Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Dannyalcatraz]

I know I played a bunch of games during the 90s.

I haven't seen any evidence suggesting to me that was the norm, though.

Ditto.

My personal experience with trying new systems EXPLODED in the 1990s because I was away from home in school. I went from playing 4-5 RPGs (mostly D&D) with my friends back home to learning over 120 while away.

When I returned to my permanent residence & my old friends, the gaming pattern hadn’t changed. Over the next 20 years in that group, the list of systems played (other than D&D) expanded by 2.

I’m pretty certain that group was at the opposite extreme from my group at school, but I don’t have a clue as to where the medium lies.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Re: arachnophobia

I don’t think I qualify as phobic. If nothing else, I don’t have a problem with jumping spiders in general.

The problem is, I keep having unexpected encounters with venomous or large spiders. That’s NOPE time for me.

 

[J.Quondam]

Re: arachnophobia

I don’t think I qualify as phobic. If nothing else, I don’t have a problem with jumping spiders in general.

I think jumping spiders are actually kinda cute, in a "Oh look at the tiny mutant yorkie!" sort of way.

 

[Scribe]

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OK, my next adventure for Shadowdark is set. Killing Spiders.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I'm picturing a version of the Toon RPG, based in the world of "Gargoyles."

Edit: Or maybe "Hotel Transylvania"?

Ironically, I suspect "Gargoyles" was a bit too serious for Toon to be a good system to run it in.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Re: arachnophobia

I don’t think I qualify as phobic. If nothing else, I don’t have a problem with jumping spiders in general.

The problem is, I keep having unexpected encounters with venomous or large spiders. That’s NOPE time for me.

I don't have a generic problem with spiders at all; since my wife does, I catch them and release the typical house spiders outside.

But if I come across a shiny black spider with a round thorax, it dies right now. I've only had it happen a couple times in my life (one in and one behind my garage), but I did not mess around.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ironically, I suspect "Gargoyles" was a bit too serious for Toon to be a good system to run it in.

I’m surprised there’s never been a WoD take on it.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Re: arachnophobia

I don’t think I qualify as phobic. If nothing else, I don’t have a problem with jumping spiders in general.

The problem is, I keep having unexpected encounters with venomous or large spiders. That’s NOPE time for me.

I once had a black widow fall between my feet from the bathroom fan while I was on the toilet. Lived in that house for decades and was the only black widow I ever saw there, but it made me very wary of bathroom fans (I don't know if it crawled in from outside, or if it was a fan that vented right into the attic as some homes around here do if the exhaust fan is done cheap)

 

[dragoner]

I think jumping spiders are actually kinda cute, in a "Oh look at the tiny mutant yorkie!" sort of way.

I like spiders in general. Brown Recluse no, their bite is like getting tagged with a baseball bat. I had a Wolf Spider in my house bit me like 10 times, and I was like "I will find you, and kill you!" Which I eventually did. I had a Black Widow as a pet in a mason jar when I was a teen, they are very pretty, and surprisingly docile. Maybe I am part Drow.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I’m surprised there’s never been a WoD take on it.

I vaguely recall that someone may have taken a stab at that some years ago, but its just that--vague.