Most Played FRPG of 2010

[CleverNickName]

I think the only one you missed was 5E.

*rimshot*

 

[francisca]

1st Ed AD&D
Labyrinth Lord + AEC

LL was an interesting experiment, but 1e AD&D is still the go-to game for me, and likely always will be.

Played a couple non-fantasy as well.

 

[FunkBGR]

I finished up my Age of Worms game this summer, converted to 4e.

I'm gearing up to run 'War of the Burning Sky' converted to REIGN, and have run my players through a little bit of that. REIGN is a ORE engine game, for those that don't know. You can find a bit about it at Greg Stolze's site (Greg Stolze) or download Project Nemesis for free (Call of Cthulhu done ORE style)

 

[Aeolius]

3.5e D&D, here, but online in a chat room. I haven't run a face-to-face game since 1994.

 

[Piratecat]

How do you have time to moderate ?!?

I think the only one you missed was 5E.

Heh. We have 4e, 3.5e and MnM campaigns that run monthly or biweekly. GenCon, AnonyCon, a few EN World game days, and my own personal house con (where the rule is "games other than D&D"!) account for the rest. It's incredibly fun playing very diverse games with other EN Worlders; I can hardly think of a better way to try systems I hadn't otherwise used.

3.5e D&D, here, but online in a chat room. I haven't run a face-to-face game since 1994.

Wow, that's completely foreign to me. I can't imagine that being my main source of gaming; then again, I'm lucky to live in an area full of them!

 

[scruffygrognard]

Castles & Crusades
D&D 3.5
Call of Cthulhu (6th edition)

 

[Aeolius]

Wow, that's completely foreign to me. I can't imagine that being my main source of gaming; then again, I'm lucky to live in an area full of them!

I played face-to-face D&D with regularity from junior high through high school. I started a group in college and played at least weekly there as well. After college, I went through a slump where I played perhaps one game a year.

In 1994 I DMed my last offline game, “Isle of the Unknown”, with a handful of friends, two of whom I had gamed with since the 80s. We were snowed in, that weekend, and mass consumption of alcohol set the mood for the game.

After that game, I wanted to continue gaming with my childhood friends, even though none us lived within hours of one another (thus the annual game frequency). I contemplated a PBEM or BBS format, before deciding to test the waters on AOL with my first play-by-post game, “Into the Land of Black Ice”. Although none of my offline friends followed through with their intentions, I ran that game for several years, eventually running it on my own website.

After player disagreements all but killed that campaign, I started a second PbP, “Beneath the Pinnacles of Azor’alq” (BPAA), my first foray into undersea adventures. I also briefly ran a chat-based game, “Penance of the Damned”, a planar campaign set in Hades where the PCs began as larvae.

By that point in my life I had two children. As my oldest son has cerebral palsy, my options were limited for offline gaming, as I tended to be (and tend to be, to this day) on-call for his needs 24/7. BPAA ran for several years, but I always yearned for some real-time interaction, so I started my current game “Heirs of Turucambi” (chat-based) over three years ago.

These days, I have eight children; three by birth, four by adoption, and one foster child. Intentionally or not, I painted myself into a corner, gaming-wise. The only way I could comfortably play in a face-to-face game would be in my own home but with children and bedtimes (my kids range in age from 7-17), that would put a damper on weeknight games. Weekend games tend to be difficult to coordinate, for most folks.

Trust me, I miss offline gaming. I enjoy doing voices and accents, as well as the feel of the dice in my hand. Perhaps one day I will return to it.

 

[TreChriron]

Other - Basic Roleplaying (Call of Cthulu, Modern Fantasy, Horror, and Sci-Fi)
Other - Eclipse Phase
Other - Fantasy Craft
Other - Mountain Witch
Other - Dogs in the Vineyard
Other - Vanguard
Other - Starblazer Adventures
Other - Legends of Anglerre
Other - Strands of Fate (play-testing)
Other - Icons
Other - Hellas: Worlds of Sun and Stone
Other - new World of Darkness Hunter and Homebrew
Other - Fiasco
Other - Savage Worlds, Triple Ace Games Daring Tales of the Space Lanes, some Vampire world thing
Other - FUBAR

I probably forgot something...

 

[oldgamergeek]

I have played the following games in 2010
OD&D
D&D 3rd edition
AD&D 1st edition
Shadow run 1st,3rd and 4th edition.
Swords&Wizardry core rules and white box rules
Labyrinth Lord
Mutant Future
Traveller classic, 4th edition, and mongoose
Stars without Number ( if you haven't played this one you are missing a good game)