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A Quick Roundup

05 Wednesday Jul 2017

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Hello everyone,

As far as I know, these are the games that are on offer for the Summer quarter, or have already started (as is the case with Cy’s game):

Cy is running his ongoing World of Samsara game and has a full complement of players.

Nathan is offering Mutant City Blues (see the previous post), but I don’t know yet if he’s signed up any players.

Snowy is running a superheroes game (see his recent post) and has at least two players thus far.

I’m running ‘At Rapier’s Point’, which is a game of swashbuckling adventure set in 17th century Europe. I have space for one more player. Reply to this post if you are interested in playing. Note that my game won’t start until Thursday, 13th July.

If one or both of Snowy and Nathan’s games don’t generate sufficient interest, then new games will need to be offered up.

Cheers.

Matt

 

Hints and Tips for New Referees

08 Saturday Apr 2017

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Hello everyone,

Tim’s posted on the Harrogate Roleplayers Facebook page, asking for any sources of information on how to be a good DM / referee. If anyone has any links, please post them either here, or on the Facebook page.

I also thought it would be useful to compile a list of hints and tips that might be useful for everyone, not just new and novice referees. So, with that in mind, if you have any hints and tips on being a referee, comment on this post. I’ll get the ball rolling by repeating here what I posted in my reply to Tim:

Never railroad your players. What I mean by that is: never force them to do something that they don’t want to do, or make them feel as though their choices in the game don’t matter.

Cheers,

Matt

 

Games for the Spring Quarter

20 Monday Mar 2017

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Hello everyone,

It’s time to get new games and groups organised for the April to June quarter. As usual, if anyone has a game or games that they would like to run, please post a comment below this post briefly describing what you’re offering.

The basic information you should include:

  • Name of the RPG (if it’s a published one)
  • The system
  • The setting
  • The type of adventure (or the actual adventure) you want to run
  • Minimum / maximum number of players

Let me know separately if you’re offering to be a reserve GM.

The cutoff will be Thursday, 30th March, after which I will collect players’ preferences using Survey Monkey.

Cheers,

Matt

This Quarter’s Games

08 Sunday Jan 2017

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Hello everyone,

Just to confirm that the games running this quarter are:

  1. Snowy’s Drow Pathfinder campaign (4 players currently)
  2. Scott’s Unusual Affairs Management Agency game (4 players currently)
  3. Theo’s Italian Renaissance-inspired fantasy playtest game (3 players currently)
  4. Rob’s Imperium in ruin Traveller game (3 players currently)

Snowy’s game can accommodate six players; Scott and Rob’s games 5; and Theo’s game 4; so there are still plenty of spots available.

In addition, Chris Dawson has a game he is keen to run (see below). If you are interested, let either myself or Chris know.

“The game is kind of a rules light RPG where you play as a Professional Wrestler. You pick a gimmick, make a PC, and then work to try and put on the best and most entertaining matches you can. You don’t compete to win, but more to tell the best story and have the best match you can. Do you have what it takes to make it to the top of the British Wrestling Alliance? Will you have the audience cheering your name, or drowning you out in boos? Can the person behind the wrestler deal with the backstage politics of the wrestling world?

No wrestling knowledge needed. The game is designed for both fans of wrestling, and fans of role-playing. Only thing required is 2d6.”

Cheers,

Matt

Games for the Winter Quarter

10 Saturday Dec 2016

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Hello everyone,

It’s time to get new games and groups organised for the January to March quarter. As usual, if anyone has a game or games that they would like to run, please post a comment below this post briefly describing what you’re offering.

The basic information you should include:

  • Name of the RPG (if it’s a published one)
  • The system
  • The setting
  • The type of adventure (or the actual adventure) you want to run
  • Minimum / maximum number of players

Note: Snowy’s already posted what he would like to run in the entry below this one (https://harrogateroleplayers.wordpress.com/2016/10/27/my-offers-and-ideas-for-the-next-quarters/)

Let me know separately if you’re offering to be a reserve GM.

The cutoff will be Thursday, 22nd December, after which I will collect players’ preferences using Survey Monkey.

Cheers,

Matt

Games for the Autumn Quarter

17 Saturday Sep 2016

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Hello everyone,

It’s that time of the quarter again when we need to get new games and groups organised for the next three months. As usual, if anyone has a game or games that they would like to run or are willing to run, please post a comment below this post briefly describing what you’re offering.

The basic information you should include:

  • Name of the RPG (if it’s a published one)
  • The system
  • The setting
  • The type of adventure (or the actual adventure) you want to run
  • Minimum / maximum number of players

Let me know separately if you’re offering to be a reserve GM.

The cutoff will be Thursday, 22nd September, after which I will collect players’ preferences using Survey Monkey.

Cheers,

Matt

 

Games for the Summer Quarter

31 Tuesday May 2016

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Hello everyone,

It’s getting close to the end of the current quarter and time to start thinking about what we’re going to be running / playing during the upcoming three months. At the moment I have the following information. Some of it may be rumour and hearsay, so please correct me if it’s wrong.

  • Cy wants to continue with his game from the Winter quarter, with at least some of the same players.
  • Snowy would like to run Exalted
  • Nathan R may be running Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) My mistake: Nathan won’t be running L5R. As a result, we need another game.
  • John would like to run a part historical, part mythical game set in Saxon England.
  • Chris C is offering a Pathfinder (D20) game (see his comment below this post).

If anyone else has a game that they would like to run, please let me know and I will add it to the list. The cutoff will be Wednesday, 15th June, after which I will collect everyones preferences using Survey Monkey.

Cheers,

Matt

New Games for the Spring Quarter (2016)

03 Thursday Mar 2016

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Hello everyone,

As per my announcement last week, could anyone wishing to run a game in the Spring quarter (April – June), please add a comment to this post with a brief synopsis of the game you’d like to run. The basic information you should include:

  • Name of the RPG (if it’s a published one)
  • The system
  • The setting
  • The type of adventure (or the actual adventure) you want to run
  • Minimum / maximum number of players

Let me know separately if you’re offering to be a reserve.

Again, I think we have enough players to have four games running, although one of these will be a closed game.

Thanks,

Matt

Games on Offer Survey

16 Wednesday Dec 2015

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Hello everyone,

The survey regarding the games on offer for the Winter Quarter 2016 has been available for a few days now and the majority of you have completed it.

If any of you haven’t yet received the survey invitation email, please let me know via email and I will sort it out.

Thanks to you all for your help with this test. Fingers crossed it seems to be working okay so far!

Have a great Christmas and New Year.

Cheers,

Matt