Our next game is scheduled for March 31st. We’re currently planning on playing Star Wars– Ben, any further thoughts on how we’ll start? Do you want us to create common backgrounds, work on character histories– anything we can do to help you prepare?
I’ll add my character (and Jennifer’s) to the wiki. If you’re going to have trouble making it Friday, let us know.
It ended in tears, after I asked her to marry me and she said yes.
There was also chocolate cake.
Next Friday night we’re planning on creating characters for our new Star Wars game… and, if we still have time, return to our Dragon’s Talons game.
Since setting up a wiki is a hassle, but I love to share the ability to create and edit, I got a free Peanut Butter wiki. It is easy to use– just click the “edit page” button on top.
Wiki main page. Links to the rest of the wiki.
New Republic Agents. The page I set up for the Star Wars game we’ll be playing (and that Ben will be running). I figure we can discuss characters and the like there… or in this thread if you’d rather.
Update: See the first comment for thorough instructions on making your edits to the wiki. Dad has successfully edited– have you? (Kev has too.)
Four jobs you have had in your life:
Corral building handy-kid
Computer lab support guy
Draftsman
Engineer
(more of the meme below)
The evils of his corporate employer are too extensive to list, but this last act of aggression is too much. The beatings… oh, yeah, I’m not supposed to mention that.
So, Kev’s got to work Friday. We’ll be talking about games and game systems. If there’s anything you want us to bring up Kev, just let me know– or add it to the Pitch Ideas thread.
We’ll return to Dragon Talon goodness on March 17th.
UPDATE: We met last night and discussed the various pitches. We’ve narrowed it down to three concepts, but didn’t want to vote until Kev could be there. We were in a very sci-fi mood…
The three pitches are:
If I got a pitch wrong, let me know and I’ll correct it. Also, how do we want to vote? A secret ballot? We talked about them for a while this time and found that Ben and I are both eager to run our games, but neither of us demands GMing. Dad was willing to set aside the Dragon’s Talons, but withdrew his suggestion when we picked up knives and bared our teeth.
Ben Lehman’s blog New location
En World — tomorrow, March 4th is GM’s day. Lots of manufacturers have discounts and buy-one-get-one deals tommorrow or next week.
As of now, we’re assuming that we’ll play Friday night. Does everyone think they can make it? If you suspect problems, let us know in comments. (The game recap follows.)
I have four different pitch ideas; games I think would be fun and I’d be happy to run. Here are my contenders.
Dogs in the Vineyard: It’s the old west, sometime around the middle of the 19th century. You’re Dogs… roving problem solvers and defenders of the faith. You’ve been given your authority by God… what will you do with it?
Primetime Adventures: We get together and pitch shows, until we find one we like and run with it. The potential settings are incredibly broad. The game plays out like TV; it’s not whether the PCs will win, but what they have to give up that’s the core of the show. Will they grow and change, or will their hangups overwhelm them? [Ideal for Buffy or Battlestar Galactica type play.]
2182:The PCs are a Morgan Team; elite agents empowered by the confederacy to keep things running. Teams may battle pirates, bring around recalcitrant rulers, thwart secessionist plots, and discover new worlds. Sleek vessels unfurl delicate Tachyon catching sails, while below, ice is mined in frigid, near vacuum bubbles. The free wheeling sci-fi universe is powered by the FATE system.
Burning Wheel: Two hundred years ago, your people went to war with the elves… and lost. A long occupied province, your culture is unique in the world. Here, elves and men interact more than anywhere else. A few mechants grow rich, their loyalty bought by the elves. In the flickering light of tallow candles whispers of rebellion, of alliance with the Tomi empire, of traitors within the Elvish prince’s guards, of coming war– many whispers are heard. How will you be remembered?
(Details follow)
Update: Kev comments (in thread)
Unfortunately we are going to be leaving again this week, things did not go well last week so stuff got pushed back. Sorry guys.
Do we want to run a session, and just have Erisorn trapped by duty, his fellow clergy, or something? Does a delay work better for anyone else? (After all, if we’re going to be missing multiple people, we definitely want to cancel.) What does everyone want to do?
Original post follows:
Since it looks like Dad and Kev will be out of town this weekend, we’re looking forward to a solid session two weeks from now. We finished just after dinner with our steely companion; now the Talons are preparing for a descent into the labyrinth beneath the old “Portal Wars” town, to find the secret of the portals– perhaps a hint how to shutdown the Chaos Knight’s bridge and portals.
Prepare for kobolds, bandits, and darker powers deep in the labyrinth.
I’m wondering where everybody is on our gaming plate. Right now, I feel pretty happy with our Dragon’s Talons game– I’m enjoying playing Kogor and the interactions of the team. With the missing weeks (especially in January, but also last weekend), I’m interested in some solid play of our characters. I think we’ll have a good March for gaming.
Despite that, I’m also interested in other gaming. First, I’d like to apologize for the way we handled game selection last time; there was too much of cloakroom dealings. It wasn’t clear or straightforward, and I’m largely responsible.
I was interested in a system different from D&D and lobbied pretty hard to ensure that the next game wouldn’t be a version D&D. That was very unfair to Ben– again I apologize. Our current game is going very well– the extra books around the table, Dad’s increasing mastery of the rules, and not playing a spell caster have all been very helpful to me. I’m enjoying the game much more and I’m not burning out on D&D.
I have a few questions:
I was going to leap into asking what people want to run/play… but that would be assuming an answer to the above, wouldn’t it? If there is a desire for playing further games, I’ll start up another thread asking for volunteers, requests, pitches, scheduling issues– whatever remains to be decided, if anything.