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Marullus wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:25 pm Sounds great. Sign me up.

Enoch wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:54 pm I don't know if you're thinking of running multiple groups and it looks like a pretty full roster, but I'd be interested in playing or waitlisting.

BackworldTraveller wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:18 pm Any space for an extra player?

sulldawga wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:50 pm For anyone still interested in this game, I am sorry to say it won't happen with 5e rules. I have been bogged down with a number of real life issues that have prevented me from prepping the game but I have been thinking about the game over the last several weeks and come to the conclusion that 5e is the wrong system for what I want to do. Players have an existing expectation of how to play a 5e game, I have a different expectation, and I suspect the collision of the two will not lead to fun gaming.

I am toying with the idea of using a rules system that emphasizes emergent roleplaying. I had some interest in the 24xx ruleset but it looks like someone else tried to start a game of that here and it went nowhere. I am following the Kickstarter for Tales of Argosa and it looks interesting. There's a free playtest version of the rules, always helpful when trying to get players to play something new.

Anyway, if you look at the ToA playtest and it seems interesting to you, let me know.

TheMyth wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:37 am The blurb makes it sound interesting, but the playtest rules are ~250 pages in a file of 65MB.

Um, no thanks.

Wanna give us a little preview?

sulldawga wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:50 pm I am following the Kickstarter for Tales of Argosa and it looks interesting. There's a free playtest version of the rules, always helpful when trying to get players to play something new.

Anyway, if you look at the ToA playtest and it seems interesting to you, let me know.

Edeldhur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:46 pm I am also following the Kickstarter, and actually in a PbP game for ToA on Discord. Still getting to know the mechanics, so cannot really voice a solid opinion about it. Can I ask why does it look interesting/appealing to you?

sulldawga wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:26 pm

Edeldhur wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:46 pm I am also following the Kickstarter, and actually in a PbP game for ToA on Discord. Still getting to know the mechanics, so cannot really voice a solid opinion about it. Can I ask why does it look interesting/appealing to you?

I'm looking for two things. One is a ruleset that supports sandbox play. I don't run pre-made modules, or else I use short ones as delves and shy away from larger ones. I like rulesets with procedural rules that streamline my gaming prep. ToA purports to do that.

"Argosa is designed for short, sharp adventures in a sandbox world. The GM offers rumours and hooks, but the players decide where to go and what to do: which tales to investigate, factions to interact with, ruins to explore, etc. ToA’s mechanics, procedures, tables, and oracles equip the GM with a plethora of support tools to adapt to player choices - ready to adjudicate any situation or side trek with aplomb."

I also am looking for a ruleset that encourages creativity in player actions. I don't want to run a game where players look at their character sheet, see three options, and choose only from those three. So something that's simple and can handle players being innovative and trying new things.

"ToA has simple rules, flexible PC customisation, improvisation support, and an emphasis on GM rulings. It’s a mix of old school, modern, and new game design, wrapped around a familiar d20 core."

• Using DnD_BasicRules and nothing more.
• Except maybe some of 5e Hardcore Mode I'm still thinking about that.
• Everybody starts at 2nd Level.
• The game will be set in my version of the Nentir Vale, Points of Light style.
• I'd use my existing Nentir Vale Adventures as the forum if my players in there agreed to switch to 5e Basic.
• Feel free to look at the games I run here, that's the style of game I run...pretty narrative, a lot of role playing and less roll playing.