Poll: D&D

[Megalodon]

No, Dark Heresy/Rouge Trader are more my cup of tea.

I just bought the Rogue Trader book and have been reading it over. The game seems mind-exploding amazing (in fact i only bought it for the fact that crit explosions can take off id5 finger). Is it as awesome as the book makes it seem? I've have other experiences where actually PLAYING the game is rather lame.

Well me and my group enjoyed it. It takes a good GM to control, or the campaign will get too tangent ridden and flounder, the GM needs to either keep players on a realatively tight leash or be confident/experienced enough to work random things into the plot.

We also enjoyed basically playing aristos in space, one stunt we pulled that everyone enjoyed was while my Rouge Trader and the Astropath had dinner with a rival Trader, the rest of the group raided his penthouse, killed a platoon of his security, stole everything of value from the suite and destroyed everything else.
What made it even better was that I was roleplaying Kane in 40K, we even founded the Brotherhood of Nod as our Paramilitary oragnisation.

 

[nick n stuff]

i'm not sure how to play d&d. the temptation to cheat would be huge and i don't have the attention span.

 

[Raqshiem]

I started playing DnD v3.5, off and on, nothing too serious, about four years ago. Then about a year ago someone made a gift of two modules, all the starter books for 4e, and even a new set of dice. I'm not a huge fan of the "new" at-will/encounter/daily setup as it seems to really restrict some of the creative thinking of my players, but seeing as they were a gift/free, I set up a bi-monthly game playing with my brother locally and two other people using Skype and webcams.

We just finished the two modules, and now I'm working on a homebrew game I've been fleshing out the plot in preparation for this Thursday. I can't wait. The GMNPC healbot they've been mistreating for half a year is going to betray them, they'll wind up in prison, and eventually down the road they'll be entered into a coliseum-esque event against giants. I'm ecstatic to get this ball rolling and see if I can properly support a homebrewed campaign.

 

[vivadelkitty]

Yes, but only 3.5 edition. 4th edition just...rubs me the wrong way :/

 

[tjarne]

No I would like to try it out though. But non of my friends are interested in trying, and I don't want to play with randoms. Have however tried the Swedish version of it Drakar och Demoner, it's not quite the same however. But since I haven't played the real D&D I can't really tell.

 

[imperialus]

I'm GMing a Shadowrun 4th Ed campaign right now basing it off the Ghost Cartels campaign arc.

Right now my runners have just discovered that there's an undercover cop planted in the gang that they're dealing with and their orders have changed from 'trail him' to an assassination. They're leery of taking the job (even though it'll mean a considerable bonus) just due to the fact that cop killers (particularly deliberate assassins) tend to... well lets just say that Civil Rights for offenders in 2072 ain't what they were in the good old days.

 

[Sampsa]

My first charater was a wizard that got killed by gnome during the first playtime. Now I've level 3 monk. I've been playing just about a year.

 

[swolf]

I used to be interested in trying it out but after a few failed attempts at joining other people's games I figured fate didn't want me to play so I gave up and moved on. The reason for failure were mostly due to scheduling conflicts. Plus, the description that I originally heard (multiple thick books of rules and other facts? REALLY?) and a comparison to Magic: The Gathering (which I couldn't devote enough time to for a true understanding), I just gave up.

 

[USSR]

Yes sir, I'm a local Dungeon Master.

LARPing is actually awesome.

Greatest two sentences I've heard in a while.

DnD + LARP = Orgasmatrain.

 

[Talvrae]

Yes sir, I'm a local Dungeon Master.

LARPing is actually awesome.

Greatest two sentences I've heard in a while.

DnD + LARP = Orgasmatrain.

LARP is another thing i have give up.... Thouse who are closed to me are all very poorly organised and got more of headache than funs... Particularly that the last year i have gone at the biggest one my party and the organisation turned in a open war... The organisation simply didnt want to deal with a party who made things happen arrond them particularly when they dont have planned for it

 

[Lemon Of Life]

Nope, I could get into it if any of my friends were even remotely interested, but as of now, they aren't, and I doubt they ever will be. I did have alot of fun helping my cousins make a storyline though, but playing it, I'm not too bothered.

 

[Korten12]

no, I but I want to try it atleast. Though not really stick with it.

 

[xanith02100]

Play every Sunday for four hours, started in January.

 

[Necator15]

I gave it a go, but I didn't much care for it.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

I'm trying to get a group together... Why isn't there an option for that?

 

[cerebus23]

There are a few articles about finding groups to play with website links and other suggestions on this very site.

I have not played in years do not even have my books anymore, but i do miss it, or rather the roleplay that a good group can get going with a little work.

Played AD&D 2nd edition, and shadowrun think 2nd ed also, we got into pretty heavily, until my group all fluked out of school cause all they did it seems was play pnp games instead of going to class, doing homework, etc....

PnP rpg can be great fun when balanced with social life, partying and school but the key is balance cause i have seen and played with people that were just too into it. i played like twice a month with those guys for a few months, before they all failed out school.

 

[Eggsnham]

Nah, I don't play it.

It looks fun, but I'm already semi occupied with Warhammer 40K.

Plus, I don't really like roleplaying, it's just not something I could do with a straight face...

 

[the7ofswords]

When I get the chance, yes.

Started playing with the Basic Set (1981 Red Box) back in ... oh, I guess it would have been late 1981, I believe.

Moved on to AD&D , then 2nd Ed. then 3rd.

4th Ed. isn't D&D. It's a miniatures combat game into which you can insert RPG element if you like. (WoW meets HeroQuest.)

~Cheers!

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[Flight]

I play the 3.5 edition of D&D.