I still have quite a bit of my rulebook collection.
Original D&D red and blue rulebooks.
AD&D 2nd edition all 3 core books.
Vampire: The Requiem and World of darkness.
The late 90's version of the star trek original series and TNG rule books.
The D6 Star wars game.

And I have some pdf's from drive thru rpg.

I'm currently in my first PnP campaign with Fantasy Flight's "Edge of the Empire" Star Wars RPG. I'm a surly pessimistic Rodian scoundrel who is quick on the draw but also quick to abandon friends and booty in the face of extreme danger. My character has done a few rather awesome (gamebreaking) deeds. The GM intended for a villain to evade us through a sewage pipe and steal our ship as a story hook but my character chased him down and the die roll from the blaster shot undid all those plans. In the first space combat which was supposed to be an against all odds escape from tie fighters he manned the turret and blew them all up before our ship had even reached warp speed.

Another character defining moment had one of the group members attempting to pick a locked door for fun and failing miserably. I figured my character grew up on Nar Shaddaa and would know a thing or two about breaking and entering, so I picked up the dice and said "This is how you do it" and the result was so good the door pretty much opened itself. We have a combat expert with long term plans for what gear to buy and what force powers to develop, and our captain is the self-appointed diplomat, but I still feel that my jack-of-all-trades small time crook rolls far better than he should and pick up where the experts fail.

Lucky, I haven't been able to play at all since high school.

I guess I should give my gaming background. I was introduced to RPGs like 5 or 6 years ago through 4e DnD. I think I've played as a player once but I don't remember actually doing anything so I don't think we even got that game going. Otherwise I've DM'd 3 or 4 games in 4e and have only recently begun to peruse other systems.

I'm interested in trying out the Call of Cthulhu RPG, and though I think 4e is going to be my primary system, I've been looking for alternate systems for more light play.

I've got three D6 books from Drive-thruRPG, which I've read is the same system with Star Wars stripped out, would you consider it worth playing if it were not Star Wars themed?

Of course. I love the D6 system personally. No matter the setting. I also have that bundle.

I haven't had a PnP RPG session in many years, although I still keep my Runequest and AD&D manuals, and like to browse them once in a while; I think my last game was with the Trail of Cthulhu (not the D100 rpg, the Gumshoe one).

Lately we are more in the mood for boardgames, specifically we are in the middle of a Descent 2nd Ed. campaign, and enjoying it a lot. Not the same thing by any means, but it scratches that same itch somehow.

I've been playing since I got my little grubby hands on a D&D "red box" in 1985. Keeping in touch with many of my high-school and university friends (most of us are still living in a 40km radius), and getting into an active RPG club, are the main reasons I can still game. And corrupt... I mean, getting their spouses to become players too was a critical part of the operation, of course.

Getting to know other players over the internet (there are some active RPG forums in France, some of which exist mostly to allow players and GMs to meet) can be useful too, especially if you live near a major city (Paris in my case).

Yup, operation "Game till I die, and then game some more" is underway ;)

Then I should probably move to france. lol

Oh yeah, boardgames are a fine substitute for lean time. Far easier to organise, too : For most "modern" boardgames, midweek games "when the kids are asleep but not too late because we're working tomorrow" are very easy to manage . :)
RPGs are more... needy (I know some guys who play RPGs in weekly 2-3 hours sessions, but I prefer more "meaty" 5-6 hour games for my RPG)

The thing is, although you were spot on in our current group issues (little kids and all), we still manage to get a 5-6 hour session every once in a while (mainly beasts like Twilight Imperium III or 1830) but even then, boadgames are just "plug-and-play" so to speak, and they don't have the time commitment that RPGs have in terms of preparatives, design, bookkeeping and such.

I wish I could more easily find groups to play with. And groups that will play some of the older stuff.

First priority is to find players you feel comfortable with, and get the ball rolling. It will be easier to offer them some oldschool play if you're an established member they trust, rather than focusing on the games you prefer when you look for people to play with.

Do you have some gaming clubs around where you live? That's a great way to meet new players. Asking questions at your game store (if you have a brick and mortar one in your vicinity, of course) is also a way to meet people. Or meet people at a local con, if you have one.
Boardgame groups may also contain a few potential RPGers, too.

Of course, if you're in the middle of nowhere, and away from your old pals, it's suddenly more difficult.

Yeah, tell me about it. :P

I've been meaning to check out the DnD Encounters at my local game shop but it's quite a bit out of the way. In the meantime I've been having some fun building papercraft miniatures and junk. I'm going to build this guy next, need some more cardstock though.

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