Anyone into tabletop RPGs?
 

AD&D, Shadowrun, etc?

I'm currently playing in a weekly AD&D game.

Define tabletop RPG. Is it one of the following?:
1) You generate stats w/ dice on the table, then you act out your game.
2) You have a game board with figurines and you do all your gaming on the board.
3) You use dice, pen and paper.

If 1, then no. I always wanted to see one take place (from afar), so I could laugh, though. :p If 2, then please point me to a place where I can get a Shadowrun version of that, because I am a HUGE fan of Shadowrun, but have only played the Sega/SNES versions of it, and haven't had the gall to play the "act it out" RPG version of it. If 3, I've only played it once, but I was 6, so it didn't hold my interest at the time.

Yeah, I've been playing weekly for a little over two years. My group just picked up the Stargate tabletopper, although communal World of Warcraft sessions facilitated by every guest bringing their laptops over have been eating into our tabletop time. Our games around this time of year usually hit the rocks anyway. A few of us celebrate Christmas, and all attend our new year's party.

A group of mature roleplayers is a precious thing and somewhat tough to come by. Most of us roleplay our characters to the best of our abilities without any mind to statistical favor or player cohesion, and it's a hell of a lot of fun to bounce them off each other. We have our MMO's for 'run out and kill stuff for xp and loot' gratification.

Edit: Yep, I'm talking about the sit around in an enclosure of couches and chairs and talking at each other. Some of our players like to do their best at what we call 'acting' in any other context, others just dictate what their character says or does in response to everyone else. Some are improv actors, others are on-the-fly authors with extremely limited control of their fictional universes. It's a fun challenge either way, I do some of both.

I've been playing AD&D and Shadowrun (mostly the latter) with my friends from high school for about six years. I don't really do it at all at school, since I don't know anyone here who is into it, so I look forward to it over breaks. Though that does mean we don't really get extended campaigns going on. I should note that it would be a complete lie to say we take ourselves seriously, since we don't. It's a very good time, though.

You need to come to Columbus in July for the Origins gaming convention.

It's the largest gaming convention in the US with RPGs, tabletop games, miniatures and more. It's a really good time every year!

Haven't played in years. My friends and I keep talking about starting up a game again, but we never do. It's fun to play something like NWN on our PCs and let the computer handle all the logistics. I see it as a fine example of gaming evolution. The pen and paper game will always have a place in my heart though.

I am definitely into it, but, I can't find anyone around me who is. I'm always down for AD&D, fun times.

I just started playing DnD again after some brief forays into it many years ago. An online friend invited me to join their play group on openrpg (www.openrpg.com). I've been having mad fun with it. We meet once a week and play for 4-5 hours.

Openrpg is basicaly a (free) specialized chat client that lets you do rolls, maps, and miniatures (and probably a ton of other stuff I don't know about). It's also got some DM tools, but I'm not familiar with those, except to know that after you roll initiative, the DM inputs it then openrpg keeps track of whose turn it is.

It's different than playing in real life, for sure, but not all of those differences are bad. It's easier to stay in character and work your imagination without the distraction of the physical side of things, for instance.

I may have dabbled somewhat...

And yes, that's a sourceworld for Inquisitor that I'm working on. Inquisitor is my favourite system, being a somewhat avid Warhammer 40k player aside, I think it's hugely underrated and great fun. It was a right bastard to learn, though, but all good things are worth some effort =)

For those not in the know, Inquisitor is tabletop RPG in the most literal sense - it's based on miniatures representing characters running around in modeled terrain. Pretty much everything is worked out on a percentage roll on a D100, and a whole heap of things come into account, especially for damage. Complicated, but when you roll well enough to hit a guy in the head with an anti-tank missile from across the board, causing it to explode in a shower of goo, it's great.

A group of buddies and I have been playing D&D and Shadowrun since about the 8th grade. We also used to play Hero System and Marvel a long time ago. Right now, with new marriages and new kids for most of us, our sessions have been dropped to about once a month. It does give me time to really flesh out a campaign, though. Of course, it takes for-freakin-ever to get through one.

When I was in high school we played D&D for entire weekends. That and the spy game by TSR... can't think of the name right now.

I still have all the original AD&D hardcovers, DM's Guide, MM 1&2, D&D, PM, FF

ah good memories.

I used to play D&D hardcore, and I played a Shadowrun Campaign or two. Unfortunately, I dust dont have time anymore :(

I'd still love to play a shadowrun game though

Heh heh, we're all such huge nerds.

And proud of it!
Hell yah! The nerd shall inherit the earth!

I actually just got back from my weekly D&D gaming session. Through a lot of luck and clever tactics, we cleared a hold of a couple dozen orcs and we will now fix the place up and make it our base. Good times.

pan, was the game Superheroes Unlimited, with the expansion Ninjas and Superspies?

If anyone's interested in Inquisitor, the rulebook is now freely online, available here:

Part 1
Part 2

That's because we're all terrified of what your deranged mind can concoct. :D