Brain STORM!

[The_Universe]

So, here's what I'm thinking for what I'd like to run (others may wish to run something as well) over our indefinite hiatus:

1) D20 Modern, Near Future/Present. Heavily influenced by Dark*Matter. Think the X-Files with a slightly less dark twist. I've been wanting to run something like this for a long time. There are things man should not know. Shoot them.

2) D20 Modern, circa 1890 (Also probably using D20 Past/Sidewinder: Recoiled). The Old West, Victorian England, Darkest Africa and all of that. High adventure. Think a slightly less "super" League of Extraordinary Gentleman. The age of Cowboys, the decline of the Samurai, and Bram Stoker's Dracula (as an example).

3) Star Wars - Either a rebel Starfighter Squadron or a SpecOps team. More military-based. Perhaps thematically similar to Battlestar: Galactica (but with notably fewer Cylons).

4) Mutants and Masterminds - SUPERHEROES! Crazy powerful! Super flexible!

5) Mutants and Masterminds - same rules, different twist - use it to run a a game of superspies of the James Bond caliber.

[The_Universe]

While the poll is useful, I'd also like some pros and cons for your votes (if you have them).

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

If you want to take a break from DMing in general, Kennon - I would be more than willing to run a Mutants and Masterminds game for the whole group.

My idea would be as such - the United States developed a "Supers" program towards the end of WWII. Orginally, the program was to be the ultimate demise of the Nazis and Japanese, but they fell as the program was receiving its finishing touches.

As such, the Supers (you guys) were cryo. frozen in a top secret Supers HQ and saved "just in case" something so awful happened that the world's armed forces could not handle it... and - in the not-too-distant future - that something happens. *cue super hero music*

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I'm happy to play out any of your ideas.

However, my only reservation is a Star Wars game. My knowledge of the Star Wars universe is limited, which makes playing a little weird from time to time (makes me feel kind of "out of the loop" on a fairly regular basis).

[The_Universe]

Originally Posted by Queen_Dopplepopolis

I'm happy to play out any of your ideas.

However, my only reservation is a Star Wars game. My knowledge of the Star Wars universe is limited, which makes playing a little weird from time to time (makes me feel kind of "out of the loop" on a fairly regular basis).

It's pretty easy to catch up on Star Wars - watch the movies. Think of it like the early stages of a D&D campaign (you don't know every detail about the world at level 1). As it progresses, the details coalesce as necessary. Star Wars isn't any different, except that instead of coming out of the GM's mind entirely, there is an independent reference that has some of the important bits already laid out for you. That being said, the main reason that I would be interested in running Star Wars is because of Ep. III, and because it was once a universe I knew very well.

I fully intend to run SOMETHING - Star Wars has the benefit of being a familiar sandbox for me, even if it's not for all of you. The upside is that it lets me recycle certain ideas and situations from the long forgotten past.

[Xath]

Star Wars is also my reservation. I like the movies, and D6 is fun for a 1-shot, but that's about as far as my interest takes me.

[Laurel]

Pro's and Con's of why I voted what I voted:

1) D20 Modern, Near Future/Present. Heavily influenced by Dark*Matter. Think the X-Files with a slightly less dark twist. I've been wanting to run something like this for a long time. There are things man should not know. Shoot them.

Did I mention I was once addicted to this show!!!! That should say it all

2) D20 Modern, circa 1890 (Also probably using D20 Past/Sidewinder: Recoiled). The Old West, Victorian England, Darkest Africa and all of that. High adventure. Think a slightly less "super" League of Extraordinary Gentleman. The age of Cowboys, the decline of the Samurai, and Bram Stoker's Dracula (as an example).

Though with all the samuri stuff in KOA and all the other options I vote for this minus the 'delcine of the samuri' part. I think it could be cool another time. I like the rest sounds fun and different, complete change up.

3) Star Wars - Either a rebel Starfighter Squadron or a SpecOps team. More military-based. Perhaps thematically similar to Battlestar: Galactica (but with notably fewer Cylons).

Not everyones cup of tea, and so far the only one shots I have done have ALL been SW. none bad... well maybe the 7am no plan one

4) Mutants and Masterminds - SUPERHEROES! Crazy powerful! Super flexible!

Sounds like City of Heroes which I wanted to play (and still do if WoW wasn't already sucking my life and time away) X-men is what comes to my mind for this, and sounds interesting.

5) Mutants and Masterminds - same rules, different twist - use it to run a a game of superspies of the James Bond caliber.

eh.... spies can be cool, but if going with M&M I like the Superhero twist better. In all honesty Superheroes to me is more group oriented.

[The_Universe]

Originally Posted by Laurel

Pro's and Con's of why I voted what I voted:
Did I mention I was once addicted to this show!!!! That should say it all

Cool. I should add that if I were to run this, it would be notably more...adventurous than X-files TV show. Also, the ending won't suck quite as hard. I promise.

Though with all the samuri stuff in KOA and all the other options I vote for this minus the 'delcine of the samuri' part. I think it could be cool another time. I like the rest sounds fun and different, complete change up.

Samurai stuff would definitely not be a focus - it was just thrown in there as a reminder that, at that point in history, pretty much every kind of adventure is fair game in the real world. You could really have a samurai and a cowboy and an european nobility all sharing a train car going from Point A to Point B, and you don't even have to break history to have it make sense!

Not everyones cup of tea, and so far the only one shots I have done have ALL been SW. none bad... well maybe the 7am no plan one

Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea - but it does have the opportunity to have everyone start off as a team, and has the benefit of me knowing it almost as well as the stuff I just make up.

Sounds like City of Heroes which I wanted to play (and still do if WoW wasn't already sucking my life and time away) X-men is what comes to my mind for this, and sounds interesting.

I'm not sure if it would be X-men or Justice League (or something else entirely) but that's sort of the speed I was thinking, yes. The problem is that it's not based on advancement like D&D is. Does anyone have (or are willing to get) the Mutants and Masterminds book?

eh.... spies can be cool, but if going with M&M I like the Superhero twist better. In all honesty Superheroes to me is more group oriented.

Fair enough. I think a lot of the stuff I'm thinking about for this can be accomplished elsewhere.

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

My definate preference is to play Mutants and Masterminds or d20 Modern (1890's would be great).

EDIT - But the quality of Episode III could really make me want to play SW. My reservation is based - not on the fact that I do not understand the information presented in the movies, but because it's really intimidating and sometimes uncomfortable to play a game with people who know WAY WAY WAY more about the world that you're playing in.

[The_Universe]

Well, if we play Star Wars, it's probably going to be in an era/location that pretty much just Tim would know a lot about. And me. But I think pretty much everyone is on a relatively level playing field, Star Wars wise.

Does someone besides me know of the significance of the Atrivis and Generis Sectors of the Star Wars galaxy?

[AIM-54]

Originally Posted by The_Universe

Does someone besides me know of the significance of the Atrivis and Generis Sectors of the Star Wars galaxy?

There is only one possible answer:

YOUR MOM!!!

[The_Universe]

Originally Posted by AIM-54

There is only one possible answer:

YOUR MOM!!!

Shockingly, you are correct.

Except it was your mom. Burn.

[Laurel]

Personally it can kind of be whatever and look forward to more RPG gaming fun

I would only say that for the change of pace it may be fun to have another DM if people are willing and okay with that. Kennon you have been awesome (both with the SW one-shots and KOA), I just think it may be cool to really switch things up. And you keep saying how you always like the chance to be a PC instead of the DM and get to play with us instead of at us :P

With that in mind though I can't really offer myself up for being DM having never even had a one-shot run, and not sure how a first time DM would work for a possibly long term game..... but I thought others had expressed interest....

As for what we actually play, I can be up for anything, but Star Wars. As I stated on the boards, (so I know I will bore some of you twice) SW have been my only one shots. But that still leaves a huge, huge list of possibilities.

These are just my thoughts though

[The_Universe]

Originally Posted by Laurel

Personally it can kind of be whatever and look forward to more RPG gaming fun

I would only say that for the change of pace it may be fun to have another DM if people are willing and okay with that. Kennon you have been awesome (both with the SW one-shots and KOA), I just think it may be cool to really switch things up. And you keep saying how you always like the chance to be a PC instead of the DM and get to play with us instead of at us :P

With that in mind though I can't really offer myself up for being DM having never even had a one-shot run, and not sure how a first time DM would work for a possibly long term game..... but I thought others had expressed interest....

As for what we actually play, I can be up for anything, but Star Wars. As I stated on the boards, (so I know I will bore some of you twice) SW have been my only one shots. But that still leaves a huge, huge list of possibilities.

These are just my thoughts though

It sounds like I won't be running anything, anyway. So, it may be to everyone's benefit to direct the lobbying elsewhere.

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Originally Posted by Laurel

..... but I thought others had expressed interest....

Indeed - JC, Mik, and myself have all expressed some interest. My idea from earlier in this thread:

Originally Posted by QD

If you want to take a break from DMing in general, Kennon - I would be more than willing to run a Mutants and Masterminds game for the whole group.

My idea would be as such - the United States developed a "Supers" program towards the end of WWII. Orginally, the program was to be the ultimate demise of the Nazis and Japanese, but they fell as the program was receiving its finishing touches.

As such, the Supers (you guys) were cryo. frozen in a top secret Supers HQ and saved "just in case" something so awful happened that the world's armed forces could not handle it... and - in the not-too-distant future - that something happens. *cue super hero music*

However, if that doesn't sound like fun - just tell me and I will back down.

[The_Universe]

I'd like to play something D20-based (or, failing that, based on WEG's D6). I'd prefer it not be D&D, but it certainly can be, I guess. Liz ran a great D20 Modern one-shot set in approx. 1920 that was a good time - it's probably been my favorite short-subject side game that I had the opportunity to play in.

Mutants and Masterminds could be cool - but it would definitely be different. As I noted above, it's really not advancement-based. The "level" mechanic has significantly altered. On the other hand, it's really an amazingly flexible system. It took me about 6 hours to make a single character with computer aids, and I spent about 8 hours trying to make one (and never finished) with nothing but pencil and paper, but I have to say that it was a cool character.

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Originally Posted by The_Universe

I'd prefer it not be D&D, but it certainly can be, I guess. Liz ran a great D20 Modern one-shot set in approx. 1920 that was a good time - it's probably been my favorite short-subject side game that I had the opportunity to play in.

I love my 1920's game, however; I have major reservations about adding any players at this point. I don't have the game (or the story that it will eventually tell) designed for any more players.

But, if it is decided that everyone would like to play that game - I could probably manage to run two groups in the same world that occasionally meet up for the duration of the summer.

[AIM-54]

Guess I'll chime in here, though after reading the exchange in GMail, I kinda wonder what the point is...

My overall preference would be something non-d20, but my feelings there are well-known and there's no need to make anything out of that. My favorite, of course, is Shadowrun, but anything to shake things up would make me happy.

Given the likely options thus far presented, my preference, at this point, would be Star Wars. As described, it sounds like exactly the kind of game I would enjoy. After that I'd put d20 Modern.

MM Superheros is my least favorite, mostly because I'm not a huge fan of the super-hero genre. I'd love to give it a try with a one-shot, but a serious campaign would be of very limited interest to me.

That, in fact, may be something we want to look into, perhaps just doing a series of one shots with different GMs until we come to some sort of resolution. Or, maybe we just need to get away from gaming altogether and spend more time doing other things. I don't know. But I don't think trying to choose some sort of long-ish term thing is the best idea right now.

My 2 nuyen for what it's worth.

[The_Universe]

I'd like to prepare another campaign, of a different format, to run in the future.

That being said, it's going to take me a while to make something worthwhile (though my current plans would probably have the next thing I do be slightly more episodic than the epic-novel feal I was trying to go for for KoA.). In the interim, I think it's a great idea to run one-shots or whatever. Mutants and Masterminds, as you noted, might be better as a one-shot than a campaign.

If you have another Shadowrun game (or something else) that you want to run, let's get it on the calendar - there's no reason that, even if there still were a "regular" campaign, that we couldn't get together to do something like that.

I'm just wondering what (in general) I should be preparing, because I fully intend to run another campaign. That's what the poll is about. I don't want to bar anyone else from running a game in the interim (or even after I would start something else).

[The_Universe]

Which is a long way of saying that we can play Shadowrun (or whatever) for a bit for all I care, but that you'd probably have to run it (which I know you can do).