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I'd be happy with Holy Rollers if they weren't all-Christian or weren't even mainly Christian. We have this stereotype in the United States of Protestant Christian groups becoming extremist - other groups could go down that path too. Since we're discussing Real Magic versus Game Magic anyhow, my mon...

I've only ever played 3.5 and now 4th editions, so I can't really speak to how 4e compares to the earlier stuff. But it seems less complicated and crunchy than 3.5, which is a really, really good thing as I found 3.5 ridiculously complex. I kind of don't care about the fighting-related number-y stuf...

Hey, I was a regular poster awhile ago, and I'm back...ish. I still read the comic, I just don't have time to be active on these boards. Just wanted to say that the LGBT*/geek subtext in the latest comic is really intense. Come on, rehabilitation as the ultimate goal of those who see us as evil? I'v...

Mark seems a bit oblivious. ^ well, yeah. This is why I suspect that the red stone is not really magical. Some of the people who write plotlines for games might not have much else to spend time on, and making a shiny rock doesn't seem exceptionally challenging. It also sounds like a good plan, give...

The LARP group in my area that collapsed when people went off to college used red beanbags. The mage has a certain number of beanbags at the start of the game, and when s/he casts a spell s/he yells the name of the spell and throws the bag, if it hits, the spell works. (You then have to go pick up y...

I'm thinking the zombies aren't real, but might not be a planned part of the LARP. Perhaps the LARP's world extends beyond the building...? There was an incident in my hometown where a group of teenagers who did illegal paintballing in this forest had been holding paintball wars in the same forest e...

I'm in a D&D group now that's kind of frustrating me. I started playing last winter, when it was me and Amy, Bob, Charlie, Dan, and Ed. (Not real names, evidently.) Amy and Bob are a couple, and they really enjoy roleplaying. Charlie was the DM, Dan's a young genius, and Ed's sort-of friends with Ch...

Having determined that the injured person outside has entered the Quantum Indeterminate State, from which he is likely to recover, the young woman returned to the bar and took a few tenative sips of her drink. As the talk turned to Old Ones, she opened her journal and pulled the cap off her pen. [OO...

The Jess puzzle (what she'll think when she finds out he's been secretly gaming) has two parts: how she'll react to the fact that he's spent a lot of his time lately on gaming and what she'll think about his secretiveness. My reactions to Jess are very colored by my view of my sister, who Jess remin...

The young lady goes outside to examine the injured stranger. [ooc: I've got a ton of stuff going on this week, so I'm not likely to be on much.] [If victim is bleeding profusely, she gets napkins from the bar, elevates, and applies direct pressure. If victim is not breathing or has no pulse, she doe...

I think real-life couples in gaming groups isn't necessarily a problem: what's a problem is when your characters are a couple, characters are extensively flirting (especially in a Jess-Mark-Sarah type of situation) or the characters aren't developed because the pair are too busy being a real-life co...

The girl's fingers tighten around her purse. @earlier post: "I'm studying medicine at the Ludlowe Polytechnic Institute, LPI. I've been working with one of my professors on a very complicated study, and really could use a chance to relax." @current crowd, anxiously: "There's someone unconscious outs...

Yet another customer wanders into the bar, clutching a small notebook and pen. She's around 5'9", with electric blue hair and huge, thick eyeglasses. The girl is wearing jeans and a turtleneck sweater, and her black purse bulges strangely. Hi. I haven't been here before, is this place new? she asks ...

I wish I could do this...I have a debate tournament the 8th, and I'm a team captain. I have a prior commitment to act rational and from this time period. If it were another day, I'd be up for it.

The standard finger position works really well for me, and I type like I walk - if I think about the individual motions involved (one foot in front of the other, touch this key with that finger) I can't go nearly as fast. I use the typing position they tell you in school, and like my mother I'm very...

<33333 the latest strip, especially Sarah's mediatation on reality. EDIT: (further thoughts) I dunno...I'm curious about what happened between Joel and Sarah...it seems everybody likes the idea of Sarah and Mark, but that may be a little too straightforward. Dustin doesn't like running campaigns wit...

Ah, Munchkin...it's a card game that's about as complicated as Go Fish, and can be equally fascinating and thrilling. That is, unless you get the jokes on the cards, which are all based upon other role-playing games and are freakin' awesome. It's a good game for new people, because it introduces sim...

I'm entertained, actually. I would like to see more of the games...I think character choices can be incredibly revealing. (They've worked better for me than personality test scores.) I want to know what Jess is going to play.
And I am in agreement with the rest of you on Questionable Content.

Oh, snap! This is interesting. The gamer group seems friendly (though Sarah may react a little differently from the others), as does Jess, and Mark is likely to be the one in hot water. Gamers @ Mark: You didn't tell your girlfriend about us? What, are you ashamed? You think we're icky? Jess @ Mark:...

Ooo...there's a RPG that is to KotOR as D&D is to Neverwinter? Yay! Now where would I find something like that...? I've never seen Serenity or Firefly - stop telling me how wonderful they are and tell me where they are! I'm considering ordering them both from Amazon, but I would really like to see t...