http://claws.za.net/forum/ Forums of the Cape Union of Adventurers and Wargamers en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:02:13 +0000 http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/hungover-in-the-hyades-third-running-on-saturday-14-august#post-878 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:47:51 +0000 confluence 878@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Since there are quite a few people on the waiting list for the running of this LARP at Dragonfire, we have decided to do a third running on the 14th of August, which is the Saturday after Dragonfire.</p> <p>The blurb is here: <a href="http://claws.uct.ac.za/Dragonfire2010/LARPs" rel="nofollow">http://claws.uct.ac.za/Dragonfire2010/LARPs</a></p> <p>If you're currently on the waiting list for Dragonfire, please let me know whether you would be able to play in the third running -- you'll be given preference.</p> <p>If you're currently signed up to play at Dragonfire, *please let me know by tonight* (August 5) if you would [be willing to / prefer to] play in the third running instead -- I have one out-of-town person on the waiting list whom I'd like to squeeze in if possible. We are planning to send out character sheets for the Dragonfire running tonight, so I'd like to sort out any reshuffling before then.</p> <p>If you haven't signed up at all yet, The Dragonfire LARP is pretty much full, but the third running is now wide open. :) We will announce the venue for the third running once we know what it is; it will almost certainly be somewhere in the Kramer building, or at least on campus.</p> <p>Please contact adrianna dot pinska at gmail dot com or hodgestar at gmail dot com. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/a-very-last-minute-playtest#post-877 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:26:58 +0000 confluence 877@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>We will be playtesting our Dragonfire LARP, Hungover in the Hyades, on the evening of Monday the 2nd of August. You might only get a character sheet on Sunday night or Monday morning, but we promise that this is a relatively light-hearted LARP and you will not be required to read several kilometres of political background.</p> <p>A link to the blurb if you haven't seen it:<br /> <a href="http://claws.uct.ac.za/Dragonfire2010/LARPs" rel="nofollow">http://claws.uct.ac.za/Dragonfire2010/LARPs</a></p> <p>Time: briefings start at 18:00; LARP starts at 19:00.<br /> Place: to be announced; either on campus or at our house.<br /> Charge: R20 contribution to drinks and snacks.</p> <p>We have several spaces open for players of any gender. Please let us know ASAP if you would like to play. Preference will be given to people who won't be able to play at Dragonfire (e.g. committee members) and experienced roleplayers.</p> <p>(We are also managing sign-ups for the Dragonfire running on Sunday the 8th of August. The charge has yet to be determined.)</p> <p>Please email adrianna dot pinska at gmail dot com or hodgestar at gmail dot com. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/babylon-5-cards-seeking#post-876 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:14:41 +0000 sicariu 876@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Looking for anyone who still has some babylon 5 ccg cards that they want to sell<br /> email: <a href="mailto:sammypantherus@yahoo.com">sammypantherus@yahoo.com</a> with the details. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/frag-showcase-of-2009#post-874 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:20:06 +0000 silurian 874@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>We're less than 6 weeks away from the BIGGEST Network Gaming event Durban sees each year!!! We're not going for 600 this year. We're planning on making it a full 500-man LAN with 90% of the LAN being Gigabit (best you buy your ticket and book your seat ASAP)!</p> <p>So, who is AMPED?!?!?</p> <p>Finer details are as follows:</p> <p>Date: 11-13 December 2009<br /> Time: 10:00 (11th) - 10:00 (13th)<br /> Place: Edgewood College Dininghall, UKZN, Pinetown<br /> Cost: please visit <a href="http://shop.frag.co.za" rel="nofollow">http://shop.frag.co.za</a> for details on prices.<br /> see <a href="http://www.frag.co.za" rel="nofollow">http://www.frag.co.za</a> for more details or contact 0837924774 (douglash)</p> <p>Bookings will only be accepted upon payment for the seats. No reservations will be made without payment.</p> <p>So, next up on the list, tournaments. The tournaments to be played will be as follows:</p> <p>Call of Duty 4: 5 v 5 Search &#38; Destroy (Promod Live - AGASA Maps &#38; FRAG Ruleset)<br /> DoTA: 5 v 5<br /> Crysis Wars: Team Deathmatch 2 v 2<br /> Counter-Strike Source: 5 v 5 KOTH (minimum of 8 teams needed to enter ; pay2play tournament)</p> <p>plus more to be finalised...</p> <p>Prizes, well, that's always a sensitive subject for majority of the real "competitive" players in the gaming fraternity. This year, the prizes are not confirmed yet, they will be as soon as possible, but the prize pool will be in the region of approx. R30 000. FRAG is endeavouring to give prizes as far down as 5th place for this event.</p> <p>This year promises to be the best Showcase yet. The usual FRAG attendees are buzzing and have all commented that they are looking forward to the Showcase. There'll be a pool, volleyball, pool table, Xbox setups, giveaways, promotions, etc. at this event.</p> <p>More details will be added as they are confirmed, but let's face it, the only way the Showcase will be a Showcase is if YOU buy a ticket and make it happen!!</p> <p>Any queries, comments, suggestions, critique, etc. can be posted on our forums.</p> <p>Looking forward to it...? We are....!!!! </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/seeking-dm-for-eberron-game#post-873 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:58:37 +0000 Blommie 873@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi there</p> <p>Me &#38; two of my friends are looking for a DM for to start a new Eberron game with us. Age of our group from around 26 - 36 (one chick, two guys).</p> <p>Please contact me if you're interested!!</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Blommie<br /> 0834082266 </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-running-30-october#post-872 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:19:51 +0000 DarkOutThere 872@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>And here as promised is the blurb for Saving Nine</p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: Hey, u there?</p> <p>inkaddict: Hello, yes?</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: My assignmnt. WTF?</p> <p>inkaddict: Is there a problem?</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: A cocktail party?</p> <p>inkaddict: There will be alcohol, I don't see the problem.</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: Haha. Get 1 of the grls 2 cover it. They like shoes and gossip.</p> <p>inkaddict: That's what you said about the last one too, and anyway it's not going to be like that.</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: I don't DO the social circuit. Give me a decent assignment.</p> <p>inkaddict: Do this one and we'll talk about it</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: U always say that.</p> <p>inkaddict: This is a serious one, there are going to be some interesting people there.</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: U always say that 2.</p> <p>inkaddict: Have you read the brief?</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: the brief? Dunno, desk is crowded,</p> <p>inkaddict: Well read it!</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: Not sure where it id. been busy.</p> <p>inkaddict: It's this evening</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: Fill me in?</p> <p>inkaddict: Hang on a sec, looking for the details.</p> <p>inkaddict: It's at The Millennium Gloucester. It's a hotel that does conferences, at 6 pm. The people attending are deciding funding for some scientific research, real ground breaking stuff. Something to do with a vaccine, and some sort of mineral. I will email the rest of the details to you. Make sure you read it.</p> <p>PrettyBoy89: Hotel? Mayb this won't b so bad. Megan Fox going? :P</p> <p>inkaddict: Read it. And for God's sake do some research. This had better not be another half-assed attempt.</p> <p>inkaddict has signed off</p> <p>----------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Character sheets should be out the weekend before - work willing, please email myself at darkoutthere at gmail dot com and skylark at mhaward at gmail dot com if you are interested in playing. Preference will probably go to slightly more experienced LARPers, since this is a playtest, but please don't let that put you off signing up. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-running-30-october#post-871 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:07:06 +0000 DarkOutThere 871@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hello everyone. </p> <p>Skylark and I are going to be running a larp that we had the idea of about er, 3 year ago, anyway we are going to finish writing it and run it on the 30 October. It is called Saving Nine. It is a nine person larp, 6 guys 3 girls. We are planing on running it on Middle Campus. A email with more details should go out tomorrow evening, unless work eats me alive that is. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/hackmaster-basic#post-870 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:27:28 +0000 Kalmor 870@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Well, let's just say the last D&#38;D I played before trying 4E was AD&#38;D 2nd Ed. ;) Things have changed so much I find it very confusing and half of the game mechanics don't make any sense at all. One example is the healing surges thing. To me that just makes no sense. *shrug* </p> <p>But I guess that's just cause I prefer the old school rules, with lots of random tables to roll on and that sort of thing. I guess that's why I'm loving Hackmaster. That and the rules just make alot of sense to me. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/hackmaster-basic#post-869 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:15:45 +0000 SethsMatches 869@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>If you're talking about DnD 4th Ed you must've been in a coma for 3.5. *chuckle* </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/hackmaster-basic#post-868 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:53:00 +0000 Kalmor 868@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Thanks. I've done just that and already had a reply from someone interested. Let's hope I can rope in a few more. My aim is to get guys interested in a decent system and drop the bloated/convoluted crap that in my opinion D&#38;D has become. :) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/hackmaster-basic#post-867 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:50:09 +0000 confluence 867@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi, Kalmor</p> <p>The forum is very sparsely used. I suggest that you send a mail to the claws_uct announcement list -- instructions for subscribing are here: <a href="http://claws.za.net/TheTome/CLAWsMailingLists." rel="nofollow">http://claws.za.net/TheTome/CLAWsMailingLists.</a> If you link back to this forum post, maybe you can lure people in to have a discussion here. ;) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/hackmaster-basic#post-866 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:14:49 +0000 Kalmor 866@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>So I guess from my previous post regarding Hackmaster that no one is interested? I've just received my copy of Hackmaster Basic and I must say this is an awesome system. It's a very simple system (in my opinion) even though it might look intimidating at first.</p> <p>For instance :</p> <p>Skills are based on percentile dice with a character having a skill listed from 0 to 100% (obviously the higher the percentage, the more training a character has in that skill) and skill checks are a simple d% roll with rolling under your skill being a success and rolling over being a fail. (modifiers changing how difficult a check is by adding or subtracting from the roll)</p> <p>There is a nice and simple quirks and flaws system built in that allows for some interesting role playing opportunities.</p> <p>Combat is the most interesting part of the system. No rounds or turns or stuff like that, combat takes place with a continuous "tick" system with each tick representing a second in game time. Combat is such that it's very dynamic even allowing more than one pc/npc to act on the same tick, making combat way more fun and keeping players full attention during a combat instead of them having to wait their turn before they can have a go. (Read the combat example on <a href="http://www.kenzerco.com" rel="nofollow">www.kenzerco.com</a> under the Hackmaster Basic section to get an idea of how it works)</p> <p>Another thing I really like is that armour and shields work the way they should. With armour and shields actually absorbing damage rather than making you harder to hit (and in some cases armour will actually make you easier to hit due to bulkiness, weight, etc. The trade off being a far superior damage resistance)</p> <p>Speaking of taking damage, there is also a Pain check, where if you take more than a certain amount of damage (determined by your threshold of pain) in a single hit, you have to roll to save from doubling up in pain and losing your actions for the next so many seconds while you writhe around on the floor clutching at your wound and whining for your mommy. ;)</p> <p>Yes, like every system out there it has it's flaws, and since this is a first printing there are a few glaring omissions and errors. Also the basic set takes a character from 1st to 5th level only, but Advanced Hackmaster will continue where basic left off by expanding on the rules. Basic is just that, a basic system which will be expanded upon, but allow you to continue to play your character as is in Advanced without the need for any conversions.</p> <p>Oh, and check out the dice section in the book too. There's a whole 10 pages (perhaps a bit much, but a very fun read non the less) dedicated to dice and how to look after your dice, how to prime your dice to make them lucky, and even techniques on how to roll the dice to get the best results.</p> <p>So, would anyone be interesting in seeing the game and possibly play-testing it? I'd love to get more guys interested as this system in my opinion is the best I've come across since the good old AD&#38;D days. :) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/hackmaster#post-865 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:49:56 +0000 Kalmor 865@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Anyone playing Hackmaster at all? I've been looking at the sample stuff and it looks really cool. Reminiscent of the old AD&#38;D stuff. I've ordered myself a copy of the new Hackmaster Basic so we'll see if it's any good. From the reviews I've been reading though it looks like it's got alot going for it.</p> <p>Anyone interested in playing? I'd run a game myself but I've never GM'd before and my actual play time has been minimal. (Last time aside from Dragonfire that I actually played, AD&#38;D 2nd Ed was still around)</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Kalmor. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/new-player-interested-in-joining-a-group#post-864 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:02:30 +0000 Kalmor 864@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>New player here (very much a noob) looking for games to join. Would like to first sit and watch a game or two and see how things work and then join in on the fun. Mostly interested in the New World of Darkness stuff (more the Werewolf stuff then the Vampire stuff) or any board games or Munchkin games.</p> <p>I live in Claremont, but willing to travel (as long as it's not too far) to play. :)</p> <p>Let me know if anyone is running any games and you don't mind having a spectator. ;) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-863 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:20:22 +0000 corvus 863@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I might be interested, but am also a corporate drone. Also busy some weeknights.</p> <p>As far as systems go, why not try unisystem (all flesh must be eaten/witchraft/armageddon/conspiracyx2)? I have an expansion called "All Tomorrow's Zombies" which deals with scifi settings using unisystem. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-862 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:40:42 +0000 Kalmor 862@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I'd be interested in joining. Also work all day long (9am - 6pm), but most evenings are free at the moment. Weekends can sometimes be a problem for me what with having to do alot of after hours work for my job. </p> <p>I loved Farscape and have every single episode as well as the follow on made for TV movie that they made after the series was cancelled.</p> <p>I'm a total newbie when it comes to RPG's though, so you'd have to go easy on me at first. ;) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/frag-lan-28th-august-2009#post-861 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:20:54 +0000 silurian 861@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>270 Gamers!!! Thats how many FRAG saw at the last event - not bad considering this was the month that schools returned! Now the next installment of </p> <p>FRAG is happening on the</p> <p>28th August 2009</p> <p>@ Edgewood College, Pinetown.</p> <p>Sponsors, tables, switches, power, admin staff, cleaners, advertising, seat booking, etc. are all already in the process of being arranged!!</p> <p>FRAG is growing bigger and better and we want you there with us.</p> <p>FRAG has also just spent R20k on switches and power to make sure we have enough to run our gigabit network!</p> <p>Let's make August even bigger!! Details</p> <p>Venue: Edgewood College Dininghall, Pinetown</p> <p>Date: 28 - 30 August 2009</p> <p>Time: 8pm (Fri) - 10am (Sun)</p> <p>Games: COD4 / DoTA / CS Source Tournaments and whatever else you would like to play...</p> <p>Cost: Open PC LAN R120 (ViP = R160) &#38; Xbox Comps R50 (only R20 if you bring your pc too!) Xbox LAN and tournaments incl.</p> <p>Street Fighter 4 and Guitar hero Bring: Yourself, your mates, your pc, your xbox, your Guitar for GH Why: The question is why not??</p> <p>BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Bookings: e-mail bookings ( at ) frag.co.za or contact douglash (083 792 4774) Should you wish to book and pay and guarantee no </p> <p>waiting in queues,</p> <p>please visit viewtopic.php?f=2&#38;t=1041]this link for more info.</p> <p>Note: VIP seating is already SOLD OUT!</p> <p>[img]http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt332/jbaillie21/frag%201%20aug/Photo0171.jpg[/img] </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dragonfire-21#post-860 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:57:34 +0000 hodgestar 860@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Dragonfire 21, Middle East vs Middle Earth, coming to a Cape Town near you this August! Four nights only! 7 - 10 August! Roleplaying! Larping! Mugs! Wargaming! Vampire the Eternal Struggle! Punctuation!</p> <p>See <a href="http://dragonfire.za.net/" rel="nofollow">http://dragonfire.za.net/</a> for details. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/frag-lan-31st-july#post-859 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:52:27 +0000 Crit 859@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>FRAG's June event was a SMASH hit and packed to the hilt - now you have a chance to make it to the FRAG July Event in style and comfort. Venue is Edgewood, network is better and the vibe continues to rock!</p> <p>With over 300 gamers in June, we're now going for 350 in July.</p> <p>Details:</p> <p>Venue: Edgewood College Dininghall, Pinetown<br /> Date: 31 July 2009<br /> Time: 7pm (31 July) - 9am (2 Aug)<br /> Games: COD4 and DoTA tournaments<br /> and whatever else you would like to play...<br /> Cost: Open PC LAN R120 (ViP = R160) &#38; Xbox Comps R50<br /> Xbox LAN and tournaments incl. Street Fighter 4 and Guitar hero<br /> Bring: Yourself, your mates, your pc, your xbox, your Guitar for GH<br /> Why: Gamers that attend FRAG rock!!!</p> <p>BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL<br /> Bookings: e-mail bookings ( at ) frag.co.za or<br /> contact douglash (083 792 4774)</p> <p>Should you wish to book and pay and guarantee no waiting in queues, please visit viewtopic.php?f=2&#38;t=1041 for more info.</p> <p>Note: VIP seating is already SOLD OUT!</p> <p>[IMG]http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt332/jbaillie21/frag%2026%20June/IMG_3934.jpg[/IMG] </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-858 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:55:49 +0000 confluence 858@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>It'll be a RL game, I'm afraid.</p> <p>I should probably do something with that sci-fi forum game I almost-but-not-quite ran. :/ </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/pinging-for-interest-on-forum-game#post-857 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:59:59 +0000 Xenaroth 857@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I am interested in running a forum game. I will be using the DnD setting as a back drop but not nessarily the system. Who's in? </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-856 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:56:39 +0000 Xenaroth 856@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Is the campaign going to be in RL or on forum because I'm looking for a specifically forum based game . . . So I am interested but only really in a forum game.</p> <p>I used to watch Farscape when i was younger but would probably need to rewatch it. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-855 Fri, 22 May 2009 14:54:58 +0000 confluence 855@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Lol! Since I posted this six months ago, my thought-to-be-dead campaign was resurrected, and I am currently hoping to run it until a satisfying conclusion occurs (probably for a few more months in realtime). I don't know if I have the stamina to run two campaigns simultaneously, but I am still keen to return to the Farscape idea when my current campaign wraps up. After years of DMing and playing L5R, I'm really looking forward to something completely different. Space opera, yay! ;)</p> <p>I will post an update here when I'm actually ready to run this again. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-854 Fri, 22 May 2009 14:39:13 +0000 Charlie 854@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I'm interested. I am not involved in any roleplaying campaigns atm - and haven't been since I left P.E. in mid-2008.</p> <p>My schedule is completely dominated by that OTHER notorious UCT soc: the Ballroom soc., so it would depend on the time and place.</p> <p>... also, I am not a student - I work from 09h00 to 17h00. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/looking-for-a-bunch-of-hairless-apes-to-play-with#post-853 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:42:56 +0000 Jonny Pnumatic 853@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Thanks :) You guys are on the ball! :) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/looking-for-a-bunch-of-hairless-apes-to-play-with#post-852 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:14:56 +0000 confluence 852@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi, Jonny</p> <p>I don't know how many oldies keep an eye on the forum (and it's a bit dead in general). I strongly recommend that you 1) subscribe to claws_uct, the new CLAWs announcement list (http://claws.za.net/TheTome/CLAWsMailingLists) and 2) come to Dragonfire (http://claws.za.net/Dragonfire2009/Dragonfire2009) in August.</p> <p>claws_uct is where announcements of CLAWs events get posted, so it's the best way to find out about LARPs and new campaigns. In general younger members are more active on the list, but there's a wide distribution of ages in the Cape Town LARPing population: venerable older members are often asked to playtest new LARPs (because of their vast prior experience. ;)). And some venerable older members play in normal runnings too. You can usually find out from the person running the LARP what kind of fellow LARPers you can expect. LARPs are one-night once-off events, so they're a good way of meeting new people without committing to a continuing campaign.</p> <p>Dragonfire is the annual CLAWs con up at UCT -- ostensibly people arrive in teams of four plus a DM and DMs are swopped around, but you can show up by yourself and form a team with some other singletons (there are usually a lot of them). Just make sure you arrive early enough in the morning to sign up and get assigned to a team.</p> <p>Hope to see you around! :) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/looking-for-a-bunch-of-hairless-apes-to-play-with#post-851 Mon, 18 May 2009 14:33:06 +0000 Jonny Pnumatic 851@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>One hairless ape seeking similar for D&#38;D or role playing table top games.. just moved from Mordor (Joeys) and have been missing gaming, I can play most weeknights and the whole of Sunday and most Saturdays. I am an oldie 37, and would like to play with the older crowd if possible.</p> <p>Thanks<br /> :) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-on-saturday-the-21st-of-march-2009-grove-of-fallen-leaves#post-850 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:28:30 +0000 confluence 850@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>'Sup,</p> <p>I'll try sending you an email; if it doesn't get through because of some weirdness, we are now full; sorry. :/ I'll let you know if we have any last-minute commitment fail. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-on-saturday-the-21st-of-march-2009-grove-of-fallen-leaves#post-849 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:19:06 +0000 babyacid 849@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Cant seem to reply via gmail. Yeah sure. Will grab that last spot. Just send the char sheet over and I'll be there. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-on-saturday-the-21st-of-march-2009-grove-of-fallen-leaves#post-846 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:28:05 +0000 confluence 846@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi, everyone,</p> <p>We will be running our high fantasy LARP, Grove of Fallen Leaves, on Saturday the 21st of March.</p> <p>This LARP has relatively long and complex character sheets. As a rule of thumb, you should be fine if you have either LARPed before, or are an avid reader of fantasy and are familiar with its common tropes. If you have never LARPed before and you have never read a fantasy book in your life, this may not be a good place to start. ;)</p> <p>Here's the blurb:</p> <p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p> <p>The forest is at war.</p> <p>What began as a dispute over a trade route has escalated. The elven nation of Calen-Earanth is engaged in a vicious conflict with the neighbouring kingdom of Tamarys and its ally to the east, Kargare. The Tamarian army, under the command of Lord Gillean, has been burning a path through the forest in an attempt to capture the elven city of Quellostar.</p> <p>As the humans launch a major push towards the city, they are ambushed. Elves and druids wielding powerful magic cause the forest itself to strike back against them. The Tamarians suffer devastating losses and flee, many becoming lost in the forest's depths.</p> <p>In the Grove of Fallen Leaves all is silent apart from the rustle of the wind in the great oaks. Will its tranquility be disturbed?</p> <p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p> <p>More information:</p> <p>Location: Andrea has kindly arranged for us to use her parents' garden. :D We can organise lifts for people without their own transport.<br /> Time: Briefing starts at 18:00; LARP starts as soon as possible afterwards. We encourage players to ask questions about their characters by email or phone if they can; this substantially cuts down the briefing time on the day of the LARP.<br /> Cost: R25 to cover food and drinks. As usual, first-time LARPers play for free!<br /> Costuming: This is a LARP set in a medieval-esque fantasy world. Please make an effort to make a convincing costume! We don't expect you to sew a period-accurate medieval outfit, but please don't pitch up in shorts and a t-shirt.</p> <p>We will send more details to players after casting.</p> <p>If you would like to play, please let us know as soon as possible, so that we can cast and give out character sheets well in advance. Firm commitments only!</p> <p>Contact:<br /> adrianna DOT pinska AT gmail DOT com (Adrianna)<br /> hodgestar AT gmail DOT com (Simon) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/looking-for-gamesgroups#post-845 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:51:42 +0000 phyrephly 845@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi All,</p> <p>I moved to Cape Town recently and I'm looking to join a COC game, if anyone has space please let me know. I will travel so area doesn't really matter.</p> <p>Next thing, i am considering starting and GM'ing a D&#38;D 3.5 game at some point, if you would like to join please mail me on <a href="mailto:phyre-phly@ananzi.co.za">phyre-phly@ananzi.co.za</a></p> <p>Thanks </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-844 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:19:38 +0000 jerith 844@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I may be interested. I have not watched Farscape, but it sounds vaguely like my kind of thing. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-843 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:09:48 +0000 hodgestar 843@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Count me in. :) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/call-for-interest-weekly-farscape-tabletop-campaign#post-842 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:44:15 +0000 confluence 842@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hello there, forum lurkers</p> <p>I'm toying with the idea of starting a Farscape campaign. The concept is still in its very early stages; I want to get the sourcebook, plan out some stuff, etc.. I would probably use a custom system instead of d20 (which is what the sourcebook from AEG uses). The campaign theme would probably be something on the lines of "fugitives on the run". :)</p> <p>This will probably only happen next year sometime. In the meantime, I'd like to find out how many people have watched Farscape (or would like to watch it / watch more of it (let me know)) and would be interested in playing in the setting. Please leave a comment below if you're keen. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/d038d-anybody#post-841 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:52:24 +0000 tom840 841@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Are there any groups looking for players in the CT area? I'm moving from Dallas, Texas later in October and am looking for some gamers. I've been playing both 3.5 and 2nd edition for sometime now here in the U.S.</p> <p>Thanks!!<br /> Tom </p>