Panpiper Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 We are all pretty much in isolation these days, opportunities for socializing at a minimum. The tabletop gaming group I normally play with weekly, has taken our game on line for the time being, awakening me to the relative ease and pleasure of still being able to play. We are most of us actually interacting with text even, and still it's WAY better than nothing. My regular group gave up on playing Hero sadly, because after five years of playing, half the players still didn't know what dice to roll. They were utterly uninterested in learning any rules set at all. So now we are playing D&D 5e, and they still don't know what dice to roll half the time. All that to say, I miss my old Hero. Now that I know first hand that Hero is possible, despite actual lovers of Hero being few and far away, perhaps in these days when so many of us are home, twiddling, a few of us might connect on line and rekindle old flames? I would be interested in joining any Hero System game, any setting, if anyone will have me. I actually do not have a webcam at the moment, but if that's a deal breaker, I could get one and figure it out. I am not one much for GMing. I've done it before, but it is always seat of the pants GMing, with very little preparation. I know there are people out there that actually enjoy GMing. I am not one of them. I 'am' a pretty good player though. I used to be intimately familiar with the rules. Creating characters is not a problem for me, even complex ones. That said, I tend none the less to create relatively straight forward characters. I have a personal preference for fantasy, but I am open to all genres. Anyone with an existing group willing to accept new blood? Anyone wanting to start something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Hey, Panpiper. Have you tried play-by-email (pbem) games, where everyone posts emails to the group as they go, no set gaming sessions? It has pro's and con's over regular gather round the table games. Edited April 29, 2020 by Cam Forgot to click "notify me of replies." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panpiper Posted April 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 I'm not sure I am clear on the concept of what a "pbem" game is, or how it is actually played. I suppose it could be some sort of shared story writing device, but how the heck do you roll dice, let alone adjudicate a fight? Is there an article or video somewhere I could reference that could give me more of a clue? I do role play and I can write quite well and easily, but I am more of a wargamer when I play tabletop than I am a role player. I am not sure pbem would be my cup of tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorkca Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Have you looked at Tabletop Simulator from Steam? There is a Hero Mod (Beta) that is pretty cool! Check this out! bluesguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panpiper Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Thank you for the link Amorkca. I had not seriously looked at Table Top Simulator before. I have now watched a few videos about it and am slightly less clueless. However the crucial thing is not so much knowing about any given on line tool in advance, but rather finding or putting together a group that would want to play, be it Table Top Simulator, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, or anything else. One could know about, possess and have mastered all those tools and still have no game to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Please watch the Conventions sub-forum topic: Origins Online I will be running Teen Champions games designed for newbies. I will post there about my games as soon as I submit them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 12:38 PM, Panpiper said: I'm not sure I am clear on the concept of what a "pbem" game is, or how it is actually played. I suppose it could be some sort of shared story writing device, but how the heck do you roll dice, let alone adjudicate a fight? Is there an article or video somewhere I could reference that could give me more of a clue? I do roll play and I can write quite well and easily, but I am more of a wargamer when I play tabletop than I am a role player. I am not sure pbem would be my cup of tea. Rpol has a dice roller as it is a play by post(everybody goes to the same website and posts to a common forum that the GM sets up It is free you will need to use 2nd free website like https://postimages.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmastergm Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 13 hours ago, Barton said: Please watch the Conventions sub-forum topic: Origins Online I will be running Teen Champions games designed for newbies. I will post there about my games as soon as I submit them. Cool. I think I'll do something for it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Some online Play by Post forums (like Myth-Weavers & RPoL) have built in dice rollers for their games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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