I am a huge fan of tabletop rpgs, especially of the indie variety (PBTA et al.). I think it's one of the highest forms of gaming since it is so responsive to a particular group of people and the stories they want to tell, which creates a lot of potential for cool leftist gaming experiences and stories. However, I haven't been able to find time to run a game for a few years (and I struggle playing solo rpgs since it's basically just creative writing) so I wanted to hear from chapos that are (or have been) in a campaign so I can live vicariously through you.
What game are you playing? What's your character (or favourite NPC) like? Any highlights from your campaign? Are you living out a revolutionary power fantasy or playing a chill "beer and pretzels" type game?
My current campaign is on hiatus but is currently my own personal favorite of all that I’ve played over the years.
Our last campaign was a lot of combat, violence and apocalypse. It was genrally tiring but fun and epic.
This latest one, though, we ran five sessions straight of pure roleplaying, drama and laughs. The complete opposite of everything we’ve ever done. Everyone turned to playing something completely different in terms of class and personality. We play off the tangent and opposite relationships so well. I’ve never played a campaign like this and I’m itching for the day we run into danger because a loss would be utterly brutal.
I’m currently playing a bard for the first time but I’m leaning more toward a scholarly bard with music as a secondary. He is currently running a paper with a magical printing press where I channel absurd conspiracy theory bullshit to sell to people as entertainment. My GM has loved all my blurbs and articles that I wrote up and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before a Gorilla Samurai NPC of some sort will show up lmao.
I didn’t really tell much about the story or campaign setting, I know, but I just wanted to share just how much I love playing in such a roleplay centric campaign.
I love roleplay-centric gamplay. I feel like videogames have really satisfied people's cravings for complex, crunchy fantasy battles so I think roleplay is really where contemporary rpgs shine. Sounds like a fun campaign that'll definitely get better as soon as those beloved characters are put into some danger :sicko-yes: