Chicago Gameday XII is over... share the memories!

[thalmin]

Thanks to everyone who donated prizes; thanks to all the players; thanks to the gm's; and thanks to buzz for organizing this one.

Special thanks to Floyd and his players for the Serenity game; a chainsmoker, a deaf engineer, a forgetful pilot, a lawman with hay fever, a gullible gunman, and a one-armed doctor with a price on his head. Not your average group of heroes.

And special thanks to buzz and his players in the Harry Potter game. Harry Potter will never be viewed as children's stories again. I really thought Trevalon was gonna spew!

Again, thanks to everyone.

 

[Nikmal]

I too want to thank everyone.. it was a blast. It was BUSY too
The Paint seminar went well I thought.. though we could always use more painters!

Who got that jar of minis again?? got to paint them somewhere hehe!

Thanks everyone! Thanks Curt for hosting and joining us in the games too! Buzz Good orginazation.. and great MINI PAINTING! Again.. I wish Matts Wife well.. and for everyone that came.. thanks for such a great event too!
-jon

 

[Tekkmage]

great day

Thanks to Curt for hosting and Buzz for making it happen. Thanks also to all the GM's

Sorry that you couldnt get your whimp meds Curt.

 

[William Ronald]

Thanks to Curt and the wonderful people at Games Plus for being gracious hosts.

Thanks to buzz for organizing this.

Thanks to the GMs who ran events. I am sorry that I had to miss the morning slot, but I should be in better shape next time.

Also, I would like to thank my players. I was worried that I would not run my event for the lack of preregistrations. However, I started out with eight great gamers at my table, who surprised me in many ways. They took the time to interact with NPCs and gather information -- far more than I thought they would. (This also allowed me time for some humorus enconters, bad puns, and a shared nightmare of how one age of a world came to a tragic end in fire and ice.) Also, I thought that my players worked welll as a team.

I hope to see more of these players at future Gamedays. I saw many faces of people I wished I could have talked to more. However, it is good to see new people at the Gamedays.

So, thanks again, and let's look forward to gathering again. There is something great about meeting people whom you mostly know from a distance. So, to all the people who were at the Gameday, good gaming and may the wind always be at your back.

 

[TracerBullet42]

Wow...where to begin...

I think I'll start first by throwing up a big BOO YAH! in Thalmin and Buzz's honor for making this thing happen. I heard and awful lot of laughter in there, and you guys deserve a lot of credit for it. Thanks.

Thanks to Reidzilla for the Mutants and Masterminds madness! It was a great time. I hope those drunken goblins (Jim, Bob, Doug, George, and The Other One) are doing ok! And's let's try to keep out of that "special place in prison." The image of apes in hockey masks will forever haunt my dreams....in a good way.

And then there was my game...which was a dramatic failure. I didn't manage to kill Painfully or his PC. Maybe next time...

The easily-provoked Ogrun, the psychotic war-bard, the captain of the guard who wasn't, the stubborn mechanic, the flamboyant gun mage, and the tumbling machine of death (aka, the acrobat, who I had NO idea would be so devastating in combat...) managed to save Great Cygnar in glorious fashion.

And the spoken words that shall not leave my mind any time soon...

"Can I power attack with a wedgie?"

How could I refuse such a request? And you better believe he got the 2:1 bonus for gripping and ripping with both hands...

Thanks to my players for tolerating my game that ran on for ever and ever, extra apologies to Joshua Dyal who had a loooong drive home. (Oh, and I don't see the commercials on the Six Flags website anymore, but you can still the little man there, if you feel so inclined. link)

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this game day happen...cuz I had a lot of fun, and it's all your fault!

I'll get you next time, Painfully...next tiiiiiimmmmmme! (cat meows as metal fist slams on the desk.) Bonus points for anyone who picks up on that reference.

 

[Digital M@]

Well I think we saw the first and last incarnation of Harry Potter at game day. Poor Buzz, did such a great job with the characters and story and all we did was make lewd jokes over and over and over, it was like being in Jr. High all over again. It was just what I needed, thank you Buzz. Please please please but up a zip file of the characters and story line on the thread, they were really well done. Buzz also did some nice character voices, but they were often unheard due to the laughter of the group. Poor porr Buzz.

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

Wow...where to begin...

...

I'll get you next time, Painfully...next tiiiiiimmmmmme! (cat meows as metal fist slams on the desk.) Bonus points for anyone who picks up on that reference.

That, my friend, is one of the finest children's TV shows of the past twenty years, Inspector Gadget. The quote itself is from Dr. Claw... at least I think that's what his name was.

 

[William Ronald]

That, my friend, is one of the finest children's TV shows of the past twenty years, Inspector Gadget. The quote itself is from Dr. Claw... at least I think that's what his name was.

Trev, this gives me an idea for a game that someone who knows Spycraft (and perhaps some other D20 rules well) to run in the future: Inspector Gadget: D20!!! (Maybe Mutants and Masterminds might work better. A GM could easily work in a few other characters and concepts, although the awaken animal spell could explain a few characters. A Get Smart!!! Spycraft game also might be fun.)

And yes it was Dr. Claw!!!

 

[thalmin]

Thanks to everyone who donated prizes; thanks to all the players; thanks to the gm's; and thanks to buzz for organizing this one.

Special thanks to Floyd and his players for the Serenity game; a chainsmoker, a deaf engineer, a forgetful pilot, a lawman with hay fever, a gullible gunman, and a one-armed doctor with a price on his head. Not your average group of heroes.

And special thanks to buzz and his players in the Harry Potter game. Harry Potter will never be viewed as children's stories again. I really thought Trevalon was gonna spew!

Again, thanks to everyone.

Aacckk! How could I forget?
Special thanks to Mark for running that deadly Fane of the Drow adventure for the super secret friday night out-of-towners game! And thank you Joshua Dyal and reveal for coming in early so we could play. I hope the trip was worthwnile for you both.

 

[reveal]

Thanks to everyone for everything. This was my first time I ever did anything like this (fly x miles to game with a group of people I only knew online) and it was an absolute blast. It was literally the best time I've ever had in my entire life.

A big thanks to Mark for picking me up at helping me get to the store, along with thalmin (Curt). JD's Cthulu game was a lot of fun, even for a guy who could only do 2 points of damage max on a coup de grace.

I think if buzz ever does post an HP story hour, he'll have zip it up, attach a password, and have people prove they're over 21 to read it. He was a great sport and allowed us to walk over his game, leaving our own mark. Thanks to Ninjacat, Digital M@, thalmin, Trevalon, and FCWesel. There were a couple of times I was tearing up from laughing so hard. I would post some of my favorite lines, but this is a grandma-friendly board.