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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/19/2008 3:44:03 PM
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Grace-N-Mercy
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I've not played those in ages. When I was growing up, we weren't allowed to play D&D, but the church did buy a game back in '84 or '85, but I can't remember the name of it... it was a Christian (or at least non-offensive) version of D&D.
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/19/2008 3:48:55 PM
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Used to play D&D long ago. Still have the dice but that's about it. M was real big against it. I never really saw the problem as long as the players were well grounded adults.
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/19/2008 6:51:11 PM
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I played D&D for years - still have first and second edition AD&D books in storage - and Star Trek, and Vampire: the Masquerade briefly.
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/20/2008 2:15:25 AM
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skreyola
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ORIGINAL: Grace-N-Mercy
I've not played those in ages. When I was growing up, we weren't allowed to play D&D, but the church did buy a game back in '84 or '85, but I can't remember the name of it... it was a Christian (or at least non-offensive) version of D&D.
Possibly Holy Lands or Multiverser, or Dragon__something__.
Before I bought my D&D materials, I spent a lot of time reading at this page: Christian Gamers' Guild - Chaplain's Corner. Those who are interested or have questions may find it useful.
As a personal recommendation, if one were to buy D&D books, I'd recommend using version 3.5 and NOT 4th ed. You may have to get the books on eBay, as Wizards isn't publishing 3.5 anymore.
Kell: It's asteRISK. Risk! Risk! Risk!
hehe... when you said you'd start this thread, I thought you were going to do a forum game. Personally, I'd think an IRC channel would be better than a forum for that sort of experience.
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/20/2008 11:08:08 AM
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skreyola
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Kell: It's asteRISK. Risk! Risk! Risk!
hehe... when you said you'd start this thread, I thought you were going to do a forum game. Personally, I'd think an IRC channel would be better than a forum for that sort of experience.
Hey! an "x" is so much better!  I am improving the already butchered language! <chuckle>. Besides I took a "Risk" slapping an "x" on the end of it!
You know, I was debating a forum game, but I really didn't forsee a lot of popularity in this area for it. I'm not ready to GM a game let alone a Forum based one. You are correct, an IRC would most likely be more user friendly .
I will dig up through my archieves the site I played billboard RPGs for several years, it is a ".co.uk" based site. I think there is a membership fee, but can't remember, its been so long.
*screams* sk is better than x.
If there were sufficient interest, I could GM it.
IRC is free. 
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/20/2008 11:54:33 AM
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I played D&D "back in the day" but haven't played for a really long time.
Recently I have been playing board games such as Settlers of Catan, Ticket to ride, and the card game Plague and Pestilence (wow, doesn't that sound uplifting?). They're a lot of fun.
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/20/2008 1:59:54 PM
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skreyola
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Geeky1: I've played Settlers of Catan, heard of Ticket to Ride. Not sure if I've even heard of P&P before.
Labguy: I've seen people playing it. Wouldn't mind getting into a game of it, but I don't know of anyone who's playing it.
Kell: BTW, isn't it spelled 'Ascension'?
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/21/2008 8:29:43 AM
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Wow! Other people have played the Star Trek Role Playing Game? Neat! I had it, but never had people to play it with.
You know Labguy, if you wanted to start an Online ST RPG I'd join, I don't have the books, the last time I played I played a Q character, was THEE most difficult character I have ever played. It stretched my RP abilities for sure!
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Kell: BTW, isn't it spelled 'Ascension'?
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Yes Skrey I believe it is, my bad habbit/unintentional habbit is, my brain walks faster than my fingers and I see the word but that isn't translated to the coordination to the fingers when striking the keys :P. Hence, errant " ' " and mixed up letters...etc.
Ok, my Friend came over to the house last night with his wife to "shop" through my movies <chuckle> and he looked at me and smiled and said, "Matt, we wanted to let you know that we recieved some discount coupons at Barnes and Noble....(He let it hang for effect).....the total discount amount is around 50-60% off of your purchase, and i know you were looking at getting the Star Wars RPG books and we wanted to let you know that you have hav ethose if there was something there you wanted to purchase...(Typically I don't pick up on hints but his wife was smiling from ear to ear and so was he so even I could get that hint)  "
I replied, "Guess Saturday is book shopping day!"
I have told him over the last few months that I have wanted to play some Star Wars, even if I am just GMing him in a One on One campaign....Just love the flavor of the High tech world/galaxy!
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/24/2008 11:27:23 AM
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You know Labguy, if you wanted to start an Online ST RPG I'd join, I don't have the books, the last time I played I played a Q character, was THEE most difficult character I have ever played. It stretched my RP abilities for sure!
Oh, sorry. I only had the original series RPG. (I was in college when Next Generation was first on.)
And anyway, as a Q couldn't you just snap your fingers and say "I win"? 
-Robb
LOL! I suppose, but that would defeat the purpose of "guiding" the lesser races into greatness and not self-destruction .
having all that power was a bit daunting, plus RPing a relationship with another character...<sighs>. Took some serious multitasking, but was a lot of fun. Well keep the books, they are worth some cash if they are in decent condition <smile>.
Skrey: No worries, I seriously do appreciate you checking me, I try to improve where I can. The timing I read it I was dealing with RL issue and that added to it...lol, and I was like seriously praying...lol.
I got the books....MAN I forgot how expensive they are initially, good thing you can play this game for years and years!
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/24/2008 12:11:40 PM
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skreyola
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Skrey: No worries, I seriously do appreciate you checking me, I try to improve where I can. The timing I read it I was dealing with RL issue and that added to it...lol, and I was like seriously praying...lol.
I got the books....MAN I forgot how expensive they are initially, good thing you can play this game for years and years!
Sorry about that.
Fortunately for players, the only book they need for most systems is the Player Handbook (PHB). At about $30, that's not a bad price for a system you can play for years. Have you seen the price of board games, lately? With most of the stuff on the shelf being licensed versions of classic games (e.g. Indiana Jones go fish card game (not, TTBOMK, a real game)), the starting price is around $20 for most of them. There are cheaper ones, but with an RPG, you get an almost unlimited number of adventures within a specific setting... and the manuals even explain how to change the milieu.
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/24/2008 12:47:31 PM
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I was just pricing some of the books for D&D v3.5...
Might be a while before I can swing that one... :(
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 11/24/2008 2:11:11 PM
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skreyola
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I was just pricing some of the books for D&D v3.5...
Might be a while before I can swing that one... :(
Unless you're going to be a GM, all you really need is the PHB. And if you are, you can use the MM from another edition, or even make up the monsters/creatures yourself. But, yeah... it took me a while to be able to get all three core rulebooks.
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 12/23/2008 9:40:02 PM
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skreyola
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I was just pricing some of the books for D&D v3.5...
Might be a while before I can swing that one... :(
Actually, I've found in running my pick-up game that the players don't technically HAVE to have any of the books. Only the GM does... it just makes everything go faster if the players do have the PHB. But the main things it slows down are character creation and feat selection... things like that. And the caster classes, who have a lot of extra information in the books, but I'm sure there are resources online for that... or something could be worked out.
And if you don't have polyhedral dice, there's an online die roller page you can use.
So, who all would be interested in a forum/IRC game?
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RE: Role Playing Games (Pencil and Paper)...... - 12/23/2008 9:53:41 PM
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skreyola
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For those who do not know what an RPG is well, When I get home tonight I will crack open one of my books on it and give the direct quote fro mthe source material itself <grin>. Unless Skrey or Geeky would like to do that .
Hey, Kell! Would you edit this into your OP? I noticed you hadn't gotten around to writing about it:
From the Wizards of the Coast D&D3.5 Player's Handbook - Roleplaying games are games of your imagination. "It's part acting, part storytelling, part social onteraction, part war game, and part dice rolling. You and your friends create characters [who] develop and grow with each adventure they complete. One player is the Dungeon Master (DM) [or game master (GM)]. The DM controls the monsters and enemies, narrates the action, referees the game, and sets up the adventures. Together, the Dungeon Master and the players make the game come alive."
and later: "The DM sets each scene and describes the action. It's your job [as the player] to decide what your character is like, how he or she relates to the other adventurers, and act accordingly."
Portions in [square braces] are Skreyola's comments/corrections.
From http://www.christian-gamers-guild.org/chaplain/cfaq.html - Role-playing games (RPGs) are nothing more than games of pretend, with rules for resolving such questions as whether it's in character for Mr. Spark--or Mr. Spock--to cry, or whether a door can or can't be broken down. Each player has a character, usually with certain vital statistics, such as strength, physical agility, healthiness, intelligence, or physical attractiveness, assigned some game-significant value. The paper on which the character is described (the character sheet) may also include a physical description and perhaps a character picture, a history, a list of skills the character is good at and a game-significant value indicating how good, a list of equipment the character has, a summary of the character's personality strengths and weaknesses, and a list of physical, mental, and social advantages and disabilities. Not all RPGs will include all of these things on a character sheet, but these are the most common things to find. These characters will be central to the pretend story that the game is telling and are referred to as Player Characters...
The linked page is a great resource that goes into a lot more depth about this topic and answers many common questions.
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