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Post by makofan on Nov 1, 2016 6:40:51 GMT -6
As a teen/college-age idiot in the 1980's/early 90's I played in a very long Universe campaign ran by a very eccentric and driven GM who took the game very, very seriously and ran a very personal campaign based around his historical and political obsessions. It was ...an experience. For both good and ill, the kind of experience you can't get from movies, TV, an MMO, or even a long series of novels. Don't let anybody tell you our hobby is inferior to any of those. My other campaigns I want to run are SPI's Dragonquest, based in Tarantis, with a more amoral party than usual 1975 version of Empire of the Petal Throne Top Secret campaign, based on the Bureau of the Quiller novels AD&D 1st in Wilderlands A megadungeon using OD&D plus supplements A Tolkien campaign Stormbringer! Focus on the Eternal Champion Dark Age of Camelot - Hibernia, using customized Rolemaster Amber FGU's Bushido Reve Dream of Dragons |
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Post by ffilz on Nov 1, 2016 13:15:39 GMT -6
Things I want to run (all Face to Face or real time like Roll20) OD&D, megadungeon and more Classic Traveller (I've been hacking at creating a setting for a couple years now) RuneQuest 1/2 in Glorantha Burning Wheel Gold (using Blackmoor) Torchbearer (Hey, I've already written up Blackmoor for this www.burningwheel.com/forum/showthread.php?13422-I-might-use-Blackmoor-for-Torchbearer)Would do if there was more interest in one of the following than one of the above: Empire of the Petal Throne played with sensibilities from the 70s (i.e. megadungeon etc.) AD&D (Wilderlands, Blackmoor, TSR Modules, whatever) A gee, if I could find the players and 6+ hour time slots, Cold Iron But I doubt that will ever happen. It was something that could happen in the environment of an engineering college, but as a husband and father, I will never have the time for such, and finding players who are willing to really man up to what the system has to offer seems a lost cause. And another stretch: Chivalry and Sorcery On my spend money on category: More of the FFE Traveller CD-ROMS Maybe the Rob Kuntz collection Maybe Mike Mornard's book Frank |
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Post by grodog on Nov 1, 2016 18:47:25 GMT -6
Games/campaigns I'd most like to run, in rough order of my desire: - CoC Masks of Nyarlathotep, One Night, Cthulhu by Gaslight classic Sherlock Holmes (a la Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald"); Pagan's End Times, Walkers in the Wastes - gates-driven AD&D campaign starting out at fresh at low level (1st-3rd-ish), where gates are sufficiently common that they drive the entire campaign: economy, weather, culture, travel, etc. (think The Primal Order meets Stargate meets World of Tiers meets Greyhawk) - AD&D "Treasure of the Dragon Queen"; I'll have to write it first, of course: www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_tourneys_dragon_queen.html- AD&D Greyhawk drowic adaptation of MERP 1e Courts of Ardor campaign (could be played as an evil campaign by drowic PCs or traditional good-ish PCs; could merge with previous gates-driven entry) - Amber-style Crown War campaign in the Dune universe using Fading Suns rules (I don't remember liking the Last Unicorn rules the last time I read them) - Ars Magica/Mage dual-timelines linked campaign that draws on the transition/fall of Mythic Europe into the World of Darkness both of which are underpinned by Kult and HPL/CoC - Eclipse Phase campaign crossed over with Pagan's End Times and/or Blue Planet and/or Aliens and/or Bladerunner - Greyhawk Black Ice Age campaign - Greyhawk Maure Castle/underdark campaign using my alt-drow, Kingdom/Empire of the Ghouls (crossing into HPL here, perhaps into Dreamlands) - Greyhawk desert campaign leveraging the Sea of Dust, X4/X5, UK6, "Ruins of Andril", I9, perhaps C2 or CB2 too (perhaps combined with above Maure campaign...) - Greyhawk city-based thieves campaign (could be combined with Thieves World and the desert one above, potentially) - AD&D Abyssal campaign (PCs are a new generation of demons, vying for power amidst the chaos; could combine with gates or drowic ones above) Games/campaigns I'd most like to play, in rough order of my desire: - Eclipse Phase - Call of Cthulhu run by someone who knows the setting well - Amber run by someone who knows the setting well - Greyhawk campaign run by someone who knows the setting well, with at least one other player who does too - Star Wars (WEG d6) run by someone who knows the setting well |
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Post by archersix on Nov 1, 2016 19:06:09 GMT -6
I want to make it to Gary Con in the next few years.
I want to play in a 3 LBB game set in a megadungeon.
I want to play Marvel Superheroes set in the 60's.
Unfortunately, these are the kind of games that mainly appeal to me in my gaming group, so I'd probably have to be the one to run them.....
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Post by foxroe on Nov 1, 2016 19:54:32 GMT -6
Never heard of it, so I had to look it up. Very interesting premise; it would make for a great Traveller campaign. And I'm totally in for some of those AD&D campaigns - especially the Maure Castle and Grehawk: City of Thieves ones.  |
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Post by grodog on Nov 3, 2016 20:37:28 GMT -6
I want to make it to Gary Con in the next few years. Well-worth the trip (or to the North Texas RPG Con if getting to Dallas is any easier for you). Never heard of it, so I had to look it up. Very interesting premise; it would make for a great Traveller campaign. Indeed, I love the setting, but haven't played the game at all yet, so I have no clue how well the system flows in actual play. And I'm totally in for some of those AD&D campaigns - especially the Maure Castle and Grehawk: City of Thieves ones. Heh, where are you located, foxroe? |
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Post by legopaidi on Nov 4, 2016 3:20:06 GMT -6
1) I want to play in a shared world campaign with multiple DM's. Wanna use a homebrewed OD&D variant for this but my gaming mates are mostly familiar with AD&D 2e. At least we agreed to start this thing up though!
2) I want to play or run a Pendragon campaign
3) I want to run a Forgotten Realms campaign with the old Greybox as a base together with Greenwood's original ideas for the setting. In OD&D or AD&D 1e
4) Play Ben Lehman's Polaris and make as Dunsany-esque as possible
5) Run Dogs In The Vineyard
6) Run at least some D&D 4E sessions
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Post by foxroe on Nov 4, 2016 18:54:10 GMT -6
Heh, where are you located, foxroe? I recently moved to the Pacific Northwest, just outside of Portland, OR.* (*Are you aware of the TV show Portlandia? Not funny... because it's 100% accurate. ) |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Nov 5, 2016 1:27:22 GMT -6
I'm going to add the incredibly obscure SPACE QUEST. I read a review of it (Grognardia?), and it sounds like an absolute hoot to play.
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Post by MormonYoYoMan on Nov 5, 2016 17:46:02 GMT -6
I'd like to find another copy of Zocchi's Star Patrol, an expanded update of their Space Patrol. Included a terrific Starship Troopers solo game.
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Post by ffilz on Nov 5, 2016 23:11:03 GMT -6
Heh, where are you located, foxroe? I recently moved to the Pacific Northwest, just outside of Portland, OR.* (*Are you aware of the TV show Portlandia? Not funny... because it's 100% accurate. ) Heh, another Portlander here... Frank |
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Post by ffilz on Nov 5, 2016 23:11:55 GMT -6
I'm going to add the incredibly obscure SPACE QUEST. I read a review of it (Grognardia?), and it sounds like an absolute hoot to play. I regret selling my copy of that, not sure when I did, but it was long ago... Frank |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Nov 6, 2016 16:07:59 GMT -6
I'm going to add the incredibly obscure SPACE QUEST. I read a review of it (Grognardia?), and it sounds like an absolute hoot to play. I regret selling my copy of that, not sure when I did, but it was long ago... Frank Chatter on blogs seven/eight years ago brought it to my attention, and recently I read a positive review in Space Gamer #14. I wonder if the authors are still around and may be interested in reprinting it. There is enough interest that they may be able to afford to either release it in hardcopy or, in the very least, a reasonably good scan in PDF form. The question foremost in my mind is, Did Space Quest get published before or after GDW's Traveller? Both were released in '77, but in what month I don't know. |
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Post by foxroe on Nov 6, 2016 21:20:24 GMT -6
Heh, another Portlander here... Keep it weird, Frank! |
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Post by Zenopus on Nov 6, 2016 23:29:01 GMT -6
Heh, another Portlander here... Keep it weird, Frank! J. Eric Holmes lived in the Portland area for the last 20 years or so of his life, until he passed away in 2010. He was retired at that point but I believe he taught classes at one of the schools in the area for a while. Billy Galaxy Toys in downtown Portland has been selling off much of his collected books, magazines, toys, miniatures, etc for the last few years on Ebay. |
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Post by foxroe on Nov 7, 2016 0:22:26 GMT -6
J. Eric Holmes lived in the Portland area for the last 20 years or so of his life, until he passed away in 2010. He was retired at that point but I believe he taught classes at one of the schools in the area for a while. Billy Galaxy Toys in downtown Portland has been selling off much of his collected books, magazines, toys, miniatures, etc for the last few years on Ebay. Cool, thanks Z. That's good to know. Edit: Not much there now from the good Doctor: Crypt of Cthulhu #97 and two Dragon magazines (#31 and #58). |
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Post by Zenopus on Nov 7, 2016 17:25:09 GMT -6
The link may not be working correctly for others. But there are 417 items previously owned by Holmes that Billy Galaxy has listed right now. Many more have already sold over the last few years. You won't see his name in the auction unless you search within the auction description. All of the listings have this text (or something similar):
I've bought a few random things from the auctions including a painted Minifig Mythical Earth "Frog Man", a collection of E. C. Tubb Dumarest paperbacks, and a signed & dated (1977!) copy of the "The Knight Tales of Sir Gawain".
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Post by Finarvyn on Nov 20, 2016 10:12:48 GMT -6
I never really know what to add onto threads like these. I've been playing OD&D so long and done so much that stuff like "run a game of OD&D" or "go to GenCon" just don't seem to fit my bucket list. I've met many of the old-guard greats of the gaming world (Gary, Dave, Rob Kuntz, Jim Ward) but would love to meet Gronan and Greg Svenson in person and maybe buy them a beer to get them talking about the good old days. I'd love to own a Goldenrod copy of the Chainmail rules. Amber-style Crown War campaign in the Dune universe using Fading Suns rules (I don't remember liking the Last Unicorn rules the last time I read them) Wow. That sounds like a blast! I don't remember much about Fading Suns other than that it seemed very Dune-like. I have a copy of the Last Unicorn rules and seem to recall they were decent but not inspired. One of my "crossed off the bucket list" items was getting to play an Amber Diceless game run by Erick Wujcik. There was some downtime and I got to spend several hours with Erick talking about game design and the direction he saw the ADRP franchise going. I wish I'd had more time to pick his brain. Somewhere I found a web page where someone had run a Dune campaign using ADRP rules, so not just the feel of the Throne War but the rules as well. I think you could bid on factions and stuff like that. I probably saved a copy of what was on the page and could post it if there is interest. |
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Post by grodog on Nov 20, 2016 21:38:30 GMT -6
Amber-style Crown War campaign in the Dune universe using Fading Suns rules (I don't remember liking the Last Unicorn rules the last time I read them) Wow. That sounds like a blast! I don't remember much about Fading Suns other than that it seemed very Dune-like. I have a copy of the Last Unicorn rules and seem to recall they were decent but not inspired. One of my "crossed off the bucket list" items was getting to play an Amber Diceless game run by Erick Wujcik. There was some downtime and I got to spend several hours with Erick talking about game design and the direction he saw the ADRP franchise going. I wish I'd had more time to pick his brain. Somewhere I found a web page where someone had run a Dune campaign using ADRP rules, so not just the feel of the Throne War but the rules as well. I think you could bid on factions and stuff like that. I probably saved a copy of what was on the page and could post it if there is interest. Sure, I'd love to check it out sometime, Marv! |
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Post by foxroe on Nov 21, 2016 1:28:57 GMT -6
Few more dreams for the list: - Run a campaign (OD&D or AD&D/OSRIC) using all of the Carcosa material - just have to find a group of players with the right... temperament. - Can't wait for Jeff's new AS&SH. I would love to run my own Hyperborean campaign... complete with REH/HPL/CAS pulpy mega-dungeon. - DM a light-hearted, home-brewed classic Castle Greyhawk / El Raja Key for my immediate family using OD&D/S&W (actually slowly working on this right now). - Ref a Rappan Athuk campaign with S&W (RA is so full of old-school porn it's ridiculous). - Find a solid local group of Grognards who enjoy OS gaming (including board/war games - even though I'm terrible at them!). - White Star looks awesome - I dig the whole OD&D/Star Frontiers/SW(d6)/Soft-SciFi vibe. I'd love to play in or ref a few games. Wow. It occurred to me as I was typing this that I could add several more things to this list... so what I really should have on my list is finding several more hours of availability each week for gaming.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 10:52:23 GMT -6
I've been collecting various material for a while now with the intent of getting at least one session in (or more if an actual RPG, not a board game). I'll be 50 next summer, so time is against me.
Have & Played:
Holmes Basic
AD&D (though mostly as Holmes plus new stuff added)
AD&D2E
D&D3.X
MERP1E
AH Squad Leader
Dungeon!
AH Gettysburg (25th anniversary edition)
Have & Would Like to Play:
D&D5 (Basic box set)
Star Probe/Empires
TSR Lankhmar
Gangbusters
TSR Indiana Jones
Star Frontiers
Gamma World 2E
Metamorphosis Alpha
Boot Hill 2E
OD&D
D&D B/X
D&D BECMI
Chainmail
Dawn Patrol
AH Circus Maximus
TSR Knights of Camelot
TSR Marvel Superheroes
Mayfair DC Heroes (missing a book; will likely convert DC characters to FASERIP, though)
Metagaming Melee and Wizard (had Death Test BITD, made up what I could not figure out; had a blast!)
Don't Have Yet but still trying:
Divine Right
Pendragon (have a 1E set missing a book)
TSR Conan RPG
Metagaming Ogre
Have but Not Likely to Play:
D&D4
Tractics (Squad Leader scratches that itch)
Used to Have and Played:
Warhammer (should get another rule book at least; used the AD&D Battlesystem counters for minis before)
Probably forgetting a few things.
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Post by tkdco2 on Nov 21, 2016 12:58:11 GMT -6
I need to add West End Games' Star Wars rpg (2nd Edition) to my list. Also, Legacy: War of Ages by Black Dog Publishing; it's Highlander with the serial numbers filed off.
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Post by Gynsburghe on Nov 21, 2016 15:02:53 GMT -6
First and foremost, I'd have to reiterate the "find a group that shares my love of Old School gaming" sentiment. Vermont isn't exactly a hot spot for the OSR. Seems like everything is Pathfinder or, very occasionally, D&D 5e. No offense to either of those fine games, but it just isn't my style. Second, I really need to finish my campaign setting that I keep starting over on. It's going on 17 or 18 years now, I suspect, but has changed direction several times rather sharply. I'd like to eventually publish it, perhaps in periodical format. I'd also like to decide what system I'm going to write from, even if it is an agnostic Heartbreaker in presentation. Third, I want to actually play a war game that isn't a house organ like Warhammer (I like the rules, especially in the sadly departed historical series). Again this is an area that my friends just aren't into... Fourth, I want to finally go to a Con - and preferably one that hosts the kind of games I love... Oh wait! I can cross number 4 off as of March! So d**ned excited! I'd love to play in a lot of those campaign ideas that are getting posted above. So many cool ideas... Why can't you all move to Vermont? Dave/Gynsburghe |
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Post by tkdco2 on Nov 22, 2016 1:48:17 GMT -6
Gynsburghe, I feel your pain. One of the reasons I don't game much is that my friends want different things from rpgs than what I want. I guess our tastes have just grown too far apart.
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Post by tkdco2 on Nov 26, 2016 22:42:31 GMT -6
Another one: Run my Highlander/World of Darkness crossover campaign. I once ran something like that back in the 1990s, albeit with a different ruleset.
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Post by grodog on Nov 27, 2016 22:00:42 GMT -6
Another one: Run my Highlander/World of Darkness crossover campaign. I once ran something like that back in the 1990s, albeit with a different ruleset. There was a fan-created Highlander set of rules for WoD published online in the early days of the internet. I'm sure I have a printout of it with my WoD stuff in the attic!  |
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Post by tkdco2 on Nov 27, 2016 22:15:34 GMT -6
Another one: Run my Highlander/World of Darkness crossover campaign. I once ran something like that back in the 1990s, albeit with a different ruleset. There was a fan-created Highlander set of rules for WoD published online in the early days of the internet. I'm sure I have a printout of it with my WoD stuff in the attic! I also have a copy. I was going to use it, along with much of the old WoD products (mainly Vampire and Werewolf) for my game. |
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Post by foxroe on Nov 28, 2016 5:23:38 GMT -6
Palladium (Rifts and Fantasy). My friends and I played a few games of these back in college. Good fun. And I always kind of liked the premise of Rifts. One of the best things about Palladium is that it was the same system across their games, so once you picked up on one game, the others were easy. Unlike GURPS, where you had to buy the generic core rules then a bunch of supplements to establish a genre, then weed out all the crap you didn't want, all the necessary rules for each game were in each of the books. I would have totally gotten into GURPS if they had done it that way. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 20:43:16 GMT -6
Down the line Id like to run a Boot Hill sandbox campaign, Spinward Marches for Traveller, and a long term Yggsburgh/Castle Zagyg game. Next two things I am likely to run after current campaigns wrap up are d6 Star Wars and Masks of Nyarlathotep.
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Post by makofan on Dec 6, 2016 8:47:19 GMT -6
I love Boot Hill
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