|
Post by geneweigel on May 23, 2020 19:23:52 GMT -5
I'm getting a new camera soon so I definitely am going to have a regular game. I'm not sure of the details yet but I want to keep it as ramdom chaotic as possible without all the clickety framework and more emphasis on just feeling it.
If anyone has good times for playing let me know.
|
|
|
Post by Scott on May 23, 2020 22:15:07 GMT -5
I just started, as a player, an online game with Gary Welsh DMing. I would certainly be into a GM rotation of some kind.
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on May 24, 2020 9:11:49 GMT -5
I am free most evenings. I usually host a Game Night at my house every other Saturday, but that is on hiatus for who knows how long. So I'm up for any online gaming attempts. Zoom works pretty well and is free.
|
|
|
Post by geneweigel on May 30, 2020 10:54:38 GMT -5
I got the new camera but the scheduling is total chaos I'm going to have aim for next weekend to start anything. Maybe Friday? 8-11 to get the snags out (characters, methods, etc)
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on Jun 2, 2020 10:38:25 GMT -5
Gene, I'll be free then, if you need help working out the technical difficulties, testing, etc. Do you know what software going to use? Are you going to DM the Broken Castle?
|
|
|
Post by geneweigel on Jun 2, 2020 13:28:58 GMT -5
Its all part of the greater so it might just be in the vicinity.
|
|
|
Post by geneweigel on Jun 2, 2020 13:29:47 GMT -5
I was thinking about software and there has to be a map. Is it possible to just do it through discord?
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on Jun 2, 2020 15:22:44 GMT -5
When I played in a game on Discord, it was audio only. I think there is an option to do video also, but I'm not sure about the ability to display something like a map or your screen. I know you can do that on Zoom.
|
|
|
Post by geneweigel on Jun 3, 2020 9:22:46 GMT -5
I might have to postpone. Things are way to hairy this week. Yesterday was bad.
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on Jun 3, 2020 9:53:25 GMT -5
No problem if you have to postpone. I understand because I'm in the middle of a "three deadlines" week myself.
|
|
|
Post by geneweigel on Jun 3, 2020 10:32:31 GMT -5
I haven't even moved to a camera safe zone in the house yet.
|
|
|
Post by geneweigel on Jun 8, 2020 23:01:25 GMT -5
I think that I might have to postpone any idea for an online game for the time being. Maybe in a few weeks. I'm going on vacation next week and then I have a million chores plus family interaction lately has been frayed to say the least. Hopefully I can get my head into the D&D shit once they leave me the fuck alone.
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on Jun 9, 2020 10:08:58 GMT -5
I've had a flare up of work activity recently and I've been putting in long days including over the weekend. I'm about ready to go back to the "time before jobs" to have a D&D all-nighter in 1982! That was a summer we played a lot of AD&D and creativity was flourishing. But right now I feel like there is an anvil on my brain.
|
|
|
Post by geneweigel on Jun 9, 2020 10:33:18 GMT -5
I know the crunch is really killing me. The stress of leaving to another house.
I just did a massive toy and comic trashing because I don't want to move with all this shit that I could care less about. I needed to not give it away or sell it (Like I did for 2E/3E and Palladium materials) so this was very weird. I think people would lose their mind if they saw what I chucked.
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on Jun 9, 2020 11:16:47 GMT -5
I hate moving. Every time I move it is traumatic with valued possessions disappearing without a trace. I finally have everything just as I want it, so I'm expecting a catastrophe.
|
|
|
Post by Scott on Jun 10, 2020 18:15:58 GMT -5
Moving last year was like the exclamation point on 'You're getting old!' I just felt beat up after each day of packing, lifting, carrying, unpacking, etc. I do not want to do it again. I would rather start from scratch than go through that again.
|
|
|
Post by Scott on Jun 10, 2020 19:04:53 GMT -5
I was forced to move my game online if I wanted to keep playing, I have done some trial and error with the possibilities. It's been going good, and we've been having fun. We picked up a player from Florida, and two others just had a baby, so we may be online for a while longer, even though things are moving back to normal, a bit. Having had some success with online gaming, I've been wanting to do a little more. Not campaigns, but one shots or short arcs or stretches, playing other editions and games. Some of the candidates I'm considering to start with are OD&D, original box only. I would want this to really capture the spirit of the game as intended. Ditch the fixed party default. Have a pool of players interacting in a shared world. Some of them are allies, some of them may be enemies, some of them may not even be aware of each other. Play til maybe the players started hitting the 3rd level mark. A single adventure playing Gamma World and Metamorphosis Alpha are other games I've considered starting with. Once I got things moving, the plan would be to rotate back through the games that go well, and keep trying new ones. If anybody is interested, let me know.
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on Oct 1, 2021 9:14:46 GMT -5
So, one of my players, Ray, had his wife, son and son's girlfriend test positive for Covid. As a precaution, Ray will not be coming to the game in person tomorrow. But we are going to try have Ray attend by Roll20 on my laptop. This is the first time I am mixing live with online play. I will let you guys know how it goes! My friend Eric HATES online play so I'm going to make a preamble like: "With technology this is the way things are heading, so we may as well start getting used to it and think of the advantages -- this way Ray won't have to drive all that way every two weeks..." just to see if I can make Eric explode into a rant about how "this isn't real D&D!" I'm a real bastard sometimes!
|
|
|
Post by Scott on Oct 1, 2021 13:40:01 GMT -5
Speaking of D&D & COVID, I had cancelled this week's game because we were supposed to go to Buffalo for a soccer game tomorrow. I just found out the soccer game was cancelled due to the other team being hit by COVID, but now my players have made other plans.
|
|
|
Post by GRWelsh on Oct 1, 2021 13:53:57 GMT -5
You're always welcome to join my game.
|
|