I’m finally roleplaying! I’ve joined an existing group that was having trouble maintaining a regular schedule because of the life conflicts of a couple of players. Now with myself and one other new player, we hope to meet weekly on Tuesday nights.

The group gathers at the home of Joel, who is also a relatively new member of my neighborhood boardgaming group. And get this—the current GM, Eric, works at the same agency as I do, in my building!

Eric is running a D&D 3.5 campaign. The setting is original. Nothing particularly inspired, yet, but nevertheless, I’m already having a great time. The game as played is an interesting mix of adhering to the rules and ignoring the rules. But that’s good for me, as given the length of time since I’ve actually played, it may take me a little while to catch up and get in to my part. In the one session so far, we began investigating a series of brutal murders, only to discover the involvement of the party’s nemesis, who was previously thought dead.

Eric will continue running his campaign for the next few weeks. Then Joel has promised a 1920s pulp campaign using Savage Worlds. And since the group likes to have more than one campaign going on at the same time (to account for people not being able to attend on any particular week) I’ve been inspired to restart development on my science-fiction RPG system. More on that soon.