tl;dr – Reviving a group to play
one-shots that aren't DnD 5e, let people try out being a GM with others who can provide useful feedback,
& build a sub-community of
people who get along. Different days: Mon or Wed (5:30~10pm) or Sun
(12pm~10pm). Other GMs willing to run on
other days would be great. I want to
play more games. Recently, Roll20 has had
more opportunities recently than real life. However there are issues: imbalance
of players to GMs, imbalance of DnD 5e to everything else, and (same as IRL) it’s
hard to find people to play with who are compatible as a group. I could either
complain or keep trying to do something about it. First, before
the pandemic complicated my life, we set up the group and ran some one-shots . This gives people the chance to play something different
or play a game they like again. It also gives us the chance to play with new
people & see how well we get along. I have a long list of games for this.
Earlier we ran Dungeon World, Fiasco , Old-School Essentials , and Index Card RPG . We’ve also done some Osprey wargames: Gaslands and Rangers of Shadowdeep . Long
term, I’d love to get a steady game or two going. Nobilis ,
Umerican Survival Guide / Crawling Under
a Broken Moon , and Traveller have
been on my wishlist lately. Second, let’s find people who want to try GMing a game but haven't
done it. Some folks are self-conscious (we all are). Some worry
that they won't be any good (nobody starts at pro level, like any skill it
needs practice). Some have tried and had people lose interest (you ask if
players liked the game, they say "yeah" but then never want to play
your games again). I
still want to get some games going that can be GM-less, something with strong
player agency like Ironsworn or Fiasco . Maybe something rules-light to
learn general GM stuff without getting bogged down in rules -- old school Basic DnD or OSE or Dungeon World . I’d
like to have multiple GMs run for the same players. Take turns running but
with players you can be comfortable with. Maybe Ironsworn
-- since it doesn't need a GM -- and Basic
DnD or OSE -- since the rules
are so easy. Maybe run The World's
Largest Dungeon but it's DnD 3e & I’m not sure how to make it work
well. Maybe try to do the Dungeon World short campaign Last Days of Anglekite again. Maybe The Traveller
campaign Pirates of Drinax . Third,
I want to find more people who I like playing
TTRPGs with . Finding people to play interesting games with can be
hard. Finding people to play with who aren't complete muppets is really hard . So let's play some one-shots.
Find people you like without committing to a whole campaign. Take a chance
running a game or two -- it's more work than playing but it's different, like
being a coach instead of a ball player, or getting to write a story and not
just read other peoples' words. That’s
kinda long but I think it gets everything out there that I wanted to say &
ask. My life's
always in flux but I have time most weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays (about 5:30
PM to 10 PM CST) and Sundays (afternoons).
Who's in?
