response 56 of 58:

May 20 11:56 UTC 2004

I'd imagine it's because of the "genericization" of RPGs that seems to 
be happening because of d20: most games are compatable with others, 
causing RPG writers to lose the will to write their own mechanics.  
Just a guess, mind you, but I don't play GURPS for a similar reason.

response 58 of 58:

Jan 31 02:01 UTC 2017

I think posting to this conference requires a dice roll for a
level 17 necromancy spell. Here goes!

Hi, newbie Grexer papa here. My name is David Meyer and at the
time of this post I am a fifty-something US expatriate living in
Japan.

As for my RPG background, I played a little AD&D and Traveler
about forty years ago! Ten years or so ago I got into MUD-based RP
for a while (and will post in the more-relevant conference
momentarily). Then a few years ago played some web-forum-based RP.
All good fun.

I'd be interested in a bbs-conference-based RP game, if such a
creature were to return from internet limbo.