So, I have finally managed to get some roleplaying in again. I, my brother and a couple of friends are now getting together every Thursday evening and playing games. We’ve mostly been doing shorts and taking turns at GMing. Which ought to mean lots of opportunities to try really off-the-wall ideas and experiment with different systems. But so far it hasn’t. In fact, aside from the short of Eclipse Phase I ran a few weeks ago, it’s all been World of Darkness with regular mortal characters. Not that mortal-based WoD isn’t good stuff. But I’d like to play around with some other things, too.
All of which can only mean one thing. I need to run some more stuff, and it needs to be more varied. I’d quite like to do some more Eclipse Phase for starters. Possibly some Spirit of the Century, too, although I’m not sure that wouldn’t end up descending a little too far into silliness with this group. I’d also be keen to try some stuff using the Silhouette system and/or Mike’s stripped-down, minimalist derivative of it called Chalk Outline. Possibly something weirder. Best Friends, perhaps?
The difficulty being that I will need to spend some time during the week actually planning stuff. Which may not be all that easy, being as I’m working in the daytime now and out most evenings. I guess I’ll have to see how it goes.