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Chicago Gameday XVI: the aftermath!

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Trevalon Moonleirion said:
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.
Strangely enough, my drive wasn't too bad (barring the near-accident), and I was on tollways most of the trip (290/355 to 88). Maybe 1.5 hours compared to 45 minutes normally, which was better than I expected.

But, yeah... lanes?
 

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Lifelike said:
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?
There is also the Games Plus 25th Anniversary weekend of open gaming. We are planning on March 31st being a day of retro gaming (being rpgs, boardgames and minis games from 1982). Come help us celebrate!
 

thalmin said:
There is also the Games Plus 25th Anniversary weekend of open gaming. We are planning on March 31st being a day of retro gaming (being rpgs, boardgames and minis games from 1982). Come help us celebrate!
Word of advice: Skip the c.1982 Gamma World. :)
 

Lifelike said:
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?

ICon is in a few weeks. Since it is all done by VT software you don't even have to worry about driving home. :)

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5615

rv
 

Trevalon Moonleirion said:
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.

Yep. Did 30 all the way to Naperville also wondering where the lanes were. Plus my driver side window was stuck down. I had to drive with my hood up else the frozen rain was hitting me in the head.

The drive wasn't too bad except for one thing... I ended up behind a guy who, seemingly, every time he hit the gas would fishtail all over the highway. Since he was going from far left to far right lanes no one was trying to pass him. Several times he ended up sideways and had to go into reverse to back up and straighten out. After being behind this guy for about 20 min I notice that traffic was all backed up behind us and totaly open in front of this guy.

I guess the State Police noticed it as well as one was trying to pull the guy over. I hope the made him park his car on the side of the road and get a tow.

Game day was great as always! Thanks Buzz for the work, Games Plus for the space, whoever brought in those yummy breakfast items, TB42 for the great game and William Ronald for stepping up to run a game for us when we had nothing.

Looking forward to the next gameday already.

rv
 

Great Game Day!

Hey, folks!

Thanks to all for a *GREAT GAME DAY*! This one was a new high-mark for me on the fun scale. I had a great time running my first GameDay event, made fantastic by the wonderful players who all were completely into the campy feel of the game. Thanks to the cast:
Thorindale as Bobby
brehobit as Diana
Yort as Hank
pbartender as Presto
buzz as Shiela
sw3333 as Eric

All the players were well into character, but I have to give a special shout-out to pbartender for *ACTUALLY RHYMING EACH AND EVERY SPELL THAT HE CAST THE WHOLE GAME..!* And, to sw3333 for playing Eric as the gloriously cowardly bastard that he is. :D

I would be remiss if I did not highlight to the gaming world that this illustrious crew *PUT THE BEAT-DOWN ON VENGER*! And, I did not even have to cheat as a DM to let them do it; I just applied the same crappy tactics that he actually displayed in the cartoon. Throw arcane sphere... rinse and repeat. Presto actually knocked himself into negative hit points with his last heroic effort to polish off the BBEG, too.

Buzz's afternoon 1E Gamma World game was quite an experience..! The setting and characters were hilarious and well-written, with all the players doing a fantastic job playing them up. Reid's 'munchkin-speak' and Trev's robotic "ha-ha-ha" were the high points for me. Of course, nothing could actually be as funny as the rules themselves (and I use the term "rules" rather lightly here). :D

I am glad that I survived to eat some more brains. I do feel bad about that poor, poor lonely robot going through his motions for eternity. At least he has the abandoned munchkin corpses to keep him company. LOL

Thanks to thalmin and Buzz for hosting and planning. Thanks to Mark CMG and Tavis (sorry, I forget your screen name?) for the prize support! I am really digging the Stirge book-- your knowledge of biology shows through. And, for the anonomous dude (chick?) who donated your 2003 Games Workshop magazine, THANKS!! I am going to use the instructions to create a custom beastman mini!

See everybody next time!
 

rowport said:
...and Tavis (sorry, I forget your screen name?) for the prize support! I am really digging the Stirge book-- your knowledge of biology shows through.
Dag! Did I omit thanking a publisher who donated? Who's the book from, rowport?
 

buzz said:
Dag! Did I omit thanking a publisher who donated? Who's the book from, rowport?
Actually, I donated that stirge book along with one about minotaurs. They were given to me by Behemoth games a long time ago (my first GM experience) and I am done pilfering ideas from them and thought someone else might be able to use them.
 

TracerBullet42 said:
Actually, I donated that stirge book along with one about minotaurs. They were given to me by Behemoth games a long time ago (my first GM experience) and I am done pilfering ideas from them and thought someone else might be able to use them.
Ah, got it. Well, thanks for donating them, TB!
 


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