Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay - On a Slippery Slope

hancock.tom wrote:

The main thing with taking board gamers and trying roleplaying to to emphasize that the point isn't to "win" and in fact no one "wins." The whole point is to run around, do stupid shit, and worship the plaguefather nurgle.

The two biggest things you should remember are:
You are all working to tell a story
It is fun to kill things...

kookoobah wrote:

We're still new at this, and I'm not even sure if we have the time to sustain it and see it to it's end, but yeah. RPGs are fun, needs a ton of work though.

It is a lot of work, but like many things in life you get out of it what you put into it. Once all of you get your sea legs and realize what you are doing, IF everyone is giving 100%, it is about as much fun as you can have gaming. GMing a campaign where all the players love it and are having a great time is a very fulfilling experience.

hancock.tom wrote:

kookoobah wrote:

We're still new at this, and I'm not even sure if we have the time to sustain it and see it to it's end, but yeah. RPGs are fun, needs a ton of work though.

It is a lot of work, but like many things in life you get out of it what you put into it. Once all of you get your sea legs and realize what you are doing, IF everyone is giving 100%, it is about as much fun as you can have gaming. GMing a campaign where all the players love it and are having a great time is a very fulfilling experience.

Word, Tom. Word. I'm a full time GM, after being on the other side of the screen, binders, coke box, I have a hard time relating as a player. It isn't so much as control, as is providing an engaging story for my players to muddle through.

Just an update. My players are getting addicted. Haha, it's tough to schedule though, what with all of us having our own lives to lead, and also a double life in the Old World.

I'm thinking of getting a 2nd WFRP book, anybody have any ideas what to hit?

If you ran the included adventure, grabbing Ashes of Middenheim will make your life a LOT easier. Those three books are a good, solid campaign. And they provide a good example of how Warhammer is different from D&D.


Those three books also include some nice detail on the three iconic cities that really helps to give you a feel for the world.

The rest of the books mostly consist of a lot of background and few rules, and maybe a sample adventure.

The most useful are the new Career book, Realms of Sorcery, and Tome of Knowledge. Of course the latter two are only useful if you have spellcasters.