Chicago Gameday - The Aftermath

[MattyHelms]

I am hoping to get a guy I work with to sign up, my brother and a few people from NIU's Gaming Club to sign up as well.

Great - the more, the merrier!

This is already shaping up to be a pretty jam-packed Gameday!

-Matt

 

[rowport]

No, no, no, you can't rent Aliens--you have to get the "Quadrilogy" box set! Someone gave it to me for Christmas, and I've been getting all "alien'ed" out ever since....

On a more serious note.... The Weird Wars game will actually be set in WWII (the default setting for Weird Wars), so you won't actually be Space Marines on LV 426. I just wanted Matt to think I had pre-planned a plot railroad to kill his character in a most gruesome fashion....

I promise, no one in my game will have to play a little mute orphan girl. Unless they want to.

And since it's WWII, no one can be Vasquez. Which is too bad, because she gets some of the best lines.

Matt, here's a little more description for my game:

Game 2 - Weird Wars - Springing a Trapp in Salzburg
Summary - War has started, and the Allies need every advantage possible. An Austrian naval Captain from World War I holds vital information about the Reich's current naval operations, and rumor has it he's sympathetic to the anti-Hitler forces. His information is important--so you'd better get him out of Salzburg alive. (Characters provided)

Barendd-

Well, I did some lurking around to find out about Weird Wars, and must say I am looking forward to giving it a spin! I have a few of the Deadlands d20 books, but have been told by several folks that it is a pale imitation of the original version, which (I think) is the same game engine for Weird Wars.

I guess a little mute girl character would not exactly fit the setting- unless she was French.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Barendd-

Well, I did some lurking around to find out about Weird Wars, and must say I am looking forward to giving it a spin! I have a few of the Deadlands d20 books, but have been told by several folks that it is a pale imitation of the original version, which (I think) is the same game engine for Weird Wars.

Actually, not. Weird Wars started as a d20 game. And while everything Pinnacle does is now "Savage Worlds" there is no comprehensive conversion for old D20 stuff. That's fine, since most of their stuff is not d20....but that sort of left Weird Wars in the dust.

We will be playing the original version of Weird Wars--the d20 version. But as with any horror game, it will depend more on mood and role-play than game stats, so I think we'll still have a great time.

The new "Savage Worlds" system is a lot of fun--it really is FFF (Fast! Furious! Fun!). I played it at GenCon and liked it a lot. I just don't have time to convert all the Weird Wars stuff to "Savage Worlds" so I'm sticking with what I know.

I guess a little mute girl character would not exactly fit the setting- unless she was French.

And since we're in Salzburg, the little orphan girl would probably have to be German or Austrian.

 

[buzz]

Well, it looks like the morning games have all been announced. Matt, please sign me up for my Synnabar buddy's Weird Wars game.

And no, rowport, I'm not stalking you.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Well, it looks like the morning games have all been announced. Matt, please sign me up for my Synnabar buddy's Weird Wars game.

And no, rowport, I'm not stalking you.

Excellent! Glad to have you along. Just keep the stalking in-game, please.

Matt - do I get a prize for being the first GM to fill a table?

 

[buzz]

Yeah, Matt. Give us the private room!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Yeah, Matt. Give us the private room!

OK, your PC gets an extra bennie for that!

 

[MattyHelms]

Well, it looks like the morning games have all been announced. Matt, please sign me up for my Synnabar buddy's Weird Wars game.

And no, rowport, I'm not stalking you.

buzz - you are in! Don't you get to stalk rowport on a regular basis? Leave all stalking at the door when walking into Games Plus - it's like the Rick's Cafe of gaming.

-Matt

 

[MattyHelms]

Excellent! Glad to have you along. Just keep the stalking in-game, please.

Matt - do I get a prize for being the first GM to fill a table?

My playing isn't prize enough?

 

[cdsaint]

OK, slightly off topic but we have a con (Spring Offensive XIV) going on down here in East Peoria April 30th through May 2nd. It isn't a game day exactly, but Hoog and I will be running some games and We'd like to see some of our ENWorld friends come down and visit us for some all weekend gaming fun.

Details are available through the links in my sig.

Chris