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I should have realised that RPG-a-Day would be in August, and yet I only discovered yesterday that it was once again going on! Instead of spamming you with an entry every day (does anybody even read them?) I’ll do chunks of them, probably mostly in the weekend. If you wanna participate too (apparently it’s the tenth iteration!) you can find the originating entry here.

1) FIRST RPG played (this year)

Looking back in my agenda, it was probably Vaessen, on the evening of January 4th. A few people from the now-defunct game club in the city have decided to keep on organising the ‘change roleplaying cycle’: GMs can offer a single-scenario game, and players can join. It’s a great way to play a wide variety of games. We played a published scenario, and it was a lot of fun with that group, but we did need a bit of hand-holding to bring it all to a close.

If you like Call of Cthulhu but wished it was less mythos and more folklore, then Vaessen is for you. I’m not a fan of CoC, so this didn’t make me run out to buy the game.

2) First RPG GAMEMASTER

This year, or ever? If ever, then I wrote about that last year. But if this year, then it was probably The One Ring. I’m still running a group of former colleagues through the Tales from Wilderland scenario collection. The going is slow, but we’ll get there in the end.

3) First RPG BOUGHT (this year)

Looking through my library, that might actually have been the Hillfolk bundle from the Bundle of Holding? Or maybe I had bought it before, but I downloaded it all mid-April, so…

4) Most RECENT game bought

That would be the Root RPG bundle from, again, the Bundle of Holding. I have GM’ed a Root RPG quickstart, and I was impressed with how tight the setting was presented — but I was not interested in paying full price for the RPG itself. So when it rolled onto the BoH, it was not a hard decision to get into it. I’ve been reading the books, and it’s a nice system, but I miss concrete advice on how to construct a clearing. Also, the setting is very bleak. Not sure I will ever get to bring this to the table.

5) OLDEST game you’ve played

Probably Rolemaster, which came out in 1980? Or, if we’re only talking about this year, then it’s Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. I’m playing in a three-session Ravenloft scenario. AD&D is such a mess, I don’t understand why people miss the good ole days of THAC0.

6) Favourite game you NEVER get to play

Amber. Nobilis.

Crossposted from my blog. Comment here or at the original post.