Greetings

[mike808]

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 appreciation for RPGs in my life. I've played in-person and solo but never PbP. I'm here because I moved to Hawaii and am kind of in a RPG wilderness with zero encounters . . . I love OSR, story games, and all else. I see the strengths and weaknesses of many different systems and approaches. And I try not to be too doctrinaire in my thinking.

Favorite RPGs (at the moment): Shadowdark, Dragonslayer, Ye Cyclopedia (and all BECMI-adjacent goodness), Advanced Fighting Fantasy (and not just for nostalgia reasons--I love the setting of Titan).
Games I want to play more: Symbaroum, Forbidden Lands, any WoD (though I've only played Vampire the Masquerade), anything Palladium, anything Savage Worlds, any edition of AD&D (but I've never played BrOSR style and have a hard time seeing how 1:1 time actually can work, session-to-session--Jeffro refused to explain it to me once, so I gave up trying to understand it / him / them).
Games that I have not played, but that intrigue me: Blade Runner (Free League version), FIST, Nightbane (Palladium), Castles & Crusades, Hyperboria, White Box Adventure Game, Cairn.

Basically, I love games. I'm a PbP novice, for sure. But I can get into any system / setting and want to try this out sometime. This seems like a good place for it.

Mike

[dmw71]

Welcome, Mike. It sounds like you’re going to fit right in.

[Leitz]

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 really calls to you, send a PM to the DM to see if there's an open spot. Sometimes there are, sometimes not. Either way the DM knows your interest and may give you a shout when something does open up.

[OGRE MAGE]

Welcome Mike!

I think you will like it around here.

[Inferno]

Welcome Mike! Love your avatar photo!

[rredmond]

Nice list of games Mike! Welcome!!
Is that Bogie in a Star Trek shirt??

[mike808]

Thanks, all. Glad to be here. Yes that's Bogie, but he's not in a ST uniform (though he should be)!

[Rex]

Welcome Aboard Mike!

[Scott308]

Welcome! I too love old movies (I'm assuming you do with the Bogart avatar photo)! I know there are a few Hyperboria games going, take a look at those.

[mike808]

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 really calls to you, send a PM to the DM to see if there's an open spot. Sometimes there are, sometimes not. Either way the DM knows your interest and may give you a shout when something does open up.

Good advice. This morning, I started lurking to get an idea of what's going on. As a PbP newbie, I think I need to educate myself on the methods here. Weirdly, I enjoy reading transcripts of games-in-progress a lot.

[archolewa]

If you like BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia, feel free to check out my Dark Dungeons X game. Recruitment Thread: viewtopic.php?t=13571. Game forum: viewforum.php?f=1552.

DDX is a retroclone of BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia with a few tweaks, including some rebalancing of the classes and a unified system for stat checks. I have two teams of two players each running there, and one of the teams (Luca + Troy) is in the main city at the moment wrapping up their first adventure, so it'd be pretty easy to work your character into that team.

[mike808]

If you like BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia, feel free to check out my Dark Dungeons X game. Recruitment Thread: viewtopic.php?t=13571. Game forum: viewforum.php?f=1552.

DDX is a retroclone of BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia with a few tweaks, including some rebalancing of the classes and a unified system for stat checks. I have two teams of two players each running there, and one of the teams (Luca + Troy) is in the main city at the moment wrapping up their first adventure, so it'd be pretty easy to work your character into that team.

Thank you. That looks very interesting! I think I'm still absorbing this site and considering the dimensions of play-by-post, but I will be seeking out games to join very soon.

[Norjax]

Welcome, Mike!