This thread is definitely only an interest check for now.

Maybe I am in a glutton for punishment sort of mood, but I feel like playing my favorite bad roleplaying game again. If you have ever heard of SenZar, you are either from one of my older campaigns or you browse those "Top Ten Worst RPGs" lists on the web. This is a game which has never gotten a good review since it came out in the late 1990s; if someone did write such a thing, I feel that it just wouldn't be SenZar anymore.

SenZar is at its core a D&D clone. Characters have classes and levels, and we roll D20s to hit things. What sets SenZar apart is -- in my opinion -- that this game celebrates gamer logic. Powergaming is strongly encouraged. This is the only system I have ever seen which grants experience points just for rolling a natural 20. I love this crazy game.

This would be a very slow game to start, because I would guide players through character creation as group, one step at a time. That part would take two or three weeks depending on the group.

I have run three campaigns of Senzar in the past. The first campaign was held in-person and players see their characters climb from 1st level to 16th level (out of a possible 20 levels) before the climatic end of that campaign. I've never brought it to RPOL before now.

This thread has a more thorough explanation of the game which I wrote some six years ago: http://forums.nexusnine.net/ik...d.cgi?act=ST;f=6;t=3

Interest? Disbelief? Pleadings for me to not do it?
This message was last updated by the user at 03:36, Mon 11 July 2016.

A long time ago, I stumbled upon some sort of preview for this (70ish pages of characters and a little background) and it didn't seem bad at all. I certainly GMed and played much, much worse systems :D Even ran a very successful game of BBSW with several spinoffs. (I didn't dare touch FATAL, though.)

I'd give this a try. However, I don't have the base rules other than the aforementioned intro package.
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I'd give it a go boss, says Doc the gunslinger

While I actually own a copy of the SenZar main rulebook, it, like most of my gaming collection, is locked up in storage with no access from my current kennel.

I'd give it a whirl, I think.  What I've read is actually kind of interesting.

Yeah, no, I'm not playing F.A.T.A.L. either. I would be willing to give Synnibar a try but not F.A.T.A.L. Even ironically and for laughs, that still doesn't seem appealing to me from what I have read.

Are there any other bad RPGs which interest us? I am not backing down from the SenZar game. I just want to throw out the question before I get into any specifics about SenZar. Preview: not having a copy available wouldn't be a problem.

Synnibar can be fun in a way. It's completely off the walls insane. I've never tried SenZar, if you start it up, I might send an RTJ depending on what happens with a couple of RTJs I have out right now.

I'd RTJ for a SenZar game for sure.

As for other bad systems... hmm. Nobody is running Kult games these days :P

This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was off-topic, at 02:22, Wed 13 July 2016.

The game forum has been created. We already have enough interested gamers based upon just those who posted in this thread. As such, I will likely not be making a post in the Players Wanted section. The name of the game room is "SenZar: Play the Dragon's Game".