Menoetius
Lurker

Location

City:

Whitehall

State:

Pennsylvania

Zipcode:

18052

Country:

United States

Willing to Travel:

20 miles

Availability

LFG/LFP:

No

Availability (Days):

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Availability (Times):

Evenings

Desired Gaming Frequency:

Monthly - Once per month.

Gaming Preferences

Player/GM:

GM

Preferred Genres:

Dark Future, Horror, Post Apocalyptic

Favorite RPGs:

Hollow Earth Expeditions, Unknown Armies, Buffy

Preferred Playing Style:

75% Roleplaying / 25% Combat

Ideal Group Size:

Medium Groups (Between 4 and 6 players)

Online RPGs?:

No

What are you looking for?:

I'm always on the lookout for mature players who collaborate to tell a good story, rather than focus on tactics and rules minutiae. I particularly like stories that are emotionally gripping.

I run all of my games as if we were making a movie. I consider an adventure to be successful if, at the end, all of the players push back from the table and say, "Damn! I would pay to see that story in a theater!"

In the systems I run now, character failure is often more interesting than success, and the system rewards players for giving the story a greater emotional impact. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG by Eden Studios did a first-rate job of this. The games I run now are either pulp or horror, because those genres tend to produce the most visceral stories.

Someone who hates when his character fails at a task, or who considers a role-playing session to be a contest between the GM and the players, would not be a good fit in our group.

About Me

Biography:

I'm a software instructor and technical writer. I started role-playing with AD&D in 1979. I GM probably 90% of the time and play about 10%. Over time, D&D and I went separate ways -- I started focusing more on story, while subsequent versions of D&D put an increasing emphasis on tactics. Most of my players' tastes didn't change with mine, and my gaming group fell apart.

Now I run mostly at conventions. My games have been very well received. Recently, I've found a few players who like the same kinds of things I like in a role-playing session. I'm posting here to try to find additional players so I can get a new group together.