 How do you play?, Table top, online or other methods? |
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 Oct 13 2009, 08:49 AM
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Neophyte Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514  |
I have found that many people I've talked to online do not play an actual tabletop game, instead many people seem to play a form of an online game-be IRC, PbP, or other methods. I am not passing judgment on which is better-obviously we get our game where we can right?
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Oct 13 2009, 08:51 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
I play a tabletop game, once a week for about 3 to 8 hours. (Depending of course on real world demands.) I have a stable of about 3 to 10 players who rotate in and out of campaigns. (People will play for a year or two, drop off for a few months, then pick back up.)
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Oct 13 2009, 01:09 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
Pen&Paper ,All kind of Genre
for 25 Years mostly at Weekends from 1996 -2002 I was having lots of Fun with Fantasy Larp HougH! Medicineman |
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Oct 13 2009, 01:10 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Too spread out for tabletop. I've mostly used AIM, which although obnoxious in many ways (especially how poorly AIM clients tend to deal with unstable connections) has a built-in dieroller in chats and a server that none of us have to administer. Recently we've been adding Ventrilo to the mix, which loses our ability to maintain logs but fortunately we have a note-taker now.
(The basic flow being that dierolling occurs in the AIM chat, as well as some amount of kibitzing or non-primary action, while the real game occurs over Ventrilo.) ~J |
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Oct 20 2009, 05:28 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 27-June 09 Member No.: 17,329 |
I play two table top games - Shadowrun once a month and Pathfinder once a week.
combined with two virtual games using Skype and maptools. I much prefer tabletop as the interaction is so much more lively. That being said virtual can be fun too. Ive been invited to LARP but am too scared. Figure a bunch of fatty guys use LARPing to trick girls into sleeping with them cuz its IC! |
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Oct 20 2009, 05:42 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
I'm a casual play by poster, along with playing a mix of tabletop games. I did the PbeM and IRC things back in college, but fell off those two trains when I graduated and suddenly had a lot more free time.
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Oct 20 2009, 07:20 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 31-July 07 From: London, Ontario Member No.: 12,425 |
I play both online (using Maptools and Skype) and in person.
Weekly online and what comes out to biweekly tabletop irl. EDIT: as a side note, I think it'd be real interesting to see people LARP Shadowrun. |
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Oct 20 2009, 10:59 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,141 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 2,048 |
I play online.
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Oct 20 2009, 11:04 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 9,708 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
Tabletop, PbP, Virtual Tabletop (MapTools)... any way I can get it. The itch never goes away.
I think I have SRiasis. |
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Oct 21 2009, 02:00 PM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 9,062 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
Tabletop (no SR currently, though) and PbP.
Bye Thanee |
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Oct 22 2009, 05:54 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 9,708 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
At the risk of causing Paul's scorn to rain down on me, were I to have the opportunity to LARP, I would certainly try it.
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Oct 23 2009, 12:47 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
QUOTE (Lass @ Oct 20 2009, 01:28 PM)  Ive been invited to LARP but am too scared. Figure a bunch of fatty guys use LARPing to trick girls into sleeping with them cuz its IC! No such thing as a girl on the internets anyhow... just 60 year old men in their underwear. |
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Oct 23 2009, 12:53 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
[Insert Scorn Here!]
Shadowrun LARP isn't unheard of. I've even heard of pictures of it being online, but I refuse to acknowledge it's existence. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Oct 23 2009, 02:08 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Paul @ Oct 22 2009, 08:53 PM) [Insert Scorn Here!] Shadowrun LARP isn't unheard of. I've even heard of pictures of it being online, but I refuse to acknowledge it's existence. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Any excuse to cut my hair into a mohawk, wear plastic ork teeth and ears, and carry guns is a good thing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) PLus, the only SR LARP I do also has a "tabletop" portion for stuff like a lot fo the combat and such. Anyways, Tabletop. Though for several years, I wasn't gaming much at all, unless you count video games and MMOs (Which I do not), other than at cons. And even then, that was GMing and not playing. Since I moved though, I have 2 SHadowrun groups and a D&D group. Games are spread out a little more than I like (The SR groups alternate weeks, and D&D is only once a month right now), but... Ahh well. I'm getting a bit old to handle gaming 3-4 times a week anymore anyways (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Bull |
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Oct 23 2009, 11:35 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
When someone says the LARP word, only one thing comes to mind.
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