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Issue 36 - My Eyes Glaze Over
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Original Comment by: Mark
This is actually pretty interesting. Makes me wish I knew people who'd be willing to play with me. Ah well. I'll be sure to read up on some of the things linked here....
This is actually pretty interesting. Makes me wish I knew people who'd be willing to play with me. Ah well. I'll be sure to read up on some of the things linked here....
Original Comment by: nick
Mark, me too. I have some friends who are into playing, but they like the old dino of games. D&D. It's fun and I join them, but I think it would be a uphill battle to get them to try anything new. And I tried playing on the net, but it isn't the same.
Where do you live, we should play.
Mark, me too. I have some friends who are into playing, but they like the old dino of games. D&D. It's fun and I join them, but I think it would be a uphill battle to get them to try anything new. And I tried playing on the net, but it isn't the same.
Where do you live, we should play.
Original Comment by: Raja
I've been reading the Forge articles and poking about the forum intermittently for years now, and it's helped me a good deal with the roleplaying I do -- which these days is entirey play-by-email RPGs, since the friends I have who are interested live too far away to play in person. I fall mostly in the simulationist camp in games I run, with some narrativist overtones, but I enjoy all three types to varying degrees when I'm a player.
It's great to see indie RPG developers getting some recognition.
I've been reading the Forge articles and poking about the forum intermittently for years now, and it's helped me a good deal with the roleplaying I do -- which these days is entirey play-by-email RPGs, since the friends I have who are interested live too far away to play in person. I fall mostly in the simulationist camp in games I run, with some narrativist overtones, but I enjoy all three types to varying degrees when I'm a player.
It's great to see indie RPG developers getting some recognition.