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mk · 4795 days ago · link · · parent · post: Which sci-fi/fantasy books got you into the genre?

For me, my first fantasy was The Hobbit, probably in 6th or 7th grade. After that I went downhill and read the Dragonlance series. I grew up tabletop RPG gaming, and it was almost impossible to game at that time and not read Dragonlance. Oh, and Forgotten Realms stuff too. :) Maybe due to the quality of those books, I strayed away from Fantasy/Sci-Fi for a time. I mostly read classics and history now, but some Fantasy/Sci-Fi I have enjoyed was To Reign in Hell by Steven Brust, All My Sins Remembered by Joe Haldeman, and the first of the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons. Oh, I recently read The Once and Future King by T. H. White, which is a wonderful book.

I'm not a very systematic reader when it comes to those genres. However, I do find myself enjoying a lot of Sc-Fi/Fantasy that I am recommended. It's ridiculous, I haven't even read Dune yet. I know I will, -I'm kind of saving that one.

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caio · 4790 days ago · link ·

I'm also grew up on RPG, but didn't read any RPG fiction.

Are you still gaming? I'm playing in a D&D campaign right now.

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mk · 4790 days ago · link ·

caio my friend, you don't know the half of it. :p

I wrote a RPG called Wayfarers. I just finished a revision of it, and the cool news is that we are getting distributed by Mongoose in December.

What edition of D&D are you playing?

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caio · 4790 days ago · link ·

Congratulations, man. Is this the one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayfarers_(role-playing_game)

I like classless systems, like Shadowrun. More customization allowed.

We're using the 3.5 rules. We've been playing for about a year now, but with very few sessions. Sadly, everyone's busy.

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mk · 4790 days ago · link ·

That's the one. People have described it as a classless system with a 1E/2E feel. I don't get a chance to play much these days either. The crew has been scattered to the wind.

Once I've got the revised PDF done, I'll shoot you a copy. Probably within the next two weeks. It's much better than our original print, IMO.

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caio · 4774 days ago · link ·

Looking forward to reading it. You can use the e-mail on my profile.

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mk · 4772 days ago · link ·

Hey, thought you might be interested. I did an interview about the game here: http://www.geeknative.com/24033/jimmy-swills-wayfarers-inter...

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caio · 4771 days ago · link ·

I do have longer-term plans to release Android and iPad versions of the game, with things like an editable character sheet, and random determination tables. It boggles my mind that companies with more resources aren’t jumping on this.

This is so right. There's fun to be had in pen-and-pencil character creation, but, for D&D at least, it comes to a point where there's just too much stuff too keep track off.

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mk · 4771 days ago · link ·

Thanks. I so wish I had the time to do this right now. I'd love to be ahead of the curve on that one.

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mk · 4774 days ago · link ·

Will do. I'm actually responding to a blog interview about it at the moment. :)

Expect it soon.