Thursday, September 21, 2006
Fingers wandering on keyboard
Lately I have grown somewhat tired of playing D&D. On the other hand I would love to play a game of Mutants and Masterminds, but I am not sure if I could keep a M&M game running for long. I fear that my knowledge and creativity for superhero themes would soon run dry and the game would quickly fall apart. With little modules to rely on it would be up to me to create everything.
I wonder if it is the method in which we have been playing D&D that is what I am tired of. We are a pretty much wargame oriented group. We don't do much in the way of character development and such. Probably because we have been running the Adventure Paths from Dungeon. The APs are great games, but I think that as a DM running them they tend to turn off the creativity and just let the module do its thing. That is why they got the module isn't it, to do the work of providing the adventure for them. I agree with that, but at the same time you lose out on the customization and personalization that occurs when the DM creates a game with the players and characters in mind.
I think that maybe a change in genre can enable us to get out of the roll playing rut and into more dynamic role playing and character oriented games. The problem is that I am too lazy to actually do anything about this.
Two good friends of mine are shipping out in the next two months. I don't know what I am going to do without them. Most of my socializing (can I even call it that?) is done with them and I fear that I am going to end up withdrawing into my shell even more when they are gone. It would certainly be a lot easier than obtaining a new group of friends.
As for meeting new people, I have dabbled a little with online sites to meet people, especially those of the opposite sex. Most of the postings are not that interesting honestly, but what can you really tell from a couple of paragraphs? However, this one really stood out to me. I am not a paying member of the online site yet, but I sent one of those I liked your profile kinda things. I think I really wanted her to respond in some way. It is strange how disappointed one can get from something so small and not even important. Anyway, I think I will try and get a decent photo of me and put it up on the site. Maybe I will try and send a more direct message to her. Advice for the clueless anyone? It is so strange to feel this way about a person I have not even seen with my own eyes or even talk to. But the small description just kinda caught my eye.
Any way enough rambling for now. Gosh, how many topics and off topic things did I puke up into this post. Well, Jaa ne.
I wonder if it is the method in which we have been playing D&D that is what I am tired of. We are a pretty much wargame oriented group. We don't do much in the way of character development and such. Probably because we have been running the Adventure Paths from Dungeon. The APs are great games, but I think that as a DM running them they tend to turn off the creativity and just let the module do its thing. That is why they got the module isn't it, to do the work of providing the adventure for them. I agree with that, but at the same time you lose out on the customization and personalization that occurs when the DM creates a game with the players and characters in mind.
I think that maybe a change in genre can enable us to get out of the roll playing rut and into more dynamic role playing and character oriented games. The problem is that I am too lazy to actually do anything about this.
Two good friends of mine are shipping out in the next two months. I don't know what I am going to do without them. Most of my socializing (can I even call it that?) is done with them and I fear that I am going to end up withdrawing into my shell even more when they are gone. It would certainly be a lot easier than obtaining a new group of friends.
As for meeting new people, I have dabbled a little with online sites to meet people, especially those of the opposite sex. Most of the postings are not that interesting honestly, but what can you really tell from a couple of paragraphs? However, this one really stood out to me. I am not a paying member of the online site yet, but I sent one of those I liked your profile kinda things. I think I really wanted her to respond in some way. It is strange how disappointed one can get from something so small and not even important. Anyway, I think I will try and get a decent photo of me and put it up on the site. Maybe I will try and send a more direct message to her. Advice for the clueless anyone? It is so strange to feel this way about a person I have not even seen with my own eyes or even talk to. But the small description just kinda caught my eye.
Any way enough rambling for now. Gosh, how many topics and off topic things did I puke up into this post. Well, Jaa ne.
# posted by kc masterpiece @ 2:41 PM 
