#RPGaDay poses a question for each day of August. It was launched by David F. Chapman on his AutoCratik blog. The challenge looked interesting, so I decided to participate this year. I'll be answering the questions daily on Mastodon. And I'll be compiling those responses each week on this blog and expounding on them a bit. Additional commentary is in italics.
1 August
First RPG played (this year): Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius Entertainment.
This response shouldn't be a shock, given how often I discuss the game on this blog.
2 August
First RPG Gamemaster: Oh, that would be decades back. Scott. He ran a hybrid of Moldvay Basic and AD&D out of a cream colored hard sided briefcase that he got from who knows where.
Scott was the kind of nerd who would've been sporting a long trench coat if it were the '90s. And not as tropical where we lived.
3 August
First RPG Bought (This Year): I'm going to interpret this as "RPG product" since I've been completing collections rather than getting into new games this year.
That makes it a tie since I ordered both of these at the same time:
4 August
Most recent game bought: I've focused on completing RPG collections lately, but I did get a few free downloads while looking for a fantasy game that's not D&D or Pathfinder. Necrotic Gnome's Old School Essentials is the current front runner.
I burned out on the specific kind of fantasy RPG system represented by D&D and Pathfinder awhile back.
5 August
Oldest game you've played: Holmes Basic D&D. I've never owned it, but my earliest gamemasters ran it before switching to Moldvay D&D and/or AD&D.
Some of my early gamemasters used Holmes, others used Moldvay. The differences were difficult to discern, given how loosely they ran their games. Incorporating elements of AD&D didn't help with that.
6 August
Favorite game you never get to play: As a Forever GM, I almost never get to play any RPG on the tabletop.
Now, there's those TimeWatch and Night's Black Agents mini-campaigns that I keep threatening my players with, but those are more "fun concepts to play around with" at this point.
I'll get to those games. Someday...
2 August
First RPG Gamemaster: Oh, that would be decades back. Scott. He ran a hybrid of Moldvay Basic and AD&D out of a cream colored hard sided briefcase that he got from who knows where.
Scott was the kind of nerd who would've been sporting a long trench coat if it were the '90s. And not as tropical where we lived.
3 August
First RPG Bought (This Year): I'm going to interpret this as "RPG product" since I've been completing collections rather than getting into new games this year.
That makes it a tie since I ordered both of these at the same time:
- The "everything that I didn't already have before Modiphius drops the license" bundle for Robert Howard's Conan from DTRPG.
- The Lower Decks preorder for Star Trek Adventures.
4 August
Most recent game bought: I've focused on completing RPG collections lately, but I did get a few free downloads while looking for a fantasy game that's not D&D or Pathfinder. Necrotic Gnome's Old School Essentials is the current front runner.
I burned out on the specific kind of fantasy RPG system represented by D&D and Pathfinder awhile back.
5 August
Oldest game you've played: Holmes Basic D&D. I've never owned it, but my earliest gamemasters ran it before switching to Moldvay D&D and/or AD&D.
Some of my early gamemasters used Holmes, others used Moldvay. The differences were difficult to discern, given how loosely they ran their games. Incorporating elements of AD&D didn't help with that.
6 August
Favorite game you never get to play: As a Forever GM, I almost never get to play any RPG on the tabletop.
Now, there's those TimeWatch and Night's Black Agents mini-campaigns that I keep threatening my players with, but those are more "fun concepts to play around with" at this point.
I'll get to those games. Someday...
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