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[Nightwulf]

a vampire riding a dragon.

Lol That would be a sight to see

[rredmond]

Definitely check out PbP games though. They are a load of fun and the pacing makes it so that learning is easy.
Again welcome and enjoy!

[jackel]

Nightwulf, Welcome to the boards. Graph paper is wonderful. There are some online dungeon Generators floating about the net.

http://www.wizardawn.com/rpg/index.php
This site you can genrate a town or city. You have to be aware there are differances between other RPG and BF.
They would get you started, however there will be things you have to change.

http://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/dungeon/
This is a great site for the dungeon. You can save the dungeon as a pdf. Once again there will be things you have to change.
Please feel free to ask any questions. I am sure someone can answer.

I agree with rredmond the pace of a PBP is 'slow', but helps you learn.
In the PBP game I am running, I posted on Thursday and haven't heard from any of the players yet. I don't need a reply till Monday, so they've got a few days to reply.

[Nightwulf]

Can I use pieces with the map? Also is there a differance between the player map and the GM's map??
I really have a lot of questions about GMing a game and as there is no game master handbook I don't know
where to go for my information

Sorry if I'm being annoying by asking all these questions but I haven't even seen a RPG except computer games which are all automated anyway

[Solomoriah]

Not annoying at all, actually. But I don't know how to begin to explain all this to you.

I also ran a game without having ever played before, and let me tell you, it's hard. Paper and pencil role-playing games like BFRPG don't work like any other game you've ever played before.

The computer RPGs you are accustomed to act as the game master for you. That is, you are the player, and the computer is the game master. The game master's job is to tell the players what their characters can see and hear, and judge their actions as they describe them to you. The latter part is helped by the rules... they explain to you and to your players what sorts of things they might try to do, and how to determine success or failure. But the game master has the ultimate responsibility, as you create and control the other characters in the world (the NPCs).

A computer RPG, even a large "sandbox" type game, simply cannot handle everything real players might try to do. It's important to be flexible, to think well on your feet (so to speak) and to remember that your job is to see to it that the game is challenging and fun.

The best thing you could possibly do is to find a game and join it. Even if they are using a "modern" rule system (which tries hard to force the game master to behave like a mindless computer), you'll get a feel for how such games are played. Failing that, you should watch a video of an actual play session. Brace yourself, for the games we play appear pretty lame to outside viewers. Still, it's probably the second-best way to learn.

Hopefully someone will chime in here with a link to such a video. I've seen them before, but a quick Youtube search was fruitless.

[rredmond]

There's a bunch of vimeo entries here.
https://vimeo.com/user9170716

The guys from KnK doing "Against the Giants" it's high level, but they talk alot about the rules during the game.

And they are just a fun watch. Looks like a Dwimmermount video there too!
--Ron--

[rredmond]

Oh yeah, and asking tons of questions is good too.

[Nightwulf]

My bigest problem is that as far as I know there is no one playing any type of RPG in my remote area
If your curious as to whats my "area" just google "ontonagon"
So I can't join any live games

[Joe the Rat]

Can I use pieces with the map? Also is there a differance between the player map and the GM's map??
I really have a lot of questions about GMing a game and as there is no game master handbook I don't know
where to go for my information

Sorry if I'm being annoying by asking all these questions but I haven't even seen a RPG except computer games which are all automated anyway

The biggest difference between the player and GM maps is that the GM map has all the secret doors, traps, encounter notes, etc, while the players get the bare bones - or quite often just a blank sheet of paper to fill in as they go (mapping out where they've been so they can get back out).

If you do want to use counters/miniatures, don't worry about laying out everything at once. It reveals too much too quickly.

[Nightwulf]

Thank you for answering my unending flood of questions...But here's some more for you
Does it matter what size the map is???
And is there a set of the basic rules that can be used by some one who has absolutely no Exp.with RPGs(people like my brothers)???I understand most of the terminology used but I really don't know if thay will.