Chicago Gameday XIV: Aftermath...

[buzz]

That's it...I've heard this bluff thrown about enough times. I would like an opportunity to play this "Synnibarr" of which you speak. It can't be that bad....

Can it?

My copy of the Necronomicon has a dedication that reads, "Raven, thanks for your inspiration. I couldn't have done it wihtout you. Love, Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred."

 

[buzz]

FYI, there's a review of The Great Space Race up on RPG.net right now. The salient quote:

The Great Space Race sounds like a cheesy name and theme - and perhaps it is, but it's also one of the best games I've played in 2006 and is certainly one of my favorite racing games ever.

Jump on it, people!

 

[TracerBullet42]

You tempt powers of which you could never fathom!

On that note, maybe next Gameday. I know Barendd has the books, same as I, but I have no GMing experience at the moment... I could assist in the four-hour character creation process at the very least.

hehehe...wow. That sounds pretty intense. Perhaps I should just hope to take a look at the books...that might sate my curiosity.

 

[TracerBullet42]

My copy of the Necronomicon has a dedication that reads, "Raven, thanks for your inspiration. I couldn't have done it wihtout you. Love, Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred."

That's the most romantic thing I've heard all day...

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Ha! Summon MattyHelms is a low level spell! I dare your to cast Summon Raven c.s. McCracken! Its Synapocalypse good!

The problem is never the summoning. It's the binding!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

That's it...I've heard this bluff thrown about enough times. I would like an opportunity to play this "Synnibarr" of which you speak. It can't be that bad....

Can it?

Everyone should play it once. It's just too bizarre for words. The first time we played it, we spent 2.5 hours making characters. And I accidently killed someone else's character in the first few minutes. That's gotta be the worst character creation : play ratio in history!

The second time we played, I rolled a mutation that gave me access to a lot of powers (I think it was that I could change + acquie any minor mutation any time I wanted). Nifty mutation I rolled. But, in Synnibarr, players are not allowed to use books during the game (I kid you not!--that's an actual rule), so MattyHelms would make us write down all of our abilities and then close the book when the game starts. He had to give me special dispensation to look up the mutations in the book since there was no way I could write them all down before the gameday was over, and I would need to violate the "no books for players" rule to use my mutation.

There's a picture of Tara which shows her excitement at having to write down all her spells (this was the first Chicago Gameday Synnibar game).

And, somewhere, Mark posted a picture of what Synnibarr is really like. There were all sorts of higher math formulas floating around in that pic.....

 

[waterdhavian]

Gencon 4-day passes! Very cool!


I have some stuff I can muster for the prize table as well, a few books and a few other things.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

And, somewhere, Mark posted a picture of what Synnibarr is really like. There were all sorts of higher math formulas floating around in that pic.....

Found the pic in this post

 

[TracerBullet42]

Found the pic in this post

Ok, ok, ok...

I give up. I'm pretty sure that I don't want to play that game anymore...

 

[buzz]

The second time we played...

See, that's your problem right there.