Monday Player Recruitment Thread ONGOING

[Polar Blues]

Hello all,

Here's the deal. I'd like to start a new roleplaying group for Monday nights. To that effect I'm going to pitch a few game ideas and see they get any traction. I'm going to keep the pitches deliberately vague; we can fine-tune the details once we've assembled the group.

I don't expect this will be a quick process. I'm setting the notional start date for Monday September 9 but even that may be optimistic. The one thing I promise is that I won't flake out. If at any stage I decide to give up on this initiative I will post on this thread and explicitly say "I give up on this initiative". Till then please assume the offer is still good.

So if you are looking for a game and any of these game pitches appeal just reply to this thread and be prepared to be patient.

On with the game pitches.

ICONS

ICONS is a newish Superhero game that takes the best of Fate and the old TSR Marvel Superhero and mixes them to great effect. It was written by Steve Kenson of Mutants & Masterminds fame. I’d suggest going for a traditional Avengers like supergroup setup though ICONS has some cool collaborative setting creation rules if people are up for that sort of thing. This would be my preferred choice as supers seems to be my strong suit.

Star Wars (WEG D6)

Rebels, Stormtroopers, droids, lightsabers and blasters that go pew-pew, what's not to like? I appreciated there is a brand new Star Wars game out there, but the old one is the version I have but it's a classic. Just be warned, my grasp of Star Wars lore is limited regular moviegoer levels so canon related faux pas are likely to be a regular occurance. 

 

Bulldogs!

Bulldogs! is a the Fate based space opera game with a light, quirky tone some really cool aliens. Think Traveller for under-achievers. The default set-up has "Space Truckers" sort of vibe but we're not necessarily tied to this set-up, the game can just as easily cater for an A-Team in space sort of campaign.

Savage World Cyberpunk 

My final option would be running a cyberpunk game using Savage Worlds based on "Daring Tales from the Sprawl". As the title suggests, are geared towards lighter, more cinematic end of the genre. A word of warning, while I've played it, I've never actually run Savage Worlds before so things may be a little shaky to start with.

[Jarrad Richards]

Hey James,

I've been a lurker here for a little while, keeping my eyes open for a WEG Star Wars game (and a couple other systems). It's been awhile since I've played in a game and even longer since I played WEG Star Wars, but I'd love to give it a try if you decide to go with it! Let me know how you get on with recruiting players.

Cheers,

Jarrad

On 17/08/2013 11:09, Polar Blues wrote:

Hello all,

Here's the deal. I'd like to start a new roleplaying group for Monday
nights. To that effect I'm going to pitch a few game ideas and see they
get any traction. I'm going to keep the pitches deliberately vague; we
can fine-tune the details once we've assembled the group.

I don't expect this will be a quick process. I'm setting the notional
start date for Monday September 9 but even that may be optimistic. The
one thing I promise is that I won't flake out. If at any stage I decide
to give up on this initiative I will post on this thread and explicitly
say "I give up on this initiative". Till then please assume the offer is
still good.

So if you are looking for a game and any of these game pitches appeal
just reply to this thread and be prepared to be patient.

On with the game pitches.

*ICONS*

ICONS is a newish Superhero game that takes the best of Fate and the old
TSR Marvel Superhero and mixes them to great effect. It was written by
Steve Kenson of Mutants & Masterminds fame. I’d suggest going for a
traditional Avengers like supergroup setup though ICONS has some cool
collaborative setting creation rules if people are up for that sort of
thing. This would be my preferred choice as supers seems to be my strong
suit.

*Star Wars (WEG D6)*

Rebels, Stormtroopers, droids, lightsabers and blasters that go pew-pew,
what's not to like? I appreciated there is a brand new Star Wars game
out there, but the old one is the version I have but it's a classic.
Just be warned, my grasp of Star Wars lore is limited regular moviegoer
levels so canon related faux pas are likely to be a regular occurance.

*Bulldogs!*

Bulldogs! is a the Fate based space opera game with a light, quirky tone
some really cool aliens. Think Traveller for under-achievers. The
default set-up has "Space Truckers" sort of vibe but we're not
necessarily tied to this set-up, the game can just as easily cater for
an A-Team in space sort of campaign.

*Savage World Cyberpunk*

My final option would be running a cyberpunk game using Savage Worlds
based on "Daring Tales from the Sprawl". As the title suggests, are
geared towards lighter, more cinematic end of the genre. A word of
warning, while I've played it, I've never actually run Savage Worlds
before so things may be a little shaky to start with.

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[Polar Blues]

Hi Jarrad,

Thanks for your reply. Whether we mange to get a game going depends on if there are other lurkers like yourself looking for a game but I am determined to give it a try. Still, this may take some time so please keep checking this thread periodically.

Pity though you did not spot this post sooner as I was running WEG Star Wars just last Sunday at Son of Gameforce!

Regards,

James 

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[Ben]

Hi,

New guy here who is looking for a group after moving to London.

Not very picky in general (trying to avoid high fantasy), but I would prefer the Savage Worlds Cyberpunk. Just need to know ahead of time what will be played, so I can grab a couple of books and read up.

Thanks,

Ben

[Polar Blues]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for you reply. Once we have a few more people we can select the game to be play together. I would not worry too much about reading up on the game in advance, all the systems I am offering to run are pretty straightforward and easy enough to learn while playing. 

Regards,

James 

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[Michael Dowling]

I'm interested in signing up and taking a look

[Cultist of Sooty]

Hi Everyone,

I feel like I'm pushing this conversation one more step towards a set of people, each expressing interest in a different game. But if you were to run Icons, I'd be 100% interested. I've been wanting to give it a go for ages.

All The Best,

Bruce

[Polar Blues]

Hello Michael and Bruce,

Thanks for your posts. I'm equally surprised, delighted and relieved by the level of interest being shown for this Monday game plan. If the momentum keeps up we may yet be able to stick to the tentative target start date remain Monday September 9.

Regarding the specifics of which game to play I think we best continue that conversation via email as per the forum rules. I will be using the gmail email address you used to registered to this Google Group. If you prefer to be contacted via a different email address let me know. 

In the meantime if anyone else in interested please feel free to chime in.

Regards,

James

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[Cultist of Sooty]

Sounds like a good plan to me, James, and that email address is fine to use. Looking forward to hearing from you.

[Nick Julius]

I should inform you that as a Cultist of Sweep, the true chosen on, I will defeat you.   The Whispering One is a false prophet.  Sue told me some terrible things. 

Nick 

Cult of Sweep

May the Squeak be with You 

Sent from Samsung Mobile

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[Bruce Ferrie]

On 24/08/2013 13:02, Nick Julius wrote:
>
> I should inform you that as a Cultist of Sweep, the true chosen on, I
> will defeat you. The Whispering One is a false prophet. Sue told
> me some terrible things.

What's that, Sooty? If I wanted to deal with heretics, I'd be suggesting
playing one of the 40K RPGs...?

;)

Regards,

Bruce

[Ben]

Email in the forum should be fine.

[Michael Dowling]

Can you use maninblack34[removeme]36[removethis]@hotmail.com

I find gmail a pain to use

[Polar Blues]

A quick update.

We have formed a viable group. We will be playing a superhero campaign using the ICONS system starting from Monday September 9th.

I'll leave this recruitment thread open anyway as we could probably fit in one more player. 

[Adam Bushell]

Hello, I'm new to tabletop role playing. iv done a little bit of war-hammer fantasy but iv been looking for a group, i was wondering if it would be alright if i could join you guys?

could you email me back at ad_...@hotmail.co.uk please 

[Polar Blues]

Sure thing. I'll email you directly with more details.

James

On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Adam Bushell <bush...@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hello, I'm new to tabletop role playing. iv done a little bit of war-hammer fantasy but iv been looking for a group, i was wondering if it would be alright if i could join you guys?

could you email me back at ad_...@hotmail.co.uk please 

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