4) The old kingdom trilogy, by Garth Nix. I've read it over a lot of times, and I really like it. I want to read His Dark Materials again soon though, a trilogy I would heartily recommend if you feel like getting your heresy on. No, seriously, though, if you haven't read that one already, you must. Because it is FUCKING AWESOME. It's probably banned in america or something though. Oh and don't watch the movie, it's shite and they removed all the church/god stuff and replaced it by some sort of mysterious political organisation so as not to offend anyone xD
5) I like RPG's the MOSTEST. I am not a fan of d&d style hundreds of formula games, which is a shame because I really like dice. (Why yes. I *am* easily distracted by shiny objects). But I just hate a) the fact that mucking around with stats takes time away from actual interesting/fun story stuff, and b) the fact that you are not rewarded - or even punished- for casting magic missile at the rope holding up the giant cartwheel in the inn so that it falls on a mooks head, then rolling under a table and grabbing peoples ankles, rather than just casting magic missile at each mook 16x until the end of the conflict. I've played a lot of FATE, because it was Jans obsession for a while, and now I really like playing games where your character has attributes or whatnot that add in to a relatively simple dice mechanic. I also really like it if, like in zombie cinema, other players can add in dice to support your rolls on the basis of where they think it'd be awesome for the story to go.
I've played in one LARP and it was awesome :D
I've played a few wargames and have actually found them rather fun, but I don't generally play them simply because I'd rather be rping. I'm a bit ambivalent about boardgames. There are some I really like, but I find learning a new game frustrating sometimes (especially if it's complicated), because it irritates the fuck out of me when there's someone in the group who will constantly be like "oh you should have done this you'd have got one more point" or "why didn't you do that then you could have got this as well" because, well, you know. It makes you feel crappy, and then you have pressure to move quickly (because a fast game's a good game), AND ALSO slowly, because if you aren't maximum efficiency then someone will Point This Out and you'll be embarassed. Which there often is among boardgame lovers. It's different if you're actually stuck or whatever of course.
Werewolf itp runs in summer holidays, usually like December or January or even November and February too. But, you know, if you did come visit, we'd run werewolf specially for you anyway :P
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5) I like RPG's the MOSTEST. I am not a fan of d&d style hundreds of formula games, which is a shame because I really like dice. (Why yes. I *am* easily distracted by shiny objects). But I just hate a) the fact that mucking around with stats takes time away from actual interesting/fun story stuff, and b) the fact that you are not rewarded - or even punished- for casting magic missile at the rope holding up the giant cartwheel in the inn so that it falls on a mooks head, then rolling under a table and grabbing peoples ankles, rather than just casting magic missile at each mook 16x until the end of the conflict. I've played a lot of FATE, because it was Jans obsession for a while, and now I really like playing games where your character has attributes or whatnot that add in to a relatively simple dice mechanic. I also really like it if, like in zombie cinema, other players can add in dice to support your rolls on the basis of where they think it'd be awesome for the story to go.
I've played in one LARP and it was awesome :D
I've played a few wargames and have actually found them rather fun, but I don't generally play them simply because I'd rather be rping. I'm a bit ambivalent about boardgames. There are some I really like, but I find learning a new game frustrating sometimes (especially if it's complicated), because it irritates the fuck out of me when there's someone in the group who will constantly be like "oh you should have done this you'd have got one more point" or "why didn't you do that then you could have got this as well" because, well, you know. It makes you feel crappy, and then you have pressure to move quickly (because a fast game's a good game), AND ALSO slowly, because if you aren't maximum efficiency then someone will Point This Out and you'll be embarassed. Which there often is among boardgame lovers. It's different if you're actually stuck or whatever of course.
Werewolf itp runs in summer holidays, usually like December or January or even November and February too. But, you know, if you did come visit, we'd run werewolf specially for you anyway :P