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by mike808
Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: General RPG discussion
Topic: Killshot: Director's Cut
Replies: 6
Views: 583

Killshot: Director's Cut

https://i.postimg.cc/5t98ktXp/Killshot-cover.jpg I just bought this from Drivethru. I like it pretty well so far (reading the "Director's Cut," which is pretty much all the core rules in one, but I did read their quickstart first, Killshot Files: Retribution ). Basically, it's a team-base...
by mike808
Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Introductions and welcomes
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 12
Views: 949

Re: Greetings

If you like BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia, feel free to check out my Dark Dungeons X game. Recruitment Thread: https://www.unseenservant.us/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13571. Game forum: https://www.unseenservant.us/forum/viewforum.php?f=1552. DDX is a retroclone of BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia with a few tweaks, inc...
by mike808
Sat Oct 05, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: Introductions and welcomes
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 12
Views: 949

Re: Greetings

Welcome Mike! Check out the Looking for players or games sub-forum to see what people are recruiting for, or looking to game in. There are usually a variety of things starting up. Another option is to scan the Play by post campaigns sub-forum and see what's already being played. If something really...
by mike808
Sat Oct 05, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Looking for players or games
Topic: Barrowmaze: 1st ed D&D mega-dungeon
Replies: 111
Views: 11427

Re: Barrowmaze: 1st ed D&D mega-dungeon

I've enjoyed reading this thread! Hope to see more here. Kris, you have a good sense of humor--the only way to get through the ups and downs.
by mike808
Fri Oct 04, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: RPG theory
Topic: Why do we play these games?
Replies: 143
Views: 32144

Re: Why do we play these games?

This is a good question because answers will (and probably should) change over time. I'll try not to let my take get too pretentious here . . . Structured make-believe is fascinating to me because it seems to contain and call on a lot of emotional and analytical resources. Alan Moore once said that ...
by mike808
Thu Oct 03, 2024 9:44 pm
Forum: Introductions and welcomes
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 12
Views: 949

Re: Greetings

Thanks, all. Glad to be here. Yes that's Bogie, but he's not in a ST uniform (though he should be)!
by mike808
Thu Oct 03, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: Introductions and welcomes
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 12
Views: 949

Greetings

Hi there, The first RPG I ever played was Middle Earth Roleplaying (MERP) a long time ago, which quickly led to the Rolemaster rabbit hole (which I believe leads to the Abyss if you follow it all the way). I actually played the D&D red box second to that. But these two started a long appreciatio...

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