tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1033536527204331815..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Open Friday: A Waste of TimeJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-8695016155241790112010-10-11T15:49:34.681-04:002010-10-11T15:49:34.681-04:00Never did like superhero games myself, but had fri...Never did like superhero games myself, but had friends who did and thus ended up going through the motions with Champions. A good deal of the AD&D I played was 'thud n'blunder' mindless dungeon bashing - I preferred RuneQuest (2nd ed.) as a fantasy game and wish I had been able to afford Tekumel when I was younger.Baz Blatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661154817910604866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68371034721763726352010-10-03T22:20:12.650-04:002010-10-03T22:20:12.650-04:00although one rolemaster and a few d&d 3e sessi...although one rolemaster and a few d&d 3e sessions were afoul. more to do with people and less with system I guess...opossum101https://www.blogger.com/profile/14918781180223282882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87933133437158294052010-10-03T22:18:02.716-04:002010-10-03T22:18:02.716-04:00no regrets :)no regrets :)opossum101https://www.blogger.com/profile/14918781180223282882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63507114969164608542010-10-02T17:05:31.834-04:002010-10-02T17:05:31.834-04:00@ Coldstream
Thanks for the response. It has bee...@ Coldstream<br /><br />Thanks for the response. It has been some time since I played RIFTS... oddly enough I was a teenager at the time.Digital Orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276516390269689741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86082392406741092202010-10-02T01:58:45.818-04:002010-10-02T01:58:45.818-04:00I regret the time I spent playing World of Darknes...I regret the time I spent playing World of Darkness games.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6820616459324665812010-10-02T01:40:07.403-04:002010-10-02T01:40:07.403-04:00War at sea was good, Victory in the Pacific was aw...War at sea was good, Victory in the Pacific was awesome.<br /><br />Too much WOW. Could have spent a lot of that time doing almost anything else.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656554193044378009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-83673842332852410292010-10-02T00:30:47.237-04:002010-10-02T00:30:47.237-04:00I played too much War at Sea (a very simple Avalon...I played too much War at Sea (a very simple Avalon Hill game with a Buckets of Dice combat resolution system instead of a CRT) and still do, just because it can be taught in less than a half hour and played to completion with a newbie in about 2 hours.James McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071008782847309923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71149938861456048562010-10-02T00:10:29.985-04:002010-10-02T00:10:29.985-04:00@ Dylan
RIFTS suffered from the usual clunkiness ...@ Dylan<br /><br />RIFTS suffered from the usual clunkiness of Palladium games as well as way too many races and classes and constantly introduced more and more in their supplements and everything was way overpowered and just kept getting worse to satisfy the insane teenager in all of us. <br /><br />You had laser pistols that could destroy tanks and your PC could be a dragon, Terminator-like cyborgs or guys marching in glittery armor with a gauss cannon strapped to your shoulder, and you were still underpowered compared to lots of enemies. <br /><br />It's basically that game you and your friends came up with after an all-nighter of Mountain Dew/Jolt and pizza in someone's parent's basement figuring "What if we all had plasma cannons that could destroy a dinosaur and went around in a spider-walking tank while Lovecraftian-octopus thingies ran Atlantis and Mexico was secretley controlled by vampires who kept humans as cattle...oh and dogs walk on two legs and talk...with Jedi. And magic. By the way roll to see if you failed in your attempt to patch your trousers---you have to beat 45% with your sewing skill. This is gonna be great!"Coldstreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140235342917611032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27235163100102848742010-10-01T23:05:17.309-04:002010-10-01T23:05:17.309-04:00I regret playing so much Rolemaster. I remember th...I regret playing so much Rolemaster. I remember thinking Rolemaster was a upgrade from MERP back in the day. What a mistake! Rolemaster was just bloated compared to MERP and way less fun. I guess ICE got what they wanted out of me!Eugene Jaworskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01324959177959567355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35589956610879277292010-10-01T22:29:17.090-04:002010-10-01T22:29:17.090-04:00The only regret was not being able to play every r...The only regret was not being able to play every role-playing game. Then and now.Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87942236424109204912010-10-01T22:16:31.201-04:002010-10-01T22:16:31.201-04:00If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't h...If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't have gotten a job in the summer of '83. All my friends spent that entire summer playing D&D every day and I went to work on a golf course for $3.35/hr. Ugh. Terrible waste of time.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158916950442942918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51799890678282181912010-10-01T20:51:38.436-04:002010-10-01T20:51:38.436-04:00I agree that Toon wasn't fun for me, but maybe...I agree that Toon wasn't fun for me, but maybe it was a factor other than the game. I'll also include Mekton, Cyberpunk 3e, and Shadowrun.<br /><br />I'm surprised by the number of times RIFTS came up. Is it the mechanics or setting... or something else?Digital Orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276516390269689741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79339207086811353052010-10-01T20:19:30.222-04:002010-10-01T20:19:30.222-04:00some heartening answers to what I found a depressi...some heartening answers to what I found a depressing question.<br /><br />especially cheering is -C's comment about friendsBrian (brian_cooper at hotmail d o t com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805168206752602148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48224177600917983442010-10-01T19:56:34.936-04:002010-10-01T19:56:34.936-04:00I don't regret so much what RPGs I played as h...I don't regret so much what RPGs I played as how I played (or DM'd in 11th grade).<br /><br />Yes, computer games, but also not finding (founding) the OSR 9 years ago on moving to a gamer-rich environment.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43972227744162260082010-10-01T18:53:25.118-04:002010-10-01T18:53:25.118-04:00This is crazy, all those games are awesome.
Life ...This is crazy, all those games are awesome.<br /><br />Life is too short for regret. Every hour spent gaming is the best way to spend an hour. <br /><br />Besides, the assumption here is what? That the game has more to do with a ruleset then your friends?<br /><br />I regret nothing!-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331863932906631618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41336753349309145412010-10-01T18:34:05.803-04:002010-10-01T18:34:05.803-04:00Games I regret playing: WH40K and MtG.
Both games...Games I regret playing: WH40K and MtG.<br /><br />Both games end up an arms race, in other words, how much money are you willing to spend.<br /><br />Games I wished I got to play more often: Marvel Super Heroes; Advanced, Star Trek (FASA)(I wish I had the rules), Call of Cthulhu <br /><br />Games I never played, but wished I did: DC Heroes, Aftermath, Tunnels & Trolls, Runequestblackstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205963961656803303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3547582586807585672010-10-01T18:21:12.298-04:002010-10-01T18:21:12.298-04:00I wish I played less of:
Vampire, Shadowrun, Hero...I wish I played less of:<br /><br />Vampire, Shadowrun, Heroes Unlimited, and MSH.<br /><br />I wish I played more of (or at all for that matter):<br /><br />RuneQuest, TravellerHiggipediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898074416237354260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24691425874793504462010-10-01T18:03:32.576-04:002010-10-01T18:03:32.576-04:00No game that I can think of as a candidate for thi...No game that I can think of as a candidate for this lasted long enough to regret.<br /><br />My opinions of many games that I played a lot have changed since I played them, but I don’t regret having played them. They were fun, and in many cases closer to what I wanted at the time.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-42369187943413545242010-10-01T17:41:08.113-04:002010-10-01T17:41:08.113-04:00No games I regret playing (which was always mostly...No games I regret playing (which was always mostly [& still is] "Classic" D&D & AD&D2E), but I DO have a game I regret I never had the opportunity to play: Call of Cthulhu. Although a HUGE Lovecraft fan, none of my peers were, & I was never able to find any of the game manuals in my area. Now, with the convenience of the internet, I plan to remedy this soon. Looking forward to sexy Mrs. Claus (my wife) dropping off Cthulhu: Dark Ages under the tree in a couple of months!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73430056295121659632010-10-01T17:04:04.448-04:002010-10-01T17:04:04.448-04:00D&D 3.x. Looking back I'll never understan...D&D 3.x. Looking back I'll never understand what I saw in that game. I don't know what I'd have rather played though, because neither 4e nor the retro-clones were generally in force yet and at the time I had no way of getting earlier editions, and frankly D&D-style fantasy is my poison.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88288356624074424142010-10-01T16:39:05.843-04:002010-10-01T16:39:05.843-04:00I suspect my love affair with Rolemaster could hav...I suspect my love affair with Rolemaster could have been better targetted, so many get character ideas, so badly executed.<br /><br />I regret not having anyone who wanted to play Tunnels & Trolls. <br /><br />And maybe D&D 3.x - it just isn't different enough from 1st ed. I don't regret the last 2 years of 4e we've been playing though. It might not be traditional D&D, but it's a great game to actually play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23737261519593360062010-10-01T16:31:17.813-04:002010-10-01T16:31:17.813-04:00I regret all the time I spent playing stupid compu...I regret all the time I spent playing stupid computer games like Wizardry, Might & Magic, Ultima, Telengard, etc. I would have had much more fun playing real RPGs. I guess the computer games were just more convenient - no need to be creative or interact with other people...Bob Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62350960717994133992010-10-01T16:29:06.134-04:002010-10-01T16:29:06.134-04:00Mine would be Warhammer 40k back in the day. Most...Mine would be Warhammer 40k back in the day. Mostly because of the money I had sunk into it and then one day just stop caring for it.<br />In terms of RPGs, I think it's more waiting too long to realize that you're no longer interested in a campaign anymore and if I had left a couple of months sooner so that it doesn't start feeling like a chore.Johnnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09549756700299611232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58585815002821841512010-10-01T16:24:02.491-04:002010-10-01T16:24:02.491-04:00THere are groups recently I've regretted playi...THere are groups recently I've regretted playing with, but the games weren't all that bad, in my hard core RPG days my buddies and I had such a great time I have no regrets playing any of the games we tried, including RIFTS. There was one Paranoia disaster, but we got over it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361021375594611141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52164867504342015532010-10-01T16:17:46.448-04:002010-10-01T16:17:46.448-04:00I'm going to add the nine months I played Vamp...I'm going to add the nine months I played Vampire: The Masquerade 1e when it first came out to my list. The game was a pretentious, pseudo-intellectual exercise from the start that has only worsened with time, and I'm glad I figured that out early.Joe Bardaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242764968237965401noreply@blogger.com