ShelleyCM

You have a certain point Oh, I love the Zoomers! I am also terrified of them.

I like that. I'm running with that.

Nah, not much these days. My husband was running a GURPS fantasy game when the pandemic started (just family, to get the kiddo gaming) and that worked right up until he got sick last summer (that was...not fun). Since then the closest we get is watching my daughter bluff her way through Among Us. 😇 You?

I am so glad you're having fun with it! I recently dug out some of my really old gaming stuff (like...play by snail-mail?! My dude, I am *SO OLD NOW*) to show my daughter and it's really neat to have the written record!

Thank you, Chris! 😀 Aw, you! And thanks for the heads up. 😀

Hey!! I feel like a prodigal daughter! ❤️ Also, you guys are making me look cool in front of my teenager and for that you all rock! 😂 -SCM

You GUYS! Thanks, this made my day (and thanks @Sketchpadfor letting me know about the thread). If there is a thing you're looking for specifically, let me know and I can go through backups. (I'd intended to take down everything except for Red October but couldn't bring myself to do it.) -SCM

Re: Regency HERO Resources I don't think my husband would forgive me if I didn't! -Shelley

Re: Reboot HERO It seems to me that there was a Reboot HERO floated around on the 'net a very long time ago -- like ten years -- but I'll be darned if I can remember who was behind it. Jim Dickinson, maybe?

Re: Dem's the Breaks That explains it! I saw two movies during law school, and the League wasn't one of them. (And Disney? Not if I can help it.) The novel sounds fun, though. Shelley

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Re: Dem's the Breaks I have no idea who this is.... Shelley

Re: Regency HERO Resources Ack! I end up with the Smiths song in my head every time I think of that title! Shelley

Re: Dem's the Breaks When and if! As if a new law practice or pregnancy ever slowed anyone down! (OK, so I'm a year late to this thread -- it's been a busy one! And yes, I'm still chugging along.) Shelley PS: And I've got lots of fodder for "Calamitous Clients," Steve!

Re: Regency HERO playlist I just dug through my secret stash of Regencies and can't find it, which means it's probably somewhere in the garage. Mea culpa! It was a rare Regency in that it was set entirely in Ireland, featuring an Irish highwayman hero-politician and a bluestocking artist heroine. A traditional Regency romance (that's actually a term of art, as compared to a historical Regency romance) is a tame book. Usually it's a short (250ish pages) Jane Austen like comedy of manners that will end with a happily-ever-after without any sex. (There are exceptions, but that's the general rule.) They're pretty PG-13 rated. To stay safe, look for Signet/Zebra/Jove Regency titles, and go to paperback book exchanges to pick them up on the cheap. Georgette Heyer is the queen of the genre, but I also like books by Elizabeth Mansfield and Barbara Metzger. (Most of the pen names of the authors are really contrived.) A historical Regency is a long novel that usually has half-naked people on the covers. It usually features some pretty gory sex scenes (that make ME blush, and I've written sex scenes). I don't find them as entertaining as the traditional Regencies, and usually the historicals feature too much internal relationship conflict to keep my interest.

Re: Regency HERO playlist There's quite a bit that's more male-oriented. There's the Master & Commander stuff (the Jack Aubrey books), Horatio Hornblower, and the Sharpe novels, too. And you may be surprised by what you enjoy -- I loaned a pretty tame Regency romance to a male player and he later surprised me by asking for more -- to (ahem) help his "Regency dialog skills." And there's much more background than you ordinarily see in a RP book -- detailed history, social and cultural guidelines, and so forth, along with a very complete bibliography if you want to do some of your own research, too. -Shelley PS: Yay for Wikipedia!

Re: Regency HERO playlist Cool -- thanks! -Shelley

Re: Whoot! Victorian Hero Loot! One thing I've found about historical games is that they're particularly well suited to PBEM. My GURPS 1793 game (http://mactyre.net/shelley/1793/) hasn't had a face-to-face sessions in ages, largely because I've focused on Regency HERO (one player did translate his PC into HERO and continues to play him, though the others made new characters). However, if you visit the yahoo! group associated with the game, there are recent PBEM posts by people who never even played in the FTF game! I set the PBEM portion up as completely self-governing epistolary posting, and it works fabulously. -Shelley

Re: Regency HERO playlist Oh, dear. Now I've got this horrible mental image of Prinny (the very large prince regent, rather fond of large women) singing: I like large rumps I cannot lie You other lords can't deny When an heiress walks in with a rather tiny waist You get sprung, what, what... I'd better stop...I have a contract to draft and I'd hate for there to be any bleed through! -Shelley

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Re: Regency HERO playlist You're very welcome! I just wish it was more readable! -Shelley

Re: Regency HERO playlist I love the cello suites -- Bach is really too early for the period, but I started taking cello lessons about a year ago, so it's so inspiring. Really, I don't mind using "older" music because then, as now, older classical music was played along contemporary music. A composer I'm very excited about -- because I've just read his biography -- is the Chevalier de Saint-George. I've got two of his CDs on the way via Amazon, and can't wait to listen to them. He was the mulatto son of a French plantation owner (and later prominent minister) who was, for a time, the best swordsman in Europe, and became a prominent musician composer, as well. -Shelley

Re: Regency HERO playlist And now with the file! (Drum roll, please...)

I was privately asked about music recommendations for a Regency-flavored game. I thought others might be interested, so I'm posing here. There are lots of great sources of mood music -- period music, film soundtracks, and inspired-by types of music. I mix my classical music collection up to Beethoven (chronologically) in with soundtracks and country dance music. Naturally enough, I have a Regency Mood Music playlist for my iPod, and as a courtesy am attaching a text file with this message. -Shelley

Re: Whoot! Victorian Hero Loot! Hey, is that a dig? I have good reasons for taking my sweet time! -Shelley