Rogue Trader
1 Dec
I love to game. I always have, and it’s always something that’s appealed to me. Whether we’re talking online gaming, console gaming, or table-top role playing games, I’ve got my favorites. Most recently, I’ve tripped into the Warhammer 40k Universe with a few friends, full into the lap of Rogue Trader.
My first drawing with my new tablet... Yay!
Meet Miriya. She’s an unhappy sort. Then again, if you were part of a mutation of the human race that was reviled and utilized like your standard wrench, you’d be unhappy too. Miriya is the character I play (to varying success). She’s cold, keeps to herself, enjoys incinerating other psychers with her favorite deathtoy, and long walks on the beach (assuming she’s seen one before).
I’ve not played in the 40k universe before, so I’m having some difficulty getting used to the ruleset. Beyond that, I don’t know quite enough about the world to be truly useful beyond the obvious. What’s even more fun is that I have abilities I don’t quite know how to use (see the above ruleset statement).
What I am doing, though, is having a crapton of fun. It’s been a while since I’ve played a game with a bunch of people who were in the game just to have fun. The gents there go for the story. They go for the way that the DM plays the NPCs. They’re there for the problem solving and tactics of a thing.
Unless I ask a spesific question, we’re progressing our characters, or getting ready to fight some nasty thing or another, the game’s books don’t even get cracked. They sit on the sidelines, waiting to be needed. The rules are not the focal point of the game. I can’t even explain how awesome it is that I don’t have to deal with rule pandering and min-maxing.
I’m learning that my head may only have so much more room for lore… but playing again, being immersed in a real story… I’m starting to write again, and that’s always a good thing. More about that later, though.
Nice post! I hope you’ll share more about your game in the future. I am currently thinking about playing in a Rogue Trader campaign myself, so I am very interested to read other people’s experiences.
It’s really interesting. I have to find out what I’m not allowed to tell, but otherwise, I’ll start spilling my beans.
You can reveal the intro that I have up on my blog.
http://karmiccycle.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/rogue-trader/
You could also talk a bit about the game itself and you character in it.
It sounds interesting!
I intend to. I’d like to start a feature about each of the characters that we’re playing. I’ll start writing sections in Miriya’s voice rather than in my own. She’s a bit more terse and to the point.
Warhammer… you’re screwed….
The Gaunt’s Ghost series of books by Dan Abnett are quite enjoyable if you want to read some of the stuff set in the universe, as are Ravenor ones by the same author.
I don’t play, though I enjoyed painting the figures with my brothers, but I really enjoyed those two series of books. Light reading but good.
I haven’t really read much about the world. I’ve got a few books I’m scouring through, and I’ll have to add those to the list!