My RPG History

I started with AD&D2e and Palladium's TMNT in the late 90s, and have moved through 3.5 to 4e (both of which I considered to be improvements over their predecessors), with brief detours in Kobolds Ate My Baby, Big Eyes Small Mouth, the old d6 Star Wars, d20 Modern, and 4e Amethyst. While I haven't played much of it (only some generic/Hunter nWoD), I've read up on most of White Wolf's stuff (oWoD & nWoD, Scion, Exalted) because I like parts of their systems and love their fluff (especially Exalted & oWoD). I DM from time to time but prefer to be a player.

Current Games

My main group recently built our own system, a blend of 4e combat, the FORGE system from Iconoclast for skills, and GURPS advantages, because we want something in between 4e and 3.5 and we all agree that DnD Next looks like it's going to be terrible (you can tell Mearls just doesn't understand why anyone might want a playstyle other than his own; polling has let him know that many people don't like what he likes, but he has no clue why, or how to appeal to those people). We made our own setting using Dawn of Worlds (warning, PDF!). When we're short on people or time we sometimes just play Roll for Shoes.

A second group is doing nWoD Hunter, with the possibility of shifting to some other branch (probably Changeling or Geist) once people are a little more familiar with the system and the GM has some more ideas. When we don't have time to play a full session or are missing people, we play Microscope instead.

I'd like to try 13th Age & Dresden Files.

Current Distractions

Currently Reading: Hugh Howey's Wool

Currently Playing: Warframe, Mark of the Ninja, Penny Arcade: On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness 3, Penny Arcade: Gamers vs. Evil (on iOS)

Currently Programming In: Ruby on Rails

(updated May 22, 2013)