TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 31, our question is what is your favorite RPG of all time?

Aser – The game I seem to end up talking about most with people is Call of Cthulhu. It’s such an enduring game that doesn’t seem to have changed all that much over the years: though I guess that’s about to change. Like I said earlier, the way in which it handles skill progression is really neat and so many great settings have been created for it.

John – If I could only play one game for the rest of my life, prob Call of Cthulhu, I think because of my love for the source material, solid system, and I have read and reread 4th ed. since. high school, and because it’s timeless. We strive to ‘cram Cthulhu’ into everything… Roll SAN!

Landan – Currently Pathfinder but that could change at some point.

Megan – Numenera!

Shaunna – I don’t think I can pick just one at this point!

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 30, our question is what is the rarest RPG you own?

Aser – No rare games to speak of: everything’s electronic.

John – Spooks! Welcome to the Great Beyond… Just came out in print and I backed Kickstarter. Huge gorgeous book where you are undead in the afterlife, can be silly, fantasy, or horror genre (they are Lovecraft fans…)
Hopefully we will try a game on the podcast?

Landan – I don’t think I own any rare books except may the Saga Ed. Star Wars books.

Megan – Does Paranoia count? I have the PDFs.

Shaunna – Eh? Well, my boyfriend owns a ton of RPGs…so…I guess I’ll post a picture of his library and just let that be my answer for this one. Although I HAVEN’T gotten my hands on the original Deities & Demigods yet, and have been trying for two Christmases….

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 29, our question is what your most memorable encounter?

Aser – My favorite encounter has to have been during the second session of Redacted Files. Lieutenant Prescott and Tech Sergeant Carpenter had forged a good working relationship and set aside their mutual suspicion in order to figure out what was going on at Platte AFB, then John and I both failed will saves and the next thing we knew we’re on the verge of violence in the confines of a pickup truck’s cab. Luckily someone else on the base failed their will save and created a more pressing threat for both PCs to focus on.

John – so many good memories, but probably in my first game (D&D) when I was 7 and my older stepbrother and I played brother orcs in a game DMed by the oldest of my three brothers… Mark thought he could tackle a giant spider but failed his save and was rounds from death when I fed him a healing potion and killed the spider with one swing of my broadsword. I never forgot that day; I rubbed it his face, and it started me on the path to rpg nerddom. For 30 years I have more or less been a roleplayer!

Landan – I have several and it would be lengthy to post here. I will try and write them on my blog at some point soon. If you’re interested it’s going to be at http://solemnlyrian.wordpress.com/

Megan – My party was defending a fort in Only War, and a bunch of Orks attacked. My psyker took about 35 points of damage to the head in one round from suppressive fire, and I had to burn my only fate point to save her. She came out of it with terrible facial scarring and it dropped her fellowship down to a dismal 11. While she was recovering in the hospital, two other PCs decided to give her a poisoned cake because, well, psyker. She made it through however…

Shaunna – Those weird statues in our Numenera game. We STILL don’t know why they were there, where they came from, or basically anything about them.

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 28, our question is what is the scariest game you’ve played?

Aser – All of the games I’ve played have been pretty tame thus far.

John – CHILL, I think a starter scene from the early 1990s or late 80s box set

Landan – I can’t say I have ever played an RPG that was scary my brain tends to have a big disconnect when I play. So even when a setting or a theme may be creepy or scary it’s too difficult for me to pretend being terrified when I am in a well lit room with dice, snacks, and other people around.

Megan – I’ve never played a game that scared me…I hope one day to correct that

Shaunna – Just got out of a creepy encounter with a powerful Duke who seemed very devious…but then he wasn’t

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 27, our question is what is a game you’d like to see a new/improved edition of?

Aser – I’d like to see someone release a new Star Trek RPG, mostly because there isn’t a legally available electronic version of the last one as far as I know.

John – I don’t know, Delta Green maybe? It’s on the way…!

Landan – I may look into 5E Dungeons & Dragons since it seems from what I have heard they went back to more of a 3.0 type system

Megan – Warhammer. I don’t really like the percentile system, especially in relation to WH40k.

Shaunna – Here’s my own category for this one: Fiasco playset I’d most like to try: The Beast at Sucker Creek

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 26, our question is what is the coolest character sheet?

Aser – I never get to use character sheets, sort of disappointing. My characters exist as just Word documents with lists of stats and characteristics.

John – Numenera

Landan – I think the Hero Lab program by Lone Wolf is amazing although it is not free. http://www.wolflair.com/index.php?context=hero_lab

Megan – Have you seen the Numenera character sheet? It’s like a work of art.

Shaunna – any character sheet in PDF form that does number crunching for me…

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 25, our question is what is your favorite RPG no one else wants to play?

Aser – I want to play anything and everything it seems. I want to play Spycraft and Delta Green, but they’re a little too close to things we’re already doing for the podcast and I can’t seem to get a gaming group together outside of that.

John – hmm dunno. Used to be Call of Cthulhu; maybe now Mechamorphosis, a Trans-Formers knockoff, I don’t know if we will ever play it

Landan – Star Wars: Edge of Empire fits this I believe

Megan – I’ve been trying to get a Dark Heresy campaign off the ground since February, but no biters. Maybe you want to play? Let me know…

Shaunna – Making up my own category for this day: favorite character I’ve played: Elodie, my Pathfinder druid. She heals, she sets stuff on fire, and she can transform into a strong beast. Her Wis modifier is currently a beastly +8. I lurve her.

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 24, our question is what is the most complicated RPG you own?

Aser – Most complicated would probably be Eclipse Phase: no, definitely Eclipse Phase.I like the nuance and detail, but it scares me sometimes.

John – Rolemaster! I fucking hated that game… Critical hit table rocks

Landan – Not sure

Megan – Maybe Eclipse Phase?

Shaunna – Pathfinder, and even though I know it’s not the most complicated game out there, it’s about as complicated as I want to get. The more I have to crunch numbers, the more I’m getting bored and losing interest.

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TRF is taking part in #RPGaDay! We’ll answer each question as a group, and would love to hear your responses as well, here or on Twitter.

For August 23, our question is what is the coolest looking RPG product / book?

Aser – Coolest looking…? Pass. 😛

John – d20 Call of Cthulhu core

Landan – Inner Sea Gods for Pathfinder

Megan – I really really love the look of the Fiasco book. The fonts and general design are amazing.

Shaunna – Numenera is a pretty cool looking book, but it’s orange, which is my least favorite color…so possibly my Pathfinder Core Rulebook? I have big hopes for the new D&D books though, because I’ve heard good things about them! I love the dice in the 5e starter set…

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