Chicago Gameday XXI was November 8th: Aftermath...

[Ninjacat]

Wooooo, GameDay!

Tim K, thanks for introducing us to The Committee For The Exploration Of Mysteries, it's a lot of fun! (Of course, any game that has the consumption of beverages or snacks built into the rules is pretty awesome right there. ) I'm still not too sure about the three-minute limit, but the idea of a prep-free game remains completely awesome. I'm sure playing it more would make things flow better, and there was a copy out on the rack when we started playing, but when I went to buy it afterward, someone had already purchased it! (Was that you, Buzz? *g*) But the adventure was a lot of fun, even if we ended up getting a tad crazy. Thanks!

To my afternoon Supernatural players, Thanks So Much for making my untried idea work so well! The story may have deviated from my outline (even moreso than is par for the course, heh) but it worked and worked well, and you all did a magnificent job with the impromptu theater group flashback. Nat, I doff my hat to you, you've got some great acting chops (emoting off a monologue on the first reading takes talent)! And Laurie the Waitress and Vyv, Spot, and Bront the street kids made the scene too. Thanks, Guys, and I look forward to the next one. Man, there's gonna be all sorts of cool games at the next GameDay, 'cuz I'm gonna want to be running in both slots, d'oh.

And of course, many thanks to Curt and Buzz for hosting and organizing the GameDay, as always. I already can't wait 'til next time!

 

[thalmin]

Thank you all for coming. I hope everyone had a good time, even with the game cancellations. (I think we got everyone placed.)
Special thanks to all the GMs for their great efforts.
And a big thanks to buzz for organizing.

Oh, and the cash register thanks you all, too!

 

[buzz]

I'm really bummed. Some luck, huh?

Terrible luck, Paul! It's good to hear that there were no injuries, though. Curt was able to alert me before the morning slot started, so we were able to get a jump on accommodating displaced players. One of the players actually didn't show up, so Keith/ekb was able to fold the remaining three into his event. Thanks, ekb!

And there's always Gameday XXII.

 

[buzz]

Another one for the books!

First off, here are the pics I snapped at Gameday. Not a lot, I know. If you have any, please post them. Oh, and does anyone know the names of the two gentlemen playing Touch of Evil with Curt and Nick? I know at least one of them was a walk-in.

Okay...

It's great to see so many happy, effusive posts! I thoroughly enjoy helping to make Gameday happen; it's rewarding to see that Gameday is bringing the awesome.

Big thanks once again to the Games Plus crew! As we all know, the venue is a big part of what makes Gameday so fun. Big thanks to all of our volunteer GMs for running what sounds like some very awesome events. And, of course, thanks to everyone who came to play!

The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries was a hoot! Thanks to Tim for running (can I say "running" if its GM-less?) the event, and thanks to Laurie, Bront, Ninjacat, and Reidzilla for collaborating on such a wild and wacky adventure.

Extra-special thanks to the players in my 4e game: rvalle, Fenril Knight, Kelleris, and Nev the Deranged. To coin a phrase, I totally "pulled a Rob": we didn't finish until almost 9:45pm... and that was only two encounters! Guess I need to work on my encounter design. Nonetheless, I had a blast, and I certainly hope you guys did, too. Not to mention, now you know to be extra careful about attacking 4e umber hulks!

Okay, let's move on to some reporting...

GMs and players combined, we had a total of 47 people on the schedule going into the day.

A total of 37 people signed the sign-in sheet. However, I can confirm that at least 6 more people were there who didn't sign-in, for a total of 43. Knowing that there were a few walk-ins, my bet is that, in the end, we were pretty close to that initial total of 47.

That's quite good for Gameday, especially given that two events were removed just the week preceding, and one event was removed the day of. Hopefully we can have a full roster of seven events per slot next time and crack the 50 attendee threshold!

Thanks again, everyone. I look forward to seeing you all in the spring for Gameday XXII!

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

Yeah, I don't think I actually signed in on the sheet, though i did grab the ever-important nametag....my bad!

I'm bummed I missed what sounds like an epic...2 battles in your game buzz! Your warning about umber hulks is well noted.

 

[Solodan]

Thanks everyone for the great gaming! Thanks to Vyv for the morning game - that undead battle with the trap lined hallway took forever and probably should've killed us! Our poor fighter went through 9 surges that battle somehow, and spent most of the time unable to save end his stun

Thanks to everyone who showed up to play with the pixies and cleanse a fey temple I had a great time nibbling you all with evil ants

Special thanks to they great people at Games Plus - able to help us find a table amidst some confusion and just have a great place to have a lot of gaming.

 

[HinterWelt]

Thanks to Buzz and the Gamesplus Crew for another great gameday. It was a very interesting run of the Iridium V2 system. Thanks to Jim, Jim, Gwen and Gorak for playing in the game. Hopefully you had fun. I will be putting up a an AP soon and see about posting Against the Cult of Thule for a free download.

Thanks again for a great gameday!

Bill

 

[Tofu_Master]

The mystrey men of A Touch of Evil

Hey Buzz,

That was Aeros / Carden R. & a gentleman named Jason playing A Touch of Evil with Curt & John M. I believe they may have both been signed up for the Star Wars game. Later the guy who played Scooby from my morning game took over for Curt, 2nd slot. Whatever the case may be, they had a blast.

-Nat

P.S. Josh you've made me blush! Thank you.

 

[Nev the Deranged]

Good times, as always!

I apologize to the players of my morning game for my braindead GMing. I really don't think I gave you a fair glimpse at the system, because honestly by about an hour in I was just making stuff up. But it seemed like you had fun anyway, and in the end that's all that matters. And you killed an angel! Go you!

Buzz and company in the afternoon (and evening!) slot; Boulderbottoms Rock the House, Woot! We showed those filthy stinking beardless drow *ptui* sissies what's what!

Next time we see an umber hulk, tho, I suggest a tactical advance to the rear. Queen Boulderbottom can always crank out another princess, right?

Thanks to Curt for hosting and Buzz for organizing.

Seeya all next time!

 

[buzz]

Hey Buzz,

That was Aeros / Carden R. & a gentleman named Jason playing A Touch of Evil with Curt & John M.

Ah, thanks! I'll add captions to the pics shortly.