Introductions

[michestephens]

Greetings,
Mike Stephens here, I live in Baltimore MD and work as an IT manager for Johns Hopkins University.
I started playing in the early 80's TFT, heavily modified D&D, Traveller, TopSecret, Aftermath ..... Then came marriage and career and family. So fro many years I have mostly collected. I am interested in games systems, rules, and theory. I am currently building a custom Traveller spin off campaign which I actually hope to play before I retire.

[Trifletraxor]

Welcome to the board Mike!

Have you played BRP before? I don't see it listed among the games you've played. What rules do you use for your Traveller campaign?

SGL.

[jonboywalton]

Hi there folks,

My name's Jonathon (I also go by JD) and, like so many, I started with D&D when I was young and impressionable and fell in with the wrong sort of gamers.

Some things that left me dissatisfied with D&D were the ecological inconsistancies (running into orcs, kobolds and a vampire(?) in the same dungeon), and the obvious fillers for the monster pantheon (don't get me started on the gelatinous cube).

I was a sci-fi nut still at this time (around 1979-80) so I went in hard when I discovered Traveller, but I also really enjoyed playing 1st/2nd edition RuneQuest, SPI's DragonQuest, Tunnels and Trolls, some Gamma World and Top Secret, and a little Star Frontiers. I owned a copy of Universe, but never got around to playing it. I even had a couple of sessions of Call of Cthulhu before the kid with the only copy among us moved town. There were probably a couple of other rules-sets in there as well, but we didn't play them on a regular basis.

At eighteen I moved to a little town where I didn't know anyone and stopped playing after a fairly solid six-or-so years. I also lost track of my game-gear collection which I'd left at home (thanks, Mum).

After a hiatus of nearly two decades, I'm back in the game, so to speak. I've recreated my Traveller LBB collection (through the magic of reprints) and I'm exploring other rules sets as well.

The landscape has changed a lot in twenty-odd years, and I'm still finding my feet to some degree. I've fallen in with another group of ne'er-do-wells who spend most sessions playing Harn, but break it up four or five of times a year with other games.

Some of my best game memeories were of playing RuneQuest, and I've turned into a bit of a rules-junky in my dotage, so I'm really looking forward to the release of the new Basic Roleplaying set. I'm also new to the forum (obviously), so I'd be very interested to hear anyone's impressions of BRP, especially any playtesters that may be tuning in.

Cheers,

JD

[Wolverine]

I should really introduce myself.

I'm Nathan Baron, and I'm one of the members of the Design Mechanism behind Gwenthia. I also run the Eternal Champion Yahoo group, which supports not only the brand new Mongoose's Eternal Champion line, but also the old Chaosium one. I have been a supporter of BRP for over a decade now, playing the various incarnations of Stormbringer/Elric, as well as Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest. At the moment, I'm enjoying Mongoose RuneQuest, which, of course, is hybrid of BRP.

I'm pretty famous for my Sharpe BRP games, based on the Bernard Cornwell books, which always go down a storm at conventions. (The games were part of my play-test for Jason's new incarnation of the BRP rules). At the moment, I'm busily prepping the second scenario for my Sharpe trilogy, ready for next year. I'm also planning a second BRP Star Wars scenario. The first I ran as a solo adventurer for Loz Whitaker, who thoroughly enjoyed it. The adventure was set during the Clone Wars, but the sequel will be set during the Rebellion era, and will use the same locations and most of the original NPCs.

Thanks! ^_^

[Trifletraxor]

Originally Posted by jonboywalton

Hi there folks,

My name's Jonathon (I also go by JD) and, like so many, I started with D&D when I was young and impressionable and fell in with the wrong sort of gamers.

We've all been there!

Some things that left me dissatisfied with D&D were the ecological inconsistancies (running into orcs, kobolds and a vampire(?) in the same dungeon), and the obvious fillers for the monster pantheon (don't get me started on the gelatinous cube).

I recently visited a website that listed the all-time worst D&D monsters. Quite fun actually, and the gelatinous cube did of course make its apperance!

After a hiatus of nearly two decades, I'm back in the game, so to speak. I've recreated my Traveller LBB collection (through the magic of reprints) and I'm exploring other rules sets as well.

I you're a sci-fi man, there are a couple of sci-fi settings in the works for BRP. Cthulhu Rising for Call of Cthulhu might also be something to check out.

Welcome to the board JD!

Originally Posted by Wolverine

I should really introduce myself.

I'm pretty famous for my Sharpe BRP games, based on the Bernard Cornwell books, which always go down a storm at conventions.

Sharpe? based on Bernhard Cornwell books? Could you enlighten an ignorant soul here?

At the moment, I'm busily prepping the second scenario for my Sharpe trilogy, ready for next year.

Sharpe trilogy, is that a pack of three scenarios to be released next year? Official stuff through Chaosium, GORE or MRQ or fanbased? (maybe you could give us some info in a new thread?)

Welcome to the board Nathan! :-)

SGL.

[Wolverine]

Some of you will be more familiar with the Television series of the same name, starring Sean Bean in the title role. The trilogy of scenarios is something I run just for friends or at conventions, and are not designed for publication. I am aware of, but cannot say anything more at the present, that a certain publisher has acquired the Cornwell license, and may in the future publish an official Sharpe RPG. If that comes to pass, I may write them up for that publisher.

Currently, I'm using Chaosium's BRP system for Sharpe. I was on the play-test for the new rules, as written and compiled by Jason. So, Sharpe was the setting I primarily used when I partook in the play-testing.

[jonboywalton]

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

Welcome to the board JD!
SGL.

Thanks, Trif, great to be here

Originally Posted by Trifletraxor

Sharpe? based on Bernhard Cornwell books? Could you enlighten an ignorant soul here?
SGL.

I might be able to help here - the Sharpe novels follow the progress of an officer in His Majesty's Army during the Peninsula Campaign against Napoleon's invading forces (well the early ones at least; I haven't read all of them).

They've recently been rereleased in glossy little paperback format, no doubt on the back of the apparently very good telemovie series from the UK - to the best of my knowledge they haven't screened here in Australia <sigh>.

[Ars Mysteriorum]

Greetings all!

I'm a new initiate to the Basic Roleplaying system and an avid gamer.

I started with AD&D 2e and progressed through an onslaught of popular gaming systems. Finding these all to be too "gamist" (heavy on rules and tactics with almost no attention to really playing a role and emphasis on telling a story), I traversed backwards in gaming chronology.

I purchased the new World of Darkness (the core is heavily influenced by Call of Cthulhu IMO), Nobilis (brilliant, but very specific in who it appeals to)Unknown Armies (Rules light and plot HEAVY), Over the Edge (rules medium and plot HEAVY), Talislanta (despite being non-traditional, it evokes the atmosphere of the classic fantasy setting better than any other setting I've ever read), Call of Cthulhu (one of my favorites in terms of narrative gameplay), and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (very much like BRP, but is slightly more forgiving in combat without losing the grim edge of its fantastic setting).

Of all of these, BRP provided the best narrative experience I've ever had the joy of running. Idea, Know, and Luck rolls are fantastic tools for the GM to use to continue the flow of the story unabated, but with appropriate drama and a sense of risk.

I look forward to sharing ideas with like-minded individuals here!

[drohem]

Hello and welcome Ars Mysteriorum!

[Ars Mysteriorum]

Originally Posted by drohem

Hello and welcome Ars Mysteriorum!

Thanks! I've lurked here a bit since Chaosium declared its intention to create a cogent rendition of the BRP rules in a massive tome. I'm very excited to see how it turns out!