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    For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?

    By "set up," do you mean the arrangements about posting frequency, or something else?
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    Are there any submarine based RPGs?

    I've played several adventures set on board submarines under GURPS, one as a one-shot and other as parts of a Reign of Steel campaign. We needed to acquire a few extra skills, but we had similar ideas to the GM about submarine tactics and evasion, so it all went well. The players do need to be...
  3. J

    For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?

    I've tried it several times as a player, with one definite success and one partial success. The great difficulty with PbP is waiting for each other, and being uncertain if someone is going to respond. The successful game was 1:1, with one player - me - and the GM. That format means there is no...
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    What time would you play an evening online 3 hour game session mid to long term?

    I tend to fade out after 22:00. My regular weeknight online games are both 19:30 to 21:30, with overspill to 22:00 possible. We tend to go pretty fast, and two hours allows a satisfying session.
  5. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Try acting like more zombies?
  6. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    GURPS 4e Cold War Pulp: "Looks like aliens." "Not again!"
  7. J

    Old Lady Gamer

    I've played a character who was rolled up before one of the players in that game was born. That was about 20 years ago...
  8. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    AD&D1.2e, Avalon campaign Zeus' machinations and attack fail.
  9. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    GURPS 4e Cold War Pulp Hunting for Antarctic Space Nazis.
  10. J

    Describe your last RPG session in more than 5 words.

    Triple bypass surgery on Tuesday morning. Listening to the Discord+Roll 20 session today. That's dedication!
  11. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    AD&D1.2e, Avalon campaign: Player back after heart surgery.
  12. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Mongoose Traveller 2300, Bayern campaign: Unfortunately, it's more complicated now!
  13. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    GURPS 4e occult WWII, India strand: Convinced Auchinleck magic is real.
  14. J

    How Much Do You Care About Novelty?

    Were they used to "Steampunk" as a fashion style, rather than a subgenre of science fiction?
  15. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Honor & Intrigue, Privateers of the Complications: Our Captain is healthy! Briefly . . .
  16. J

    How Much Do You Care About Novelty?

    A big point is that hit point attrition, which is pretty fundamental to D&D-style systems, has little place in spy and super-spy stories. Their meaningful states of health for characters are something like: Unhurt. Cosmetic damage/ripped clothes. Seriously wounded, only trying to do anything if...
  17. J

    What Do YOU Want The Future of TTRPGs To Look Like?

    I'm pretty satisfied with the F2F and online play options available, and have no desire for VR gaming, because my sight problems would make it impractical. What I mostly hope for is a reasonable supply of interesting ideas coming along, either from new games, or from within the player-base.
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    How do you choose a class?

    Some overlap is inevitable, but it's well worth characters having specialisations. It's usually impossible for a character to be good at everything needed. James Bond, as a subgenre, is more or less defined by a single character who's good enough at everything required. It thus seems more...
  19. J

    How do you choose a class?

    For me, this isn't a process I can analyse completely. There's a mixture of several criteria: Is there something in this setting I want to learn more about? For example, in Avalon, there's a dominant religion, but as far as I knew five years ago, there hadn't been any PC clerics that were...
  20. J

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    AD&D1.2e, Avalon Campaign in Artemisia: Apollo likes our Artemis priestess.
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