Chicago Gameday XIV: Aftermath...

[buzz]

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

Much appreciated, water-d!

 

[kenobi65]

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!

I think first edition Traveller still has that beat. It was entirely possible (heck, in some careers, like Marine, pretty likely) that your character wouldn't survive character creation, much less actual play.

 

[buzz]

I think first edition Traveller still has that beat. It was entirely possible (heck, in some careers, like Marine, pretty likely) that your character wouldn't survive character creation, much less actual play.

But how else are you going to tell which characters are Real Men™?

 

[Pbartender]

But how else are you going to tell which characters are Real Men™?

They're the ones eating qui... uh, I mean... egg pie.

 

[FCWesel]

Ok, ok, ok...

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

That's okay...you were never actually going to "play" it anyways...

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

See, that's your problem right there.

Oh, definitely.

I mean, it's like I lost a lot of SAN during a Call of Cthulhu scenario. Now, I've spent two - three years recovering my mental faculties....and I'm ready to rush off again into the miasma of sanity-reducing horror that is Synnibarr.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I think first edition Traveller still has that beat. It was entirely possible (heck, in some careers, like Marine, pretty likely) that your character wouldn't survive character creation, much less actual play.

I found this out in some "worst game ever" threads (while, earlier today, I was looking for some old threads about Synnibarr). One poster even killed two characters during character creation.

If the ratio is time spent creating PC divided by time spent playing said PC, that's division by zero. Twice. Yowsa--I'm impressed!

 

[Nazriel]

Well, at least we now know how to get Barendd out of hibernation in Gameday threads.

Apparently uttering the word Synnibarr wakes the man...beast?... from his slumber.

 

[buzz]

Quick reminder to GMs: You've got until Sunday night to make any event changes or removals. After that, you come prepared to run no matter what.

In semi-related news, I'm running a playtest of my BW event tonight. Playtesting my IH event last time proved so dang useful that I'm making a habit of it, especially for systems I've never run before. Gotta go that extra mile for Gameday.

 

[FCWesel]

are you doing that at games plus, buzz?