[] Real RPGs

Originally Posted by parKbench

Does anyone play "real" RPGs anymore.

Sorry, I'm not touching that line of phrasing that question with a 10 foot pole. That's just asking for trouble.

As for actual pen and paper RPG's, no, but I've had the chance to see them in action both at gameshops and anime conventions. Dedicated bunch, I'll say that much. Actually, one of my old roommates was really into it and I played a game with him just for the hell of it...He actually got offended when I decided to use a miniature green plastic martian for a game piece. I told him it was a dwarf. I remember he said "okay, if you roll a 1-3*, you miss. 4-5, you do some damage, 6 you kill my guy with your...uh, laser". I don't think I've ever rolled that many 6's in my life.

Email ones are rather cool...I did one many years ago and we had a good run before in-fighting and "god-moding" (whatever it's called) set in...Basically, all of the good players (the ones who were working good together) quit and left the "know it alls" (the guys who spent "over 10 years doing this kind of stuff") to argue amongst themselves.

*I forget the actual numbers and it may have been a 20 sided dice, but that was basically the breakdown.

Jam it back in, in the dark.