Chicago Gameday XVII ROCKED: The Aftermath...

[buzz]

Thank you!

First off: You are all very welcome.

Gameday XVII was, I think we can safely say, an unmitigated success. Sure, there were a few hiccups: some no-shows, TB42's unfortunate illness, my confusion as to when the prize drawing would start. Nonetheless, I believe we found spots for all of our walk-ins and the players displaced by the canceled Ghostbusters game, so I don't think anybody had to face that most horrible of fates, i.e., time spent not gaming.

Anyway, we had a total of 58 people signed up in advance, GM's included. Figuring in the walk-ins and the no-shows, I'm pretty sure we ended up breaking 60 all told, which made this the biggest Chicago Gameday ever. This makes me happy, as I'd like to think that means both a) we're building up a good group of regular attendees, and 2) word is spreading that Chicago Gameday is a gaming event worth attending. Not to mention getting people exposed to the glory of Games Plus!

I'd also like to mention that, besides HinterWelt, Dork Tower cartoonist John Kovalic was the other publisher to donate to our prize pool this time around. So, if you went home with one of his TPBs (and I know ALL of you went home with a comic book), send him a thank you if you get a chance. Since HinterWelt got to feel like a rock star signing copies of Roma Imperious at the end of the night, I'm going to assume he feels appreciated. Thanks, Bill!

Anyway...

Kudos as always to Curt and the Games Plus crew for providing us with an excellent venue.

Jaws (Joe), Painfully (John), petenik (Pete), Nev the Deranged (Dave), rvalle (Rich), and dalkai (Jeff)... great job busting caps in the hindquarters of Dr. Methuelah's plan to turn back time! I appreciate your patience in learning the Spirit of the Century rules, and with my lack of Aspect compels.

Pbartender (Matt), Monte At Home (Monte), rowport (Tom), Thorindale (Dale), rvalle (Rich), Trevalon Moonleirion (Jason)... chicken jokes galore! Thanks for some wahoo mutant fun. P.S., I'm joining the Knights of Genetic Purity and telling them where you live!

(I'm thinking it needs to become a Gameday tradition to run a classic GW module using a system other than GW.)

I also want to thank all of the GMs who either made room for walk-ins and displaced players in their events, or didn't freak out when players bailed. Thankfully, it seemed like this was pretty minimal, and it gave some people a chance to enjoy games they might not have otherwise thought of trying.

All in all, Gameday XVII was a hoot. Kudos to all of you.

Look for Gameday XVIII this fall, possibly October or early November...

P.S., My photos from Gameday XVII are up on Flickr. I'll post some individual ones w/commentary here in the thread in the next day or so.

 

[buzz]

You just don't eat mutated meat.

Exactly why I don't eat at Q'doba...

 

[FCWesel]

HEY NINJACAT

You should come over and check out UNIFANS, it's a new unisystem-based webpage and forum. People are posting conversions and such, which the site is more then happy to host. I'd love to see your SUPERNATURAL character sheets; maybe you could post them there, if you don't mind sharing!

Link: http://www.unifans.org/index.php

 

[Pbartender]

Sure, I don't, but then, I'm not a mutant that is friends with a big blue guy and a little lizard guy and a girl who controls minds, all surrounded by intelligent badgers and free-thinking robots where it seems to regularly rain green, glowing water. I think that kind of thing might change your perspective.

Good point.

Or, barring that, [insert pithy comment about everyone that eats at KFC here].

You know, what with all the laser beams and mutated chickens, I'm surprised we didn't have more "Regular? Or extra CRISPY! " comments floating around the table.

 

[Diremede]

Thanks to both TB42 and Vyvyan Bastard for running some fun games, both games having some interesting critical hit effects going on, which made it very amusing at times (the guy with the broken toe and stumpy the zealot, critical striking chairs, lethal fruit, not to mention Rollins super dagger of DOOM!!).

Thanks to all the other players in the games for making it fun, it just wouldn't be the same game without bongo magic, pineapple ballads, a snot nosed kid (Angie really doesn't like you I don't care what she told you at school), a team of suicidal soldiers, and an arachnaphobic prostitute (kidding, I'm kidding).

It appeared to a be a day of crazy animals as between the two games I was attacked by dire boars, crazy weasels, a goat lord who sat upon his goat throne of straw and his barnyard minions, rabid squirrels of death, and intangible spiders.

All in all, great fun...................and a slight fear of getting near farm animals or squirrels.

 

[TracerBullet42]

a goat lord who sat upon his goat throne of straw and his barnyard minions.

OOOOHH!!! I almost forgot the classic line of the day:

"Hey, you stupid goat! Come and get me!!!" (exploding spike goes BOOM!)

 

[rowport]

... Barrendd Nobeard, Sqwonk ... running very fun games. ....

My only regret was not following through on my instincts: I should have dumped my team, joined up with Jay as my long-lost barbarian half-orc kin, and stolen that Hammer ourselves. I mean, isn't that what orcs are *supposed to do*?

I still don't understand why eating the meat of giant, mutated chickens is bad in a world where common sense says to focus all your lasers on one spot when fighting a grenade tree, but I guess there should always be mysteries to solve next time.

I still liked thorindale's suggestion of mixing in the radiated chicken meat with the food supply, to get rid of the Pure Strain Humans haunting our village.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

My only regret was not following through on my instincts: I should have dumped my team, joined up with Jay as my long-lost barbarian half-orc kin, and stolen that Hammer ourselves. I mean, isn't that what orcs are *supposed to do*?

You could have merged the two kingdoms; I think a united Ablet was, really, everyone's goal.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

and an arachnaphobic prostitute (kidding, I'm kidding).

Laurie actually is one of those in real life!

Since she was scared of the plastic spider minis you can figure which one.

 

[buzz]

Laurie actually is one of those in real life!

Since she was scared of the plastic spider minis you can figure which one.

(Years in the future...)

Gamedayer: "Whatever happened to that Vyvyan Basterd guy?"
Other Gamedayer: "Oh, his wife murdered him."