i had a few false starts, so to speak. i think for me, the group is more important than the world, though even a group of people i really liked couldn't save Paranoia for me--the pandemic started and i simply wasn't in the mood for a game where the point was to stab your companions in the back.
the one i'm active in right now is a star trek rpg--funny for me because i know so little about star trek, overall (saw TOS in reruns, one season of DS9, and the first 5 movies--it's a wonder they let me into the group!). but it's a great group of people and i have a nifty character (a napean so an empath--just got promoted to chief medical officer) and lots of things you can do to get extra dice when you're rolling for something, to increase your chances of some sort of success. i think the way we all work together to make the federation an ethical place to work....until we need to take over a slaver's ship makes it fun for all of us.
meanwhile another friend wants to start a game in a world that is about researching magic spells rather than going off and adventuring and he sent me the documentation and i'm reading and on page 4 or so, there's all this stuff about ways to botch a spell, and i am intrigued! so i hope that happens and how weird if i go from almost no experience to having two long-running games!
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on 2022-10-28 10:56 pm (UTC)the one i'm active in right now is a star trek rpg--funny for me because i know so little about star trek, overall (saw TOS in reruns, one season of DS9, and the first 5 movies--it's a wonder they let me into the group!). but it's a great group of people and i have a nifty character (a napean so an empath--just got promoted to chief medical officer) and lots of things you can do to get extra dice when you're rolling for something, to increase your chances of some sort of success. i think the way we all work together to make the federation an ethical place to work....until we need to take over a slaver's ship makes it fun for all of us.
meanwhile another friend wants to start a game in a world that is about researching magic spells rather than going off and adventuring and he sent me the documentation and i'm reading and on page 4 or so, there's all this stuff about ways to botch a spell, and i am intrigued! so i hope that happens and how weird if i go from almost no experience to having two long-running games!