Gamers in Austin, TX???

[nocanes]

at a gaming convention in Eugene, OR who stayed up playing for 3 days straight. And his white shorts. And how the seat of them changed color over the course of those 3 days. Quote from my wife "is that a homeless guy who just wandered in and started playing?"

Nice...I think I've met him. I guess I should consider "online", but I have to think that, as the gaming public gets older, things are becoming more sophisticated. Am I wrong?...

 

[ragboy]

If ya'll play any Modern/Star Wars / Futuristic stuff, gimme a shout. I'm always up for a game on the weekends (remove the...yea...before you mail):

ragboyREMOVEMESPAMMER@caffeine.net

 

[thom99]

Sorry nocanes! been gone a bit.

What I basically mean for 1st edition feel, is that using Rule Zero I don't encourage my PCs to become Wz2/Clr2/Rog1/Rgr2! I also run a humanocentric world where demihumans are definitely second fiddle in the world's greater affairs.

I encourage PCs to choose (and stick) with the basic core classes, and to not choose some of the more bizarre feats just so they can "stand out" or "be different". I'd rather have them "be different" in how they roleplay their PCs, not in how they pick feats and stats. That's definitely a product of my age and of playing first edition!

I do run combats, spellcasting, resting times, and most of the basic mechanics "by-the-book". I reduce the xps for combat and increase for roleplaying, and I'm slightly less generous in treasure and magic items.

I never allow evil PCs, and CN or N is usually a "fast ticket to death" either by the other PCs or my world
My best gamers and roleplayers over the last 25 years have primarily been LG, with a few CGs thrown in.

So that's how I do "by-the-book with a first edition feel"!

thomas

 

[Mouseferatu]

Thom, that's not too "old school" for me. I'd love to play in a game like that.

I'm also in Austin; been here for, oh, three years now. I'm currently involved in two games, one that I run on Sundays (although that's about to go on hiatus for a while, due to annoying factors like Real Life), and one I play in on Thursdays (with D20Books, among others). Actually met him on the Austin EN World game day.

Maybe it's time to arrange another one of those?

 

[taliesin15]

I'm becoming acclimated to 3rd Ed. ADD/d20 systems, live in Austin, and am interested in either doing some playing or DM--all ya'll interested send me a private shout-out at pulldownpress@yahoo.com

 

[thom99]

Gee Ari, I'm flattered that you'd want to actually play in a campaign considering your experience and your writing credits

You might find my DMing style a little rigid, but I could be wrong. Anyway, I'm working on getting some old college friends to come down from Dallas to play, and if that works out I'll be looking for 1-2 more gamers to add to the 3 I'll already have!

take care,
thomas cooper

 

[ragboy]

Thom, that's not too "old school" for me. I'd love to play in a game like that.

I'm also in Austin; been here for, oh, three years now. I'm currently involved in two games, one that I run on Sundays (although that's about to go on hiatus for a while, due to annoying factors like Real Life), and one I play in on Thursdays (with D20Books, among others). Actually met him on the Austin EN World game day.

Maybe it's time to arrange another one of those?

I'd definitely be interested in pulling together an Austin/EN World Game Day.

Is anyone going to Linucon in Oct? I'll be speaking/presenting there as part of the Anti-Spam Toolkit team, but there's also supposed to be gaming. Currently, they don't appear to have any gaming events listed, but we could certainly hijack a conference room and burn a weekend.

I'd be willing to play anything anyone's running. I'd be willing to run any one of the following:

• Star Wars
• d20 Modern/Dark*Spycraft
• Sengoku (http://www.sengoku.com) -- Already have a module and quick play rules ready from Overload-a-con.
• Eberron (though I don't have 3.5 core rules...only 3.0 and the Eberron book)
• 1st Edition AD&D (been getting back into this with my kids... simple and fun)

 

[ragboy]

Also, I run an ISP here in Austin. If you guys think an ENWorld/Austin mailing list is in order for announcements, calls for players/DM's, and whatnot, lemme know. I can set that up.

 

[cfmcdonald]

I'm also looking for a group in the Austin area, I'm 25 and have played D&D since I was a kid (I started wtih the Basic set with the red dragon on the treasure hoard). Please let me know if you're still looking for players, Thom.

Chris

 

[Greegan]

Texas Gamers

Just a quick note, we would love to have more Texas gamers on our website...it's currently called the Ghosts of Dallas, but nothing's to keep people in other cities from using it to organize as well. If you'd like to check it out, feel free! Maybe we can even change the name to Ghosts of Texas if the interest is there!

The Ghosts of Dallas

Thanks!