Name: Erin Cumiskey

Course: BA (Hons) Game Design and Production

Year: 3rd

 

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What made you choose to join the Roleplaying Society?

I had joined the society in 1st year as I wanted to get into ttrpgs and roleplaying in general 

 

Do you have a favourite character that you have created or played in a roleplaying game? Tell us more about them? 

My favourite character is Karn, from a mothership campaign that was run with the society. Initially a walking ‘first-to-die-in-a-horror-movie' trope. They end up being the first to die and gets replaced by the shapeshifter the party was dealing with. 

 

Have you ever been the DM of a campaign? What did you enjoy the most about it? 

A few times yeah! I always enjoy the social aspect and creating plots and characters for the players the chew on

 

Is there a specific roleplaying game you enjoy the most? Which one and why?

My favourite is currently Orbital Blues, a system where you play as sad cowboys in space. Player interaction and backstory are hard coded into the mechanics of the game, plus the book looks really cool. 

 

If you could time travel, would you go to the past or the future, and why? 

Probably the past. I’d want to go and document the various stories, myths and ways of living that have since been lost to time.

 

What's your favourite board game or video game, and what makes it so enjoyable for you?

My favourite game currently is Hades 2, I’m really enjoying the early access and can’t wait for 1.0 to come out.

 

What's your favourite cheesy joke or pun? 

An undead and understaffed group sail a boat. It was a skeleton crew.