An update from my earlier post in the thread.

Reading: Labyrinth Lord, Red Box's DM Book, Heroes of the Fallen Lands, Rules Compendium.

Running: OD&D Jade Lantern

Playing: Nothing at the moment.

Planning: Still on the Black Abbey and related materials. Options for running possible games around here with the kids at school are becoming more precise, and include Labyrinth Lord, 4th ed Essentials D&D, and/or Gamma World, with which I'd use a post-apocalyptic British Columbia which could tie into my Black Abbey materials also.

Playing : Currently exploring the upper works of Stonehell online under the LOTFP rules. Actual play:

DM: It's not moving towards you but it's not fleeing. It doesn't look super happy.
First Cleric: "Would someone like to shoot that?"
Second Cleric: Any blood near the racoon?
Fighting Man: If it charges, it's going to get a spear. But my attack bonus isn't awesome.
DM: "This is exactly the kind of epic high fantasy those 4e fanboys will never experience."

Ironically, probably starting as a player in a 4e game tomorrow.

Quote from: cole;407993dm: "this is exactly the kind of epic high fantasy those 4e fanboys will never experience."

ironically, probably starting as a player in a 4e game tomorrow.

Ha! LOL

Quote from: The Butcher;407986Just wanted to say I'd play the hell out of these. :cool:

Gladly. Bring smooth whiskey.  When we're done, we crash Benoist's game.  Have you seen the food they serve at his games?

Quote from: Benoist;407994Ha! LOL

Yeah, I was pleased. I like Stonehell so far though, even if my first PC died in it last time

Quote from: winkingbishop;407912Planning: Savage Worlds, D&D (a hacked Basic/RC) and a couple Kobolds Ate My Baby scenarios for the casual group if they're up for it.

Hacked how? And have you tried that Savage Worlds AD&D toolkit?

Quote from: Benoist;407991An update from my earlier post in the thread.

What the hell, I'm updating my old post as well. What can I say? I just like this thread.

I'm getting married in three weeks, which means gaming's mostly on hiatus. Next week I intend to wrap up my Traveller game and see whether people are up for an expanded campaign.

Right now my most ambitious gaming plan is to pick up some books when I'm in London: Mongoose Traveller (which I'm running on a borrowed copy) and MRQ2 (of which I already own a PDF copy), and maybe a couple supplements for each, or whatever else piques my interest within an affordable range. Hell, this deserves a thread of its own: here.

As soon as the dust settles, I intend to keep playing our monthly Castles & Crusades game, and to persuade a friend to finally run Masks of Nyarlathotep for CoC. I intend to run something "classic" and accessible (like D&D RC or LL, or MRQ2, or World of Darkness core) for a couple of lapsed gamers I've met at work, as well as something fancy (like one of the World of Darkness fatsplats, or The Day After Ragnarok, or Eclipse Phase) for the regular gaming group.

Quote from: Cole;408000Hacked how? And have you tried that Savage Worlds AD&D toolkit?

I'm going to drop weapon mastery and shove in a fairly burly critical hit table and maneuver options.  Still not sure what, if anything, to do with proficiencies.  I have one player (of the snowflake variety) trying to talk me into making a few more subclasses a la avenger and paladin, but I'm leaning towards "no".  I am, however, going to include a d20 roll for spells as well; they will have their own critical table that will capture some of the flavor of "metamagic".  Don't tell the D&D police.

Re: Dungeons & Savages.  I've read it.  I feel that it is overkill.  I'd rather play AD&D than try to make Savage Worlds feel that much like AD&D.  Now, it is well produced and all for a free product.  The author did a lot of work.  But to me it feels sort of like those vegan bacon substitutes.  Just eat the fucking bacon.

Quote from: winkingbishop;407996Gladly. Bring smooth whiskey.  When we're done, we crash Benoist's game.  Have you seen the food they serve at his games?

Count on it!

And yes, I too would love to crash Benoist's multiple-course-dinner-games.

You guys are welcome any time.

Quote from: Benoist;408010You guys are welcome any time.

I wouldn't call that "smooth" per se as much as "incendiary." But probably my #2 favorite scotch after Talisker.

Quote from: Cole;408012I wouldn't call that "smooth" per se as much as "incendiary." But probably my #2 favorite scotch after Talisker.

Ah, that's my man right there!

If we're talking smooth specifically, then I'd go for something like a Knockando.

Quote from: Cole;408012I wouldn't call that "smooth" per se as much as "incendiary." But probably my #2 favorite scotch after Talisker.

Yeah, these guys aren't playing around.  Oh well, we'll all have a headache after the game but oh the game we would have:

Quote from: winkingbishop;408015Yeah, these guys aren't playing around.  Oh well, we'll all have a headache after the game but oh the game we would have:

Headache eh?

I think we should bring all of them and have a degustation. Just to see which one goes best with the game, you know...