Wow, it's getting rare for me to be on the young side of things anymore. Haha! You are all old!

I cut my teeth in the nineties when D&D was at a lull. WoD, Shadowrun, Cyberpunk, etc. As long as it wasn't D&D, I gave it a shot. The d20 system has always bored me statistically though 5e is a great improvement. Even played Rolemaster/Spacemaster!! Ran with a group that liked playing older systems. I even GM'd Paladium Fantasy a couple times. Anything Chaosium or GW made was interesting as well.

Good grief and my daughter's only going on 13. I better have at least another decade before I am a grandfather...

Our go to system if we want to completely homebrew the genre is BRP which is the base system by Chaosium.  We've done everything form Space Explorers to Weird Wild West with it.

Shadowrun has gotten old for us though and Cyberpunk is only really good for one shots now with how deadly it can be to PCs.

Have any of you guys ever played Toon or Paranoia?  LOL

I think I played a once shot of Toon once. Definitely played Paranoia on several occasions. Did you ever play HOL (Human Occupied Landfill)? It was a comedy/satire RP put out by Black Dog Press, White Wolf's adult imprint. I used to own a copy but lost them. They are hard to find anymore.

BRP is a really awesome system. I've played Stormbringer and Call of Cthulhu many times and was quite happy when Chaosium released it. Was Pendragon also an old Chaosium system? I forget.

Yeah, I feel you too pal, I'm not even above 20 yet. ;(

Yes Pendragon is also by Chaosium.  I had that system but only got to play it once. :(

Never played HOL to my knowledge.

The online live game I play has a 14-15 year old.  He is learning a lot from us "old" folk, but he does play his character well.  It isn't the age of the player, it is the amount of effort the player puts into his character.

I started RPGing back in the ‘80s, mainly AD&D with my big bro and some friends from our village. Then I picked up Dragon Warriors and DMed that to school mates. We also tried a few other systems like Star Frontiers, Shadowrun and Rolemaster, but most didn’t last long.

Then big hiatus until about 10 years ago when I discovered RPoL. Now RP exclusively here as no time for live play due to family commitments (kids with SEND). Here I mostly play 5e, but also some Twilight 2000 and CoC.

Now kids, just play quietly over there and we’ll get some ice cream on the way home if you’re good...

In reply to Daladain (msg # 74):

Don't patronize unless your bribing me with a chocolate sundae with strawberry on top then we'll talk about good behaviour. :p

In reply to Mary Strawburn (msg # 75):

“Who wants extra sprinkles?!?”

In reply to Daladain (msg # 76):

"You Madman!! Might as well put extra whip cream and hot fudge on the top! Heck, why not go nuts?! It'll surely bring cavities but it'll be a just dessert for me."

"Ice cream? Meh. Donauwelle for me, please!"

Chocolate ice cream, smooth, natural peanut butter, salted caramel and a banana.

French silk pie, chocolate ice cream, hot fudge, and whip cream.
Um, the whole pie please.
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Y'all are overcomplicating this; vanilla ice cream, hershey's chocolate syrup, done.

I'm one of the oldies. Picked up three tan booklets little white box at Origins II (yes 2,two) when I was just a lad.

Why would anyone use Hershey's for anything except chocolate milk?  Mrs. Richardson's Hot Fudge!

In reply to Lysander (msg # 82):

It's comfort food. I grew up with it so I guess I imprinted on it. Yes, objectively, there's better chocolate but hersheys takes me back to my momma's kitchen.

Now if you want fudge:  https://www.gethsemanifarms.or...9jq6mlboc_3yqavd_bwe

I don't know that I can get that here.  In fact, I can't find a good fudge topping in Australia.  They do have Hershey's though. LOL

I can't really eat chocolate or such myself; they're way too sugary and make my stomach suffer.  -_-  On the plus side, I've found that traditional Japanese sweets like dango and red bean buns are much more to my tastes and enjoyment.

I LUV chocolate, but since the state's largest candy store only an hour or so from where I live, I can get candy from around the world.  Including Japanese Rice Candy, and other asian candies I can't even translate into English.  Plus European delights like Jammy Dodgers, Stroopwafels, Tim Tams (yes I know there are Aussie, but the store has them in the Brit section).  Haven't gone there yet this year, but they are open since May as an "essential business".  May have to plan a trip soon.....

I can't get a lot of my favorites here.  I love a Clark Bar, Zero, Payday.  I know a store where I can get Butterfingers, but it costs a lot.

Ugh, buying imported things that are awesome. So hard to find good cheese here so I can make proper bake-mac. And brownies, proper brownies. I love the Chinese meal boxes, skewers, and other traditional foods. Don't think I could ever go back to American Kung Pao chicken now. However, I have come to actually hate traditional Chinese sweets other than candied ginger. Sweet beans are not my things. The texture is still bean like, so I want beans how I grew up with them but then they are sweet and often cold. Blech! The juxtaposition doesn't work in my mind. Mochi is alright but not traditional Chinese. haha. Can be hard to find here. And the Chinese version of cake is disgusting. I repeat, disgusting. Taro does not belong in cake.

Butterfingers!

After all, as Lysander hinted, nostalgia is the greatest spice.

Speaking of which, about to go to my favorite local cali-mex import.

Have you tried Guzman 'e Gomez?

I do love candied ginger.  I took a trip around the world and took a big bag with me.

Never heard of that restaurant chain. They are not located where I am at. Never saw them when I was living stateside.

Candied ginger is swell. Most the traditional candy shops sell it by the scoop here.

They only opened their first US location this year, near Chicago.  The have one in Changi Airport (Singapore).  They are all over Australia.  Authentic Mexican food.  Very good stuff.