"First RPG played (this year)?"
#Pathfinder second edition. @JoeF has been running a campaign set in Ustalav (aka gothic horror land) for the past year of so.
First RPG I ever played was #GURPS two decades ago. And while I had my problems both with the GM's style and the rules themselves, I was forever hooked.
EDIT: I've added an image with all the questions for this year's RPG-a-Day AND added all the questions in the image description.
Day 2 at #RPGaDay2023
"First RPG GAMEMASTER?"
My first Game Master ran a fantasy game using the crunchiest, most simulationistic version of GURPS rules possible. Square roots were involved. Accidents turned player characters quadriplegic.
And yet, even after two years of that, I somehow still remained enthusiastic about #ttrpg.
As for the first game *I* game mastered (these questions are a bit imprecise), I ran D&D 3rd edition around three years after I first started playing tabletop rpgs.
Day 3 at #RPGaDay2023
"First RPG bought (this year)?"
First RPG books I bought this year were the #Midderlands setting books by #MonkeyBloodDesign: a wonderful OSR-like game set in a green, gloomy, fantastical version of 17th century England.
As for the first RPG book I ever bought, that was #Eberron Campaign Setting by @hellcowkeith back in 2004. This remains by far my favorite D&D setting, with its mix of fantasy, pulp action, steampunk, and noir.
Day 4 at #RPGaDay2023
Most recent game bought?
Most recently, I bought the game Tiny Pirates. It is one of the several #TinyD6 products I own.
While this game specifically is oriented towards playing 17th century pirates, the system is flexible enough that there are versions for playing #Cthulhu games, #western, #Fantasy, and so on.
While I still haven't actually ran a TinyD6 game, I am... cautiously optimistic about this.
Day 5 at #RPGaDAY2023
Oldest game you've played?
GURPS third edition was the first #ttrpg I played. That was around the time I was just starting college, around the year 2000.
From there on, I started playing a D&D 3rd edition campaign set in the world of Legend of Five Rings. By 2003 I was ready to run my first D&D one-shot that turned into my first campaign.
Day 6 at #RPGaDAY2023
"Favorite game you never get to play."
Well, I'd really like to play in a #steampunk game, or a #pulpadventure game, or Jazz Age #CallofCthulhu game... But since the people I've played with were never really into running those things, well, I ran games like that.
So, in a way, I get to play games that I enjoy, but only as a GM.
Day 7 at #RPGaDAY2023 #ttrpg
Smartest RPG you've played?
I have to steal a answer from a friend of mine: the smartest RPGs are those whose game mechanic actually leads you to attempt certain things, instead of merely telling you you can do certain things.
His example was #apocalypseworld. My example is #Gumshoe which has specific rules for gathering clues. As someone who enjoys running horror mystery games, I was really delighted to use this system instead of trying to do the same with D&D.
Day 8 at #RPGaDAY2023 #ttrpg
"Favorite character?"
My favorite character was Rurik Kromlech, dwarven adventurer I played in our friend's #Eberron game. Think of him as a cross between your typical cliche dwarf, Indiana Jones, and simply a loud-mouthed braggart.
Years later, I found an excellent character portrait of him in Hearthstone expansion League of Explorers: Brann Bronzebeard!
Day 9 at #RPGaDAY2023 #ttrpg
"Favorite dice?"
People like dice. People like to collect dice. Occasionally, I buy a set, but after a certain point, I don't see the point. Especially now since I mostly play online. Also, fancier sets are too expensive for me.
As a long-time #CthulhuMythos fan, I really like green dice. My favorite set is Cthulhu-themed one I got for a birthday fronm a friend years ago. Here it is with a dice bag another friend made for me as a gift. My friends are the best.
Day 10 at #RPGaDAY2023 #ttrpg
"Favorite tie-in fiction?" (1/2)
I tried reading tie-in novels at the time I first started playing RPG-s. I read R. A. Salvatore's Dark Elf trilogy, Baldur's Gate novels, and several Forgotten Realms novels. I'm not gonna lie: they were god awful.
Day 10 at #RPGaDAY2023 #ttrpg (2/2)
Decades later I read the Vampire Genevieve omnibus, written by #KimNewman under the pen name #JackYeovil.
Stories take place in #Warhammer fantasy setting. But Newman likes old horror movies, so he inserts references to Hammer horror movies, Phantom of the Opera, or films about Jack the Ripper. These two flavors go great together, and make Vampire Genevieve stories far more entertaining than your average tie-in fiction.
Day 11 at #RPGaDAY2023 #ttrpg
"Weirdest game you played?"
I have nothing to brag about here. All of our RPG games and campaigns have been pretty vanilla. Occasionally, we experiment with some more obscure, more indie RPG system. Yet, even then, we pretty much stick to genre conventions of horror, fantasy or what-have-you.
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