I am currently playing 6e HERO System in two fantasy games, a 5e Talislanta game, and a Dungeon World game.

Quote from: One Horse Town;664921I've just started a Solomon Kane game and it's my first exposure to Savage Worlds. I'm quite impressed in an understated way. Most PCs are similar truth be told, but it's nice just to play in a game where the rules aren't very intrusive for a change.

Since we've started i've gone on a bit of a SW spree. Got some Hellfrost stuff and just bought Rippers, which is almost exactly the same as an idea for a game i had, so that saves me some time!

As a guy that's clearly a huge Savage Worlds fan, I'm always glad to hear that someone is liking the game (and I love both Solomon Kane and Hellfrost, as well as Rippers).

As far as the samey issue: It can get easy to make characters that are all kinda the same, but even out of the core rules, there's enough options to make wildly different characters that are still effective. I really try not to shamelessly self promote, but I did a series of articles on this on my blog, as well a set of Solomon Kane NPCs, intended just to show off the options available:

http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.com/p/savage-worlds-characters-are-all-same.html

http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.com/2012/05/half-dozen-heroes-solomon-kane.html

Quote from: One Horse Town;664921I've just started a Solomon Kane game and it's my first exposure to Savage Worlds. I'm quite impressed in an understated way. Most PCs are similar truth be told, but it's nice just to play in a game where the rules aren't very intrusive for a change.

Since we've started i've gone on a bit of a SW spree. Got some Hellfrost stuff and just bought Rippers, which is almost exactly the same as an idea for a game i had, so that saves me some time!

I agree with your assesment. It is my game of choice these days following my own systems. If you like Pirates, I recommend Pirates of the Spanish Main for Savage Worlds. I thought it was well done.

Quote from: Tommy Brownell;664964I really try not to shamelessly self promote, but I did a series of articles on this on my blog, as well a set of Solomon Kane NPCs, intended just to show off the options available:

http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.com/p/savage-worlds-characters-are-all-same.html

http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.com/2012/05/half-dozen-heroes-solomon-kane.html

Don't worry, i threw that line out there just for you.

I've read your blog and reviews for a while now.

Running a historical hack of Adventurer, Conqueror, King called Tyche's Favourites. A quartet of mercenaries in Massalia, 300BC.

My Flashing Blades campaign has been on a short break due to the Cabin Boy's baseball season, but we're picking it up again right soon.

I'm also playing in J-Arc's Hulks & Horrors play-by-post here on theRPGsite.

Running 2 live and one IRC, working on the next IRC.

Miston, Live.  Played every 6 weeks, since it is so old.  Group primarily doing research trying to find the location of the Shield of Jon of Triston, one of the keys to opening the wards around the Dreadwing.  Uses Guildschool.

Igbar, Live  Played every three weeks.  Also known as the 'Legion' group, since they were the Grey Legion until the first near TPK, then the New Legion.
Group recently rescued Salimar Earthward SamriaDaughter from where she was being imprisoned in the Tomb of Stenron (a foray into a good sized megadungeon).  That group is 60% politics, so this was a fun departure.  Uses Guildschool.

The Purple Forest, IRC, played every Thursday night.  OSR inspired, bronze-age fantasy, as the group explores the Purple Forest, trying to find the reasons behind the disappearance of Creel the Weathered's lumberjacks.  Uses Accis OSR d20 rules, on roll20.net.

Preparing the next major online game, a combination of IRC and some PbP, the Collegium Arcana game.  This will be mainly modeling the school days for a group of beginning students in the largest and oldest school of magic in Celtricia.  Using Guildschool.

Gearing up to run some AD&D 1st ed right now, actually.

Quote from: Benoist;665012Gearing up to run some AD&D 1st ed right now, actually.

let us know how it goes.

Y'know, I probably should've mentioned in the first place that I do most of my DMing via Hangout these days.

If anybody wants in the player pool, hit me up on G+.  Always happy to have new folks around (the Community is up to sixty-some people now, most of whom have played in the campaign at least a session or two).

https://plus.google.com/u/0/111470222834402043164/posts

It's Labyrinth Lord with a few tweaks, played light and fairly handwavey in a tall-tale frontier setting.

I tend to run Friday nights, with occasional pickup games at other odd times.

Running a campaign using the Neverwinter Campaign Setting (published for 4E) with D&D Next. If WotC can pull off setting material of this quality for Next, I'll be a very happy DM.

Just finished a Clockwork & Chivalry campaign and returning to our AD&D 1st edition game for my Sunday junior's group.

Tuesday group is currently on The One Ring (but about to change to playtesting some more Pirates & Dragons stuff).  

I have another group who want me to run some games (they're all newbies) - but I'm not sure I'm going to have the time to do more than a two-part CoC adventure.

I am playing D&D 3.5 in a game that my friend has been running for about a year and a half but now has to wrap because he has to move in August. As the game must go on I will don the GM hat, but I'm still not sure what to prep.

Playing some Shadowrun and D&D next. Going to be running Stars without Number and Other dust soon.

I have about 3-6 sessions left of our current 1867 Savage Worlds campaign (alt history superheroes where a weakened United States and Mexico are invaded by England and France).

I also have a periodic BareBones Fantasy game going with my daughter.

I'm working on another limited arc StarCluster 3 campaign (cop/detective drama in space) and getting my Middle Isles crypto-Greek/Viking/Earthsea campaign off the ground (possibly RuneQuest).