Chicago Gameday - The Aftermath

[Barendd Nobeard]

Nope... I'm a pbar tender.

Yeah, that's right. It's a stupid science-geek pun.

[hijack]

Ah, I get it now. With the "Super Conducting Super Collider" project in Texas cancelled in the 90's, is this the some sort of similar (though not quite as huge) collider thingy? Or are "particle accelerators" and "super colliders" different beasts?

(I find this fascinating, despite my poor grades in high school physics class!)
[/hijack]

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Well, true, BUT...

...my wife, who is the World's Greatest Gamer Wife Who Is Not Herself A Gamer, when I told her that I was thinking of running something, looked at me and said, "I think you better wait." Thus she spake, thus I knew it was true.

She has a sixth sense about these things. Trust me.

Next ChiGDay, though, you're gettin' full-on Dark*Matter d20. I'll sign it in blood if you like.

No, no, don't hurt yourself!

A public post is just fine.

 

[buzz]

Matt, go ahead and sign me up for the afternoon sci-fi kung-fu bear-punching action. I'm going to wait and see what else gets offered in the morning session, though.

If there's any logistical foo-fah that needs doing for ChiGDay, I'm happy to help out, too.

 

[rowport]

I keep thinking of the "Kung-Fu Action GI Joe" from the back-cover ads of comic books circa 1977-1978 for some reason. Maybe its just me. Can I play a Kung-Fu GI Joe, Matt? Can I? Huh? Huh?



(But then again, those GI Joe dudes likely have low SAN scores...)

 

[rowport]

And, Barendd- I will go rent "Aliens" again to be completely prepared for my role as Hicks. (Heck, for that matter, I should just buy the darn DVD- that movie rocks.) I want to carry those cool motion-sensor gun scopes, that make the funky humming, beating "beep" noise.

Hicks is not so bad- at least I did not draw the little mute orphan girl...

 

[Mark]

Whoops! I forgot to note in my last post: no slight intended at all for Mark Clover- his games rock! Play them! I just thought I would sample all the delicious game offering options available to me.

I look forward to seeing everybody again.

No problem here! (Thanks for the nod, though. ) I'm glad to be seeing such great variety in the games being offered over the last few gamedays. I played SG-1 last time around and tried out Weird Wars a few gamedays ago (at the RPG.net gameday).

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

And, Barendd- I will go rent "Aliens" again to be completely prepared for my role as Hicks. (Heck, for that matter, I should just buy the darn DVD- that movie rocks.) I want to carry those cool motion-sensor gun scopes, that make the funky humming, beating "beep" noise.

Hicks is not so bad- at least I did not draw the little mute orphan girl...

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)

 

[MattyHelms]

February 28th, eh?

[EDITED FOR CONTENT]

Hey, Matt, when are you going to schedule a Gameday on a weekend that I'm not working? I think this makes it a year straight... You're doing this on purpose aren't you?

It's alright, I guess...

*sigh*

I didn't really want to play with you guys anyway.

*sniff*

Crap... I still want to play in that d20 Modern campaign you told me about a year ago... One of these days...

We'lll get you to one of these, my friend!
-Matt

 

[MattyHelms]

Wow, thanks, Matt! Well, with wonderful feedback like that- and a commitment to run the coolest game concept EVAR, how could I not attend? It just makes a guy feel wanted... <sniff>

(Especially since I now do not risk offending my comrade-in-arms Buzz by missing his game offering...) count me in for Weird Wars in the morning, and Kung-Fu Cthulu (hey, that's catchy) in the evening! 'Nuff said!

Well, actually, maybe not quite enough... I should ask about rules familiarity- I can re-read the original CoC rules, and anything d20 is second-nature for me now, but I am not so sure about other systems- is that a problem? Or, could we stick with the one-system-to-rule-them-all, HERO? Let me know- thanks!

Yes, my game tastes have been warped by running these Gamedays

Glad you can make it!

As for rules knowledge - ask anyone who's played in one of my games - I run very loosely. If Kung Fu Cthulhu (you're right - that does have a nice ring to it) is going to be based off the original Cthulhu rules, just know how to roll percentile dice. If it's going to be run with QAGS 2e, just know how to roll a d20 and bribe me with candy.

Thanks,
Matt

PS - As for character types, I may be able to work in a soldier type

 

[MattyHelms]

Well, true, BUT...

...my wife, who is the World's Greatest Gamer Wife Who Is Not Herself A Gamer, when I told her that I was thinking of running something, looked at me and said, "I think you better wait." Thus she spake, thus I knew it was true.

She has a sixth sense about these things. Trust me.

Next ChiGDay, though, you're gettin' full-on Dark*Matter d20. I'll sign it in blood if you like.

Best to go with her on this one, but I'm expecting some nice Dark*Matter next time

As for any help, I'll drop you a line!

Thanks,
Matt