy.
However, I have got a few people lined up to try it when I get back home, so the future is bright.
Also got my wife interested in Breaking the Ice, so we will likely be picking that up soon.
