For a while, and for reasons I can’t possibly explain, I’ve been playing D&D Tiny Adventures on Facebook. And when I say ‘playing’ I mean I log in occasionally and click some buttons to send my character on another quest which, an hour later, will be finished and awaiting my further intervention.
Guild Wars it ain’t.
Initially, it was a fun wee distraction, as is much of Facebook, but role-playing games are better than that generally. Here’s what I’m playing at the mo.
- Guild Wars – I’ve logged in once in the last month! Ruthy and I started some new characters ages ago and they sat dormant for months. I may play again within the next 30 days. Oh, will the excitement ever stop?
- A Play By E-Mail session – Exactly what it says. First time I’ve ever done it and it’s fun. But because it’s intermittent it can be a bit confusing to what’s going on.
- Progress Quest – Better in many ways to D&D Tiny Adventures, after ‘Character Creation’ you have no input at all. As long as the software runs, your character will quest away to his heart’s content.
I have been reading though the old Red Box edition of Basic D&D, with the idea of running a Pen & Paper session. It’s been a while since I’ve been involved in a game, either playing or GM-ing, and nothing really beats the experience. Must try and rustle something up.
Oh, before I forget, try this one out. It’s the Linear RPG. Nice bit of fun.
- Alistair
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