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===Eden Redstone=== | |||
* Date of Review: Fri, 16 May 2008 | |||
: There's nothing like pen and paper role-playing games. Sitting around the dining room table with your friends, having all sorts of amazing adventures and that feeling you get when you're not sure whether your character will survive or not. Nothing like it. Or so I thought. See, I was the Dungeon Master. For every hour a player put in, I put in 10 or 20. I built the worlds, designed the rooms, created inventory lists. It was a lot. A LOT. And sometimes, I just wanted to be a player , you know? ... take chances, see what happened. Play without knowing what the outcome would be. | |||
: Course, no one else wanted to do that much work for a game. Which is what sent me looking and eventually led me to UFOP:SB118. Now, I had been a DM for some time but with all of that experience, I knew nothing ... less than nothing ... about how to play this kind of game. And I was nervous -- me! The one that orchestrated all sorts of evil challenges as a DM. | |||
: Holding my breath, I signed up -- and was immediately relieved to find out that I would get to go to Starfleet Academy. Cool, I thought. Coursework. (I really thought that.) And hard on the heels of that was -- whoa! Tests? Textbooks? | |||
: So ... No tests. No textbooks. I was part of a group and we had an experienced commanding officer who, together with an equally experienced first officer, took me through a sample mission. I learned how to write a basic post. Learned what to do and what not to do. Got feedback on what I contributed. I learned. I got comfortable. | |||
: More importantly, I graduated and I was hooked. Four years later, I'm still hooked. Still checking the email first thing in the morning and last thing at night, wondering what's happened. | |||
: Here's the thing. UFOP:SB118 feels like home and that, I've come to discover, is the truth. There's a website and an extensive Wiki, packed with information. The management is experienced and well organized. If you've a mind to, there are lots of ways to get involved. There are good crews and captains who work hard to deliver a great game. There are people who have become my friends. And most importantly, there are amazing adventures to be had. | |||
: It never gets old. | |||
===Francis deMarc=== | ===Francis deMarc=== | ||