Current events
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.
Contents
Schedule
Date...........game................Location..........(Advanced attendance)
1/4/08.......WFRP............BnD...............(Ben Gone, Ed present)
1/11/08......WFRP............BnD...............
1/18/08......totally cancelled
1/25/08......W-Wolf..........BnD...............
2/1/08.......W-Wolf..........BnD...............
2/8/08.......W-Wolf .........BnD...............
2/15/08......WFRP............BnD............... ed gone
2/16/08......bday one shot..BnD...............
2/22/08......???.............BnD............... Matt at GDC
2/29/08......???.............BnD............... ed maybe
3/07/08......WFRP(?).........BnD............... Brandon gone
3/14/08......W-Wolf..........BnD............... ben gone
3/15/08......Board Gaming....TBD................... We can do My house or BnD (assuming its ok with Dieter)
3/21/08......W-Wolf..........BnD............... ben gone, Brandon gone
3/28/08......WFRP............BnD............... Gabe gone
Attendance and Food Preference
3/7/08
--Justin 20:16, 29 February 2008 (MST) Hey all! I will be in town next weekend Wed nite thru Sun (3/6-3/9). I will be there to work catering and I'm wondering if anyone can put me up (or put up with me) for those few days. And of course to Game Fri. night.
--Jason 20:32, 29 February 2008 (MST)If you dont mind the couch my place is open.
GABE: So Matt, because we missed one of your runs, would you like to go this Friday? I mean I can be ready and stuff but I wouldn't mind doing one more of WHFRP, in fact with things heating up as they are it could be fun. And Justin knows the system. Anyway, if you all want we can do mine but I was thinking we should give WHFRP 3 times in a row, like my mom.
--Edmiao 13:05, 3 March 2008 (MST) present, no pizza as usual. Justin, gots to check with the wife, she's been ill lately and may resist houseguests. looking forward to seeing you though!!
--Matts 13:17, 3 March 2008 (MST)Ok, WHFRP it is!
--Dieter the Bold 14:01, 3 March 2008 (MST) Present. Pizza please.
--Brandon 14:15, 3 March 2008 (MST) I'm happy with you all playing Warhammer, 'cause I was going to have to miss (or be really late) regardless. Even if you are doing WHFRP, I might stop by lateish to debrief from my conference lackey duties and see if the demons have taken over yet.
GABE: Sweetness, gives me some more time to plan as well.
--Edmiao 22:23, 3 March 2008 (MST) Justin, I got the ok for you to stay with us if you'd like (206-245-8809 for logistics).
--Justin 01:02, 4 March 2008 (MST) Well, since Jason put me up last time I was there, I'll give him a break and let you, Ed, be graced by my presense. I appreciate the offer and gladly accept. Just to let you know, I will be working most of the day on Thursday and Friday, all day and possibly late into the night Saturday. I don't think I will be working on Sunday and I will be heading home that day anyway. I plan to leave Wednesday right after work, possibly as late as 5:30. I will call you either Tuesday or Wed. morn. to let you know what's up. Thanks again.
--Justin 01:05, 4 March 2008 (MST) Oh yeah. Pizza for me, too! Is all the info current on the WFRP game here? I'll make sure to read up on it. Matt, any particular char you would like me to play? Any game info you need me to know?
--Justin 01:13, 4 March 2008 (MST) Matt, if you want, since the game is in the same world as our last WFRP game, I could play my old character. I believe I've still got Ambros lying around somewhere. We gould doctor him up a bit if you need. Flesh him out a bit, know what I mean? Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
--Dieter the Bold 14:06, 4 March 2008 (MST) My god, Ambrose would be like a bomb going off in our group. I love it.
GABE: But fitting none the less!
--Matts So, we've had a referral for a new member in the group! He's a friend of that guy Chris you may know. I was ok with him playing in WFRP, so I gave him the go-ahead to come to this friday's game. If he works out, and everyone likes him, we'll give him the wiki address and all that shit.
Just letting everyone know...
--Justin 19:02, 4 March 2008 (MST) Matt doesn't want me to play Ambros :( Poopie head.
--Matts 19:14, 4 March 2008 (MST)Hey, you can play ambros, we'll just have to start early to work you in.
Ranting and raving or other random comments
GABE: Wait a second... wasn't it Grant IE Dieter who set off that grenade in the PA game? From now on, Dieter should not be allowed to play anyone with explosives. So thats 3 times he has blown himself up or was about to! You crazy Dieter.
--Dieter the Bold 14:07, 4 March 2008 (MST) Of what do you speak? I only count twice.
Gabe: When the black spiral leader came to talk to you you were about to try and blow up your flame thrower... So its a potential! That said I'll be giving Frank a load of grenades in WW...
--71.216.15.253 16:25, 4 March 2008 (MST)A sad day: Gary Gygax dies
--Justin 17:13, 4 March 2008 (MST) I, as well, was just getting online to report this fact. Yes, a sad day.
--Dieter the Bold 13:39, 5 March 2008 (MST) Sad indeed. But good words here. I will, in fact, purchase a two-liter of Mountain Dew and a bag of cheetos today to pour some out for him.
GABE: You know, I feel bad, I never really bothered to look into who created D&D or the history behind it. Just took it all for granted. I can safely say though I owe a lot to him and his creation. All critism of D&D aside, its what got me into pretty much everything I do now. Console RPGs, paper and pen rpgs, you name it. Seems like he helped a lot of people, and allowed so many to make a career out of their love of gaming... pretty amazing. I mean I knew who he was but like... I didn't really research it much...
JASON: Gabe, you are right. There is one more thing to consider. Creating DnD was a two man job, both Gygax and Dave Arneson share the writing credits for the game, and in some circles Arneson gets even more credit. Yet he is completely forgotten. Still, its a sad day for RPGs. Goodbye Gary Gygax.
GABE: Yeah, I don't hear his name as much, although the news did note Gygax as a co-writer at least.
Other Non-RPG gaming Events
JASON: Dieter and I have been talking about doing a board gaming day/night, and the 15th is our chosen day. I can host at my house or if Dieter is amenable we can do his place. I will be bringing the following games if it is not at my house (if it is they will all be available as well.):
Betrayal at the House on the Hill [1]
Dune [2]
Shogun [3]
Fury of Dracula [4]
Blood Royale [5]
Vampire: Prince of the City [6]
Who is interested?
--Edmiao 13:08, 3 March 2008 (MST)Interested! been trying to work up a board game session for months. also would love to introduce y'all to PuertoRico. Might be able to host as well.
--Dieter the Bold 14:02, 3 March 2008 (MST) I'd be down with having it at the apartment, but happy to trek over to your place if you'd prefer. I'll look over the games and see what strikes my fancy, but I'd probably vote against Dune, since we've already played it before and I want to get something new on.
JASON: Puerto Rico is great! If we have enough people we might even be able to do two games at once. Rumi is in as well, and possibly the elusive Matt#2. And Dieter, I would be fine with playing the new games, love to try em, but Dune will be around as well for backup purposes.
--Dieter the Bold 14:08, 4 March 2008 (MST) Schweet. Always good to have backups. I'll talk to Ben and see about our place. Which would you prefer if our place is available?
BEN: uh...I'll be out of town from the 14th to the 23rd (the two friday absences are already noted above) visiting my sisters and Kim's family in New York, so the house is all yours, dieter. If you throw a party, just remember that there is to be NO poop in the fish tank. Thank you.
JASON: I suggest we do it at BnD or at my place, just because I will be on call that weekend and Ed's is less convenient if I have to go anywhere. My house is much better organized than it was previously, if that makes a difference. Either way, its on!
--Dieter the Bold 13:43, 5 March 2008 (MST) If we could do it at my place, I looked through my concerts and there's one Saturday evening at 8pm. So if we can play at BnD, I can roll until 7 and then have to bounce out.
JASON: Its settled. BnD lets say about 11 or 12? How is that for everyone? I am going to consult with Rumi and see what kind of food we can bring, hopefully it will be BBQ weather.
--Dieter the Bold 16:48, 5 March 2008 (MST) 11/12 works for me. I know we have briquets and the like, so whatever you want to bring should work, Odin permitting.
Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking
BEN: hey gabe, can I borrow one of your demonic tutors? I want to incorporate it into a deck this friday. Also, Brandon, I've found a bunch of goblins in my old cards, and I think I'm going to disassemble the TIM deck, so you can have those spikeshot goblins, which should nastify your deck, I think.
--Edmiao 15:17, 5 March 2008 (MST) remember, turor is restricted, one per deck.
I know, but I think your cards have at most one, and if so, its in a deck.
--Brandon 15:36, 5 March 2008 (MST) Sweet, I like nasty goblinssss. Ed, I've been having fun with Magic Workstation, so thanks for that.
JASON: Just to rules lawyer a bit more, if you are a super competitive type, restricted doesnt mean you can only have one in your deck, it means that you can never draw more than one from your library during a game. So, you could have 4 of them in your deck to increase the chance of drawing that card, but if you happen to get two in your hand, or draw a second one, you lose the game. Of course, the opponent only knows this if they inspect your hand and graveyard after the game (which is legal and encouraged in tournament play).
This is null and void if the rules on this happen to have changed...;-)
The Next Step in WHFRP Reboot
Ignotus: gentlemen, events are heating up. with war thrust upon us, we must think quickly: for war represents both great risks and significant opportunity for those who know how to use it.
If we can think how to make best use of it, the River of Echoes represents by far our most valuable asset. This river would allow us limitless smuggling from tilea: not only that, but because kreutzhofen sits at one mouth, it could be turned into a massive source of income for the town and catapult it to the forefront of local trading. We may also be able to use it to rapidly move tilean troops into the empire, something of significant value in the current conflict (at least in the baroness' eyes, but more on that later). There are, of course, still challenges to this: first, the cave is completely overrun by rat men. Second, the oriental fellow insists that a water demon, or water monster at least, infests the cave, and I imagine it must be dealt with before navigating the river is possible. Third, we know nothing of the geography of the cave. Fourth, it is absolutely crucial that we keep the existence, and the locatio of the cave a secret: if others were to realize its potential, they would be quick to take it from us.
The cave, to my mind, also raises interesting questions about the baroness: I can think of only two reasons she would ask us to get troops from tilea, clearly an impossible task given over land or sea geography: either to get rid of us by giving us an impossible task, or because she knows that we know of the location and identity of the river of echoes. Let us assume for the moment that Dimentis' reports rule out the first: in that case, how could she know? I think the fact that she found nothing regarding the water poisoning is important evidence here, because to me, it suggests that the baroness von toppenheimer should be a prime suspect for being in league with the rat men: they are the only ones who know of the cave, and if she were in league with them, she would have been able to cover up the existence of the water plot and then, to free herself of suspicion, attempt to seek it out nonetheless.
regardless of whether she is in league with the rat men or not, I am curious what her motives are for summoning a mercenary army from the notorious city of miragliano. Nevertheless, I see this as a golden opportunity to increase our own power: we represent the crucial conduit between the baroness and this general. We are also the primary conduit between the count and the baroness. Regardless of how we wish to proceed, I think that we must think long and hard about how we will protect what we have won first, and how we will increase it as well. I think that we should seek to get as much of the credit as possible for bringing troops to the empire's aid. I think that we should search for opportunities in all of this chaos to replace the Count as wardens of this region. And I think we should seek to consolidate our control of the river of echoes, and to begin exploiting it as quickly as possible.
one other point. The castellan-countess von liebowitz is a notorious schemer, who is rumored to be arch rivals with Salud-al-din...but what if she is in fact in league with him?
