Cinco de Matto

For those of you interested, an evening of beer, food, and trivia will be had at Old Chicago on Thursday, May 5th, which may or may not be linked to the fact that that day is my 30th birthday.

I'm hoping to be there by 6:30, and I'm not sure how long the Old Chicago portion of the evening will last before I head downtown. Long enough to re-establish my NTN dominance*, anyway.

So...come one, come all.

Incidentally, how cool is the Old World Bestiary?

* - That's right, Tim. Dominance. Suck it. Suck it long, suck it hard.

It's Christmas!

Everybody: Your gaming orders have arrived! If you all are coming to Matt's B-day party on Thursday, please let me know. I will bring you your stuff and you will bring me the money plus $2 shipping...I need to send Shawn a check soon. If you are not going to make it on Thurs, please make arrangements to get your stuff and pay in the next few days. Brian, I did not give you an invoice yet, but the Warhammer book you ordered is in and cost $30.00.

Thanks!

Oh, and in other news, I am a character in the new Hudson City supplement for Champs. HAHA!

Hooliganisms

So, I was preparing the new character sheets for the Champs run, making them on the Hero Designer program to replace the old Heromaker sheets. I'm probably going to have to give you back your old sheets too, because a lot of you kept notes and stuff on the sheets themselves. Some people kept lists of NPCs, enemies, plot lines, etc. (In fact, I might suggest that people get themselves folders like Nigel had for our characters in his game, it may help for keeping track of notes and things) Matt, however, kept quotes on his character sheet. Just random stuff people said during the course of the game, completely without context...and they are hysterical (and mostly uttered by Jeff). I thought I would share his collection of quotables with the group:

August 14: "This may not be TOTALLY bad..." --Jeff

Sept. 4: "I was hoping you would suffer more." --Jeff

Sept. 11: "Well, yes...that particular money he stole." --Jeff

Sept. 25: "Go home you idiot." --Jeff

Oct. 24: "It's like he was gay, but no-one allowed him to get any ass." --Brad

Oct. 24: "G. Gordon Liddy finds you heartless." --Tim

I remember the context of two of those quotes...the Sept 4th was in reference to the Hooligan's punishment for attempting to murder White Lightning, and the G Gordon Liddy quote was in response to Jeff's suggestion that the gang of mutant kids squatting in the abandoned building should be evicted. If anyone remembers the context of the others, including my own, I kinda want to know. I find the Sept. 11 quote to be particularly hilarious.

Tim had one on his sheet too, which I believe was in reference to a statement Jeff made to the effect that he had hired Price to be the muscle..."To be fair, he did outsmart you. Maybe you hired him as brains." But I don't know who said it.

Funny as hell though.

Bachelor (ette) party

Brian's Bachelor party (and Melanie's party) will be Saturday the 23rd. We will eat at Peking Buffet in Coralville at 6:30. From there proceeding to Daisy Dooks for nakedness. Spread the word!

Title for this weeks session

I say we call this week "Brad, The Betrayer."
Any seconds!
That was a very fun game.
For those who were not there
Betrayl at the House on the Hill is a great game which I give 2 thumbs way up!

Next Week

Nigel will be gone next week, so we should decide what we want to do. We can still use his place if we want to. We could do a one shot, do another beer n trivia, or a board game. If we want to do a board game, I'd like to suggest Game of Thrones, which rocks. Opinions?

Gaming Cancelled

Just reminding everyone if they didn't get the message that gaming is a no go for tonight. We will have another edition of Beer & Trivia night at Old Chicago.

Sin City!

I believe that Tim and I are making plans for the 4:45 show Sunday at the Wynnsong. I invite all who wish to join...I think we will meet at my house and go from there. Call me if you decide to show. Also, I don't have to work that night, so even if you skip the movie I was wondering if there was any interest in having a Beer n Trivia night again at Old Chicago afterwards. Probably around 8pm? RSVP if you are interested, so I don't sit there by my lonesome.

The four No's

I've been thinking about our current situation in the game & had an idea. I know there has to be some link between the first senarios we went through in the VR machine & the new senario. It would be easier to remove the bad implants if there was some similarities between the two sets of senario's. So when we went to the furnace room we are going through the dungeon crawl mission in the sewers. I propose that when we go to the roof. We will end up in the space garbage skow mission. So now the question is what equates to the video store senario & what equates to the mech warrior senario? Is the gym the key to one of the places? I mean we have the odd transition where we were wrestlers. This leads me to believe the gym is the key somewhere.
What does everyone else think?

Character Questions

Here's a chance to earn some XP! A simple reward for those who are willing to think about their character. (and also a reward for those who actually read the Blog)
Answer these questions in Character. 1 xp for a good response, 2 for and excellent response.

What is your goal in life?

We think Caribdus is still drowning. How does that make you feel?

How do you amuse yourself during long boring sea voyages?

What's the first thing you want to do when you hit port?

How did you get along with your parents (if you had them!)?

Which of your companions do you like/respect the most? Why?

Which of your companions do you not like/understand? Why?

Also, could those of you who have your Character Sheets bring them to the game? I want to enter them into my new fancy computer program. Thanks.

St Patrick's Day

So, I thought maybe we might want to discuss plans for thursday...I hope most of you will be able to make it. Transportation, meeting arrangements, that sort of thing might be useful. I don't know if anyone wants to be a DD, but one would certainly be useful.

Arkham Horror

Check this out. Lots of details of Arkam Horror 2nd ed. It looks like a major overhaul, not just a tweaking.
http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=188

The First Annual Beer and Trivia Challenge

Here ye here ye!

Thursday, March 3, 2005 shall be the First Annual Beer and Trivia Challenge! Come to Old Chicago and flex your mental might, while drinking fine malt and hops beverages.

I for one am throwing down the gauntlet against Quiz Bowl Boy! Bring it on.

Gamicon Xi ideas

Gamicon Xi: "This con makes me sick"
Gamicon Xi"The con that killed the con com"

Warhammer

Thought you all might find this interesting.
http://www.blackindustries.com/wfrp_playtestersreview.htm

Drafted

I've been drafted Thursday! Actually my wife is going to be out of town, so I have to watch Aidan. Sorry, I won't be able to be there on Thursday.

Justice Restored to Middle Earth

In response to the aggression of Rohan, re-arming and building up along the Fords of Isen, the Dark Lord Sauron has reluctantly taken the situation in hand. "It was with heavy heart that I ordered the Nazgul to begin slaying elvish children in Lothlorien, but the duplicious perfidity of the Western Alliance needed to be put down." In revenge for this just move Tree-Men plundered the home of the gentle mage Saruman, elves of the Grey Havens greedily annexed the Shire as the "19th province of Elfdom", and treacherous Gondorians blocked a peaceful parade and demonstration at Minas Tirith by elite siege troops of Near Harad and Minas Morgul. Aragorn the Usurper executed the wise king Denethor, and then along with Gandalf the so-called White staged an invasion of the holy land of Mordor, nearly injuring several gentle hill trolls. In the capping indignity, scruffy hobbits, having stolen the Ring of Power which even the treasonous "Lords" of the West admit is the property of Sauron the Just, attempted to destroy the ring in the Cracks of Efficiency. Fortunately, as one would expect of their kind, they began quarreling among themselves, and were easily apprehended by loyal members of the Gestapo. So all citizens can take heart, the traitors have met their just fate, and the economy will soon be going great guns, and the trains will run on time.

What?

Ok, I have no idea what this scenario is about. Anybody have any good theories?

The Question is...

So the question is, are we garbage men dreaming we are exterminators? Or, are we exterminators dreaming we are garbage men?

A chance meeting

Delphino surveyed the carnage. Kraken are not prone to being sentimental, but this waste of life caused even him to pause. Of course, these slavers deserved no pity, and would get none from Delphino or his crewmembers. He winced from the fresh bullet wound in his shoulder. Suddenly, he noticed one of the freed slaves looked familiar. It was Marish, a Masiquani sailor he had served with on an a frigate some time ago. One of the few "dry-earthers" Delphino had come to call a friend. He strided over to Marish and raised his hand in greeting. Marish was glad to see his old crewmate, and was overjoyed considering the circumstances. Delphino and Marish exchanged stories. The masiquani sailor told about being waylaid in a dark alley in Baltimus. Then Marish told Delphino a most interesting tale...