Honestly, I’ve been a bit down on tabletop RPGs lately. Just haven’t gotten many sessions in (December is never a good month for weekly games) and it’s kinda thrown me off.
Been playing a lot of video games, as usual. World of Warcraft, and somehow I got suckered back into Eve Online, plus Dragon Age, Assassin’s Creed 2, and soon Mass Effect 2; they’ve all just bit into my writing and gaming time.
And the industry isn’t really thrilling me, to be honest. After some strong hits, I haven’t gotten too excited about any of the recent Exalted releases, though I need to pick them up to round out my collection. The word is that White Wolf is refocusing on more digital products, which may be a good decision from their perspective, but makes me a sad panda. I like dead trees at my gaming table, whereas I’ve banned laptops from it in the past.
D&D 4e continues to fail to hook me, for reasons documented exhaustively elsewhere. Rogue Trader is very nifty and I’d love to do something with it. WFRP 3e has caused a truly hilarious amount of furor elsewhere on the ‘net, but I haven’t tried it yet.
Also, I’ll be moving across the country some time in the next few months, so I’m rather reluctant to invest time in building a campaign at the moment. And that has its own set of challenges.
say hi in eve sometime.