LF players /LF GM for a book /ttrpg club

Hello everyone, I'm looking for people interested in starting a "one book a month" book club and play a weekly campaign based on the novel read the month prior. The idea is basically to pick up a fantasy/sci fi/other novel every month and then for the following month run a weekly campaign set in the settings from the novel , whilst privately reading the next months's novel. Effectively the way it would go is : month 1 ( pick a novel to read) month 2 week 1 (pick month 2 book)>(discuss the book we read month 1)>(Decide on what ruleset to use for month 1 novel)>(character creation)>(start campaign if there is time) month 2 week 2 ( play the campaign based on month 1 book) month 2 week 3 ( play the campaign based on month 1 book) month 2 week 4 ( play the campaign based on month 1 book) month 3 week 1 (pick month 3 book)>(discuss the book we read month 2)>(Decide on what ruleset to use for month 2 novel)> (character creation)>(start campaign if there is time) month 3 week 2 ( play the campaign based on month 2 book) month 3 week 3 ( play the campaign based on month 2 book) month 3 week 4 ( play the campaign based on month 2 book) and so on. The book will be picked by a different member every month until all members have had a turn. ( We will decide order by dice check) To start with a group of 6 people would be best. so far as GM'ing goes , it will be decided by a volunteering sytem . If noone volunteers to be that month's GM,then the member who picked the book the campaign is based on will be the GM ( don't worry if you are not experienced as a GM , we can all learn) so far as availability is concerned I can start sessions(4 hours length +/-) at the earliest 13:00 Gmt( 8:00 am EST) to latest 22:00 GMT ( 5:00 pm EST). hopefully some of you will show interest, have a good day. H.P.L

i'm interested but i don't have the time

I'd be interested in giving it a try, with one caveat. I don't actually read many novels anymore, and am unlikely to start again any time soon. Instead, I listen to audiobooks while going on runs. If it would be okay to limit things to novels where an audiobook is available, I'd be on board. I'm usually available Monday and Thursday, from 2pm to 6pm eastern. I'd also be in favor of seeing if there's something everyone has already read for the purposes of the first month. I'd be somewhat surprised if there wasn't.

sure , nowadays most novels are available on audiobooks, and in the off case we pick an actual paper only book, if its rare enough I'm sure you can at least skim read if we tell you where the important pages are.

This seems cool, and I would like to participate! I've never GM'd before, but I've been wanting to for a long time, and I'm willing to learn. I'm available most weekdays until 23:00 GMT (or 6:00 PM EST) and almost all day on weekends.

Interesting idea any idea what systems you would be using for the games? It's a really cool idea and I would definitely be interested probably depending on the systems to some extent, but its a great idea keep me posted and for availability I am basically available whenever and can work my schedule to best fit everyone else's needs. Also I think the idea of having the first month be a common book among members like one everyone has already read is a good idea.

it really depends , high fantasy and epic fantasy will probably fall under d&d/pahfinder type systems , books that have more political/nobles intrigues and countries at war will probably use the mistborn game ruleset (written by the author of the mistborn series brendan sanderson) whilst if we read a book that has more of a super hero/esper type vibe to it we could use MHR and for more sci-fi oriented books could use Rift or the star wars system. books vary a lot so I plan on making the decision as a group on a book by book basis. As for the day , Sunday would be Ideal for me ( any time within the winodw I gave above) , Saturdays are alright exept 5pm to 10 pm Gmt (12am to 5 pm) but I free right after or the four hours before. Fridays I can't do . The rest of the week has openings but I think this would work best as a weekend thing. and for the common book idea , hopefully that will be possible , but if we do that , odds are we will have to go with one of the big sellers > narnia/lord of the rings or the more recent Hunger games type novels for the 1st month's game.

It's your idea HPL, so if the times don't match up, I can bow out. But I'm really only available Mondays and Thursdays at the moment. Besides the 2pm-6pm Eastern time slots, I could also do mornings on the same days from 9am-1pm Eastern (I meet people for lunch in between). As to books, the ones I've read recently enough to remember most of: Dresden Files, Malazan: Book of the Fallen, The First Law, Mistborn, Kingkiller Chronicles, Ender's Game/Shadow, and American Gods. Of the more common ones, I'd list Lord of the Rings (books and movies) and Game of Thrones (only seen the TV series).

well that depends on other peoples' time zones , doing at those time during the week would be okay for europeans , but most North americans will be at work. once we have 6 people interested ,me included, we will try and work out the best session time possible .

HPL good idea for the systems and I very much like the flexibility in that regard so count me fully in. My schedule is wide open really and I can pretty make any day any time work with planning and such so on my end no worries about any of that and I am ready to go and really like this idea. Lord of the Rings does have its own game system or could easily use D&D and if we are looking for a good general starting place it is definitely a good one in that regard and many others I am a huge tolkien fan so I may be very biased on that account, but that would be wonderful to do something with that in my opinion. Anyways I will definitely be keeping an eye on this man and if you need any help or have trouble finding some interest let me know.

well I'm partial to the mistborn series ( i'm currently setting up a campaign dedicated to it for long term shennanigans) , and I feel like starting with lord of the rings is kinda like , you know , starting with something that is really close to DnD & Co type settings , I'd personally like to try out a slightly more ambitious setting like abhorsen fby garth nix , earthsea by ursula k.leguin , or something along those lines. Its just that so many game settings from the more popular ones feel like they used tolkien as a base that it might not be that fun to start with. maybe for another month if we want something a little more standard later. sorry for the grammar and structure , itss late here and I'm falling asleep ^^

No its not problem man and I get you, but I do feel if you dig deep into lord of the rings and get a feel for Tolkiens setting there are few things like it the way it is so detailed and fleshed out is just really awesome and the interconnected nature of it all though I do agree after so many iterations and things inspired by it could be considered the standard or a little less interesting in some regards and also the struggles are in some senses a little more clear cut than some would like aka black and white. As for the other series I can honestly say I have not ready any of them at least the ones you mentioned sadly. As for ambitious again I feel something to ease everyone into the dynamics and getting to know each other is better than flying out the gate with something ambitious unless we end up with all veteran and experienced playerss Also I will say in defense of Tolkien vs things such as pathfinder and the more typical settings like forgotten realms and such is that it is far more concise and focused. Fewer races a smaller land mass but more intricate looks at each and their cultures traditions histories legends songs and languages. Which in my opinion sets it apart also the lack of most magic characters as in wizards sorcerers these types of things being very limited outside of the Istari and even then among the Istari and magic in Tolkien is much more subtle and nuanced than fireball or lighting bolt and that kind of thing. Sorry for the long rant I am pretty passionate fan of Tolkien and his work so yep. Anyways sleep well man and whatever happens I am sure I will be pleased.

Like I said , I don't mind tolkien , , but I definetely would not want to do it on the first month unless everyone else voted for it. The whole aim of this club is being able to play less common settings and to be fair tolkien was basically used a the building block for early TTRPG's so is probably the one setting that wouldn't feel really original. Again , I am not saying no to tolkien , just saying that my vote is against it at least for the first month.

Random brainstorming (I favor systems I'm familiar with, but I'm sure in some situations something else would be better): Starship Troopers using Only War. Stephen King's IT using something like Call of Cthulhu. Dark Tower using... maybe Pathfinder? There's a gunslinger class, after all. (I'm only partway through the first book.) Game of Thrones using (almost) no magic Pathfinder. LOTR would probably be low (or no) magic Pathfinder. Aliens or Predators setting using something like the Void RPG. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea using... I have no idea. Jurrasic Park using... I have no idea again. Maybe Call of Cthulhu. Dune. I think there's a Dune RPG, but could possibly substitute something like Rogue Trader. Alice in Wonderland - I think there's a D&D module of it somewhere. I'm sure you've noticed my preference for Pathfinder by now though. The Wizard of Oz - maybe Dungeon World? Harry Potter - No idea. The Postman - I have no idea. Horror campaign based on classic monsters, aka Dracula, Frankenstein, and werewolves, etc. Probably Pathfinder. If we go into older stuff, there's a lot of literature I'm sure almost everyone is familiar with: Brothers Grimm fairy tale settings - Pathfinder. Shakespeare - er... depends on the story. Greek Mythology - Pathfinder. Beowulf - Pathfinder. Robin Hood - No magic Pathfinder. As an alternative, we could also base the first segment on a suitable short story rather than a full novel. Or perhaps some creepypasta, like from the SCP foundation (Call of Cthulhu).

Game of Thrones has its own system as does LOTR. GoT one is Greenronin publishing and the LOTR one I am actually not sure who made it, but its not to terribly hard to find out there. Anyways still gotta figure out what books and stuff once we get enough people and what times before systems become a concern. Though it is good to brainstorm. I am not particularly familiar with pathfinder to be honest always been an AD&D guy lol. Which btw for Nordic and Greek type campaigns in the real world AD&D had a whole line based on that also some ones for a Roman campaign as well anyways just a side note.

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We still need another 2 members. Come on everyone , this will be fun.

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This sounds like a lot of fun and a good way to try out different systems, but in order for me to commit to a schedule it would have to be between monday and thursday late afternoon to late evening GMT+1 (if weekends i can´t rule out that i might have to miss out more than i´d like to). As for books i would suggest; Sweet Tooth - Jeff Lemire The Troupe - Robert Jackson Bennet The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss The Long Price Quartet - Daniel Abraham American Vampire - Scott Snyder/Rafael Albuquerque Saucer Country - Paul Cornell/Ryan Kelly ... and some Phillip K. Dick perhaps "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" I really hope this works out.

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only one more member needed!

This sounds pretty cool. I would be interested. But I couldn't commit full time.

sorry ray , but we are looking for people who can commit , by full time do you mean ( not for long term) or that you will have to miss some session? if the latter as long as you can at least make the first session of each month you can join the club as a non player member. but yeah , we are still seeking 1 more member before we can start , come on everyone , get motivated.

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yay I was bumped! but seriously come on people it will be awesome

two more players are all we need!!!

this sounds intriguing, i read alot of fantasy books but i have only played dnd and never gm and would only be free monday-wednesday 3pm-8pm est if thats ok

This sounds like a lot of fun, but it's very hard to read novels consistently when you have toddlers. Ha ha, let me know when you do a movie-club version.

well ,we mostly pick novels that are also available under the audiobook format ,so if you drive/use public transportation at least 10 hours monthly ,its one way tyou could do it without spending time that would normally be spent otherwise. On the other hand if you decide to make a similar campaign but based on movies, I would more than gladly join it Ken. Sorry Scott, for the moment it seems we will be convening on thursday afternoons (EST) as at least one of our members cannnot attend sessions any other day, and thus, unless you are able to attend the thursday sessions ,you won't be able to join up. However , the actual time isn't set in stone, I believe we can move it a couple hours either way.

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what time would it be thursday

2pm EST start , howver , we can probably start a couple hours later/earlier.

i could make 3pm est work if youd still have me

i could do that , let me quickly check with the other players , but should be doable. you can already apply <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18121/the-novel-based-settings-club" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18121/the-novel-based-settings-club</a> there.