August 20

#RPGaDAY Day 1: First RPG Played

We all remember the first game we sat down to play with friends and the memory of that day is still as fresh in my mind as the last time I played.

A friend of mine had offered to run AD&D and after acquiring a copy of the Players Handbook from a nearby game store for the price of £11.95 I spent the Saturday afternoon devouring the contents of this strange hardback book.

My very first character was a cleric of some-sort, I can’t really remember much more than that aside from the fact I had a neat miniature to represent him now and through his later careers.

It was a great time to sit down with people I knew, one or two friends, an acquaintance and someone who just didn’t like me for some reason.  We spent an enjoyable afternoon scrabbling around some castle fighting goblins I think until the guy who didn’t like me decided to stab me.

Yes, you did read that correctly, he stabbed ME not my character, specifically he drove his sharpened pencil into my shin which smarted somewhat.  So I moved places away from this unstable idiot and the session broke down shortly after that.

As I was getting my things to go, I noticed my miniature had been taken from my bag and after a few minutes I was able to find it and slipped out the front door shortly afterwards.

From that day I was hooked and decided to play as often as I could.

 

 

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August 19

#RPGaDAY Day 19: Favourite Published Adventure

This is without a doubt Power Behind the Throne for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.

The whole thing is a wonderfully crafted adventure with multiple NPCS, plot threads and there is still room to fit in your own material into the narrative.  I got a real kick out of running it although some of the threads introduced here aren’t tied up in the later chapters of The Enemy Within campaign.

The Hogshead publishing edition also added a linking adventure involving an incendiary incident with a river barge 🙂

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August 18

#RPGaDAY Day 18: Favorite game system

Over the decades I’ve played with a good many systems and so picking one as a favorite is going to be tricky.

I guess my favourite system at this time would be FATE as it gives the players a chance to drive the story.

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August 18

#RPGaDAY

David F Chapman http://autocratik.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/rpgaday-in-august.html came up with the great idea of having people discuss role-playing games each day during the month of August.

I know I’m a little late to the party as I was on holiday for the first couple of weeks but I’m going to try and catch up.

I’ll start the ball rolling later tonight.

1st – First RPG Played
2nd – First RPG Gamemastered
3rd – First RPG Purchased
4th – Most recent RPG purchase
5th – Most Old School RPG owned
6th – Favourite RPG Never get to play
7th – Most “intellectual” RPG owned
8th – Favourite character
9th – Favourite Die / Dice Set
10th – Favourite tie-in Novel / Game Fiction
11th – Weirdest RPG owned
12th – Old RPG you still play / read
13th – Most Memorable Character Death

14th – Best Convention Purchase
15th – Favourite Convention Game
16th – Game you wish you owned
17th – Funniest Game you’ve played

18th – Favourite Game System
19th – Favourite Published Adventure
20th – Will still play in 20 years time…
21st – Favourite Licensed RPG
22nd – Best Secondhand RPG Purchase
23rd – Coolest looking RPG product / book
24th – Most Complicated RPG Owned
25th – Favourite RPG no one else wants to play
26th – Coolest character sheet
27th – Game You’d like to see a new / improved edition of…
28th – Scariest Game you’ve played
29th – Most memorable encounter
30th – Rarest RPG Owned
31st – Favourite RPG of all time

 

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August 7

Gaming on holiday

I’m currently out of the country visiting friends and looking around.

Normally I used to hunt out games shops to see what games I could find and bring back home to play.

These days I also like to find historic sites to look around and photograph so I have interesting locations to show my players.

I remember photographing an industrial estate in Boston and using that for all sorts of location shots for a Conspiracy X game.

On this trip I found an incredible site to loon around; Citadel Hill in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Here is an eight pointed star fort with renactors and guided tours. I may not set a game here but at least you have an idea of how the Victorian era British army defended their territory  and may be used in a Space 1889 game.

Once home I’m going to blog again, so hope to see you in a week or so.

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