How active are RM campaigns?

[shadd]

I'll jump in and say that I recently purchased FG and the RMC ruleset. I have never used either before, but a friend and I are currently trying to learn both. We're both longtime players of D&D and Pathfinder, but looking for a change of pace. We also like the online aspect given that we don't live all that close.

Once we get a bit more familiar with FG and RMC I plan on making an LFG post. My friend is an experienced DM but we're trying to play together as players for once.

So there is interest from at least two people here, but during my research I definitely notice that D&D and Pathfinder have a much larger community and content (not surprisingly). We're not ready to jump ship on Rolemaster yet, though. It's very interesting.

[jshauber]

I love Rolemaster and would love to get into another game...US based. I am one on the Yanks that can't play mid-afternoon with Hawkwind as this pesky job keeps getting in the way of fun stuff.

At some point I want to run some RMC but just can't seem to find the time to get it organized.

FG does RMC really well as all the tables are automated to save the GM having to look everything up, plus most results are automated to the victim, like bleed damage, stat loses, etc.

Character creation does take a while especially for the un-initiated to RM but a good GM can make that go quickly.

[Trenloe]

At some point I want to run some RMC but just can't seem to find the time to get it organized.

Get. It. Organised.

[Dakadin]

Greylorn or shadd,

Don't be intimidated by running a RM game using FG. I've been part of a couple games with new GMs and the players have been very understanding.

If you would like a run through of the ruleset, I will take you through it so you have an idea of what you can do. Send me a tell if you are interested. If it is US based I might be able to hang out during your first session to give pointers also. Send me a private message if you are interested and we will see if we can work out a time.

[jshauber]

Get. It. Organised.

Working on it. You playing if I do?

[Trenloe]

Working on it. You playing if I do?

If I'm available, I'd love to. :-)

EDIT: Especially if you set it in Middle Earth...

[Greylorn]

Greylorn or shadd,

Don't be intimidated by running a RM game using FG. I've been part of a couple games with new GMs and the players have been very understanding.

If you would like a run through of the ruleset, I will take you through it so you have an idea of what you can do. Send me a tell if you are interested. If it is US based I might be able to hang out during your first session to give pointers also. Send me a private message if you are interested and we will see if we can work out a time.

Thank you for the offer. Looking through things a bit more I think I will give it a try, get the license and begin playing around with it some to get accustom to how FG works and how it uses the RM rule set. Very positive comments here, and that makes me feel a bit better about giving things a try, from what I can see FG has a great community attached to it with all the notes of support.

[jshauber]

If I'm available, I'd love to. :-)

EDIT: Especially if you set it in Middle Earth...

Challenge accepted. I do have a bunch of old MERP books I could use as inspiration. Something to ponder on the flights back home later this weekend.

[JohnD]

Challenge accepted. I do have a bunch of old MERP books I could use as inspiration. Something to ponder on the flights back home later this weekend.

Yes please!

[shadd]

Greylorn or shadd,

Don't be intimidated by running a RM game using FG. I've been part of a couple games with new GMs and the players have been very understanding.

If you would like a run through of the ruleset, I will take you through it so you have an idea of what you can do. Send me a tell if you are interested. If it is US based I might be able to hang out during your first session to give pointers also. Send me a private message if you are interested and we will see if we can work out a time.

I'm not particularly interested in GMing, but I do want to learn how everything works. I think I have the basics down now (thanks to your videos and posts), but still trying to figure out how spellcasting works in Rolemaster & how it fits into FG. It's a slow process because I don't have a lot of time. That's one thing that drew me to FG in the first place: ready to run campaigns and tools to speed up gameplay. With only a couple hours available per week, I need to make the most of it.