Chicago Gameday XVIII: the aftermath!

[Pbartender]

The Jenga stack from Matt's Dread event. This was about halfway thorugh. By the end, we'd made 26 pulls. And by "we" I mean mostly Matt (GreatLemur), who is a freakin' Jenga commando.

What doesn't come through in this picture is that by this time Mark (Buzz), Adam (Cerebral Paladin) and Matt (GreatLemur) were having a hard time sitting down, and were loathe to come within a half foot of the table... You'll notice that the chair behind the tower is empty -- that's the chair Adam should have been sitting in, if I'm not mistaken. All three of them did a great job and came up with some truly excellent ideas that we simply ran with, and brought the adventure to a conclusion that I hadn't originally planned for.

Meanwhile, players from the nearby tables kept sneaking glances at the tower to see if was still standing...

An exceptional game. It was, undoubtedly, the most fun I've had GMing a game in a long, long time. I'm really looking forward to running it again.

 

[buzz]

Looks like a great time. Sorry I couldn't make it this time around. I'm going to try to make the next one, though.

Awesome! You could maybe run the all-Josh event...

 

[Adareth]

the evidence is clear. . . .

Hey buzz, thanks for posting (and taking) the pics! Nice to put faces to names + EN handles. . . we've got the evidence now! No backing or turning away. Guess I'll have to just start my spreadsheet now to keep track. . . . <sighs deeply while launching Excel>

If I haven't said so before, please run another BW game (or 2)--I really want to try the system and have heard good things besides the feedback from this GD.

Idea: since the lunch time is relatively quick (if one needs to go out for it) and the idea is to try to give us time to roam the store a bit during that time, what about pooling money at the beginning of the GD morning and placing an order for a bunch of pizza or sandwiches for those wanting to participate? Curt--stop me if that's against store policy and I'll respectfully withdraw the idea

 

[buzz]

If I haven't said so before, please run another BW game (or 2)--I really want to try the system and have heard good things besides the feedback from this GD.

Oh, there'll be plenty more BW at upcoming Gamedays. I freaking love BW.

Idea: since the lunch time is relatively quick (if one needs to go out for it) and the idea is to try to give us time to roam the store a bit during that time, what about pooling money at the beginning of the GD morning and placing an order for a bunch of pizza or sandwiches for those wanting to participate? Curt--stop me if that's against store policy and I'll respectfully withdraw the idea

I think we brought up this idea a year or two ago. IIRC, the issues were a) wrangling the money (money always complicates things), and 2) the food clean-up issue. Previous Gamedays actually featured attendee-brought food, and it would always get really messy. Not to mention, it does cut into Games Plus' snack sales.

We could simply shorten the morning slot by thirty minutes and add it to lunch. The morning slot is already five hours; only Rob has trouble fitting an event into that time frame.

 

[TracerBullet42]

The morning slot is already five hours; only Rob has trouble fitting an event into that time frame.

Which is why I usually run in the afternoon...so that I have until "cattle-prod time" to finish up...

 

[Yort]

Which is why I usually run in the afternoon...so that I have until "cattle-prod time" to finish up...

See, that's why I always start my games with "cattle-prod time". Gets it out of the way early and separates the whiners from the die-hard gamers.

A late word of thanks to the two and a half men in my afternoon game, thanks for dancing in my Cthulhu-based dreams for a bit. And remember Andrew, studies show that 9 times out of 10, automatically shooting whatever is behind door number 1 is a good thing to do in Cthulhu land. Well done.

Thanks to Buzz, Curt, and my fellow GMs for giving me something else to do on a Saturday other than watch my beloved Buckeyes fall to some Division III school...

See you all at the next Gameday!

 

[thalmin]

On pooling money and ordering in some lunch, there are some organization and logistic problems, but people are always eating in the game room.

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

Thanks to Buzz, Curt, and my fellow GMs for giving me something else to do on a Saturday other than watch my beloved Buckeyes fall to some Division III school...

See you all at the next Gameday!

*Nelson laugh* OSU lost.


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Hey, waitaminute....we're not Div III!


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