Do you Tabletop?

[Bobotron]

@The-Tree-of-Woe
I just can't bring myself to get back into the MES. I don't have the time to do the traveling I used to do, which is one of the big draws of the MES. I used to have tons of fun in the NWoD venues in the MES back in the day though (in Requiem starting 2006 I was part of the infamous House Savage, in Forsaken I was one of the founders of the Wound-Divers proto-lodge and in Awakening I was somehow involved in the introduction of Lost into the world).

Though I will be going to the Masquerade by Night in New Orleans this coming fall.

[Cobalt]

@Bobotron said:

@Cobaltasaurus
You MES? Huh. I wonder if we've ever crossed LARP-paths.
Also, the MES is kinda... meh... nowadays, sadly.

I dunno?

I was active in the Camarilla Requiem campaign, and the Camarilla Lost campaigns for a few years, but only in Florida. And mostly only in Southern Florida. So very doubtful?

[Bobotron]

@Cobaltasaurus
Perhaps. I used to go to a lot of MES conventions. ICC 2006, 2007 and 2008. SCaRE 2009 in New Orleans and ICC 2009. EClipse 2006.

I played Aaron Bourke Savage in the first Requiem chronicle in 2006, and Mr. Black in Lost from its inception.

[Cobalt]

@Bobotron said:

@Cobaltasaurus
Perhaps. I used to go to a lot of MES conventions. ICC 2006, 2007 and 2008. SCaRE 2009 in New Orleans and ICC 2009. EClipse 2006.

I played Aaron Bourke Savage in the first Requiem chronicle in 2006, and Mr. Black in Lost from its inception.

The same sounds familiar, but hard to place. I doubt you'd have heard of either of my long running characters but I was:

Amaranta di Augusto of the Augustinian Dynasty -- Invictus turned Crone in requiem ... 2006 to .... idunno 2009 or 2010?
In Changeling I was Litebrite aka Sasha SomethingOrOther, the Angriest Winter Queen Ever from shortly after changeling opened until like .... 2011 or so, I guess. I never made it to any of the big cons (grumble ex husband grumble). I really wanted to go to SCaRE. :<

[Bobotron]

@Cobaltasaurus
The Amaranta di Augusto name sounds familiar. We probably snarked at each other on email.

[lordbelh]

Do/did you play in a tabletop game now or in the past?
No.
What games(s) do/did you play as tabletop?
See above.
Are/were you the GM/ST/DM at your tabletop?
See above.
Would you tabletop if you had the opportunity?
Possibly.
Do you have the opportunity but choose NOT to tabletop?
Yes.

[Thisnameistaken]

Yes, lots, yes, yes, no.

Moving on, I have an additional question. What is your favorite game to TT, as ST or player?

Ravenloft would be my favorite to ST (although it's been awhile). My first D&D book was a 1978 monster manual. Ravenloft had plenty of monsters (two books worth that I remember), and a really cool history to connect them all. And it seemed darker than your typical fantasy.

Also, while I've played both WoD and D&D TT, I think I generally prefer the D&D. I'm not sure if it's the system or the people/playstyle it draws, or a combination of both.

[Griatch]

Do/did you play in a tabletop game now or in the past?
Indeed I did. Still do.

What games(s) do/did you play as tabletop?
For GM:ing, I started out with Drakar och Demoner (something like the Swedish variation of D&D). Moved onto GURPS (made my own Aliens setting that was popular for a while) and Unknown Armies (awesome system). These days I almost exclusively run home-brew near-freeform systems although I've done run Fiasco, Paranoia and various independent games.

Are/were you the GM/ST/DM at your tabletop?
I was and still am, almost exclusively a GM.

Would you tabletop if you had the opportunity?
Yes sure, still do. Things like roll20 helps for remote-gaming and getting people together these days too.

Do you have the opportunity but choose NOT to tabletop?
Generally I try to tabletop if the chance is given. It's a matter of time and getting people together.
.
Griatch

[Jaded]

@Thisnameistaken said:

What is your favorite game to TT, as ST or player?

My favorite games to DM/GM for are Star Wars and Shadowrun. I have an obsessive amount of knowledge about both from constant book reading/source material farming. As a player I don't mind what game - as long as I can get into the character.

[Arkandel]

I suspect I'm not easy to storytell for on table-top after having spent too long in forums like this or playing MU*. Y'know, there are some very knowledgable nerds out there but most people haven't spent as much time as the average MUSHer nitpicking on every tiny aspect of the mechanics or finding inconsistencies - stuff which may actually be important (... "important") on online games but which are utterly without meaning when you're all sitting around a table.

So I notice things like power imbalances - who cares! - or plot holes ('why are there orcs in the middle of the abandoned dungeon you said no one has visited for hundreds of years? What do they eat?') instead of just enjoying the game. I still have fun but I can't turn the meta-part of my brain off when something isn't done the way I would have done it.

Hmmmft.

[Ganymede]

@Arkandel said:

I suspect I'm not easy to storytell for on table-top after having spent too long in forums like this or playing MU*.

It could just be that you're a real dick around other people. Ever thought of that?

[Arkandel]

@Ganymede said:

@Arkandel said:

I suspect I'm not easy to storytell for on table-top after having spent too long in forums like this or playing MU*.

It could just be that you're a real dick around other people. Ever thought of that?

People love me! I'm the cat's meow. Ask anyone.

[Jennkryst]

Do/did you play in a tabletop game now or in the past?
Indeed

What games(s) do/did you play as tabletop?
D&D (AD&D, 3.5, and 4.0 for rules, set in hombrew settings, Forgotten Realms, and Spelljammer)
Shadowrun (3E)
nWoD (High School drama with cross-splats and no IC masq)
Star Wars (Only ever actually played Saga, but I own the core rules all of the things)
FATE (Dresden Files, and occasionally Fate in a Flash with no real plot or advancement)
Iron Kingdoms (Both Full Metal Fantasy and Unleashed)

Are/were you the GM/ST/DM at your tabletop?
On occasion

Would you tabletop if you had the opportunity?
Conditionally

Do you have the opportunity but choose NOT to tabletop?
On occasion

Misc
Pizza delivery is a hell of a job. The prime times for tabletop-fu are also the best time for monies at work, so the opportunity is random. Also noting these are only the games I've actually played. As RPG books are like Pokemon to me, I must have them all. As such, I have a wide collection of games I haven't played.

[vaermithrax]

So, if we were to do Skype or Roll20 tabletop, what would people want to do?

[Coin]

Scion. Or Aberrant. Those would be my initial picks.

[Thenomain]

@tragedyjones played d20-Questions:

Do/did you play in a tabletop game now or in the past?

Yes.

What games(s) do/did you play as tabletop?

In no particular order: Dungeons & Dragons (blue box, aka version 1; purple box; AD&D versions 1, 2, and 3), Shadowrun, Gurps (for about a week), Cyberpunk (2013 and 2020), Paranoia (2nd or 3rd ed, the first one where they stopped trying to be correct about light waves and just said red lasers and armor < orange lasers and armor), WoD Vampire (v1), WoD Werewolf (v1), WoD Mage (v1, but only for about a week), WoD Changeling (v1), Toon, Teenagers from Outer Space, Castle Falkenstein, I am absolutely sure I'm forgetting something here.

Are/were you the GM/ST/DM at your tabletop?

I did for a short while with WoD Werewolf game with a bit of Vampire crossover. People seemed to enjoy it, but otherwise I am horribly bad at STing. Exception: TFoS and Paranoia. People did seem to enjoy my one-shot chaos.

Would you tabletop if you had the opportunity?

Only if I can come and go without negatively affecting others.

Do you have the opportunity but choose NOT to tabletop?

No.

Misc

Why don't you help the turtle?

[Misadventure]

Tortoise, robot, tortoise.

[Thenomain]

That makes it even more imperative that you help this poor turtle stuck in the desert.

[tragedyjones]

Why is it on its back?

[Ganymede]

@tragedyjones said:

Why is it on its back?

The coyote paid an extra $20.