RPG Musings Ringing in the New Year!

Hello Gamers! I’m not usually one for big new year’s resolutions, but this year I am strangely in the spirit and thought it might be a good idea to do an all-contributors RPG Musings post about our gaming resolutions for 2011. Some might find this uninteresting, but I often find it helpful to see the directions people want to take at the beginning of the year because it helps me evaluate the directions that I want to take. So sit back, relax, and read about our gaming future…

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WolfSamurai

1. Game with more variety. I’ve got dozens of games that I’ve never done more than read the rulebook(s). I want to actually play some of them.
2. Go to GenCon. I’ve never been to a convention dedicated to tabletop gaming and I think that I should.
3. Get some adventures written and out there. I’ve got some fun ideas for adventures and I think it would be good to get my name out there like that.
4. Get back to being healthier. Not exactly a gaming resolution, but I can’t game if I’m treating my body like crap either.
5. Work on my roleplaying more. Try to ~be~ the characters I’m portraying rather than just speaking for them and make it more immersive and fun for everybody.

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The Opportunist

I’m not big on resolutions. If I see something that needs to change, I go ahead and do something about it. That being said, I do like to set goals, so anything I might already be implementing sees an achievable result. Here are my goals:

1. Get published. I’ve been writing a lot more lately, and I’m starting to feel like the stuff I’m writing is getting to a point where I can turn it into something. This blog has been instrumental in that.
2. Bruise more egos. I have discovered I’m pretty good at putting people in their place, especially when they’re way off base. Expect more of that.
3. I’ve made a lot of friends this year in D&D and RPGs. I hope to make more.
4. Less a goal for me, and more a request for the industry. I’d like to see an RPG and/or setting combining tranhumanism and steampunk. Think a Victorian Eclipse Phase. If I don’t see anyone doing it, I may come up with it myself.

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AlioTheFool

I used to think making New Year’s resolutions were silly. I subscribed to the “just do it today, not some arbitrary date” thinking for a long time. Then in consecutive years I managed to quit smoking and begin a hardcore exercise program. Fortunately, I’ve never gone back to smoking, however, I have slipped on my exercise in the past 6 months. I do now believe that setting goal points works.

1. One of my resolutions going into 2011 is to get back into my exercise program. I need to lose about 10 pounds and get my muscle strength back. It’s amazing how hard it is to build and easy it is to disappear.
2. I also need to re-commit to my promise to my second-oldest to play more D&D with him. He’s a big fan of 4E, and has consumed the content of all of the PHBs and campaign setting books over the past few months. I just never seem to be able to motivate myself to run games for him.
3. It’s hard enough keeping myself motivated enough for my regular group, which is another resolution I should probably commit to; getting myself pumped up to run my regular game again.
4. I think I would also like to get some time in with Dragon Age on the tabletop as well. I also have a pile of video games, including the now pretty dated Mass Effect 2 to play.
5. I’m hoping that this year I can start getting some things checked off my to-do list. It always seems easier said than done.

Here’s to hoping your 2011 goals come to fruition as well! May you have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

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Mike

1. Main New Year’s resolution for me: More Gaming! I took an unfortunate near 5-month hiatus from gaming in 2010, and I hope not to repeat that in ’11.
2. In particular I want to use the changes in my life schedule and gaming group to get more systems to the table, including Savage Worlds and Leverage.
3. I also want to get some more game mastering in during the year, in addition to the regular game I play in.
4. I also want to attend at least one local convention other than PAX East.
5. Hopefully all that gaming will help me with my blogging resolutions. I’d like to get 3-4 RPG Musings posts out a month in addition to at least one post a week on mikesdndblog.com.
6. Otherwise, I want to lose weight, spend more time with my family, and be awesomer at my job.

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Psychopez

1. Write 1 delve a week.  Roll a d30, and make it what ever level is rolled.  I’m calling it Delve-a-Week.
2. Kill at least one of the PCs in one of my campaigns, something I’ve never done.  I’ve always been a so-called ‘sissy DM‘, letting any thing go in my games.  I’m not gonna make a Tomb of Horrors-like run, rather, just take the training gloves off.
3. Finish making a full set of World Works Game terrain.

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DMSamuel

My gaming resolutions for this year all require the ability to organize and schedule, so I suppose my meta-resolution is to hone those skills. Here are the things I would like to do in 2011 with respect to gaming:

1. Continue to run my current games. I have 2 online 4e D&D games and an online Dresden Files RPG game that I would like to run on a regular basis through September. Also, complete the current campaign in my face-to-face 4e D&D game.
2. Play in and/or run a game/series-of-sessions for some other systems. I have the following systems in mind: Eclipse Phase, Apocalypse World, Deadlands: Reloaded, Diaspora, Cthulhutech, Mouseguard, Dragon Age, Dogs in the Vineyard, Penny For My Thoughts, and Paranoia. (Anybody want to play?)
3. Complete the Iron Reviewer competition over at RPG Geek. We are challenged to write a review of an RPG product once every two weeks for the entire year. This is survivor style where you miss and you’re out.
4. Get back on a regular workout schedule so that I can get healthy again. How does this have to do with gaming? The healthier I am the more energy I have and the more I can run/play RPGs (and the more likely I am to have fun doing it!).
5. And finally, Make it to GenCon and host a panel with the podcast gang (the hosts of 4 Geeks 4e and The Dungeon Master’s Roundtable podcast).

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And that’s all folks! From all of the writers and gamers here at RPG Musings, we hope that you have a wonderful 2011!