Heh. Even if you don't play, or play only sporadically, some of the conversations in the threads here are fascinating.
And as someone who doesn't game very often, I've got to say that I'm seriously impressed by the DFRPG. It has me itching to start playing again. I used to GM D&D games, and ended up twisting rules around all over the place to get what I considered good games going. Luckily the group I played with at the time (Ummm... when I started out we still were working with the three paperbound books that used 8 1/2 x 11 paper folded in half - the "Basic D&D game - yep, the very first books. Sigh. Too bad I gave them away years ago; I could sell them for a fair amount on the bay or somewhere now as they're considered highly collectible, from what I hear.) Also played and GM'ed a few Traveller games - again, had to bend the rules like crazy to come up with decent games. For one thing, the size of the computers (well, the square yardage / tonnage for memory, etc.) was already out of date by the time the rules books hit the shelves. But after a while, the growing # of rules sorta made me feel like they were putting players and GMs into straigh jackets. So I eventually ended up losing interest in RPGs and got into other things. So saying I'm thinking of getting back into gaming says something - like this game is truly awesome. I really like the idea of a game where the main focus is on generating a great story, rather than the characters being in it for game-oriented loot, money, and power...
Thanks to Fred and company, they've really made a fantastic game here!
