We are a group of 30 something gamers looking for other players who lend themselves to a more method-acting style of role-playing.
we play games which blend political, romantic and action style polts and subplots and have lost some of our key players who are integral to the "feel" of this sort of game.
Recipients must be female positive and queer friendly.
Players or GM's are welcome (I would gladly hand over the majority of GMing as I need a break, since this responsibility has fallen on me so much over the years).
We are a group of 30 something gamers looking for other players who lend themselves to a more method-acting style of role-playing.
we play games which blend political, romantic and action style polts and subplots and have lost some of our key players who are integral to the "feel" of this sort of game.
Recipients must be female positive and queer friendly.
Players or GM's are welcome (I would gladly hand over the majority of GMing as I need a break, since this responsibility has fallen on me so much over the years).
I'm interested in what you mean by Method Acting. I have a suspicion my group would not really mesh well with yours since my groups game style is more akin to Dungeon Crawls. Also Mississauga has terrible connections to the heart of the city as far as I remember. Its usually faster to get to downtown Hamilton then many parts of Mississauga.
Same. Mine like outdoor adventures more, but except for rare NPC flirts, (Pcs hit on NPCs) they like to trash the woods looking for beaties and the occasional lost temple to some obsurely named god, like Elhrim or Cthuhlu or T'sog-og-og'yag'morag-ids-yangenger. Plus they love Dryads.
You from Hogtown Trapmaster?
I'm a positive female.When you say "female positive", do you mean a positive female or someone who acceptsw females for true gamers?
Recipients must be female positive and queer friendly.
Respect females as true gamers...sorry
I'm a positive female.When you say "female positive", do you mean a positive female or someone who acceptsw females for true gamers?
Recipients must be female positive and queer friendly.
Then you would be welcome!
Send me a private message.
I'm interested in what you mean by Method Acting. I have a suspicion my group would not really mesh well with yours since my groups game style is more akin to Dungeon Crawls. Also Mississauga has terrible connections to the heart of the city as far as I remember. Its usually faster to get to downtown Hamilton then many parts of Mississauga.We are a group of 30 something gamers looking for other players who lend themselves to a more method-acting style of role-playing.
we play games which blend political, romantic and action style polts and subplots and have lost some of our key players who are integral to the "feel" of this sort of game.
Recipients must be female positive and queer friendly.
Players or GM's are welcome (I would gladly hand over the majority of GMing as I need a break, since this responsibility has fallen on me so much over the years).
Yeah maybe not. Missisauga is a bit of a drag to get around in.
By "Method acting" I mean fluffier rather than crunchy (less than dogmatic adhearance to rules esp. in the face of logic). In character interactions rather than expressions of character intent. We like Dungeon crawls too but Subplots, politics and stretching ourselves throughacting out as our characters and their types etc.
Hope that helps.
I'm a positive female.When you say "female positive", do you mean a positive female or someone who acceptsw females for true gamers?
Recipients must be female positive and queer friendly.
Aerie...
my e-mail is RYoung3621@aol.com.We would really like to have more females than just me in our group, and we are looking for someone to help balance our group by helping lend some "acting" ability.
Anyways we need one or two more players so just yourself would be fine but if you know anyone else that's kosher.
....and your positiveness in inconsequencial to us.
Oh and if you have GMing experience even better!
E-mail me/Message me
Same. Mine like outdoor adventures more, but except for rare NPC flirts, (Pcs hit on NPCs) they like to trash the woods looking for beaties and the occasional lost temple to some obsurely named god, like Elhrim or Cthuhlu or T'sog-og-og'yag'morag-ids-yangenger. Plus they love Dryads.
Who is this masked man? Where are you from Trapmaster? Too bad we don't have similar groups/intents to game together I've read your posts and they are insightful and interesting.
Oh well. Mybe we'll meet at a Con or something.
Yeah maybe not. Missisauga is a bit of a drag to get around in.By "Method acting" I mean fluffier rather than crunchy (less than dogmatic adhearance to rules esp. in the face of logic). In character interactions rather than expressions of character intent. We like Dungeon crawls too but Subplots, politics and stretching ourselves throughacting out as our characters and their types etc.
Hope that helps.
Well you sure make it sound pretty positive. Still Mississauga is a major drag to move through and your looking for a few players not an entire group. Good luck to you and if you or one of your players ever gets sucked into the city core on a permanent basis and are looking for a group have them look me up. They could always sit in on a few sessions. If they like what they see great. If not, well no harm done.
Idaho, Sprite. You a male or female? I'm a bit confused.Same. Mine like outdoor adventures more, but except for rare NPC flirts, (Pcs hit on NPCs) they like to trash the woods looking for beaties and the occasional lost temple to some obsurely named god, like Elhrim or Cthuhlu or T'sog-og-og'yag'morag-ids-yangenger. Plus they love Dryads.Who is this masked man? Where are you from Trapmaster? Too bad we don't have similar groups/intents to game together I've read your posts and they are insightful and interesting.
Oh well. Mybe we'll meet at a Con or something.
Female
So, eh . . . what is this all about anyway? Why such difficult to meet criteria for your gaming group?
I do't think it's "diffcult criteria"!!
1) You respect womyn....believe it or not that is rare. Many gamers are of the "You can;t have a good idea you're a girl!" attitude. They also love to engage in childish sexist and anti-feminist attitudes towards womyn.
2)Queer positive because almost all our players are and many games deal with adult themes (since we are all over 30). If people are homophobic or uncomfortable with these occasional themes then my group will not have fun, and it will become a less socially driven game (which we do not want).
3) Have some ability to play in character....because it helps set the tone and helps define the flavour of the game. Also many of our current gamers bring a crunchness to the game which many of us wish could be toned down. I have found in the past the players with the "method acting" (see earlier issues of Dragon mag for descriptions of various playing styles) approach necessary in a group to balance out perspectives and encourage good role-playing all around.
I find finding and meeting plyers who are eager to join our games are aplenty. Good players are harder to find...and I hope they feel that way about other players and groups. So I have posted here to find them.
Rainbowspryte/Rachel
I do't think it's "diffcult criteria"!!
Well the end of your post seems to indicate otherwise.
1) You respect womyn....believe it or not that is rare. Many gamers are of the "You can;t have a good idea you're a girl!" attitude. They also love to engage in childish sexist and anti-feminist attitudes towards womyn.
Fine - obvously a good game is one in which one can say a good time was had by all. Plus this really does not work if the DM is female and some of the players can't respect her descisions. DMs word has to be law and the players have to respect the DM or the game falls apart in short order.
2)Queer positive because almost all our players are and many games deal with adult themes (since we are all over 30). If people are homophobic or uncomfortable with these occasional themes then my group will not have fun, and it will become a less socially driven game (which we do not want).
I'm definitly on board here as well. Homophobes and racists would not be welcome at my table either.
3) Have some ability to play in character....because it helps set the tone and helps define the flavour of the game. Also many of our current gamers bring a crunchness to the game which many of us wish could be toned down. I have found in the past the players with the "method acting" (see earlier issues of Dragon mag for descriptions of various playing styles) approach necessary in a group to balance out perspectives and encourage good role-playing all around.I find finding and meeting plyers who are eager to join our games are aplenty. Good players are harder to find...and I hope they feel that way about other players and groups. So I have posted here to find them.
Rainbowspryte/Rachel
The last two paragraphs though seem to be where the difficult criteria are. Maybe I'm just overanamoured with the rules. My preference is simply to change them and note the changes down in a running house rules addendum.
You also seem to have lots of potential players but can't find ones suited to your group. No luck in taking in some younger players and trying to remold them into your style of play?
It does seem like the criteria could be difficult for some, but I believe I match well enough. So...when are you all moving to central South Carolina so I can join?
<<My preference is simply to change them and note the changes down in a...>>
Of course I myself keep a consistent log of changes and house rules...
Has anyone read the article in Dragon 284 I suggested. Heres the "mothod actor" quote.
" A Player more concerned with the emotional reality of her character than with a victory or defeat is probably a method actor. She likes to interact with other PC's in character and to meet and greet your NPC's. She enjoys situations that illuminate her PC's personality"....
Now many players I know do not play that way. I do and I have known players in the past who have...my point is I run a fairly long-term series of character driven campaigns so I would like to have serious PC interaction (as I have in the past) recur again in my current game and so that is one reason I'm here, to recreate that kind of campaign that I've had one or two times over the period of a few years.
I feel I have the luxury of being specific because I do plan these things out in advance.
One of these great campaigns lasted for about four years continuously and involved some of the best role-playng we had each ever done.
The last great campaign I ran was the "Coin of Power" series of modules in Kalamar. Everyone had a phenomonal time and we talk alot about a group that great.
After 18 years of playing, I have found players are the key!
Rachel/Rainbowspryte
<<My preference is simply to change them and note the changes down in a...>>
Of course I myself keep a consistent log of changes and house rules...
Has anyone read the article in Dragon 284 I suggested. Heres the "mothod actor" quote.
" A Player more concerned with the emotional reality of her character than with a victory or defeat is probably a method actor. She likes to interact with other PC's in character and to meet and greet your NPC's. She enjoys situations that illuminate her PC's personality"....Now many players I know do not play that way. I do and I have known players in the past who have...my point is I run a fairly long-term series of character driven campaigns so I would like to have serious PC interaction (as I have in the past) recur again in my current game and so that is one reason I'm here, to recreate that kind of campaign that I've had one or two times over the period of a few years.
I feel I have the luxury of being specific because I do plan these things out in advance.
One of these great campaigns lasted for about four years continuously and involved some of the best role-playng we had each ever done.
The last great campaign I ran was the "Coin of Power" series of modules in Kalamar. Everyone had a phenomonal time and we talk alot about a group that great.
After 18 years of playing, I have found players are the key!
Rachel/Rainbowspryte
Sort of why I was thinking of taking either a younger player or maybe even a neophyte under your wing. A character driven campaign is not much of a tactical war game on the style that a lot of more veteran players might be used to in 3.5. A neophyte has nothing to unlearn and it probably won't take him/her to long to figure out that she gets to be the star. The actual acting is more difficult as most of us have to work to get over our fears of acting out in front of a group. Takes me three or so sessions to really toss my compunctions totally aside if I have not DMed in more then 6 months and I have a lot of years at this.
Anyway I guess my point is that you could well have as much luck outside of the standard gaming community as you have in it.
Especially with Dungeon in 3.5. These are not really that well suited to a heroic style game - to much chance of killing off the main characters, and having the princes fiancée slaughtered by the pendulum trap just before she confirms her suspicions about lycanthropism in the royal blood is pretty anti-climatic.
While I do qualify for all of the criteria mentioned above, I have very little time for gaming (besides the occasional weekend). However, I do have some spare time coming up by the end of July and anyone in Mississauga or TO wants to meet up for a chat or possibly even a game (albeit very short one), I would like to try that.
After all, it's just another opportunity to meet new gamers, even if you cannot get a group started. Also, we could arrange to meet again for the convention in TO at the end of August (it is always better to arrive with a group than to go alone).
Just some deep thoughts.
CB Out.
HI...I'd like to join a gaming group. I used to play sporatically as a kid. And I've suddenly decided I'd like to take it up...but on a more regular basis.
Sadly my table is full at the moment. However go post on the Toronto Canada - Need Group thread. I believe that thread looked as if it was going to congeal into one or more new groups made up of people without a group that wanted to play. There is a benifit here in that your not the odd one out and entering some one elses game. None of you have a game and you can build the group dynamic from scratch instead of having to adapt to some other groups dynamic.
I suggest that it might be neccisary to give each other emails so you can work out the nitty gritty details. Just having everyone say they would like to game on a thread does not arraneg a time and a place - and thats where most of the problems occure.
I've personally found that Tuesday nights is a pretty fine gaming night. Few commitments generally speaking on Tuesday nights.