May 19, 2015 4:21 pm
Hello, I'm James. I go by the nick of harlandski, which is my surname with a Slavic-sounding ending added - long story.
I started playing rpgs when I was 12 and AD&D 2e had just come out. A bigger boy (aged 13) pushed the DMG into my hands with the words "Read this - you're the DM", and I've never looked back. In fact I'm still in one AD&D game, over Skype with people in disparate time zones if/when it's possible to get everyone together, ie once every six months or so, you get the picture...
These day I play either Savage Worlds (Runepunk) or Fate Accelerated Edition on fortnightly basis face-to-face, which is great though it's hard to wait two weeks for the next fix. I've also been experimenting with using rpgs in my English-as-a-foreign-language classes, which has been fun and possibly even useful for the students' English. I've also been DMing D&D 5e as a club for my students on a weekly basis, which was great, but it's the long summer vacation has started, and I'm looking for something to fill the gap...
Enter Gamers Plane! I found out about you via Twitter, and came here hoping to try out The Strange. Alas I was too late to get onto the current game, but would love to try out The Strange or Numenera, as I like the simplicity and player-centredness of the Cypher system and the settings are mind-blowing. I've never played by post before, and to be honest when I tried to get into it about three or four years ago I found the sites offering it too confusing. But on the Gamers Plane I get it, so here I am!
I started playing rpgs when I was 12 and AD&D 2e had just come out. A bigger boy (aged 13) pushed the DMG into my hands with the words "Read this - you're the DM", and I've never looked back. In fact I'm still in one AD&D game, over Skype with people in disparate time zones if/when it's possible to get everyone together, ie once every six months or so, you get the picture...
These day I play either Savage Worlds (Runepunk) or Fate Accelerated Edition on fortnightly basis face-to-face, which is great though it's hard to wait two weeks for the next fix. I've also been experimenting with using rpgs in my English-as-a-foreign-language classes, which has been fun and possibly even useful for the students' English. I've also been DMing D&D 5e as a club for my students on a weekly basis, which was great, but it's the long summer vacation has started, and I'm looking for something to fill the gap...
Enter Gamers Plane! I found out about you via Twitter, and came here hoping to try out The Strange. Alas I was too late to get onto the current game, but would love to try out The Strange or Numenera, as I like the simplicity and player-centredness of the Cypher system and the settings are mind-blowing. I've never played by post before, and to be honest when I tried to get into it about three or four years ago I found the sites offering it too confusing. But on the Gamers Plane I get it, so here I am!
