Subj : Re: New Game...? To : All From : yl112@cornell.edu Date : Wed Jul 05 2000 12:28 am From: yl112@cornell.edu Subject: Re: New Game...? On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Andrew S. Toth wrote: > Alright, I've decided that I miss that element of DMing in my life...about a > week ago, I decided against ever DMing tabletop again; it was just too boring > for me. Over the echo, however, holds much more appeal. This is perhaps because > of the comparatively vast pool of experience/intelligence/creativty I have to > draw on, as opposed to all the people I know here in Toronto (lemme tell ya, it > really sucks when you're surrounded by stupid people, and all the smart people > don't play AD&D...). I don't play AD&D unless compelled to, because I *hate* the system. (Okay, this rant will sound very familiar to most of you....) Its only advantage is that lots of people are familiar about it--name brand recognition, if you will. I find the mechanics horrendous...OTOH others can and do deal with it, and the mechanics shouldn't get in the way of a fun campaign. But for me they do. Whether I'm a smart person or stupid person is your judgement, of course. > Anyhoo, point being I think I'd like to fire up another campaign. Less > open-ended, the basic outline that I've developed will be the characters have > all been imprisoned for grossly stupid reasons, but none of them can understand > why. Only a sense of foreboding exists... (suspiciously) Have you been looking at the Big Book of Plots or somesuch? > As things stand now, the game will last at least six months. By that time, the ....probably longer, but I could be wrong. =^) > Anyways, thanks in advance. Hope this caught the interest of some people. > > Andrew Just to let you know, I'm reluctant to join *any* game during the summer because the workload (i.e. none) is steeply different from my school-year workload (probably horrendous, if honors analysis problem sets were any indication). However, you probably should have no problem finding other players. YHL -- |Fidonet: yl112@cornell.edu |Internet: scott@conchbbs.com | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. --- # Origin: (1:106/357.99) * Origin: ConchGate (1:106/357.0) .