Comments on: Excavating Worlds

By: Tim Maly

Tim Maly — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:17:58 +0000

Meika: I buy your argument for advances in interactive tech. Your Second Lifes, your BBS, your Google Wave. But I think that porn got there before us in film, TV, DVD, etc.

Sam: The worst part for me is that I had some friends who wanted to play but got so caught up in the set up that we’d never, actually, you know, play. One of my friends had an elaborate plot laid out for a Robotech series of games that in all honesty would have been a better fan fic than a game. He wanted me to play a character from the show. I wanted to be someone else.

Another friend really, really wanted to play epic table top battles. So we’d construct these 10,000 point Warhammer Epic armies and spend hours placing them. And then it would be time to go home. Every time!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:48:44 +0000

I also always wanted to play D&D, but never ended up doing it. I had all sorts of books as well. I don’t think I ever played more than an hour of D&D. I do remember playing the TMNT roll paying game with some strangers at a convention once. That was pretty cool.

By: Kian

Kian — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:07:46 +0000

I started quite late compared to many people I know and ended up becoming quite addicted for a while. What I really enjoy about RPing is that its not necessary that the plot is the greatest thing since sliced bread or that the world is beautifully designed (though they both improve the quality of the game) but its how you shape the world around you and the player interaction in doing so.
I do agree source books have some absolutely stunning bits of fluff text and help construct fantastic scenarios. I especially like Infernum (a system based in hell), which constructs a hell that Dante would be proud of.
A fate based fan made system which is currently in the evolving process of creation by people I know can be found here (http://secretsofsusarra.blogspot.com/) if you are interested.

Look forward to reading your posts.

By: meika

meika — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:36:13 +0000

roleplayers on googlewave are colonising some space there, musing on these very topics, (BTW if you want an invite contact me via the website link) roleplayers actually beat porn colonisers of new mediums, porn pushers are the mimic fantasists, roleplayers lead the way. “centrefolds are porno maps” might be more accurate.

By: Your Obedient Serpent

Your Obedient Serpent — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:14:55 +0000

As a friend of mine likes to say, “Maps are gamer porn.”