Campaigns you want to play (or run)

[Mistwell]

I'd love to be in a d20 Modern non-FX game of any kind right now, as a player. I dig the game mechanics so much, that I would love to be on the side of a player in a good game right now. Spy stuff, victorian area, near-future, whatever.

 

[Desdichado]

Dave-o -- I'm just taking a quick break from packing up our house -- I'll drop you a line in a week or two, though, when we're nicely settled in our new place.

Decado -- check out the Warlord Trilogy by Cornwell (or is it Cornwall?) for Celtic/Anglo-Saxon "historical" fiction. Great stuff, especially would appeal to folks who liked George R. R. Martin, IMO.

 

[Replicant]

Epic tales...

Can anyone point me in the direction of some good novels of Norse or Celtic tales? I am interested in both fiction and non-fiction.

Decado

Two words: Poul Anderson.

Totally underappreciated author who wrote some absolutely fantastic, page-turning novels derived from Norse myths. Start with The Broken Sword, then read War of the Gods and Hrolf Kraki's Saga. Awesome, lean prose that's like a breath of fresh air amidst the bloated stuff on the shelves today (ie. Jordan).

Also, pick up Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. This was the novel they made the mostly awful "13th Warrior" from. The book was much, much better and pure Norse/Viking through and through.

 

[Desdichado]

I actually really like the 13th Warrior as a movie, and found Eaters of the Dead to be terribly dry reading. And, I was immediately bothered by the fact that most of the "Vikings" have Anglo-Saxon names, but that's probably just the nit-pickiness in my getting the best of me.

 

[barsoomcore]

I actually really like the 13th Warrior as a movie, and found Eaters of the Dead to be terribly dry reading. And, I was immediately bothered by the fact that most of the "Vikings" have Anglo-Saxon names, but that's probably just the nit-pickiness in my getting the best of me.

Michael Crichton sticks in my craw at the best of times. He's like the king of "Oh, I had this really cool idea for a story, except that I can't figure any way out of it so I'll just have some wacky coincidence save the world." He totally can't finish his stories. Everything gets covered in lava, or the bad guy suffers a sudden stroke, or (this one is the worst) the mutating alien virus mutates into something harmless. Phew!

That said, I read Jurassic Park like six times. Rat Bastard.

But The 13th Warrior? Joshua, at last we've found something we disagree on.

 

[Ace]

Part of me would like to run my ultra high magic "Age Arcane" game. It has Magic Vehicles, Mechs, Battalions of Flying Wizards, Infantry squads with detection devices, you name it. Than Cuthulu (well an analog anyway) shows up to eat the world

This would be too hard for me to run, I lack SHARKS talent for destruction

I also want to run my low magic game, possibly grim and gritty-- Kind of like a 7th sea mixed with Ravenloft faerie tale.

This will be a different world with different magic and different tropes

I also would like to run "All along the Great River, which is my Sword and Sorcerery setting proposal"

Play wise, I would like to play Buffy or Mage

I am also getting in the mood for a combat centric game of 3e

 

[eris404]

Wow, lots of Steampunk fans out there. My last campaign was sort of like that and took place in Victorian England.

My next one I think will use the Nameless Legion idea from the last Dragon issue. I am going to assign each of my players a PC at random and tell them they wake up with no memories, a strange tattoo and a 5-year contract to work in the Legion.

Shhhhh...don't tell my players, OK?

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I'd like to run:
Star Wars D20 Revised
GURPS Horror (a game like the old Pacesetter Chill)
GURPS Traveller/Space
GURPS Fantasy
GURPS Wild West
Basic D&D (rules cyclopedia version)

Like to Play:
Basic D&D (see above)
GURPS CthulhuPunk
GURPS Cyberpunk
GURPS Horror
GURPS Wild West
Call of Cthulhu (BRP version)

D20 D&D just to say I actually played it once. I've DM'ed it for a couple of years but never actually played it.

 

[Ruined]

For years, I've been dying to play in a Ravenloft campaign. Something good, suspenseful, somewhat morbid. Alas, none of my extended group has offered it so far. It would probably fall to me to run it.

I also want to do something high-level, maybe not neccesarily epic levels, but up around levels 13-17 would be really nice. We always start our games off around third level, and typically schedules get screwed up or interest wanes before we reach a decent level.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Re: Epic tales...

Also, pick up Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. This was the novel they made the mostly awful "13th Warrior" from. The book was much, much better and pure Norse/Viking through and through.

I cannot agree with this enough. That book was a masterpiece, while the movie was so-so.