by gobo1572

Thank you for sharing your journey John, it was a real privilege

by Laurence Gillespie

I suppose anyone who's ever played a Tolkien-derived elf would have to answer yes to the first question. To me it is hard to think of any benefits to insomnia except always being alert on watch at night. A Canadian poet of some renown seemed to credit his sleeplessness for his literary output, could an analogy being drawn with bards and casters working on new spells? And the fact that the lead character in Paris Texas seems to never sleep (until he does) seems linked to his nearly single-minded focus on his impossible quest, though could that be translated to a benefit in an rpg? Seems to me there are lots of examples of disasters (literature and history) arising from people falling asleep at the wrong time, I suppose a true insomniac would avoid those disasters.

by Phegnax

I was trying to get another game (A place for all my Books) in this month but Pichu made it impossible.
First he jumps on the table and demands 10 minutes of cuddles. Then just as I started, he jumps on the table again, and throws the cards arount with his tail. And then after the frist three? turns, well:
Game over
I mean, I did forget to move the sun for going to the town. But still a bit extreme.

by Neopeius

Laurence Gillespie wrote:

My intro to gming was somewhat similar to your cyoa scenario, in that I started running adventures based on some of the solo adventures designed for T&T, but of course that says nothing about your what-if scenario of fantasy roleplaying emerging independently out of CYOAs. Except that the solo adventures I used made for a very smooth transition to running actual campaigns, so your what-if scenario seems all the more plausible to me.

Thanks! T&T—definitely back in the day. 🙂

T&T was developed in direct response to D&D, so the question is if CYOAs could have evolved into something similar to a "solo adventure". The "Fighting Fantasy" books came out three years after the first CYOA, but of course, they evolved in a universe where D&D already existed.

by Dylanjstoll

I only had 2 issues with the VFM sales and buys I made. One issue I had is that one person who won the bid on several items I had up for sale (4) never responded to geekmail messages and left me hanging with those items. The second issue I had was with buying a game that the condition was simply listed as "used". This translated to the box being in poor condition with a split corner and several major dings that were close to punctures, but the game pieces and board being in great shape. I would definitely be in favor of better descriptions of any damage being reported up front, as I probably would not have purchased the game based on the box damage alone.

by b5dorsai

Congrats to the new stars!

by casualcasual

Related Item: GURPS The Prisoner

I don't wanna be

THE PRISONER

I don't wanna be

THE PRISONErErER

Youtube Video

That's all I got. (I think I have seen an episode or two back in the dim dark days of terrestrial television).

by awdougherty

by RxJedi

An item RPG Item: Cults of Cthulhu has been added to the geeklist Character sheets for Mystery of the Obelisk (2025 NPI)

by chuckdee68

It's going a bit slower due to unforeseen deadlines at work, but I have the first section - now to move on to the design.

https://chuckdee.net/files/The%20Null%20Order-%20Erase%20the...

by chuckdee68

I have the first part, if anyone is interested in seeing a fuller treatment of the way I'm going.

https://chuckdee.net/files/The%20Null%20Order-%20Erase%20the...

Hopefully, things can proceed faster since I'm off until Monday.

by shaggysnack

As someone who purchased many games through VFM, what are some things to look for to determine counterfeit games?

I'd like to identify what, if any, games that I purchased that may be counterfeit so I can ensure I don't sell them to someone else down the road. I would rather throw a counterfeit game away than sell it, if I decide I'm not going to play it anymore.