00 Day 31: What other RPGs has this game inspired you to try? Ah the places I’ve been, the things I’ve seen… How do I play thee? Let me count the games… Gamma World Boot Hill Middle Earth Role Playing Pathfinder Dungeon World Star Wars RPG Twighlight 2000 Traveller Savage Worlds Achtung! Cthulhu Out of […]
+10 Day 30 – Who is the best DM you’ve had? Frankly my dear, I don’t give a DM. I’ve played in three DM’s campaigns before. The first was a guy at Adelaide Uni and, sorry dude, but you were shit. The second was my brother and it was a great adventure that we were […]
00 Day 28 – House rules – yay or nay? When appropriate, yes. I don’t stick to the ‘rules’ of the game these days, but rather make ‘rulings’ based on the situation. If you want to throw your war hammer at a fleeing Hobgoblin, then sure, why not? But since you’ve never done it before […]
+10 Day 28 – Your favourite set of dice/individual die I collect dice. I think many gamers do, to the point of obsession. I’ve commissioned a few custom dice in the past too for the One Ring website members. But a good friend of mine in the States recently made me a pair of dice […]
00 Day 27 – Where do your adventures usually begin? In a tavern. Not really, although I have used that once (it was the Prancing Pony). It’s such a tired old cliche and yet still gets used today (Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, I’m looking at you). I try to throw the players into the thick of […]
00 Day 26 – Do you prefer miniatures or ‘theatre of the mind’? I can’t play this game without minis. But I respect those who do. We’ve always played D&D with miniature figures, right from the start. Even before Grenadier and Citadel released their first ranges specifically for third game, we were using home-minis on […]
00 Day 25 – What’s your favourite non-magical item? Chocolate. Oh, ok. Something D&D-ish then… Um… Dunno. Sorry. Back to the list Prev: Day 24 Next: Day 26
00 Day 24 – What is your favourite magic item? My friend Andrew runs his game in a very interesting way – he’s deeply invested in storytelling and so he tries hard to get his players to think about their character and add different facets to them to flesh them out a bit before we […]
00 Day 23 – What’s your favourite alignment? I get that there’s a reason for the whole ‘Alignment’ thing. It gives players (and DMs) a framework for hanging in-game decisions off. It’s the basis of the ‘role play’ side of the game I guess, but it just seems so forced to me. I’m ok with […]
00 Day 22 – Do you prefer high fantasy or low fantasy? I love heroic fantasy and have read a loads of books in that genre: LOTR, Elric, Conan, Shannara, Thomas Covenant, Song of Ice & Fire, and so on. My favourites though are the Lyonesse Series by Jack Vance, and the Chronicles of Morgaine […]