Chicago Gameday - 11/09/02 (now including the Castle Brawl photos link!)

[Eridanis]

Hmmm.... should I run something??

Make sure it's a morning slot - I'm already thinking of ideas for Black Plume Mountain for the afternoon!

This was probably my favorite game day so far. Kid Char's haunted house mystery was a blast, and my character was a lot of fun to play (a ranger/rogue/Watch Detective). Great scenario, and I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!

I was a bit nervous about tunning GHOST TOWER in the afternoon - after all, not only were three of my regular game-mates at the table, but Mr. Eric Noah was at the table as well! Once we got rolling, the rust of years seemed to fall off, and I know I had a good time "kickin' it old-school", and I'm really glad everyone else seemed to, also. One character was killed, but luckily it was the player who had to leave early to catch the train, so it all worked out in the end. Just watch out for those fire giant boulders high and inside next time, CTD!

See everyone again in February, or so!

 

[Desdichado]

I'd like to thank someone, but they seem to all be done already!

Anyway, I'm just taking a quick break from training at work today (and tomorrow) but I want to put up a story hour thread to chronicle the two games I played in. I'll leave the thread open as the ULTIMATE Chicago Games Day thread, and anyone else who wants to post a blow by blow of their game at the game day will be welcome to do so as well.

 

[Eridanis]

Joshua Dyal -

Sorry I didn't get to meet you on Saturday, but I got to talk to a couple of your car-mates from the drive over from Detroit. I'm glad you had fun, and hopefully the long drive was worth it!

 

[mgrasso]

I'd like to throw in my thanks as well. Matty's Call of Cthulhu game was a lot of fun (who could turn down being eaten by a pack of crazed rats while your favorite professor is torn to pieces by Deep Ones?! )

Also, a huge thanks to Mike (mgrasso) for the d20 Modern game. It was hands-down the best modern-genre game I've ever played and up there with my funnest gaming sessions of all time (not to mention a great d20 Modern introduction)! There's nothing like a high-speed boat chase through 1960's Venice to get the adrenaline pumping!

I'll definitely be stealing some of you GMing techniques for my Shadowlight Chronicles game. I hope I can participate in more of your games in the future!


Thanks to all the organizers as well. The trip from Detroit was absolutely worth it!!

- ShadowLight (Troy Gomm) -

I appreciate the kudos from you guys! I usually despise running a game on no prep time and no sleep, but you guys were great players and made the game a breeze! I had a ball in both games (thanks to Matty Helms for the Cthulhu fix!).

I'm still undecided on a few aspects of d20 Modern, but overall it worked really well for me. Having read more of the book now, I like a lot of what I see.

Mike

 

[Desdichado]

Joshua Dyal -

Sorry I didn't get to meet you on Saturday, but I got to talk to a couple of your car-mates from the drive over from Detroit. I'm glad you had fun, and hopefully the long drive was worth it!

Likewise! Maybe when the pictures start showing up on the web I can at least learn to spot you out of a crowd.

 

[Desdichado]

I appreciate the kudos from you guys! I usually despise running a game on no prep time and no sleep, but you guys were great players and made the game a breeze! I had a ball in both games (thanks to Matty Helms for the Cthulhu fix!).

I'm still undecided on a few aspects of d20 Modern, but overall it worked really well for me. Having read more of the book now, I like a lot of what I see.

Mike

Thanks! I had lots of fun with it too. You certainly didn't come across as if you had just thrown the thing together and were running on no sleep! And the system just amazes me: there are one or two design choices that I question (like the "subdual" damage replacement) but overall I find the book to be one of the very best in my RPG collection.

 

[Mark]

Here's a link to some photos and files used for the Castle Brawl game-

http://www.creativemountaingames.com/castle.asp

There are about five dozen photos of the 28mm scaled castle that I used for the Castle Brawl Gameday event. Some really nice close shots that might help for miniatures painting and some gridded jpgs (and a PDF) that you could download for use in a game, if you like.

(Also one random shot from the Zombies game!)

 

[Mark]

Dragon Magazine Comic Artist and EN Boards poster, Tony Mosley who was at the gameday and offered up a signed sketch to the drawing is having trouble accessing the web site but asked me to express the good time he had meeting people at the gameday. He also asked me to...

"...please feel free to mention at ENWorld (or wherever) that there are a few pics at Zogonia.com of you, Eric Noah and some of the other happy gamers at Chicago Gameday"

Ah, yes. Photos...

 

[EricNoah]

a few pics at Zogonia.com of you, Eric Noah and some of the other happy gamers at Chicago Gameday

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... photogenic I am not!

It was good meeting him, and his framed artwork was one item I secretly wished I would win during the drawing...