RPG a Day Day 6

Last year I thought about doing the RPG a Day but did not do so. So this year I will and will answer questions related to both last year and this year.


Favorite RPG never get to play: Many of them really. I think one that I really like from a character build point of view is Maid RPG. However to play it seems to require some knowledge of Japanese Maid culture and how the RPG lampoon's it. It is romantic comedy in flavor and really would be hard to find a group to play with. I love the tables that have you describe your character's physical and mental insecurities, and color scheme. It also introduced me to d66 style tables, which are a great way of using common dice for random tables of more than 6 things (36 to be exact)

Imports/ Exports (roll 2d6)

	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	wood	metal	stone	salt	chemical	animal
2	education	leisure	transport	communication	soldiers	medical
3	metalwork	woodwork	paper/books	clothing	fabric	leather
4	grain	meat	sugar	vegetables	fruit	oil
5	alcohol	fermented foods	preserved foods	dairy	eggs	tools
6	specialty items	beurocrats	soap	pottery	art	roll twice

Most Recent RPG played: Star Wars: Edge of Empire. I recently mentioned that I believe. 

I have a nice set of coins to use for credits to.


As one of our group just had a new baby come to the family, our schedule is a bit in flux for regular game nights. Hence part of the discussion of buying Fantasy Grounds. While my brother lives near town it is still a 30-40 minute drive each way, and with kids and babies that becomes more time than is easy to allot on a regular basis.

Day 5

My most old school RPG owned: Well Star Wars d6 is old school Star Wars, but most of the time this is referring to the OSR (Old School Renaissance of Dungeons and Dragons editions). I have downloaded several rule sets but have not played any. I do really like 5th edition and would much rather convert old school to 5th edition at this time.

However when it comes to adventures, blogs and other materials. I do quite enjoy some of the off-beat stuff in the OSR realm. Most recently A Red and Pleasant Land. While the author was the center of some controversy shortly before I really got involved seriously in Roleplaying again, I do find this book a fantastic cohesive idea. While most modern RPG's cast a wide net, this is focused, interesting, compelling and weird. The monster of Guests is especially awesome in it's variety and random tables.

Which is something I have always loved. Random Tables. So here is one I made for developing aspects of new cultures in an exploration game (never used in play, yet but to aide in world creation). Originally implemented in a python random generation program, it was not die based, but for your pleasure it is here.

Popular Type of Art : (d20) 1- Statuary 2- Tapestry 3- Jewelry 4- Dance 5- Plays 6- Novels 7- Poetry 8- Song 9- String instruments 10- Percussion instruments 11- Wind instruments 12- Calligraphy 13- Painting 14- Freezes 15- Martial arts 16- Pottery 17- Masks 18- Carvings 19- Headdresses 20- Clothing

Common Representations in the Art: (d8) 1- Animals 2- Specific Animal (pick 1d3) 3- Symbols 4- Specific Symbol (pick 1d3) 5- Geometric 6- Curvy 7- Symmetrical 8- Asymmetrical Note Specific Animal can include Human, Elf, Oni, Manticores etc. And likewise symbols can include body parts, arm, leg, heart, forked tails, dragon scales etc.

As I have been answering questions from both the 2014 RPG a Day and 2015 there are bound to be overlaps and things that don't apply. So the second question was a question posed yesterday. What is your most recent RPG purchase. However as that remains the same, I will instead mention my next expected purchase: Fantasy Grounds.

With all my current group except one, we have kids, wives and jobs. It makes it hard to get together. So by using an online tabletop this is much simplified. Also it allows us to include old friends in remote locations at times. So I would have bought it recently except I have yet to decide how. Fantasy Grounds has two licenses. One is the basic license, and one the ultimate. The ultimate can allow free unlicensed copies to join a campaign (and as such is the cost of about 5 basic licenses). The question is with 4 of us willing to DM who gets which license. To complicate there is a package on steam that is 4 licenses for a reduced bundle price, but then is tied to Steam. Grrr why can't decisions be easy. Either way I will likely purchase this week to start playing with it and trying to modify content etc.

Day Four of the RPG a day

Day Four of the RPG a day

My most recent RPG purchase would have to be dice. Both a standard polyhedral set and a set including unusual dice such as d3, d14, and d30. Prior to that purchase I had purchased some really cool RPG bookmarks from Nord Games. I missed their Kickstarter, so I will get the bookmarks after the others ship, but who can resist a good bookmark.

The other question is what is my most surprising game. Perhaps it is Star Wars: Edge of Empire, it was surprising due to the fact that the weird dice mechanic wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It still takes several good hours to get used to for people used to playing RPG's.

Newness in Roleplaying Games RPGaDay

For Day 1:

- First RPG Played
The first RPG I ever played was the Dungeons and Dragons Red box set.

- Forthcoming game you are most looking forward to.
At the moment it is Titansgrave, as I am enjoying the show by Wil Wheaton.

Favorite Game and First Purchase

Favorite game of the last year: any I actually get to play. So far this year I have played Star Wars D6, Star Wars Edge of Empire, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition.

First game purchased: while the first games I played were purchased by my parents for me, the first I saved up and purchased was the West End Games Star Wars, the second edition book with the blue cover and Darth Vader.

Dungeon Master and Kickstarter

Day 2

First RPG game mastered: Basic Dungeons and Dragons. Mind you most of my life there have been few dungeon masters, so I have been Dungeon Master more than player.

The game most happy to have backed on Kickstarter: I think it would have to be Sojouner Tales but that is not an RPG. So for an RPG product it would have to be Golden Sky Stories, Largely because it is so different. It was originally published in Japanese and is entirely non-combat related, which makes it hugely different from most I have ever played. It also has no randomization, only a resource management system.

RPG a Day

Last year I thought about doing the RPG a Day but did not do so. So this year I will and will answer questions related to both last year and this year, if I can.

I greatly enjoy RPG's (Role Playing Games) but do not play them as often as I would like. They have provided a great way to express both my penchant for logical structures and systems as well as my love of stories.

Recently my son has been interested and with the new edition of Dungeons and Dragons out last year, it is a great time to get back into it.

So these will be coming in August.