FATE & Destiny RPG

As most teachers can attest, the first 5-7 years of teaching are really about establishing yourself and getting a handle on being the very best teacher that you can be. So as it was with me. As a result, I didn't get much time to indulge in tabletop roleplaying.  That doesn't mean I eschewed it completely, simply set it aside for the most part and took opportunities where I could. From 1986-1988, I didn't game at all. I was teaching in a far-west country town that had two TV channels (one was the ABC) and two radio stations (both of which specialised in playing only country music - which I don't mind, incidentally ... but 24/7 ...). I got involved in other pastimes, including indulging other passions of mine: the local dramatic society (acting/directing/writing) and the Trades & Labor Council (industrial equity). And just how did any of those pastimes help me in my quest to be a better TRPGer? First, the local dramatic society taught me humility. It taught me ho...

It is coming up on 30 years since  The Spectacular Barn City Banquet.  It only seems like yesterday. It was quite the event because, essentially, it was a LARP (Live Action Roleplaying) game using a mixture of D&D rules and a bunch of house rules. We didn't even call it a LARP (not sure we even knew what that was back then). The idea behind the banquet was to finish my long standing Kartoumian Spheros campaign. And so I invited about 40 people - mostly the well-known Sydney RPG crowd  at that time - to help play characters and guests for my players to interact with. Below is the original typed invitation that went out to everybody. Some of it's all a bit cringeworthy when I look at it now (i.e. I'm playing Saratoga Chack - a "hero and demi-god" LOL). And here I am dressed as "Saratoga Chack" at the event ... geez - don't I look both  "heroic" and "godly"! ***Cringe*** I prepared a "Cast List" - much li...