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There is no point in suggesting systems to me because I no longer have anyone to play with. 
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There is no point in suggesting systems to me because I no longer have anyone to play with.
Hence D&D. Most RPGs are functionally dead except online play.
The big 5 include D&D, Pathfinder (D&D clone/inspired), and Star Wars (probably dead next year).
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There is no point in suggesting systems to me because I no longer have anyone to play with.
Then look for people.
Find out if there are any games clubs in your area or attend gaming conventions.
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In other words absolutely nothing. As I would rather do nothing than do something I find boring at best and outright torcherous at worst.
Everyone I know off only enjoys dice heavy borefest systems. There is nobody around for the one and only type of play I enjoy which is no dice freeform.
I appreciate you guys want to help and offer advice. But I have already resigned my self to newer enjoying the hobby again simply because there are no people out there that enjoy what I do and I refuse to torture my self with D&D. I really posted here mostly to just vent my frustration at that immutable fact.
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Throwing dice is a big part of the experience. What you're describing is more larping.
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Actually what I am describing is a bunch of people on the internet doing creative writing on a joined story with everyone contributing toward a common end goal collaboratively as opposed to people playing a "game" vs an adversarial DM.
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I suspect a lot of GMs would become adversarial.
LARPing tends to have rules too. I have a friend who used to run LARPing weekends and I got roped in as a referee a couple of times.
Its all roleplaying (or at least can be), be it freeform, LARPing, or a more formal RPG .
GMs should never be adversarial, they are there to run the game, not "beat" the players.
Its all roleplaying (or at least can be), be it freeform, LARPing, or a more formal RPG .
GMs should never be adversarial, they are there to run the game, not "beat" the players.
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I'm running for new players, they described me as Lawful Neutral DM lol.
I'm a bit old school in terms of letting them die but I don't go out if my way to kill them.
If they die tough luck though.
The wimps in my gaming group have cancelled. 
Where are their priorities at?
Where are their priorities at?
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Spoiler Hmmmnnn :
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Nice.
Canceled my D&D campaign. Didn't run last week for different reasons. One if the players has a sister at the school that's been closed.
Canceled my D&D campaign. Didn't run last week for different reasons. One if the players has a sister at the school that's been closed.
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It's not about the role of the gm. It's about the kind of game people want to play and the expectations they come in with along side with what the system you are using forces you to do. Dice based systems force you into essentially a wargaming mentality. And systems such as D&D where you have classes and skills and all sorts of things to drive you into playing a role instead of a character further restrict your creativity. In the end you end up not doing creative writing which I love but wargaming with some impromptu theater on the side which if find boring at best.
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Canceled last week's and this week's games. Gamestore canceled all games not long after.
Break out the Gamebooks!!!!
It's 1985 right?
Break out the Gamebooks!!!!
Spoiler Magnamund :
It's 1985 right?
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You got Wolf's Bane and Dawn of Dragons out of order.Nice collection, though!
Book 6 Sacrifice at Ruanon I bought with my 1st paycheck. Right before 14th birthday in 1992.
Cost $13 iirc, pay was $22 a day. About $12 USD back then days pay.
Didn't buy book 24 back then should have. Never saw 25+.
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