tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post8948643202035362095..comments2024-02-16T06:03:12.489-06:00Comments on BrummellBlog: RPG - Part II: Games I've PlayedTheBrummellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-25805937973406005062007-05-31T07:42:00.000-06:002007-05-31T07:42:00.000-06:00I'm suprised you didn't mention Car Wars in these....<I>I'm suprised you didn't mention Car Wars in these.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't consider Car Wars to be a 'real' RPG - even the designers and playtesters of the game refer to it as a table-top tactical wargame in the notes on the inside cover. They tacked on some role-playing elements, like creating characters and skill advancement, but the characters chapter starts with the line "Not everybody has a car", so the focus of the game on drive-and-shoot is pretty obvious.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, it's been way too long since I last melted someone's tire with my laser, or pumped rocket after rocket through the gaping hole in someone's armour. Good times.<BR/><BR/><I>but still the fun times interacting with humans (and thusly throwing up from laughter) will always be a highlight in my life. </I><BR/><BR/>Glad to hear it, but I though the barfing wasn't so much from laughter as it was from appendicitis.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-62471868252038292352007-05-30T23:27:00.000-06:002007-05-30T23:27:00.000-06:00Oh man.Reading about this brought on some serious ...Oh man.<BR/>Reading about this brought on some serious flashbacks of our days in the deep deep basement of your parents place.<BR/>Ok well not so much deep but basement it was.<BR/>I'm suprised you didn't mention Car Wars in these. You could probably call it a RPG to a point (I fire my RR at the left hand drivers door, roll dice for damage.. Ooh too bad your guy just turned into hamburger)<BR/>Every once inawhile I get the hankering to play some good ol dice rolling game but then realize. Holy hell that would be a geeky thing to do, when I could sit comfortable at home and play virtual RPG's (Oblivion anyone)<BR/>but still the fun times interacting with humans (and thusly throwing up from laughter) will always be a highlight in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-86784483395893906352007-05-30T10:23:00.000-06:002007-05-30T10:23:00.000-06:00Sorry guys, I don't get it anymore. I played a bit...Sorry guys, I don't get it anymore. I played a bit in my early and mid teens. Mostly I played AD&D, and Battletech. I think Ialso played something called 'Clones' with my cousins in England when I visited them one summer. With the advent of computerized RPGs that made all the scoring so much faster I just lost interest, although I must say I don't even play those anymore. <BR/><BR/>I think my most recent attempts in late high school all degenrated into getting really drunk after a half hour of play.<BR/><BR/>Sorry I can't help you outCarlo, I have enough distracting things on my plate these days!Necatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534126673638877858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-26484948957902505072007-05-29T17:28:00.000-06:002007-05-29T17:28:00.000-06:00Oh Jebus... reading this post has put me into tabl...<I>Oh Jebus... reading this post has put me into table top RPG withdrawal. If I could only kill one orc... just one simple orc... please?!?!? </I><BR/><BR/>And now we see a good reason why I didn't talk about RPGs for a full year - the withdrawl symptoms come back, like LSD flashbacks, years after the involuntary cold turkey. I really want to bash a skeleton...<BR/><BR/>When my parents bring out my books they've been storing for a year this August, I'll make sure the rule-books are in good shape, then start looking for players. If I succeed, you are of course welcome to play, too.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-31247688343325886672007-05-29T16:56:00.000-06:002007-05-29T16:56:00.000-06:00RIFTS... *shudders*. Palladium's role playing syst...RIFTS... *shudders*. Palladium's role playing system is completely broken, enough said.<BR/><BR/>Man, I would like to get into some regular role playing here too, but I've had like zero success in the Hammer. If you get a regular game group going, maybe I'll actually have to scoot down to Guelph more regularly in order to participate.<BR/><BR/>In reference to the actual post though, I have absolutely no interest in playing in RPGs that are based on movies (al la Star Wars). SW, to me, is a self-contained world. I don't want to be a side-lines participant (much like in the LOTR RPGs) but rather an active player. But then you've got to be playing with people who are willing to bend the dogma of the 'holy' trilogy... that's rare.<BR/><BR/>Oh Jebus... reading this post has put me into table top RPG withdrawal. If I could only kill one orc... just one simple orc... please?!?!?Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153076425887492166noreply@blogger.com