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This page is for discussion of stuff related to the game coming up this week, no matter when that actually is. For instance, we can all assume Nate isnt coming for some lame reason and that Ed is sick of pizza and is bringing teriyaki or some other crap. They can post something here if that happens to be untrue.

Schedule

Date...........game................Location..........(Advanced attendance)
8/29/08......OAAAA...........BnD...............Matt gone
9/5/08.......OAAAA...........BnK...............Brandon gone (HONEYMOON!)
9/13/08 SATURDAY 6pm......Super Heroes?.....Gabe's..........Ben Gone, Brandon gone
9/19/08......Super Heroes.....BnK..........
9/26/08......OAAAA.....BnK..........Matt here!
10/3/08......OAAAA.............BnK..........Matt and Brandon gone
10/10/08.....OAAAA.............BnK..........
10/17/08.....OAAAA.............BnK..........Dieter gone to Canada
10/24/08.....Seems to be cancelled..................BnK..........Ed gone, Brandon likely gone, Matt gone
10/31/08 ....CANCELLED.......BnK..........Ed gone, Matt gone, Brandon gone
11/07/08.....Supers..........BnK..........Dieter gone, ed maybe gone
11/14/08.....Supers..........BnK..........
11/21/08.....Supers (?)..........BnK..........
11/28/08.....Likely CANCELLED (Thanksgiving): BUT maybe not...I will be having turkey day here, and there is a small chance I could host something...very small though
12/05/08.....OAAAA...........[BnK]............

Attendance and Food Preference

11/21/08

--Matts 12:40, 19 November 2008 (MST)So this week's been pretty busy and I haven't seen as much of Rina as I'd have liked to, and this next weekend is shaping up as pretty busy also. So I'm gonna pull a Matt and bail for friday. Sorry guys.

--Gdaze-- OMG and I just asked you last night? How could you... (sniff)

Well whats up then? I still wanna do something, at least some magic. Get talking boyz.

Would anyone be interested in some Runequest?

BEN: at least its wednesday and not friday. So it's really only a proto-matt. Ummm...in theory I could probably get OAAAAAAAAAAA ready by then...although Brandon has probably already made his plans so it wouldn't really be fair to him. I'm definitely still down for some magic and other stuff, pretty much whatever. I can probably run some sort of one shot, too, or gabe could.
If y'all want me to have fantasy ready to rock by friday, speak up quickly, please, so I can use tonight and tomorrow night to prep.

--Brandon 15:24, 19 November 2008 (MST) Ben is right to say that I already have committed myself for Friday, which means issues of fairness might result from running OA^25. At the very least, I would miss it if you all decided to play. And then I would cry.

--Gdaze-- I like making Brandon cry, so we should do whatever causes that to happen. Well what about some magic on Thursday instead then? That work for Ben, Ed, Brandon? Then Friday off-u?

BEN: nope, I'm busy thursday. I think we'll consider fantasy out for friday: I'm open to anything else that night. But if people would rather bail (or if people will only commit to 2-3 hours), I'll probably go rock the FNM instead.

--Gdaze-- Well, Noelle is working until 8 Thursday, so if anyone wants to get a few games in, I'm totally down. So who can / wants to do something Friday?

BEN: I'm game for whatever friday: magic, one shot, board games.

JASON: We may be down for board games/magic Friday. Who can attend?

Edmiao I'm probably pulling a gabe/matt/deiter on friday

GABE: Dear lord, this is like trying to pull teeth.

Can or does anyone want to play today? (I know Ben already said he can't do today)

WHO can or wants to play on Friday? (So far ONLY Ben has confirmed he can play)

SOUND OFF!

--Dieter the Bold 12:33, 20 November 2008 (MST) Dieter the Bold is solid for attendance, although he has some peeps catching JCVD on Cap. Hill, and hears that JCVD has been getting mad reviews from festivals, so if anyone wants a movie night + games afterwards, Dieter the Bold would enthusiastically support. I also recently purchased Carcassone + expansion, which I'd love to play some more, and I wouldn't mind people getting a look at The Burning Wheel to get their opinions. I'm down for board games and stuff, but I don't want a night full of magic.

GABE: So thats 2 for sure on Friday. If we aren't doing anything big though I'd like to end around 8-ish or so.

BEN: ok. Here is the plan: Jason and Rumi and I want to host a board-game night. we will play magic at 6 as usual, then do boardgames starting at 7 or so and play till we get board, er, bored. At least, that's the plan if you two want in for this. If you don't, I'm going to officially cancel this, and go play in the FNM draft, because I don't like half-assing my friday nights.

--Gdaze-- Alright, I'll let you guys know my answer by 8 tonight. I MAY be catching a cold... can't tell just yet.

BEN: it's past 8, even in Hawaii, which is as far west as I can imagine gabe is. Because my sister is having oral surgery tomorrow, I don't think I'm going to go to the magic tournament, which means there will be people playing board games/magic at my place, largely depending on who attends. we'll start at 6.

--Gdaze-- Sorry about that, I figured out I was suffering from massive allergies. If I did come it couldn't be till around 7-ish now... since I have none of my stuff here. I hope this surgery is nothing too serious!

Ranting and raving or other random comments

Edmiao Any LOTR fans out there? Where there's a whip...there's a way!

--Brandon 20:49, 19 November 2008 (MST) Ed, I love that clip! It brings back memories!

Other RPG or Non-RPG or Monthly Board Gaming Day gaming Events

BEN: an idea I have been tossing around, and that I may or may not try to pursue in the next couple of months, is a schedule-less game. What I mean is: a game in which the group doesn't meet at a specific, recurring time, but just agrees, via wiki, when the next session will be...the next day, five days from then, a month from then. The game only takes place when everyone can attend. I envision this as a small game (3-4 players), using a system with a very strong narrativist streak. I have no idea yet what genre I would want to set this in, but I think it would be something with a lot of politicking and intra- and inter-character RPing and development, with a plot driven almost exclusively by the players, significant cause-effect consequences, etc (what Gemini was supposed to be, basically...I understand that this doesn't sound appealing to many, but it is a game type I still really want to explore). As such, it would probably be something like "Vampire: the masquerade" (possibly using Sabbat characters), "Hunters hunted" (White wolf mortals) or something similar if I used a published setting, or "City of Tears", "Black Sun, White Moon" or something similar if home-brewed.
Anyways, if you or someone you know would want to be part of something like this (this would NOT in any way impact friday games, obviously, which are still my primary gaming priority), just send me an email. If there's sufficient interest, and I decide that I have time/motivation to make this happen, I'll let interested parties know how it may go down, and make a new page on the wiki here for it. BEN: I think if I ran this game, it would likely be set in the world of "the league of extraordinary gentlemen" (the comic, not the movie).

GABE: Even though I would most likely be unable to join this, what about that one system/world you got? The one about the family who like use to rule the world, and now the brother controls it? That seems like a fairly heavy RP system.

BEN: Lesser shades of evil? That's a good idea. It can definitely go on the list. I guess the main thing will be what genre I want to run. My favorite RPG genre is fantasy, but I've already got that one covered. So I want to think about what other genres I haven't hit satisfactorily in the past. I'd consider doing a game set in Gemini again, like 20 years later after all the shit you guys did leads to the formation of a new fascist Regime in the distant system and the outbreak of a system-wide cold war.

Edmiao friday gaming is my max for ditching cheryl, i think. so i'm out.

Nate here: I don't know how long this has been up, but I would definitely be down for a Vampire game. Obviously I can really only do weekends so it would have to be on a sat. or sunday, but let me know if it would work out.

--Dieter the Bold 13:06, 3 November 2008 (MST) Just picked up The Burning Wheel over the weekend and am reading through it. Was highly recommended by a panel at PAX and I'm liking what I'm reading so far. So far I'm getting a "Dogs in the Vineyard" feel for it, but with a Cyberpunk-style system backing it up. Should I continue liking it all the way through the GM's and Player's guides, I will run a one-shot. Of some kind.

JASON: Anyone up for a game day either this Saturday or the first weekend in December?

--Dieter the Bold 12:42, 11 November 2008 (MST) I'd be down.

JASON: We are having a get together on Thanksgiving, so if any of you want to ditch the folks or have no folks nearby, let me know and we will make space for you!

Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking

Shards of Alara

Elder Dragon Highlander Rules

Next step in Super Heroes

GABE: So I really enjoyed the last game, it had a good mix of action and lots of RP'in. Perhaps cause we had a smaller group? My favorite part is us taking out the minions in turn one. Anyway, just saying I can't wait to inflitrate that bio-tech company.

Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 107 XP

Stuff we want to buy:

Horses for all plus one or two as pack animals
Winter clothing and sleeping rolls
climbing gear and rope
torches and lanterns
rations
dragon repellent
picks, shovel, other digging equipment to clear cave ins? dynamite?
Ketchup (if you can't beat 'em . . .)
carrier pigeons

BEN: Well, for only three characters to go head to head with Sky was quite something. But the characters played smart and kept their actions tight and well coordinated, and victory was theirs. I'd just like to commend a few highlights, and leave it to the players to provide the summary to their fellow party members:
1.) Aefra taking down Sky with a thrown daenerys dagger...right after the MT Tithe got taken down with a 68 stun hit to the head.
2.) Aetan heaving several goblins into the abyss...or just bashing them into goblin pulp with his hammer and sending the others running in terror.
3.) Aetan diving off a bridge (!), into the abyss, after an unconscious and falling Tithe, catching him in midair with a critical success dex roll, to completely save the situation.
4.) Aefra making a cool illusory wedding band as for Grendel, to seal her marriage to him.
5.) Aetan declaring himself a vassal of Grendel.
6.) Matt prebuying luck to allow him to reroll the second of two 17 failures for a 15- roll, as an instant effect.
7.) Tithe getting dog piled by goblins and fighting his way out.

On account of numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5, but especially #3, the entire group (including Dieter, Gabe, and Nate) are awarded 1 bonus XP.
Additionally: Matt and Ed: I think that your purchased disadvantages came into play last session, so you each get the bonus from that as well.

--Gdaze -- Jeez, seems the group got a hard-on for Grendel. So is the group ever going to run into people we don't bow down and kiss their ass sometimes?

Edmiao I'm going out on a limb here.... no?

BEN: have you met anyone you particularly didn't like where it would have been beneficial to be bellicose towards them? Other than the establishment back on Caminus? Or the knight of flowers? Or the ninja orc?

--Brandon 11:18, 20 October 2008 (MST) I was going to say, though Ben has partially stolen my thunder, that I think we have established a pretty good balance between ass-kissing and ass-kicking:

Some members of Caminus establishment: kissed
Other members of said establishment: tricked/kicked
Bandits: kicked
Gwyndolin: kissed
Dragon: neither (we just ran and ran)
Ape: kicked
Knight of Flowers: kicked
Folks in Carthay: intermittent kissing
Wood Elves: stayed respectfully aloof
Ninja Orc: got kicked, then kicked
Grendel: kissed (literally)
Dragon (second time): I predict a prodigious amount of ass-kissing here

--Gdaze -- Yeah, but didn't this guy threaten us/Aefra to marry him? (Is this guy the goblin king or is that someone else?, also Fantus just doesn't like his friends being forced to do things they won't want.)

BEN: he didn't actually threaten the group at all. He had an attitude similar to the knight of flowers, really (kind of a lot of similarities, now that I think about it), except that he never hurt any member of the group (he did have the stone grab tithe's head, but it didn't hurt him...). He made requests of the group, and when they expressed reservations about the marrying thing, he got upset, explained why he was upset (the faeries chased him out as a child because he was ugly, and it nearly killed him several times), and offered the group the opportunity to just go along their merry way without doing any of his tasks, but that he would then take that as an indicator that even the best among the fae (ie, Aefra and Aetan) were nothing more than self serving, callous beings who would never respect him, and that this conclusion would lead him to join the wood elves in their war against the fae.

Edmiao yeah, so he was pretty nice about the whole thing, except for the threat of race war on your kind forevermore.

BEN: which really, when you think about it, ain't no thang. Sounds like a pretty reasonable guy, doesn't he?

Edmiao that's what i said, glad to be married to him

--Gdaze -- Totally, like a cute Hitler. I wish someone would have said "Well maybe you shouldn't have been so ugly." Although, awesome rebellion by Aefra "Look who I married dad!"

--Brandon 14:52, 20 October 2008 (MST) Ummmm, I know history is written by the victors and all, but since when is being hit hard enough to be knocked unconscious, begin bleeding to death, and be knocked off of a bridge so as to fall to one's death (barring miraculous salvation at the hands of a lucky, impulsive, clever troll) considered "not being hurt?"

--Gdaze -- How dare you speak ill of Aefra's husband and the one who hold's Aten's leash. I mean, you got better right?

--Brandon 15:08, 20 October 2008 (MST) Lolz. Yeah, if by "got better" you mean that I was healed by the smooth and silky touch of Galen's hands. Luckily, he picked just that moment to stop running repeatedly into the wall and actually do something productive.

BEN: good point. I guess he did hurt somebody. Just not somebody important. Besides, you were about to kill one more of his precious goblins (who continued to kill one another, on accident, while he was hanging around).