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    Naming Cities and towns in your homebrew settings

    The -wich ending can also be from vicus, meaning settlement. And it does in the case of Greenwich, near where I grew up. At a slight tangent, it is wince-making when authors (usually American) use English placenames in other than the real world; it completely jars me from their setting and...
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    Harassment At PaizoCon 2017

    This is definitely news and I am glad both that this site has brought it to the attention of readers here (albeit 4 days after reports elsewhere that I have been reading) and that there is a decent attempt at inclusiveness by Morrus. Would that extended to other readers and owners/moderators of...
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    (UK) Sheffield gaming?

    Just moved to Sheffield and looking to make contact with gamers locally. Do you know of any games that would like an extra player? I prefer historical/fantasy/sf gaming but am open to other genres if they are focussed more on rp than combat. I've been attending Patriot Games on Monday...
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    Setting or System - whichever applies to you?

    Setting all the way. Rarely known IPs, though I have played in Middle-Earth and Star Wars, but the setting has to be strong. Favourites are: Harn (many systems are used, I have played with Rolemaster, Harnmaster, Fate; others use Savage Worlds, AiME, GURPS, etc.) Glorantha (Runequest I-III...
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    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Promises to Make the Game More Queer

    Actually the use of the word "wrong" implies objectivity. Perhaps if you were to say something like "I dislike" then more of us would get that you are expressing your opinion rather than trying to lay down the law.
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    #RPGaDAY Day 25: What is the best way to thank your GM?

    For my main gaming group, the stories between them or to me (email or phone) that occur between sessions are the best for then I know just how much they have bought into the situation and characters. That plus the fact they are willing to travel a couple of hundred miles many times a year for a...
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    #RPGaDAY Day 22: Which RPGs are the easiest for you to run?

    L5R and Rolemaster (as modified by me). For both I have internalised the numbers needed for varying degrees of success. And neither has slowness introduced by combat (unlike Harnmaster which is even simpler for me to run except for combat). I have little magic in RM. In both games sensible...
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    #RPGaDAY Day 18: Which RPG have you played the most in your life?

    D&D if one counts all editions together. If not, Rolemaster. With second place going to one of AD&D, 2nd ed D&D, Runequest, L5R.
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    #RPGaDAY Day 17: Which RPG have you owned the longest but not played?

    Ysgarth, 2nd edition https://rpggeek.com/rpg/28954/ysgarth-2nd-edition Never played it but some interesting ideas in there.
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    #RPGaDAY Day 14: Which RPG do you prefer for open-ended campaign play?

    My adaptations of Rolemaster. Especially used in the Harn setting or my homebrew games.
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    #RPGaDAY Day 15: Which RPG do you enjoy adapting the most?

    I adapt every game at least slightly but the ones I use a lot that I change the most are Rolemaster and D&D. Of those I think I enjoy adapting RM more as to me there is more underlying sense and depth there. Harn, Al Qadim, my homebrew games of 100 Kingdoms (based on Darkover) and Islandia (my...
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    #RPGaDAY Day 16: What RPG do you enjoy using as is?

    L5R 4th edition. It is not perfect, no system ever is. But it is good enough to tell stories with and have fun.
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    #RPGaDAY Day 11: Which ‘dead game’ would you like to see reborn?

    Something set in Tekumel. An EPT for now.
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    #RPGaDAY Day 12: Which RPG has the most inspiring interior art?

    L5R 4th ed. The advantage of having so much card art to choose from. Very evocative.
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    #RPGaDAY Day 07: What was your most impactful RPG session?

    The first. Well, the first fortnight of sessions. Wet August 1979. Camping in a cold damp village hall in coastal Cumbria with fellow poverty stricken archaeology students. Choices of evening activities: expensive drinks in the Dun Cow with the local farmers looking askance at us, setting the...
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    #RPGaDAY Day 05: Which RPG cover best captures the spirit of the game?

    One that is restrained but summarises the game very well: L5R 3rd edition. Katana and obi hinting of the society's focus on both combat and court, the 5 elemental rings, all very subtle like the setting. Elegance and violence.
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    #RPGaDay Day 01: What published RPG do you wish you were playing right now?

    Mythras, probably in the Mythic Britain: Logres setting but likely any. I would like to try it with a good GM that knows the rules inside out. I have run it for one weekend and we all enjoyed it but to really get it, it would be helpful to play in someone else's campaign. Maelstrom, Ars Magica...
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    #RPGaDAY Day 06: You can game every day for a week. Describe what you’d do!

    Hire a cottage in the countryside and go there with my longterm gaming group. Walk or sightsee in the mornings and play in the afternoons/evenings. Probably something meaty such as Harn, Glorantha, Al Qadim, L5R, Middle-earth. We do something like this most years, either the week after...
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    How many different RPGs have you played so far this year (2017)?

    Harnmaster Traveller CoC L5R Mythras 7th Sea D&D 5th
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    Busting Rocks - Stone Age Science Fiction/Fantasy RPG

    Certainly, as you do not wish to benefit from discussion with a professional prehistorian, I shall no longer participate in your thread.
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