Chicago Gameday XVI: the aftermath!

[buzz]

Buzz's photos

Okay, as promised, here are some pics. You can also view them all on flickr and stuff. I apologize in advance for the general suckage; I was even less on the ball with my camera than usual.

Please correct me if I miss any names...


TracerBullet42's Frickin' Elephants game
Left: Diremede, rvalle, Redwind, pvt. patterson's guest. Center: TracerBullet42. Right: Maiden_Cyborg and bigznak.

FCWesel's "Tombs of Moldvay"
MaidenMan is in foreground, FCWesel at back, standing. On the right is Keibot, AstroCat (?), and Tofu_Master. I can't tell who's on the left.

Trevalon Moonleirion's "Summer Road Trip"
Clockwise starting with reidmcc in red, Kelleris, waterdhavian, Trevalon Moonleiron, dalkai, Ninjacat, and Annamarie.

Reidzilla running the mighty Agon
Left to right: Willam Ronald, Tim C. Koppang (KOUGH-pang), pvt. patterson, Nev the Deranged, Der Spot, inundator, Reidzilla.

rowport's "Sword Mountain"
Thorindale, brehobit, Yort, rowport, sw3333, and Pbartender behind him.

Animated D&D orcs from '80s
From rowport's laptop; apologies for the crappy photo

Eric, Sheila, Hank, Presto, Bobby, and Diana fight an ogre
rowport did a great job painting minis to look like the iconic animated characters

We kick Venger's ass
rowport built this one-of-a-kind Venger mini from various pieces. Didn't stop us from delivering a severe beatdown, though.

Ninjacat's afternoon M&M2e event
Der Spot, Ninjacat, reidmcc, Annamarie, BOZ, Lifelike, Sharraunna, Nazriel.

Mark CMG and Curt post-Gameday

William Ronald's "Mountain" D&D/AE event
William is at the whiteboard; waterdhavian, dalkai, gperez1234, rvalle standing in front, and Redwind, I think, is behind him.

Half of my GW1e event
Tofu_Master, Yort, Redizilla.

The other half of my GW1e event
Paul, TracerBullet42, rowport, Trevalon Moonleirion.

 

[Nev the Deranged]

I started an AP thread over here: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=189282

and also at the Forge, over here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=23383.0

Any of my fellow players (or anybody, really) is welcome to speak up.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Which, I assume, brings one urgent thought to everyone's mind:

When does the planning thread for Gameday XVII go up?

Exactly, it takes time to arrange travel plans

 

[BOZ]

Now, here's hoping everybody made it home in one piece, eeesh.

seriously. that was bad. but i'm here to tell the tale, so it's not all bad.

thanks again for running!

 

[William Ronald]

Now, here's hoping everybody made it home in one piece, eeesh.

See Ya Next Time!

It took me about an hour and a half driving the streets, as I worried about the state of the expressways --- which sounded like parking lots from a few reports.

I think we might have had the worst weather yet of any Gameday. Still, it was a blast -- and not just the winter blast on the way home.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

It took me about an hour and a half driving the streets, as I worried about the state of the expressways --- which sounded like parking lots from a few reports.

I think we might have had the worst weather yet of any Gameday. Still, it was a blast -- and not just the winter blast on the way home.

We didn't make it home. I decided it best to stop for the night and as we were looking for the nearest hotel, we realized we were pretty close to my sister-in-law's house.

Other than that we both had a great time and look forward to future Game Days.

 

[Lifelike]

I worried about the state of the expressways --- which sounded like parking lots from a few reports.

The Edens wasn't that bad by 9:30 when I left, but by that time it had been hailing for long enough that most of the people got to their destanation and didn't go out again.

On an unrelated note, anyone know the answer to the question "what Now?" It seems like the gaming convention scratched my gaming itch without really satiating it, and now I crave more. So when's the next gaming convention, and/or what other gamers outlets are out there?

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

dalkai and I did about 30 mph the entire way home to Bolingbrook. My 25 minute drive was about, oh, an hour and a half of wondering where the hell the lanes were. LOL.

 

[William Ronald]

The Edens wasn't that bad by 9:30 when I left, but by that time it had been hailing for long enough that most of the people got to their destanation and didn't go out again.

On an unrelated note, anyone know the answer to the question "what Now?" It seems like the gaming convention scratched my gaming itch without really satiating it, and now I crave more. So when's the next gaming convention, and/or what other gamers outlets are out there?

Well, I know that the CodCon will be coming up in April. Also, there are many gaming groups in the area. You can check the Gamers Seeking Gamers forum here or see about notices on the wall at Games Plus.

 

[buzz]

Well, I know that the CodCon will be coming up in April. Also, there are many gaming groups in the area. You can check the Gamers Seeking Gamers forum here or see about notices on the wall at Games Plus.

And, of course, Origins and GenCon are not too far away. Well, only moderately far away, I guess. If you can afford it, I highly recommend GenCon.