Hobbies

[John the Monkey]

is procrastination a hobby? How about Apathy? can i call that my hobby.

Whatever. Maybe tomorrow, eh.

 

[MontyVeda]

Whatever. Maybe tomorrow, eh.

Maybe... got work, then lots of tidying up due to dedicating most of the last ten days to my love of procrastination, then i'm off to Preston to watch The Muffin Men. I could state 'listening to music' as my hobby, but that's just sitting on one's arris and listening... a hobby surely has to involve some sort of physical activity, be it sticking stamps in an album, pushing a paintbrush or playing an instrument or something. I could also cite 'films' as my hobby, but that's just sitting and looking at something, which is in effect just apathy towards doing a more meaningful activity. I like writing though.

 

[PaulSecteur]

Chainsaw juggling.

I dont do it often, i just like to keep my hand in.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

Used to play a bit in my teens, we had the original Basic D&D and back then there was only one Games Workshop which was in Chiswick. There was a Gangster RPG we used to play as well but I can't remember what it was called.

Gangbusters by TSR probably, I remember the adverts and there weren't many gangster rpg's. We used to play Call of Cthulhu without any mythos if we wanted gangster stuff.

 

[Doseone]

Gangbusters by TSR probably, I remember the adverts and there weren't many gangster rpg's. We used to play Call of Cthulhu without any mythos if we wanted gangster stuff.

Don't think it was Gangbusters, I was thinking about it last night, I think it may just have been called Gangster.

 

[Gravity Aided]

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/the_10_best_and_6_worst_tsr_games_that_werent_dd.php
Gangbusters it is.

 

[Ootini]

SCUBA diving, rugby, cooking, golf. Used to be in to airsoft in a big way, then it kinda fizzled out and there were some changes in legislation so I sold my arsenal

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Stomping piano keys in the hope that something approaching music will happen; falling over into Badminton nets or taking a huge forehand swipe at a shuttlecock and missing completely; trying to compete with fit strong kids in the gym; and learning whole poems off by heart ( currently on 56 and hoping to reach the 100 mark before I depart).

 

[Hitchington]

Gangbusters by TSR probably, I remember the adverts and there weren't many gangster rpg's. We used to play Call of Cthulhu without any mythos if we wanted gangster stuff.

I used to play MERP back in the day...

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I used to play MERP back in the day...

They released a very pretty game called 'The One Ring' to do Tolkien again a couple of years ago. Replicates all the walking very well :-) (actually not a bad game, a nice balance between system and game experience). I don't think there's anything on the market (not popular anyway) that is as complicated as MERP was, let alone it's heftier brother Rolemaster.

 

[Hitchington]

They released a very pretty game called 'The One Ring' to do Tolkien again a couple of years ago. Replicates all the walking very well :-) (actually not a bad game, a nice balance between system and game experience). I don't think there's anything on the market (not popular anyway) that is as complicated as MERP was, let alone it's heftier brother Rolemaster.

I never really played any other RPG (apart from a Western based one a couple of times, Boot Hill maybe) so can't really comment on it's complexity compared to others. I was just a player and we had a brilliant games master who ran the whole show. We played it for quite a few years and kept the same character throughout, a hobbit called Sam Frotsbottom... happy days.

 

[Hitchington]

I was mad on Talisman when I was younger, got the expansion packs (dungeon, city...). Still got it all, first edition, in mint condition. Had a few games recently with with a friend who used to play it when he was a lad.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I never really played any other RPG (apart from a Western based one a couple of times, Boot Hill maybe) so can't really comment on it's complexity compared to others. I was just a player and we had a brilliant games master who ran the whole show. We played it for quite a few years and kept the same character throughout, a hobbit called Sam Frotsbottom... happy days.

It's a fun thing to do, there are various one day conventions around the country where you can go and play without any commitment. There are various GM styles although the 'modern' thought is that the game system should support the play style rather than the GM just give a great story by being an excellent performer. Doesn't stop the fact that with GM'd games (there are a fair number that are GMless now, although they are far from mainstream) a good GM papers over an awful lot of cracks.

Again, I think Talisman was re-issued recently. It gets a fair amount of love although was never one of my games particularly.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Astronomy, Gardening, recapturing my childhood model making skills by (still) attempting to build the attached
It's a big kit (88cm completed), about to move onto applying the decals but worried about screwing it up. Going to do the old airfix Saturn V rocket and maybe a Space 1999 Eagle after this. Yep, my house has a space theme

 

[captain nemo1701]

Here she is...still in bits