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Just a place to start conversation with like minded people, ayone have what would be considered a nerdy hobby?
Both me and my partner was into Warhammer for awhile, his now gone into tcg mainly one called lorcana
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By (user no longer on site) 23 weeks ago
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M half, massive MtG player and also have run RPGs for nearly 30 years both online and in person.
F half has run a little D&D in her time too
Love nerdy hobbies! |
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By (user no longer on site) 23 weeks ago
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"His told me about something called Shadow run (I think that's the name) that seems to be something I may enjoy but finding the time is difficult xx"
Shadowrun is a thing yeah, sounds like a blast. Time is always the issue! |
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By *ir tootMan 23 weeks ago
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"Just a place to start conversation with like minded people, ayone have what would be considered a nerdy hobby?
Both me and my partner was into Warhammer for awhile, his now gone into tcg mainly one called lorcana
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Any!
Magic the gathering for me! |
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Played quite a few RPGs in my time. I mostly kept coming back to D&D.
OP you said you're not so into the fantasy setting and mentioned shadowrun. My experience is pretty out of date so it might have changed mechanics-wise. It's a fantasy-cyberpunk mash-up and is quite a fun setting. The mechanics when I played were you get more dice, rather than more plusses, which leads to buckets of dice  .
I also loved Paranoia - possibly the funnest RPG ever bit don't expect your character to live long. You get six clones per adventure and you're doing well if one survives. You might end up equipped with a nuclear hand grenade by your loving computer .
I also played the star wars RPG, which was a fun setting, but not enough to talk much about it. |
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By *ir tootMan 23 weeks ago
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"Played quite a few RPGs in my time. I mostly kept coming back to D&D.
OP you said you're not so into the fantasy setting and mentioned shadowrun. My experience is pretty out of date so it might have changed mechanics-wise. It's a fantasy-cyberpunk mash-up and is quite a fun setting. The mechanics when I played were you get more dice, rather than more plusses, which leads to buckets of dice .
I also loved Paranoia - possibly the funnest RPG ever bit don't expect your character to live long. You get six clones per adventure and you're doing well if one survives. You might end up equipped with a nuclear hand grenade by your loving computer .
I also played the star wars RPG, which was a fun setting, but not enough to talk much about it."
Paranoia is amazing and so random it's great,
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By *ir tootMan 23 weeks ago
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"Not sure if gaming is considered nerdy anymore but I love a good RPG game final fantasy, fallout, borderlands etc. A new nerdy one ive recently got into is litrpg books."
I always thought geeks was gaming and boars games and stuff like that.
But yeah it counts mate! |
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By (user no longer on site) 23 weeks ago
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"Ohh don't get started on 3d printed stuff haha, his had his mate print him a life size droid from a starwars video game xx"
that brilliant that on my to do list now lol not that good yet more molds to make dildos butt plugs floggers and so on  |
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"Paranoia is amazing and so random it's great,
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It has some great devices to increase narrative (and role-playing) tension:
* It is illegal and punishable by death to be a mutant. Every character has a mutant power.
* It is illegal and punishable by death to be a member of certain secret societies. Every character is a member of one of them.
* All of the secret societies are opposed to each other. Every character has a secret mission that involves working against at least one other character.
* The computer, which runs the underground city you all live in, is bat-shit insane with whimsically deadly effect.
* Due to said bat-shit crazy computer and insane bureaucracy, your mission probably requires security clearance that you don't have.
* Knowledge of the outside world is forbidden and punishable by death. Your character probably doesn't have any, but you, the player, do. Better be careful with your role-playing. |
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By *ir tootMan 23 weeks ago
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"Paranoia is amazing and so random it's great,
It has some great devices to increase narrative (and role-playing) tension:
* It is illegal and punishable by death to be a mutant. Every character has a mutant power.
* It is illegal and punishable by death to be a member of certain secret societies. Every character is a member of one of them.
* All of the secret societies are opposed to each other. Every character has a secret mission that involves working against at least one other character.
* The computer, which runs the underground city you all live in, is bat-shit insane with whimsically deadly effect.
* Due to said bat-shit crazy computer and insane bureaucracy, your mission probably requires security clearance that you don't have.
* Knowledge of the outside world is forbidden and punishable by death. Your character probably doesn't have any, but you, the player, do. Better be careful with your role-playing."
Yup it's a awsome mind fuck too |
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"Just a place to start conversation with like minded people, ayone have what would be considered a nerdy hobby?
Both me and my partner was into Warhammer for awhile, his now gone into tcg mainly one called lorcana
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I run D&D groups, collect pop figures, love sci-fi and fantasy, play RPGs, develop RPGs, write poetry, and love board games. |
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"I do jigsaws. Nothing fancy, just 1000 piece round ones but could easily spend several hours a day at a table doing a jigsaw."
Oh, love a good jigsaw. They're so cathartic.
Have you ever done one of the 3D ones? |
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"I do jigsaws. Nothing fancy, just 1000 piece round ones but could easily spend several hours a day at a table doing a jigsaw.
Oh, love a good jigsaw. They're so cathartic.
Have you ever done one of the 3D ones?"
No. I once did do a 1000 piece one full of spotty dogs which was a challenge. |
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"Used to play Cyberpunk and Judge Dredd RPG many years ago
Now I just paint miniatures as a sideline "
Cyberpunk that was one of the ones I played after AD&D.
I'm sure we also played Mechwarrior the RP game, not the PC one  |
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So we are both A1 nerds!!!!
I have a full set of base set, fossil and jungle set Pokémon TCG (I’m an old nerd!)
Warhammer- YES PLZ!
Star Wars unlimited - great card game! We have full sets too
DnD- we lost our group earlier this year and due to our jobs have found issues joining another
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"Any other Pokémon tcg collectors in here?  "
I used to have about 4000 cards but I had to get rid of them in a recentish move because I no longer had space for them.
I still have thousands of WoW TCG cards, though. |
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"So we are both A1 nerds!!!!
I have a full set of base set, fossil and jungle set Pokémon TCG (I’m an old nerd!)
Warhammer- YES PLZ!
Star Wars unlimited - great card game! We have full sets too
DnD- we lost our group earlier this year and due to our jobs have found issues joining another
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I don't know if you saw my topic but I'm starting up a Fab D&D group. |
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Gave up on Warhammer a little with so many editions released quite quickly. Necron and orc army still but no idea of the rules now.
Loooove DnD. Got a regular group playing and having our first live meet in September.
Me and misses are massive boatdgame players.
Love Spirit Ilsand, Pandemic, Living Forest, MtG, Ticket to Ride, but love lots of different board and card games.
Pub games too.
Hi all! |
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"So we are both A1 nerds!!!!
I have a full set of base set, fossil and jungle set Pokémon TCG (I’m an old nerd!)
Warhammer- YES PLZ!
Star Wars unlimited - great card game! We have full sets too
DnD- we lost our group earlier this year and due to our jobs have found issues joining another
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Base set is gonna be my next mission after I finish Team Rocket! |
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"So we are both A1 nerds!!!!
I have a full set of base set, fossil and jungle set Pokémon TCG (I’m an old nerd!)
Warhammer- YES PLZ!
Star Wars unlimited - great card game! We have full sets too
DnD- we lost our group earlier this year and due to our jobs have found issues joining another
I don't know if you saw my topic but I'm starting up a Fab D&D group."
DND group sounds like it would be fun. I've always wanted to play! |
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Major nerd here too.
Magic the Gathering player, have about 20 Commander decks.
Just getting back into Warhammer via The Old World, but used to do 40k, Hero Quest, Space Hulk, Space Crusade and Gorkamorka.
Huge tabletop games collection, with Arkham Horror, Marvel Champions, Firefly, Star Trek Ascendancy and Marvel Legendary being highlights.
DnD DM and been playing TTRPGs since teenage years.
Massive Final Fantasy nerd and still have every single game in the series.
Any London nerds wanna play?  |
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By *ir tootMan 23 weeks ago
Burton-on-Trent |
"Major nerd here too.
Magic the Gathering player, have about 20 Commander decks.
Just getting back into Warhammer via The Old World, but used to do 40k, Hero Quest, Space Hulk, Space Crusade and Gorkamorka.
Huge tabletop games collection, with Arkham Horror, Marvel Champions, Firefly, Star Trek Ascendancy and Marvel Legendary being highlights.
DnD DM and been playing TTRPGs since teenage years.
Massive Final Fantasy nerd and still have every single game in the series.
Any London nerds wanna play? "
Tap a land play soul ring I win. Ggez |
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"Used to play Cyberpunk and Judge Dredd RPG many years ago
Now I just paint miniatures as a sideline "
Ah the Judge Dredd rpg - I'd forgotten about that one. Riding around on our lawmasters catching perps. Thinking up cheesy one liners when we caught them and were on to sentencing (this was a mandatory part of our role-play).
We also briefly played the star trek RPG where we had a rule that every time the ship was damaged, we had to hang on to the table and lurch sideways. |
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"So we are both A1 nerds!!!!
I have a full set of base set, fossil and jungle set Pokémon TCG (I’m an old nerd!)
Warhammer- YES PLZ!
Star Wars unlimited - great card game! We have full sets too
DnD- we lost our group earlier this year and due to our jobs have found issues joining another
I don't know if you saw my topic but I'm starting up a Fab D&D group.
DND group sounds like it would be fun. I've always wanted to play!"
Fire me a message if you want to potentially join and I'll put you on the list. |
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"Hmmm, if interested in potentially trying a roleplaying games less fantasy wise... Id recommend Vampire the Masquerade.
It was my first experience at RPGs and one true love of the TTRGP world"
I don't normally like VtM but the "No Man Is An Island" campaign from the Red Moon Roleplaying podcast series is an amazing live playthrough recording. |
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"Paranoia is amazing and so random it's great,
It has some great devices to increase narrative (and role-playing) tension:
* It is illegal and punishable by death to be a mutant. Every character has a mutant power.
* It is illegal and punishable by death to be a member of certain secret societies. Every character is a member of one of them.
* All of the secret societies are opposed to each other. Every character has a secret mission that involves working against at least one other character.
* The computer, which runs the underground city you all live in, is bat-shit insane with whimsically deadly effect.
* Due to said bat-shit crazy computer and insane bureaucracy, your mission probably requires security clearance that you don't have.
* Knowledge of the outside world is forbidden and punishable by death. Your character probably doesn't have any, but you, the player, do. Better be careful with your role-playing."
Too many years ago now it was the best game to run at Uni when the new year started to get all the new people to have a big laugh and get to know each other.
I liked making the players put their name and clone number on a post-it which they stuck to their top and when it inevitably fell off I would pass a pre-prepared note to another player reminding them that proper ID should be worn at all times. Cue the las-pistols. |
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By *oxesMan 23 weeks ago
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"Just a place to start conversation with like minded people, ayone have what would be considered a nerdy hobby?
Both me and my partner was into Warhammer for awhile, his now gone into tcg mainly one called lorcana
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More importantly what army did you collect? |
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"Major nerd here too.
Magic the Gathering player, have about 20 Commander decks.
Just getting back into Warhammer via The Old World, but used to do 40k, Hero Quest, Space Hulk, Space Crusade and Gorkamorka.
Huge tabletop games collection, with Arkham Horror, Marvel Champions, Firefly, Star Trek Ascendancy and Marvel Legendary being highlights.
DnD DM and been playing TTRPGs since teenage years.
Massive Final Fantasy nerd and still have every single game in the series.
Any London nerds wanna play?
Tap a land play soul ring I win. Ggez"
One of the 2 most hated 4 word phrases in mtg: "Turn 1 Sol Ring" 
The other is :"In response; Counter Spell"  |
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"It's not a hobbie but I'm a massive Trekkie
Live long and prosper 🖖"
You could easily turn it into one; it's not like there aren't a bunch of great Trek tabletop games/RPGs.
Try:
ST Away Missions: a miniatures game where you complete missions against rival teams (similar to Warhammer Underworlds for those who've played it)
ST Ascendancy: A proper Star Trek 4X board game; eXplore the galaxy, eXpand by colonising planets, eXploit resources to develop technologies and build fleets to exXterminate your foes. Brilliant.
ST Fleet Captains: A bit hard to find these days (out of print, especially hard finding the Romulan expansion), but a great game where you have a small fleet of ships to control and explore a sector while completing missions to score victory points.
There's also a ST TCG/CCG or similar dropping in December; think it's called Universus... |
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We're both historical reenactors, although I'm the history buff and Mrs Misfit in it mainly for the drinking, fighting (she likes to rack some good bruses) and looking smoking hot as a lady at night.
Also I have my model railway and general tinkering with old electronics in the garage which feeds my nerd need and keeps me busy. Mrs Misfit loves her books and craft
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All my hobbies are nerdy, mainly because I'm a massive nerd! But hey nerds can be kinky to:
Warhammer, age of sigmar
Warhammer, lord of the rings
D&D
Cosplay (usually homemade)
Metal detecting
Airsoft
Clay sculpture
Movie prop making
Lego
Retro gaming
Fossil collecting
And foraging
Yes I'm aware how "uncool" this makes, but I care not! Nerd is the word! |
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"Only so called nerdy hobby I have is Settlers of Caran and probably more Of USA hobby of playing cards and dominoes which people don't really do here."
Settlers is fun, but there are so many other great games that you need to try...
I recommend Power Grid or Kingdom builder as being similar to Catan while introducing new/different mechanics.
I also recommend Takenoko or Carcassonne. |
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"Only so called nerdy hobby I have is Settlers of Caran and probably more Of USA hobby of playing cards and dominoes which people don't really do here.
Settlers is fun, but there are so many other great games that you need to try...
I recommend Power Grid or Kingdom builder as being similar to Catan while introducing new/different mechanics.
I also recommend Takenoko or Carcassonne."
Second these recommendations!! Power grid is easy to pick up, although I found the rule book to be very back to front while reading it. Takenoko is so adorably cute, it has pandas!! It's also great and easy to pick up, but mostly cute. Can I also add in splendor to the recommendations |
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I will admit i am a bit of a turbo geek,
Love PC gaming, 40k and do 3d print my own stuff too.
Always wanted to get involved with D&D but never found a group to take on a new player
Played Battletech RP online
Currently going through a multiplayer game of Baldurs Gate 3 which is a fantastic game to play with friends, turn based RPG. |
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By *oxesMan 23 weeks ago
Southend, Essex |
"Gave up on Warhammer a little with so many editions released quite quickly. Necron and orc army still but no idea of the rules now.
Loooove DnD. Got a regular group playing and having our first live meet in September.
Me and misses are massive boatdgame players.
Love Spirit Ilsand, Pandemic, Living Forest, MtG, Ticket to Ride, but love lots of different board and card games.
Pub games too.
Hi all!"
They have replaced the entire Space marines range with brand new troop choices. |
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"Used to collect 40k and AoS, not really kept up with the current editions or meta, but still enjoy the lore and will pick up the odd WD if it's a faction I like.
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White Dwarf, that takes me back! Used to love painting the minis years ago, back when they were still metal, haven’t thought about 40k in a while  |
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