We haven't done one of these for a while, and it's always nice to see what people are doing, gaming-wise right now.  

So post what you're Reading, Running, Playing, or Planning.  Give a much or little detail as you want.  If you'd like, you can also post a quick sentence summary listing: "I'm Enjoying It Because..." or I'm NOT Enjoying It Because..."

I'm reading FASERIP (which i never got round to playing back in the day), i'm not currently running anything. I'm playing in an OSRIC game where we are a mercenary company. I'm planning a Rolemaster game based on the Xa'ar Shadow world book by Terry Amthor.

Reading:

• Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide: Interesting, has me contemplating playing D&D (AKA Pathfinder) again.
  
• Dresden Files: Also interesting, but yet strangely disappointing because, well, despite being a huge FATE-fan, I'm not sure what I'd do with the game. That being said, it seems to me that though I am shy of using my neck of the woods as the basis for a game, it really wouldn't be a bad candidate. Its got rural good-ol boys, Amish, some of the oldest Churches in North America, an isolated island with its own culture, and a high tech military base.
  

Running: Fantasy Craft in Freeport. The players are enjoying it immensely and seem to really dig their characters. I'm principally running adventures using seeds out of Cults of Freeport and Buccaneers of Freeport, but am finding more and more I need to add lots of my own material to flesh it out. I'm really proud of the way the last adventure went, but am not sure what to do next.


Playing: Last game I played was Call of Cthulhu, wherein my investigator died due to a bout of overconfidence. I'm not eager to play CoC again anytime soon; it's sort of a "has been" game to me that has long felt like it was at odds with the source material.

Planning: Two games for DC Gameday. 1 will be Spycraft; the other is TBD, but probably Pathfinder or Diaspora. Looking forward to the former because I have a pretty dedicated and with-it group growing around the game who always make it fun. The latter two I am eager to run, because I haven't run it in a while (in the case of PF) or ever (for Diaspora)

Reading: Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide - I like it because of all the good DMing nuggets in there, but I keep cringing at the narrativist "story" logic that keeps permeating its contents.

Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide - just scratched the surface of that one, but all the different options to swap racial traits and then the benefits from favored classes according to your character's race already makes me feel like it's not wasted money. I'm just starting on the new classes now.

Running: The Jade Lantern, my OD&D game. Mostly played with my wife, with one shots here and there with friends in France and back here in Canada. It's taking place in an alternate Greyhawk setting I built with pieces of French Brittany, my Black Abbey stuff, some bits and pieces from other game products like Castle Whiterock, some Paizo modules, Necromancer Games stuff like Rappan Athuk and Bard's Gate, and more. It's pretty cool. (I know. I should update the blog - too busy right now).

Playing: Nothing at the moment. I have a Mythus game up in the air with a cool DM out there who just discovered the game, but I don't know where we're at with this possibility yet.

Planning/Building: I'm building the Medieval Eurth as an alternate pseudo-medieval D&D setting, building my Tower of St. Makhab dungeon as a test field for my Black Abbey of St. Yessid, and I'm thinking of introducing role playing games to children at the local school during its Game Nights. Options are open for the latter, since I haven't even decided on a game system or anything. It's something that I will think more about in the next coming weeks.

I'm running an espionage StarCluster 3 game over IRC, set on a neutral world in the middle of a system-wide war. Don't know which set of mechanics we're using, but some of the characters are an uplifted octopus, a rebellious android "second wife", a wolf-human (genetically engineered) cross, and more coming. I don't know which mechanics set we are using yet.

In my face to face game, I'm running a criminal organization StarCluster 3 game with setting not yet done. We're using the StarNova mechanics.

I have another IRC StarCluster 3 game coming up as well. Nothing decided yet.

-clash

Probably should have started:

Reading: StarCluster 3 Beta, which is hot. Getting my head around the different types of resolution available.  Also still reading/writing some stuff for Shadow, Sword, & Spell.

Running:  Actually, I'm off at the moment!  I think the next game I run will be a Warrior, Rogue & Mage one-shot for my group.

Playing:  We're playing in a great Bureau 13 game (the old Tri-Tac RPG from c. 1983), but this Friday, since the B13 GM is out, it's a Hackmaster 4e one-shot!  Once B13 is done, one of our guys wants to run some Pathfinder.  We have no shortage of games to run!  I'd like to try Fiasco, but don't know if anyone else is up for it.

Planning:  Man, lots of things.  I'd like to do an ICONS mini-arc, I have a Traveller game I owe my group, and I'm working on a big ol' Shadow Sword & Spell super-campaign for down the road.  I'm also working on a little sourcebook proposal for a company, but I don't want to jinx it, so enough about that.  Not that the odds are stellar, anyways.

Forgot to say I'm reading Crime Network: Cosa Nostra, which rocks!

-clash

Reading: WFRP 2e and D&D 4e (again)

Running: GURPS 3e post apocalyptic Ogre/Alien Invasion mashup

Playing: Vampire the Masquerade 2e/GURPS Mission: Impossible (alternating weekends), D&D 4e

Planning: D&D 4e short-term adventure (3-4 sessions)

Reading: Alpha Omega

Running: Sixcess Tribulum (playtest for future release)

Playing: Witchhunter

Planning: Multi-genre adventure based on the Flying Dutchman

Writing: A steampunkish, retrotech, Psy-fi with Lovecraftian undertones

Reading: Gamma World 2E, Icons (again.)

Running: Icons, H&S2E, High Valor, Derelict Delvers

Writing: H&S2E, Derelict Delvers, Mourngyre, E.o.N, Cold Chrome Knights, The Bleak Long Last Crawl into Twilight, Vast Frontiers (A.C.E)

Playing: Talislanta (5th)

Reading: I'm reading a lot as always, but no gaming books.

Running: Cold Warriors, a Top Secret play-by-post set in 1980s Africa.

Playing: Got my annual D&D fix at So Cal Mini-Con III, in which I ran an 11th level Cleric through the Necropolis, written by Gary Gygax for Dangerous Journeys and converted to 1e AD&D by T. Foster. We survived, and even profited a little, but it was insanely difficult and more than once we found ourselves staring into an impending TPK.

Planning: Le Ballet de l'Acier, a Flashing Blades campaign. I'm even collecting minis for the game.

Reading: Starblazer Adventures, 4e Dark Sun Campaign Setting

Running: Nothing

Playing: Spirit of the Century

Planning: Was planning the next installment of my Saga Edition sequel but I hit a rough spot with stat block creation (Bleh).

Quote from: One Horse Town;400045... I'm planning a Rolemaster game based on the Xa'ar Shadow world book by Terry Amthor.

Very cool!

Reading: various Call of Cthulhu stuff (parts of the core book, various adventures); various OpenQuest stuff (parts of the core book, the 'Savage North' adventure pack); various RuneQuest stuff (parts of the MRQII corebook, parts of MRQII Monster Coliseum, RQ3 Griffin Island); various Rolemaster stuff (parts of the RM Classic corebooks, old Middle-earth and Jaiman campaign modules, etc.); various Stormbringer stuff (parts of the core book, Corum, various adventures); etc.

Yes, I have mild ADD.  

Running: Call of Cthulhu (only sporadically right now).  Finished up a decent Swords & Wizardry campaign a while ago.

Playing: Nothing (but possibly OpenQuest PbP soon).

Planning: thinking about running a proper Call of Cthulhu campaign; also planning to convert my 'Ilmahal' setting to either OpenQuest or Rolemaster Classic.

Reading: Savage Worlds (I am actually liking it and it is replacing D6 as my go to system) and D&D 4e (I am warming up to it

Running: Nothing

Playing: D&D 3.5 Game (Ranger Character) and we will be starting Savage Worlds Deadlands Reloaded next week

Planning: A Sci Fi game which I hope to use Savage Worlds for the system (I am waiting on the print edition to arrive)