NC Game Day IX - January 21 (PRE-REG NOW OPEN)

[reveal]

The after hour D&D games are held at the Dollhouse.

There is no *** in the Champagne Room.

The players will get to play members of the United Nations Superheroes - Taskforce: Topeka. Prepare to fight villany and terror in the Kansas heartland!

Can I be Captain Evo and have an alien sidekick named FSM?

 

[Rel]

Can I be Captain Evo and have an alien sidekick named FSM?

No.

But the list of heroes is as follows:

Statue of Joseph Stalin Man - Crapped on by radioactive pigeons for years, this statue of Joseph Stalin came to life and can now switch between being a regular guy who looks just like (but has a personality very different from) Joseph Stalin and being a stone statue of Joseph Stalin who can't move at all.

Cornucopia - This rotund Greek woman carries with her the Horn of Plenty. She can instantly produce any food she wants from it, which is murder on her diet. But she stands ever ready to give evildoers a mouthful of yummy JUSTICE!

El-Fire-Bow - This young Cuban man was born with everburning elbows. He has real talent as a baseball pitcher ("He can bring the HEAT!") but was banned from the Major Leagues because his fiery elbows kept setting the uniforms on fire. He mainly sticks to sleeveless t-shirts now.

Fugu - This Japanese man was bitten by a radioactive pufferfish and now has amazing powers of puffing himself up to very large size. Fun at beach parties. Not so fun when trying to fight crime in an elevator or phone booth.

The Cobbler - Born of a wealthy German family, he is a frustrated inventor who can never seem to sell any of his inventions. He's venting his frustration by fighting crime using his "Incredishoes" that are clownishly large but should be taken (somewhat) seriously.

Rapunzel - Her hair grows really fast, at will. Whether she's whipping you with it or tying you up with it, well, it's all pretty kinky.


That's the roster. I'll post the game sometime this afternoon or tonight.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Statue of Joseph Stalin Man - Crapped on by radioactive pigeons for years, this statue of Joseph Stalin came to life and can now switch between being a regular guy who looks just like (but has a personality very different from) Joseph Stalin and being a stone statue of Joseph Stalin who can't move at all.

Can I claim him now?

 

[Henry]

United Nations Superheroes - Taskforce: Topeka. Prepare to fight villany and terror in the Kansas heartland!

This bodes interesting times. However, I'm torn on (A) signing up for Clueless in a Shadowrun game, should she run it, or Phil's Faded Glory. (Faded Glory.. that rings bells... wonder if I'm forgetting something...)

In other news, I intend to offer Spycraft and finally get to show this great system off - but this time, updated to the all-new 2.0 rules! I'll have more details soon.

 

[Rel]

Can I claim him now?

Because you were my "GenCon Wingman", yes. I'd rather leave the rest of the sign ups to until the 16th though.

(I'll make an exception for reveal however since he's flying like 2,000 miles and mentioned wanting to get in my game. But that's where I draw the line unless there's bribery or somebody shows me their boobies. A man has to have standards.)

 

[Henry]

For those who might want a reference to the "Pre-thread Thread", here it is:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=157144

 

[Mark Causey]

Did you say Risus? Heck, yeah!

 

[Mark Causey]

By the way, if a Relbeque barbeque is needed, I have a recently installed grilling instrument from my wedding gifts, and a nice sized back yard. No children, but more dogs! That is, I have no children (unlike Rel) and I have more dogs (than Rel) OR No children (for barbequing), but more (hot) dogs (for barbequing)!

Heck, I could even host someone if needed. That is, I could even host (give over some of my home) if needed OR I could even host (give my body over for a symbiotic relationship with an alien with cool powers) if needed.

 

[Rel]

By the way, if a Relbeque barbeque is needed, I have a recently installed grilling instrument from my wedding gifts, and a nice sized back yard. No children, but more dogs! That is, I have no children (unlike Rel) and I have more dogs (than Rel) OR No children (for barbequing), but more (hot) dogs (for barbequing)!

I'm generally big on the BBQ concept but I'm a bit afraid that we could be asking for trouble if we try and do this in January. Despite frequently having very mild winters, we don't have to look back further than last year to recall frozen precipitation falling on the weekend of the January Game Day. If somebody wants to volunteer their house to host a big party that may well be confined to indoors, that's great. If not then we should probably consider a restaurant.

I know that there have been slightly mixed reviews on the place, but remember that if we can get 25 people then we can get the back room at Errico's as a private room for the whole evening (with a pizza buffet for around $7-8 per person IIRC).

 

[Mark Causey]

Is there any precedent or desire to help me in a playtest of a system in development? It would probably take both slots ...

"The Face of Angels" is a card game and a story-creation system. The story that will be told already has a structure; there is a fixed beginning, a structure for the climax, and guidelines for the end. The events that will comprise the story are not set and will be made up during play. While telling this story, you and your friends will play a trick-taking card game, based off Spades and Buck Euchre that will help resolve the events in the story.

You need three to five players to play this game. Six or seven players could work, but results may be less satisfactory. One player will play the "world," specifically the world's reactions to the protagonists. The other players will all play protagonists, although they may well become each other's antagonists.

About the story

The story begins with a group of high-school friends and acquaintances on graduation night. While spending time together, a mysterious light flashes in the darkened sky. Each character will see this differently, but all of them will be invested with a inhuman power that grants them special abilities. In play, they will be discovered by the world, attempt to change the world, and then the world will attempt to destroy them.

Good references for this story are the movies Phenomenon and Powder. The tone of these should be combined with stories like the movie The Breakfast Club, where a group of high-school kids who wouldn't normally bond together have to in order to overcome the world. Other useful references for this game are the television show Smallville and the comic book Rising Stars. The first and foremost influence, though, is the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, one of the finest stories of alienation and humanity and superpowers ever put to paper.