Hello! New to pbp and RPG

Hello!

My name is Matt. I'm 42 and never really played RPGs before. Have always been interested since I was a kid in the late 80s and early 90s, but didn't know anyone who played. The desire has never gone away, but as an adult it seems liken is even harder to get into a live group! So thats why I'm checking out this pbp thing. Seems like a good option.

So! Hoping to find some good people to play with who can hopefully be patient with an old dude looking to learn both role playing and pbp at the same time. PROBABLY looking to playe 5e since that seems to be the most prevalent and mainstream. Also i have a hard copy of the players book, etc.

Though, I am curious about OSR, since that type of play sounds fun and reminiscent of what I at least thought that ttrpg was like when I was young.

Anyhow, hello!

Welcome mattchee. D&D 5e is undoubtedly the most popular system played here. I hope you find a great game and learn to love the hobby like so many of us do.

If you don't find a game by the weekend, give me a shout and we'll figure that out together.

And shout loud, I think Qralloq has a hearing problem.

Hello and welcome to GP!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome to GP!

Hey there! Welcome!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the community, Matt!

Howdy! Welcome to the site.

Hello and welcome!

Welcome to the community, Matt!

Welcome to GP and the hobby, mattchee! Awesome that you're deciding to dive in, PbP is a fabulous way to play RPGs. If you get the itch to also try and play live / virtually (over Zoom, Discord, ROll20, etc.), speak up. There are lots of gaming communities you can connect into.

Welcome!

Welcome, Matt!

If you want to see how GP functions, here are links to the New GP Member Guide, the forum rules and this video introduction made by user Qralloq. You might also be interested in looking through some public games as well to get a feel for the site.

To join a game, keep your eyes on the Games Tavern, where GMs advertise their games and look for players.

You're also invited to join us on the Discord server for some friendly conversation, about the site, RPGs in general or anything else!

I also run a beginner's game as a quick introduction to GamersPlane and play-by-post, if you're interested.

If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to contact any of the following moderators:

bowlofspinach
CancerMan
Dramasailor
Len
Naatkinson
Qralloq
Keleth (site owner)

Happy gaming!

Howdy.

Welcome fellow rpg rookie. You're in for a treat.

Welcome to GP! I suspect you'll enjoy your time here, lots of good people :D

Welcome Aboard!

welcome

Hi Matt I fairly new to this platform as well. I am 43 and love osr I am right there with you. You probably know but many of the old books are available online and there are some really good osr clones out their Labrynith Lord and Swords & Wizardry come to mind

Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome and all of the good information!

bowlofspinach - Thanks for all the info and links, I will dig into all of that, and probably try out that beginners game!
Thanks, I definitely will!
Cool! I haven't checked out those two specifically (though I've been looking at the White Box book, which I think is based on S&W?), but I have been looking at Basic Fantasy RPG, Dungeon Crawl Classics, and OSE. OSR seems pretty streamlined and rules light, which is appealing.

Thanks, everyone!

There are a couple of "White Box" games. Both are rooted in Swords & Wizardry, and are meant to represent / model the earliest play of D&D -- "OD&D," the 1974 materials without a ton of the add-ons and articles and such that fleshed the game out in the 70s on the run up to 1979 when the various AD&D books were published.

So White Box itself is a trimmed-down version of S&W that Matt Finch put out... then there's the more polished and cleaned up version that Charlie Mason later published: White Box Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game. I dig Mason's version a lot, though I think the real OSR gems aren't retroclones, but games inspired by those early systems. IMHO, of course.

Good info! Thank you! The Charlie Mason version of WB is what I've looked at, interesting to get a perspective on that.