Recent content by Greybird

Yeah, I pretty much have to be the DM or the group likely fades away. And getting groups of players who aren't bleeps in a town of under 4k isn't just hard, it's a process that takes years.

I've actually got enough board games to play something new every week for the next couple of years. My group isn't really interested, though. I've tried. And wargames are a good idea, but this group is close enough that it would involve excluding people, which would be a problem.

Man, pen-and-paper has been unkind to me lately. As of this month I've been GMing for 30 years(!). I've run games in probably 15 or 20 different systems. For the last couple of years I've been dealing with a lot of GM burnout. It isn't the usual GM burnout, though. This is GM-Meta-Burnout...

I didn't find that particularly convincing, either. I don't see a contradiction between his answers. "Do you play RPGs" and "Did you ever play RPGs" are two different questions, and many people can say, respectively, "no" and "yes" without it being a contradiction. I think it is also...

Appropriate Thematics is at the heart of all those decisions for me. I generally disallow many non-core races and monks. Monks are great - in an OA campaign. I'm also usually fine with Aasimar. But most of the others just don't fit for me. "What business do an elf, a man, and a dwarf have...

Thanks for the input. I'm considerate of my players' outside lives. We play monthly, and I never ask for more than 15-20 minutes worth of work (usually less or none) over the course of a month.

This was my first thought as well. It reminded me of the Evernight Savage Worlds setting when I first read it.

I've been playing RPGs off and on for 35 years now, and GMing for most of the past two decades. I've dealt with problem players in the past. I've dealt with no-call, no-shows. I've dealt with people showing up stoned. I've dealt with straight up hotheads. They are easy to handle. They're...

Hey, here's a slightly different VTT program question. I want to use one locally for an in-person game as both GM and client. I use a laptop when running games. I also use the large TV in my living room, which sits right next to the table. What I usually do is hook the laptop to the TV...

Awesome! Thanks.

Star Wars was good, but Torg was great. It was one of the first RPGs I ever played that stressed story and character over rules.

To clarify, I love fantasy, I've just been running two fantasy campaigns for a couple of years now and I'm a little burned out.

I need some help. I need a new RPG for one of my groups, and I'm not sure which of the modern systems best fits them. Here's the deal: I run two groups. One is a mixed group. One player is a typical modern 3e/Pathfinder player. He's done lots of games and is up for anything. The second is...

Randoms kill it for me, too. I have hundreds of miniatures. A majority of the pieces in this line I have absolutely no use for, but there are a few that would fill big holes in my collection. I could easily end up spending a hundred bucks to get three or four useful miniatures - that's just...

If it is necessary, I have no problem with it. I'm an adult. Most of my players are also adults, and have jobs, families, and responsibilities. Sometimes those responsibilities themselves don't cooperate with gaming time, regardless of the players' wishes. Our society has adapted to being...