RPG Fans sought.

The Brad said :

jakez said :

From time to time I start to think that things like this might be fun. I find the practical realities always draw me to a different conclusion.

I’ve tried it a few times, both with friends and strangers. IMHO, It’s ok if you don’t have much money (once you’ve spent the initial several hundred dollars on books), lots of time, and can spare a night a week.

But if you aren’t totally enjoying it (or the group), that 4 hours+ is a long drag. And it only takes 1 person, to make you want to drop out of a long running campaign. Personally, I’d rather play a strategic board game with an end date.

But also, IMHO, face to face rpg’ing beats the hell out of WoW online.

Having said that all that, x million RPG’ing nerds can’t be wrong….can they?

bugger that, give me monday night trivia. no dice, but pens and paper. (and there is NO way i would get 2 nights out)

jakez said :

From time to time I start to think that things like this might be fun. I find the practical realities always draw me to a different conclusion.

I’ve tried it a few times, both with friends and strangers. IMHO, It’s ok if you don’t have much money (once you’ve spent the initial several hundred dollars on books), lots of time, and can spare a night a week.

But if you aren’t totally enjoying it (or the group), that 4 hours+ is a long drag. And it only takes 1 person, to make you want to drop out of a long running campaign. Personally, I’d rather play a strategic board game with an end date.

But also, IMHO, face to face rpg’ing beats the hell out of WoW online.

Having said that all that, x million RPG’ing nerds can’t be wrong….can they?

jakez said :

So that’s what it feels like to be flogged with warm lettuce.

Nope, I usually charge double for that sort of action.

So that’s what it feels like to be flogged with warm lettuce.

jakez said :

From time to time I start to think that things like this might be fun. I find the practical realities always draw me to a different conclusion.

This thread is no different.[/quote

Yep, thanks for that. Here is a teddy bear who will care about everything you say, unlike everybody else in your life obviously.

Cheers

From time to time I start to think that things like this might be fun. I find the practical realities always draw me to a different conclusion.

This thread is no different.

brianc said :

Yeah im looking for a DND group as well.
I’ve put my name down for rpgmeetup.com but still havent been contacted by the admin to get access.

I think you’ll have more luck from the website @ http://www.rpgmeetup.com, rather than facebook.

And if you’re really keen, there’s a meeting this Saturday, 1pm at All Things Chocolate –
http://www.rpgmeetup.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1432

brianc said :

Yeah im looking for a DND group as well.
I’ve put my name down for rpgmeetup.com but still havent been contacted by the admin to get access.

If you get no help from rpgmeetup and want to play DnD, get in touch with me via the admins and I will try and get you into a regular game I am trying to set up at the moment.

I did find the Canberra Gamers Society and the event that had on over the recent break. The website said they concentrate on minatures and that sort of thing. I prefer pen/paper/dice gaming as it can be alot more free-form.

The best thing would be to find a few people who want to play Earthdawn.

Thanks too everyone for the links and info

kieran AP said :

Al, you and I need to have a chat about how much paintball is NOT an anti-social military simulation activity by those with too much testosterone, but is really a fun game that the whole family can play (as long as they are over 16) etc etc…

do I really need to put a TIC here?

Kieran AP

Ha! It was just a throwaway joke Kieran, and no reflection on paintball, at which I’d like to have a crack. What’s a TIC?

Yeah im looking for a DND group as well.
I’ve put my name down for rpgmeetup.com but still havent been contacted by the admin to get access.

Next challenge, finding a family friendly RPG group. And by that I mean, one that is sensitive to the players having REALLY restricted free time due to family obligations 🙂

But yeah, RPG Meetup will set you on the right path.

Verisimilitude said :

There are also a couple of LARP groups, like the Camarilla

This explains the number of Malkavians I run into every freaking day…

I am a fan of the RPG7.

There’s a couple of groups on Facebook that might be of interest to you to connect with people. One for the Phenomenon convention (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=24014890393), which I highly recommend you check out (and not just cos I’m an Org forthe con) and also RPG Meetup (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2592951555).

Hope you find the type of group you’re looking for and that we see you at Pheno this year! 🙂

Try searching Yahoo groups for canberra home games or canberra games days. We normally run RPGA games (D&D 4th edition) once a month or you can get my email address from the admins. We are trying to get a fortnightly game going at the moment.

contact Tim Sleigh from the Canberra Games Society through their webpage and they should be able to hook you up with some fellas who enjoy beer, pizza/chinese and your fare of RPGs’.
Cheers
Steve

Al, you and I need to have a chat about how much paintball is NOT an anti-social military simulation activity by those with too much testosterone, but is really a fun game that the whole family can play (as long as they are over 16) etc etc…

do I really need to put a TIC here?

Kieran AP

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

They also play to a script

How the hell does this work?

I think he means that with D&D they use published adventures and don’t deviate much from them, as opposed to using one as the basis or a sub-plot of a home-brewed campaign. I played under a brilliant DM who could cope with derailments of his carefully planned session without blinking an eye. Poor bastard got married : – (

Here’s me thinking someone found those missing Rocket Propelled Grenade launchers… A group taking paintball to a whole new level?

Nothing’s changed since I moved here in ’96 then.

“Anybody here play D&D?”
“What?”
“You know – beer, pizza, occasionally rolling dice as an excuse?”
“No, we all play Magic: The Gathering now. I spend so much on booster packs I have no money left for deodorant, detergent, beard combs or ponytail wax.”

They also play to a script

How the hell does this work?

Holden Caulfield said :

“I did go to the roleplaying society at ANU but it was all neckbeards and black clothes and not alot of normal.”

O RLY!

Yeah, unfortunatley. Spent a little bit of time talking to a few of the people there and they seemed to take the whole thing a bit too seriously. They also play to a script and this reeks of uncreativity.

Nevermind, variety is the spice of life…. I prefer Madras.

The Brad said :

Here ya go – http://www.rpgmeetup.com/

Awesome, I think this is what I was looking for. Cheers.

Lots of little nerd islands scattered about the city – it’s difficult to find them. Mindgames is a good lead. You could try Facebook as well.

Apart from CanCon there is another games convention in June (if you can wait that long) – Phenomenon. Website at pheno.org.au .

There are also a couple of LARP groups, like the Camarilla and Mainspring (http://mainspring.ozgamer.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)

“I did go to the roleplaying society at ANU but it was all neckbeards and black clothes and not alot of normal.”

O RLY!

There is also a regular Euro games board game group that meets up twice a month, if that also interests.

Here ya go – http://www.rpgmeetup.com/

A variety of both nerds and (almost) cool gamers. There’s an RPGbeerup, so things can’t be all that bad.
I’d suggest going to one of the monthly meetings, and see who you think is ok, then try to join one of their games. They also try a variety of systems.

There is the Canberra Gaming Society, but from the look of the last CANCON booklet they may have killed RPG…

speak with mind games in Civic, they may be able to point you into the direction of a group.

Where abouts are you located in the grand wide berra?