Totally Off Topic: So I Was Digging Around in a Cabinet

6/26/2008 12:07:01 PM

I was digging around in a cabinet I hadn't probably opened in years and years.  I'm thinking about selling my townhouse and trying to move a bit upmarket since prices are good, and its got me doing a bit of house cleaning.  I digress.

What did I find in said cabinet?  A veritable treasure trove of old RPGs.  Yep, a bunch of Shadowrun stuff, some Torg, and a good stack of GURPS, and some other pieces and parts.  It was so much fun to flip through the pages and revel in a lot of old gamer memories.  I can't remember the last time I actually played an RPG.  It has been at least a decade, maybe more. I continued to buy RPG stuff that caught my eye even after I stopped playing since many of them are almost like buying a mini-novel in a way.  That little trip down memory lane really made me miss playing, though I am not sure if I could get into it as much as I used to, but maybe I could.  Finding the time to do it is one challenge, and getting a group together is likely to be an even bigger challenge since walking into a group of unknown gamers is not something I am likely to do and I tend to run the game instead of be a player.

So with the sad realization that I would probably never RPG again, what did I do?????

I read a few pages here and there from the various games, put the books back, closed the cabinet, and will plan on digging back in there for another nostalgia trip in a couple of days......

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6/29/2008 2:31:19 AM

Tim Rayburn

Jeff ... Gaming isn't just for college kids man. I've had a steady group of gamers I've played with for years, and the industry is thriving despite things like World of Warcraft and other distractions. You should check out some of the new games on the market, I'm personally a huge fan of the brand new edition of D&D, in fact so much so I started a podcast about it at http://hommlet.com called Radio Free Hommlet.

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6/29/2008 12:13:22 PM

JAB

You're right, I've been impressed with the industry. I swing by The Source here in the Twin Cities (I paint minis from time to time - http://coolminiornot.com/artist/sparty) and see all kinds of new games coming out and I'm like, "Damn, that looks like fun." Not sure if I could do the fantasy thing anymore. My tastes seem to have gone almost exclusively to the scifi realm. I was a huge Shawdowrun fan back in the day and it looks like that franchise is still doing well. I'll have to think about it...

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7/1/2008 2:08:00 PM

Brian Moore

I miss gaming, too, Jeff. I still play a little over at RPOL.net, but online isn't as richly rewarding as sitting around a table top, guzzling soda and eating cold pizza until 3 in the morning. I'm mainly playing the vampire, werewolf, mage and other World of Darkness games, though I get nostalgic for D&D and Shadowrun was a blast.

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