yet another todo list.

[katster]

too tired to write much, tonight, I guess.

so, things to do this weekend:
fill in grad skewl apps.
study for GRE
get rid of these damned Rifts books (still debating if I wanna lot 'em all together or individually)
start hacking on project bookworm.
clean my room.

See you in the morning, I guess. When's the next three day weekend?

Comments

[galith.livejournal.com]

Whats wrong with Rifts books, other than them being Palladium and all that? Why you wanna get rid of them?

[katster.livejournal.com]

Enh, lots of reasons. The system sucks rocks and I'm really not sure the Siembiedas care all that much? The books always look like they were rushed, and I saw some things from them that I really didn't like. For example, they yanked support from a list that they'd given the official title to for some pretty shady reasons, and I don't like Kevin's tendancy to go "I'll write the manuscript myself" after he commissions a freelancer to do it and that freelancer doesn't do it exactly the way Kevin wants.

I mean, the backdrop for Rifts is awesome, and I'm keeping my main rulebook and three of my favorite system books. The system is kludgy and klunky (I remember three hour combat sessions with the thing...). Just not really my tastes anymore. And it's way too munchy.

But otherwise, I'd like to free up some of the money I invested in them, and add a couple of books to the GURPS collection I have growing. Maybe even get a few more D&D books too, while I"m at it.

[galith.livejournal.com]

Ok, so you want to SELL them, not get rid of them...

I don't know, I think the GURPS system sucks too but at least its more streamline.

Never do combat in Palladium. Just no. Don't do it. Free style it. Or something. Espeically combat with low damage weapons against high MDC enemies. Its like AD&D 2nd ed all over again, but worse (which is impressive).

What do you look for in a RPG?

[katster.livejournal.com]

I like GURPS. I can play in a game without running into the system. But my personal favorite is In Nomine, to be honest. It's a lesser known system from SJGames.

What I look for in an RPG? Well, a good backdrop for starters (I originally fell in love with Rifts because all my friends were playing and the scenario was pretty cool). I like an intellectual challenge as opposed to a hack and slash game...if you read Knights of the Dinner Table, I'm a lot like Sarah. Down to even being a girl in a mostly guy hobby. :)

Right now, I'm playing in an IRC game that fits most of these criteria. It's a GURPS game, using the In Nomine sourcebook. He's trying to introduce us to the universe, which is fair because most people haven't seen it before. But I prolly know as much as he does, so I've got the challenge of keeping player knowledge away from the character. It's a lot of fun.

And yeah. That's pretty much the way we do it now, but the GM was a green newbie when it happened. Plus we had a huge party (he couldn't say no to new players) so that helped make it long.

I'd like to move off of just doing IRC games and do F2F ones. Prolly when I get to grad skewl, there's prolly more players in either the Bay Area or Seattle than there are in Redding. Redding's a little town stuck in conservativeville. The last game store left town a while back. It sucks. :P

Anyway, that's my thoughts.