But hello, my name is Frank, and I'm a gamer. (Hi Frank.)
I came into RPGs through an odd route, as with many other of my pursuits. Yes, there was D&D, but I also played a game or two of Traveller, and I really became enamored with Steve Jackson's
Melee and
Wizard, which evolved into
The Fantasy Trip and, eventually GURPS.
However, the first time I played Runequest (2nd Ed.), I realized what RPGs could be: skill-based, rules-light, and generalized beyond combat and trap-detection. I've been following BRP through the years, especially in its Cthuloid mutation, and with the imminent(?) release of
Basic Roleplaying I hope that it will attract a wider audience.
As far as gaming experience goes ... I played a bunch of games in college, fell out of gaming during my working life, and now trying to get back in as time permits. Right now, I'm in a
Spirit of the Century campaign, but I've also played D&D 3.5 (sigh), a homebrew BRP campaign, and a few one-shots with PDQ and other modern systems.
So, hello BRP world, and I hope to have some interesting discussions (but not in the Chinese curse way).
P.S. I'm also a moderator on
Pen and Paper Games