My RPG profile

I'm Peter (Peter C on the now-defunct Google+), a Canadian living on the west coast. I started playing RPGs in 1981 or 1982; the first game I owned was the Moldvay Basic box set. It was a gift. (Thanks, John!) The first game I bought was the Cook/Marsh Expert box. I went through a long hiatus from pen-and-paper elfgames (circa 1986–2004) because I thought they were childish. I have since been disabused of that mistaken notion — this happened around the time I became a stepdad to a boy whose fascination with fantastic stories helped rekindle my own. My re-discovery of the joys of old-school gaming came via the Dragonsfoot.org forums in 2007 (screen name Mak); I subsequently migrated to Google+ for its vibrant OSR and RPG communities and am now, like many others, somewhat adrift, Internet-wise, in the wake of that platform's demise in 2018–2019.

In August 2020 I wrapped up a face-to face 5th-edition D&D campaign set in a loose adaptation of the late N. Robin Crossby's Hârn. It had run for five years and through ninety-four sessions, taking the player-characters to 20th level. From February 2019 to August 2020 I ran an online B/X D&D game set in the same world. It's currently on hiatus while I re-think the setting. In 2020–21 I ran a few adventures to try out various settings and systems (Star Wars d6, some cyberpunk stuff) and played in a The Curse of Strahd campaign with an exceptional group of RPers. Currently I'm playing in an amazing monster-of the-week campaign (inspired by TV shows like Supernatural and The X-Files) set in contemporary BC using a homebrewed set of 5e rules. We've had over 65 sessions so far. In March 2023 I began running a Traveller campaign set in the Distant Fringe.

I’ve been boycotting Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast since January 2023 and expect to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.There remain unfulfilled promises stemming from the OGL fiasco and a lack of change in the leadership and conduct of the higher-ups. Happily, the best games today are being produced by other companies and creators.

Games I'd especially like to play: The One Ring, Numenéra, Troika!, classic Traveller, Pendragon, Savage Worlds, Coyote & Crow, Call of Cthulhu, DCC RPG and MCC RPG, Dies Irae, and Mutant: Year Zero. Actually, I'm willing to try pretty much anything. 

Where to find me online to talk about elfgames and other nerdy stuff:

• This blog
• Discord: Peter C(#5254)