Introductions

[Tywyll]

Hello,

I'm an old school gamer who's been playing rpgs for 24 years. Started with d&d and t&t, and have played most games I could get my hands on at least once.

My first experience with BRP was Stormbringer, then CoC, then RQ3, Nephilim, Elric! and recently MRQ. I played the heck out of Stormbringer back in high school, and my brother has always been a huge fan of CoC. I never really got into RQ... while I like its divergence from the standard fantasy tropes, I guess that most of my players and myself never really got into Glorantha. I have always been impressed by the sheer detail of the setting, but some elements of the mechanics never really did it for me (hit locations!).

Anyway, I'm eager to see BRP 1 when it comes out in May (I hope) and I hope that it makes it over the pond to the UK!

[Centaur66]

Welcome,Tywyll.Aha!So it's true-I'm not the only one who couldn't get into Glorantha!I would have been happier to experience it via novels rather than as a game setting.Nice use of 'trope',by the way.You just don't see that word often enough.

[darkthorn]

Hello,

I've been browsing for a bit and have gotten interested in the upcoming BRP release. I have purchased alot of BRP related chaosium stuff over the years. Elfquest was one of the first games I cut my teeth on when the 2nd ed came out. That game, Dr. Who (fasa), and dnd were my early staples. The forum looks friendly and well-informed. I look forward to taking part.

Darkthorn

[Trifletraxor]

Welcome to the forum Darkthorn!

SGL.

[Mugen]

Hello all,

My name is Alban de Rostolan and I was born in July 1975.
I had my first experience with Roleplaying games at 9, but really became a roleplayer 2 years later.
The first roleplaying game I read is the "Moldvay" basic D&D box, but I quickly switched to AD&D (1st edition).

At 12 I discovered StormBringer, and my world changed. I had no idea before that a game without classes and levels or with a logical and "realistic" experience system could exist.
My second shock was with RuneQuest 3, which not only more complex than StormBringer, but also much more consistant.

I played a lot of RuneQuest (in Glorantha or not), StormBringer, Call of Cthulhu, Hawkmoon, and read ElfQuest and Nephilim (1st and 2nd french editions). I was also in the playtest group of MRQ.

Nowadays, I tend to use my homebrew version of BRP rather than any published versions. It is a mix of every rules I liked in the BRP games I read (basic skill %iles are drawn from Nephilim 2, preliminary experiend is from MRQ, combat is a mix of RQ3, MRQ and Elric!, etc.)

Mugen

[GerallKahla]

Hi there, Mugen!

Sounds like you're as hooked on BRP as the rest of us. I think most people here have their own "homebrew version" they stick to.

It's a sign (to me at any rate) that the system is flexible and provides genuine utility for gamers. Just look at all the niches it has mutated into.

Thanks for joining - looking forward to hearing more from you.

-pax-

[Yogsoggy]

Hi all,
I too am an "Old school" gamer who has been playing since 1980. My main system is GURPS (3rd edition) but I'm also a big fan of Call of Cthulhu. I'm a store owner and an amateur gunsmith who lives with my wife, 2 dogs and a cat in the great state of Montana.

My other interests include, medieval reenactment, hunting and firearms collecting.

[GianniVacca]

Originally Posted by Mugen

My name is Alban de Rostolan and I was born in July 1975.

salut Alban et bienvenue

[wothbora]

I'm a librarian, husband, father of four and an Old School Gamer who grew up on Holmes D&D (1978), AD&D and GURPS. I recently began trying to teach my youngest (11-years old) RPG's and wasted on ton of $bucks$ on 3.5 trash and Mongoose RuneQuest was just an additional waste of money (I even bought the Screen thinking that might help, it didn't).

I even picked up an entire series of scenarios that use the Genre Diversion i and have found them inspirational, but not quite what I remembered gaming to be like. I must say that the Independent Published Mythic Game Master's Emulator is something that I'll keep handy for any system I use (probably the best logical approach to random events/diversions that I've ever seen).

I started collecting Original Dungeon and Dragons materials (PDF's from RPGNow) and have since started to "re-create" gaming experiences for my son like we had. Metamorphosis Alpha, Arduin Grimoires, the Fantasy Trip, Empire of the Petal Throne, Traveller and of course OD&D. It's been great, but then I picked up Call of Cthulhu and Elric! and have started to begin getting ready to create an Apocalyptic World for him using the BRP that I'm gleaning from CoC and Elric!.

Anyway, I'm just lurking now, but have since bought the Basic Role-Playing Booklet and am using it along with CoC, Elric!, Stormbringer and some of the downloads archived here and must say that I never really realized how excellent a system the BRP System is. I will probably buy the BRP when it comes out in May, but hope they don't change too much (like MRQ did) as the system really works great as it is.

Just a quick question though. Will Chaosium be releasing a SRD or OGL for BRP? It'd sure be nice to not have to worry about putting up a web page with materials that they'd frown own.

Todd

[rust]

Hello and Welcome, Wothbora !

The Mythic Game Master's Emulator you mentioned seems interesting. I have
never heard of it, perhaps you could give me a few more informations ?

Thank You !