Chicago Gameday XVIII: the aftermath!

[pucky]

Good synopsis there Fenril Knight. I was glad to see that there was no talk about the mayor's parentage or the fact that the Grand Vizier was a cutthroat, behind the scenes politician who constantly reminded the Lord Mayor that his father would have done it differently.
By the by, sorry again for using my last conscious breath to blow you to smithereens as I twisted the very laws of physics with my soon to be signature chain lightning. In all fairness, you did try to roast me with holy fire as you and your two slower friends tried to wrest control of our wonderful town.
You all more than made up for it as we battled in the underdark, though. It's good that you're the new high priest so that I can keep an eye on you - errr.... I mean so that we can have lunch some time.

Thanks everyone for a great game day! Thanks especially to Buzz for putting it all together, to Games Plus (my FLGS), and to Mark for another great adventure. If a Dwarf Barbarian was reincarnated as a Half Elf advisor - I think he would set up shop in the lovely village of Seahorn.

Good luck and good gaming.

P.S. I hope the Lord Mayor is willing to spend some gold on something other than the festhall. His father would.

 

[buzz]

Photos!

Now available on Flickr! As usual, apologies if I'm unable to recognize someone or biff a name. Please help me out!

BTW, I'm amazed how many Josh's we have. It's Josh-tastic! We seriously need to have an all-Josh event next time. Only slightly less amazing is the Matt-erocity level.

My morning jacket... I mean, morning BW game. From left to right: Jordan (AstroCat), Dave (Nev the Deranged), Matt (Pbartender), Pete (petenik), and Matt (GreatLemur).

Gamers contemplate the King of Life in Adam's morning DitV event. From left to right: a bashful Shannon (grymhild), Josh (pvt. patterson), Brad (inundator), and Adam (Cerebral Paladin).

Some morning Supernatural action. From left to right: George (gperez1234), behind him is Natalie (Tofu_Master), Josh (Ninjacat) at the helm (and still conscious), and Michael and Wendy (Dobe and Adareth).

Tekkmage is running some BSG... and he has a plan. John (Painfully) looking at us far left, Jim (waterdhavian), Frank (Jade Fire), Doug (Tekkmage), Bob (robocad), and Donna (DMDM24).

Various bad men, obviously full of thievery. Josh (sw3333), Vincent (Redwind), Jason (Trevalon Moonleirion), Rich (rvalle), and a boy named Sue... er, Floyd (FCWesel). Chris (pucky) can be seen way inna back.

Surf... Mark, Chris (pucky), and Jay (Keel Tings).

...and turf! David (Fenril Knight), Larry (TeamsterLW), and William Ronald. In the back, you can see Floyd, probably fudging dice behind that screen.

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.

No actual children were harmed in Anise's event. John (Painfully), Natalie (Tofu_Master) behind him, Anise (Orichalcum), Josh (sw3333), Donna (DMDM24), and Doug (Tekkmage). At the far right, you can see a sliver of Matt (GreatLemur), hand in pocket, other hand probably masterfully removing a Jenga block. Really, he's that good.

Iridium fans learning where to stand, or something. Wendy (Adareth), Michael (Dobe), Frank (Jade Fire), Pete (petenik), Rich, (rvalle), George (gperez1234), and world-famous game-designer-who-is-not-Monte-Cook, Bill (HinterWelt).

Can you sense the creeping insanity? Floyd (FCWesel), Troy (Yort), Andrew (Shadowchef), and Jim (waterdhavian). Andrew's mom is in the foreground.

Bilateral cessation of relations. Shannon (grymhild) is once again hiding, Dave (Nev the Deranged), and the other world-famous game-designer-who-is-not-Monte-Cook, Greg (GregStolze). I'm not sure who the woman sitting in front of Shannon is.

Alternative rock. Josh (pvt. patterson), Josh (Ninjacat), Jason (Trevalon Moonleirion), and Matt (Kelleris).

A deeper darkness, though it seems pretty well-lit to me. William Ronald at far left, David (Fenril Knight), Larry (TeamsterLW), Mark ("Who's got one thumb and is going to kill your PC? Mark Clover, that's who!") at the helm, Jay (Keel Tings), and Chris (pucky) at far right.

 

[Ninjacat]

*snicker*

We've got a fair number of Marks spread throughout the Chicago GameDay crew, too... ..but Trev's name is Jason, not Josh. This makes me laugh, 'cuz people call me 'Jason' ALL THE TIME, have for many, many years. I've got co-workers who will swear my name is Jason... ..ah well. (And then there's Josh Dyall (sp?), and two Reids, both with the same spelling, and...)

 

[Kelleris]

*snicker*

We've got a fair number of Marks spread throughout the Chicago GameDay crew, too... ..but Trev's name is Jason, not Josh. This makes me laugh, 'cuz people call me 'Jason' ALL THE TIME, have for many, many years. I've got co-workers who will swear my name is Jason... ..ah well. (And then there's Josh Dyall (sp?), and two Reids, both with the same spelling, and...)

So you're saying I did not, in fact, ruin a motif? Huzzah! I was afraid I'd never be able to show my face around the philosophy department again.

 

[buzz]

..but Trev's name is Jason, not Josh.

DANGIT! Apologies to Jason. I made corrections above. The weird thing is that I never forget his last name and initials, "J. J. Ambrose", 'cause they flow so well.

 

[buzz]

So you're saying I did not, in fact, ruin a motif? Huzzah! I was afraid I'd never be able to show my face around the philosophy department again.

Oh, I'll get you next time, pal. And your little dog, too!

 

[thalmin]

buzz, The young boy in picture #11 is Andrew, I don't remember his mother's name (the woman in the picture.) They both attended the World Wide Game Day.
Tofu_master is Natasha, she also goes by Natalie.
In the last picture, Larry is the one seated closer to Mark. Hope that helps.

 

[buzz]

Thanks, Curt! I'll update later tonight when I can check against the sign-up sheet.

 

[buzz]

Okay, updates have been made. In addition to Curt's help, Mark emailed me the names of everyone in his events. Thanks, guys!

The only mystery now is the unidentified woman in Dave's Mutual Decision event.

 

[Monte At Home]

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.