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Leaving the DM screen!
I played AD&D back in the 80s, but after I DMed in college I never got to play again. I currently DM for a couple of kid groups -- I am a literature teacher and I use RPGs to teach storytelling, character, symbolism, plot, and just to get the kids' writing unleashed. I also have a couple of adult campaigns in various stages of progress, but I'm looking for an opportunity to play again! I love text-based gaming, and was a very enthusiastic player of text-based RPGs (MUDs etc) twenty or so years ago! Hoping that PBP will be my answer. Cheers, LC |
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I love you already, as someone who went to school to teach (and did a project using music to teach english). Welcome from someone else new to the site~
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Welcome to the club chummer!
It's great to see you sharing your passions with the next generation. What game do you guys play? I've had a lot of luck with No Thank you Evil, a derivative of the Cypher system, that a has complexity level directly tied to the players' ages. It's nice because it's rules-light, but still enough crunch to work on some basic math skills as well. Feel free to invite your adult campaign friends here too. The more the merrier! Any good stories to share from your time with AD&D or your MUDs? Newbies always have the best stories. Let us know idf there is anything we can do to help you settle in!
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welcome!
if you love text based gaming, you are in the right spot!!! Cool idea you have, to use RPG's to teach. I wrote a paper in my High School English class about expanding your vocabulary through comics, and surprised my English teacher. I think it's cool when teachers think outside the (school) box, and find fun ways to get lessons learned! Happy gaming!
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Goodmorning lostcheerio,
- that's a sad username, hehehehe - Looking at your profile image I assume you must own/love/play the boardgame Wingspan a lot? (if not, I can really recommend it ;-). Really love the fact you are teaching kids D&D, I believe that it can be so powerful to use fantasy and writing in a very cool adventure guided by a teacher so thank you for that. Have you been checking the site yet and found a game you would like to make an application/character for? What are you going to make? (race and class). Almost forgot again, welcome over here :-)
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Welcome, lostcheerio, I too am newly signed up here. Like you I began playing DnD in the 80's in high school. Might have actually started in 78 or 79. Our DM was our music teacher. You had to fight the dungeon as much as any creatures. He was a great DM. I am still looking around at the general posts here but will likely be trying out a game soon.
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Welcome!
I wish I had teachers who taught writing using RPGs. I thought I hated writing until I was an adult and got into doing it for myself rather than for strict academic prompts. Now I love it, but I wish I had found an interest in it (and rpgs) a lot younger. I'm sure you'll find what you are looking for here! Hope to see you around. |
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Cheers, LC:
We're in a very similar position! I've been stuck behind the DM screen ever since I filled in for a friend back in college, and I haven't been able to escape. I'm so desperate just to be a player, for once. I also happen to DM for kids groups, and I used to be a high school ELA teacher many moons ago. I'm teaching at university now, in a completely different subject, but I loved my time as a lit teacher. Using RPGs is a great way to stir creativity and reinforce important skills. I hope you find what you need!
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Hi LC,
Sounds like you've got a bunch of experience. Awesome to see that so many of you are teachers and take the time to spread the positive experience you've had with DnD or other d20 based games to new generations or as a teaching tool to get students engaged in learning. Hope the site provides you and me (new member too ) with some fun stories and interesting plot twists! Have a good one! |
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Most of what I remember from AD&D involves pencils and graph paper and a lot of numbers! You'd move, map your squares, check for traps, move, map your squares, check for traps, heh. In terms of MUDs, I played on ROM based games a lot, like Carrion Fields and Mirkwood. I miss it! |
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I did make a character -- not sure about games yet. I've seriously not played as a player in so long, I almost wonder if I can even do it! Heh. |
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Looks like you're on the right track already in reading games and such. If you haven't yet, I'm sure the New Player Solo Game (check out @chocoladevla's signature ) can get you up to speed on both the format and feel as a player; maybe even as a PbP DM. And if you're interested in playing on 5E, there's a folder around here that contains Continuous Recruitment Games, who never turn down an interested player! There are other game systems that use that recruitment style as well, plus a whole plethora of games looking for players. Take your time, see the sights, say hello, and play with you soon!
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