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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)

9/4/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone to Portland, Gabe absent
9/11/09.....MassEffect....????......Matt gone on honeymoon
9/18/09.....Vamnp One Shot....Ben's condo......Dieter gone to Europe, Matt gone on honeymoon
9/25/09.....cancelled....????......Dieter gone to Europe, Matt gone on honeymoon
10/2/09.....Kingmakers one shot....bens......Dieter gone to Europe
10/9/09.....Kingmakers....Ben's condo......Dieter gone to Europe
10/16/09....Kingmakers....Ben's condo......Dieter late
10/23/09.....board games....Ed's.....
10/30/09.....cancelled......Ed likely absent, Matt likely absent
11/6/09.....Kingmakers....????......ben absent, dieter absent
11/13/09.....Failure....Loserverse......TPK!!!
11/20/09.....Kingmakers....Ben's.......Ed gone
11/27/09.....nada...thanksgiving weekend
12/5/09 Saturday....Kingmakers.....Ben's.......
12/11/09.....OAAAA........Ben's.......Matt out
12/18/09.....cancelled........?????.......Matt absent, ben likely absent, Dieter absent
12/25/09.....cancelled...merry christmas!
1/1/10......?????......?????......
1/8/10......?????......?????......
1/15/10......?????......?????......ed absent from here on until further notice.
1/22/10......?????......?????......
1/29/10......?????......?????......

Attendance and Food Preference

Edmiao any thoughts on 1/1 gaming session? I'm available. anyone interested? oaaa vs kingmakers? i'd be down to continue with oaaaa for a few sessions since we just got back into it.

BEN: I may be available. But we'll probably have to play this one by ear.

--Dieter the Bold 12:35, 16 December 2009 (MST) Ditto.

--Gdaze 11:14, 29 December 2009 (MST) So we doing anything Friday? Me and two friends might board game it up as I got a bunch of new games.

BEN: tried to organized a one shot last night because Nate was at my place but everyone was already busy: 'insert guilt trip here'. Friday looks like this: Ed is out on account of his baby, Nate gets on a plane at 630 am the next day, so he is likely out as well. That being said, I think Friday is likely a no go, but we could potentially play tonight or tomorrow night if Nate is free...which given that he's only got a few days left in town is also not that likely. Bottom line: it'll take last minute phone calls/initiative and some spontaneity to make this happen.

--Gdaze 14:10, 29 December 2009 (MST) I never heard about yesterday... I don't think I did anyway. Well if my other two friends confirm for Friday, I got a new game that can seat up to like six players.

JASON: I am available tonight and tomorrow. I might be able to snag one more. Consider me/us in if Nate wants to do something.

--Gdaze 13:55, 31 December 2009 (MST) So looks like I missed a call last night, sorry Ben I was actually napping haha. I didn't wake up until 9 or so and figured it was too late by then, plus had varous things that needed to be taken care of.

That said, two friends are coming over tomorrow (Friday) and maybe Dieter to play some games. We will most likely play Small World.

BEN: regarding 1/8/09: I am on call on saturday, so I'm out for Friday. Things will be pretty dicey for me for the next two months.

Ranting and Raving

--Dieter the Bold 16:43, 25 December 2009 (MST) Happy Holidays, all! It's been a fun year with gaming, magic and board gaming. Look forward to another year of it.


ed. Baby was born this morning. A little early but all seems well. Mom and baby both doing fine. Provisional na me is Elathea Jade Miao. Ella for short

--Brandon 00:55, 20 December 2009 (MST) NO WAY!! Congratulations! That's awesome. And I like the name. I'm glad we got that Magic session in before the baby time began. Woohoo!

JASON: Holy shit, Ed, you are the man (and have now proven it). Congratulations from Rumi and me. Now to introduce her to Darth Vader...

--Gdaze 23:17, 20 December 2009 (MST) Sweet man! Congrats as well! And right before Christmas! Very cool, very cool! Glad to hear mom and baby are both doing fine.

Edmiao thanks! everything still going well, if she continues on this route we'll all go home on wednesday. there's a picture on my facebook profile. It is possible that i'm biased, but i think she might be the cutest baby in all history.

--Dieter the Bold 19:24, 21 December 2009 (MST) Just saw the FB post (thanks for being my friend!) and immediately rushed here for more info. Was thinking it was a little early and wanted to make sure she was all good. Gratz and enjoy.

Ed. Ela came home day before xmas n had her first xmas with lots of family around. And my sister announced she is finally engaged to her boyfriend of 13 years. Very eventful xmas. Alls well here. Hope yall had good holidays!

--Gdaze 00:09, 28 December 2009 (MST) That is very cool Ed. What an awesome Christmas! And what are you going to do about getting Ella presents... her Birthday is so close to Christmas, heh heh. But really, that is awesome.

--Matts 12:22, 28 December 2009 (MST)Heartfelt congratulations, ed!

--Gdaze 17:33, 29 December 2009 (MST) So now that Ed is gonna be out for awhile most likely. Are we gonna dicuss what we are gonna do?

Ben's Birthday Shindig

Well, it's that time of year again. Unfortunately, I'm on internal medicine, which means I take call every 4th night...and that means I can't give you a firm date for this event yet, though hopefully it will be in February, or at least early march. But I think I've figured out what I plan to do this year, a little something inspired by my old GM Matt Wilson at Grinnell and hopefully not too labor intensive to set up. I'm posting it here because there may be a little prep time involved for some of those that want to participate:
The premise: heroes from across many planes of existence have been summoned together for a mysterious purpose.
The Mechanic: Pick your favorite character that you have played...or even your favorite NPC from a game you have GMed or played in. Convert said character to Hero. Bring the character sheet to the game. Play that character. Sound good?
Feel free to comment here: if this sounds lame, there's plenty of time for me to brew up something else.

Kingmakers

Current XP as of 12/5 session: 3500

BEN: that was a good session today...lots of fun, even if my character nearly got killed again. nice emperor battle too.

--Gdaze 10:15, 7 December 2009 (MST) Funny you should say that, I was about to post the same! I really enjoyed the RPs, a good mix of serous play and down right goofy (although very effective...). I think my favorite part is when Ben Hans went and punched out the noble in a cafe, and Elf Hans started a food fight. Okay actually that whole thing was great. Showing up as the "bandit king" was great.

Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 370 XP; Followers: 18 XP (current as of 12/11/09)

Edmiao that correct? 17 xp for characters and 3 for followers?

--Gdaze 16:47, 14 December 2009 (MST) I thought we got a bonus 3 times?

--Dieter the Bold 12:26, 15 December 2009 (MST) Gabe is correct. We got +1 bonus XP each round of card play. XP corrected above.

Edmiao uh, you didn't chage it, so xp corrected above by me.

--Gdaze 16:13, 15 December 2009 (MST) Dieter is full of lies.

Edmiao that was a great session last time, btw. really enjoyed it. i thought the card thing worked quite nicely for that kind of round robbin storytelling. ever played "once upon a time"? its a round robin story telling game just like we did, but instead of regular cards each person has a hand full of cards with something printed on them that they should work into the story: "a king", or "a quest", or "a sword", "betrayal"....that kind of thing. might be another interesting way to do it. may be more constraining or may help with creativity.

BEN: saw it and was intrigued but was worried that it wasn't open ended enough. I'd like to try it some time, especially with "non-gamers" as a way to illustrate why gaming is fun for them that like it. I also enjoyed it and like the card mechanic for telling large chunks of story...I think the mechanic is most beneficial in the sense that it creates some arbitrary structure and it really promotes players working together because of the need to counter GM moves.

Edmiao totally. and that arbitrary structure is a good thing. it encourages both small tidbits that enrich the story with low cards and big sweeping develpments with high cards.

BEN: Another important piece of "world news" for Amora:
In the wake of Serafina's assassination, A mysterious warrior has begun "cracking skulls" and asking questions. This has happened in Csara, Eburon (by report of the Children of Light and Shadow) and Imadigo, mostly). Especially in Eburon, the warrior has been opposed by fairly potent opponents, including at least one mage, and come away victorious and unscathed.

Edmiao i don't remember who serafina is. lol

BEN: in the current generation, an unprecedented 3 witch queens exist: Arina, Serafina, and Jagha. They united (also unprecedented) and offered to each take 3 apprentices (ALSO unpre...you know the drill). Now, one has been assassinated, something that has happened to witch queens a number of times you could count on one hand. It's a big deal.

Edmiao oh, that Hans. now i remember. what happened to her apprentices? presumably one is hunting her killer

Matts Isn't she the one who had robot Hans for an apprentice?

BEN: that was Arina. You guys never met serafina.

Edmiao and now we never will. oh wait, its high fantasy, we probably will.

--Matts 11:21, 18 December 2009 (MST)You meant to say, "And now Hans never Hans. Oh wait, it's high Hans, we probably Hans."

Edmiao HAAAns HAAAns HAAAAns. you so funny.

--Gdaze 15:21, 18 December 2009 (MST) I gotta Hans it to you guys. And with that I wash my Hans of this conversation!

Edmiao we got questions we can ask about plot points in the game. Ed has 2, Gabe has 4, Dieter has 9. Things to ask:

1) where did that human girl born under the forge sign that the dwarves gave to Fantus come from? what is her history? Why does Aeifra look at her with eyes like a wolf?

2) who is the knight of thorns, what's his story? Why is he so crazy?

3) where did the fairies on caminus go? Do we care?