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I was watching the show King of the Nerds.

Kinda good but there are so many ideas I have that would be so much better.

A gamer and GM reality show.

Imagine a group of around 21 or so gamers all put in a house just like a normal reality show BUT the twist is they are gamers.

Each team would have six players. There would be 3 teams or more each season.

There would also be three GMs who must be impartial and have to switch parties each week. Each GM would be controlled by an XP budget.

The host (Me! me! me! I will do it!) would be lead GM. He would direct the three or more team GMs.

PATHFINDER would be the preferred system as it can do everything one needs.

The show would in a fashion of performance art show them playing the game AND the interactions between the people and the players with really detailed minis and HUGE dioramas.

OR

Have them acting out the game in real life as in Gamers the Movie

OR

Have a very cool anime telling of the game.

A combination of all three!

Everyone would start out at level 1.

ONLY if your character died would you have to leave the show.

A very somber RP IC funeral would occur each time.

In a shared setting the GMs and parties could compete against each other.

Players would be allowed to betray their party and join another.

The winning GM would win a prize as well as the team AND the player with the most XP.

Each GM would have an XP budget so no none could cheat.

The interactions between the players, the story in the game, the competition itself would be a very interesting show to watch in my mind.

There could be times where the parties could come together and character death would be a real issue.

This show would cost very little to produce.

The GMs and the players would love to play in something like this.

It would be a very positive light on Tabletop RPGs.

What do you think?

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I would love to see a show like this but I would really love to HOST a show like this.

I would not worry too much about the build. I would make sure my fighter is a part of a good story and the mechanics would be secondary.

Make your character and have fun.

Here was my stab at mixing the OSR with modern rules.

Book 1 PC Guide
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzYaSvmA-OpUUmU0Ym4tbS0zZVE

Book 2 Spells
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzYaSvmA-OpUV3hJRVU3Q012N3M

Book 3 Monsters
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzYaSvmA-OpUX2p1d24xMUJKRGs

Book 4 GM Guide
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzYaSvmA-OpUYTA2LURxck5TMkk

Book 5 PC Guide 2 Additional Races and Classes
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzYaSvmA-OpUdWh3RGtjYzJFdEU

Character Sheet
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzYaSvmA-OpUOFdrYzF5dERkNjg

SO print these out in booklet form and fold them over and read them.

If you decide to play it then let me know how you enjoyed it.

BTW it's free to download and print out for personal use.

Back in the day 3d6 in order was the order.

Throwing a toddler temper tantrum? Geez some gamers need to get a life. The Game Master is the boss of the table as that is rule 0 as set down by the Old School Masters back long ago! GO FORTH FROM MY TABLE IN SHAME FOR YE ARE NOT WELCOME! HA HA!

I figure most players have never really played the deadly low stat, low hit point, save or die world of old school gaming. It's amazing how well we did with all those disadvantages. It's just more exciting for me because despite low stats I almost always survived! YEAH!

I always imagined the jocks and bullies were the monsters and villains I was fighting and I was kicking their @$$!

I took what the dice gave me and I had fun. It was fun NOT having the most heroic character though sometimes I DID roll a good one I always preferred the underdog character.

Why?

Every game was a challenge and an adventure. Eery time we played and old school roll 3d6 in order type of game it was hell to survive bit most of us did. It was hard to level up as well as many of us played throughout high school and only went up to 6th level.

A score of 18 meant something! Now it's just another score in an unending line of progression.

The DM was a fantastic story teller as well and we had the best of times. I can't say I have experienced any of the old school vibe in any of the new games as you can die but it's really hard too.

In the 3d6 in olden era of gaming 0 HPs was dead as there was no negative HPs and troll like healing BUT it also took five minutes to roll a character.

Point buying is okay but it always makes boring cookie cutter characters every time.

Actually there is an RPG on LULU called 3d6 in order! Look it up!
http://www.lulu.com/shop/richard-tongue/3d6-in-order/paperback/product-1895 4562.html

Heh! Looks cool!

P.S. Honestly a negative Int in PFRPG/3.5 is a disadvantage of epic proportions that will handicap a character permanently and Int should not be the only source of skill points.