Hi all!ããI am a long time D&D'er (started in 1977) and have a group of gamers that have been playing for 15 years running.ã(we are using a game system that is rooted in Steve Jackson's TFT, with house mods). I'd be interested in getting a group of BBS folk together in a campaing, maybe 5e or 1e.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: D&D etcã By: Felix to All on Wed Dec 09 2020 08:33 pmãã > Hi all!ã > ã > I am a long time D&D'er (started in 1977) and have a group of gamers that haã > been playing for 15 years running.ã > (we are using a game system that is rooted in Steve Jackson's TFT, with housã > mods). I'd be interested in getting a group of BBS folk together in a campaiã > maybe 5e or 1e.ã > ããSo, what's the plan?ããI am familiar with 5e and, to a lesser extent, 1e. I think I prefer B/X toãboth but I am a bit of a weir case there. The only D&D iteration I activelyãhate is 3e so I am open to ideas :-)ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Felix wrote to All <=-ãã Fe> I am a long time D&D'er (started in 1977) and have a group of gamersã Fe> that have been playing for 15 years running. (we are using a gameã Fe> system that is rooted in Steve Jackson's TFT, with house mods). I'd beã Fe> interested in getting a group of BBS folk together in a campaing, maybeããã My son's gotten into it, apparently there's a site where you canã store your characters and maps, and they play over Discord. Theyã started doing that before the lockdown, but playing all night long isã a part of the fun - nothing like being a high-school kid, finishingã up around 3 or 4 in the morning and counting your spoils...ãããã... Abandon desireã--- MultiMail/XT v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

Re: Re: D&D etcã By: poindexter FORTRAN to Felix on Thu Dec 10 2020 07:12 amãã > My son's gotten into it, apparentlyã > there's a site where you canã > store your characters and maps, andã > they play over Discord. Theyãsounds possibly like roll20? that'sãwhere most groups tend to play, evenãlocal to each other as at my age youãcant nip over to someone's house forãthe best part of a day, and the largerãthe group the less likely it is thatãeveryone can make it at the same timeãso it always tends to go to roll20ã----------------------ãUnited Kingdom BBS: ukbbs.zapto.org:64 (40cols) ukbbs.zapto.org:128 (80cols)ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ United Kingdom BBS - ukbbs.zapto.orgã

Re: Re: D&D etcã By: poindexter FORTRAN to Felix on Thu Dec 10 2020 07:12 amãã PF> My son's gotten into it, apparently there's a site where you canã PF> store your characters and maps, and they play over Discord. Theyã PF> started doing that before the lockdown, but playing all night long isã PF> a part of the fun - nothing like being a high-school kid, finishingã PF> up around 3 or 4 in the morning and counting your spoils...ããMy older brother used to play D&D. For whatever reason, I never got into it though. I'd sometimes stay up that late playing multiplayer PC games with people though.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Mantrid wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-ãã Ma> sounds possibly like roll20? that'sã Ma> where most groups tend to play, evenã Ma> local to each other as at my age youã Ma> cant nip over to someone's house forã Ma> the best part of a day, and the largerã Ma> the group the less likely it is thatã Ma> everyone can make it at the same timeã Ma> so it always tends to go to roll20ãã Yep, roll20 is the site. I think it's been helpful with kids' senseã of isolation.ãããã... Abandon desireã--- MultiMail/XT v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-ãã Ni> My older brother used to play D&D. For whatever reason, I never gotã Ni> into it though. I'd sometimes stay up that late playing multiplayer PCã Ni> games with people though.ããMy multiplayer addiction was cooperative multiplayer DOOM. We'd play atãwork after hours until early morning. While I played Quake/Quake IIãdeathmatches, it didn't compare to going through levels as a team.ãããã... The exception also declares the ruleã--- MultiMail/XT v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

Re: Re: D&D etcã By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Dec 12 2020 06:53 amãã Ni>> My older brother used to play D&D. For whatever reason, I never gotã Ni>> into it though. I'd sometimes stay up that late playing multiplayerã Ni>> PC games with people though.ãã PF> My multiplayer addiction was cooperative multiplayer DOOM. We'd play atã PF> work after hours until early morning. While I played Quake/Quake IIã PF> deathmatches, it didn't compare to going through levels as a team.ããThat's cool. I haven't had much experience with multiplayer cooperative. Much of the time, I'd play deathmatch games. In more recent years, sometimes I've enjoyed capture the flag games with Unreal Tournament & such.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: Re: D&D etcã By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Dec 12 2020 10:11 amãã > Re: Re: D&D etcã > By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Dec 12 2020 06:53 amã > ã > Ni>> My older brother used to play D&D. For whatever reason, I never gotã > Ni>> into it though. I'd sometimes stay up that late playing multiplayerã > Ni>> PC games with people though.ã > ã > PF> My multiplayer addiction was cooperative multiplayer DOOM. We'd play atã > PF> work after hours until early morning. While I played Quake/Quake IIã > PF> deathmatches, it didn't compare to going through levels as a team.ã > ã > That's cool. I haven't had much experience with multiplayer cooperative. Mã > of the time, I'd play deathmatch games. In more recent years, sometimes I'vã > enjoyed capture the flag games with Unreal Tournament & such.ã > ã > Nightfoxã > ããI have some experience with multiplayed cooperative with Halo and Halo 2, butãthose are a completely different generation of games. By then you had all thisãmechanic of taking cover for "healing" et all. That said I think Halo 1 and 2ãare the most modern FPS I have managed to enjoy.ã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Re: D&D etcã By: Felix to All on Wed Dec 09 2020 08:33 pmããWe play Pathfinder. It runs off enhanced D&D 3.5 rules. We've been playing that over 10 years now. D&D 4.0 was bad, and 5 seems too far out there. Prior to the Covid crap we'd get together once a month. We started around 77 also, with the White Box. Fun times.ããTimãã---ã þ Synchronet þ The Fool's Quarter - A walk through the plains of happy go lucky...ã

Re: D&D etcã By: Tim Whitson to Felix on Wed Dec 16 2020 07:56 pmãã > Re: D&D etcã > By: Felix to All on Wed Dec 09 2020 08:33 pmã > ã > We play Pathfinder. It runs off enhanced D&D 3.5 rules. We've been playingã > that over 10 years now. D&D 4.0 was bad, and 5 seems too far out there. Prã > to the Covid crap we'd get together once a month. We started around 77 alsoã > with the White Box. Fun times.ã > ã > Timã > ããI am not a fan of D&D 4.0, but I don't think it was as bad as people claims itãwas. If they had released it with other name, it would have been remembered asãan ok roleplaying game with heavy skirmishing mechanics. The game only becameãunworkable once your adventures hit parangon tier (10+ lvl). After that point,ãcombats were decided in a couple of turns and everythign after that was a grindãto see how long it took the losers to die.ããD&D 5 reminds me of Castles and Crusaders. The core mechanics are very basicãand feel like a reminiscence of the OSR, but resource and skill management areãNew School. It works extremely well for megadungeon campaigns as long as noãcharacter falls behind the rest of the group by a lot of XP.ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã