Kid Charlemagne
I am the Very Model of a Modern Moderator
(crossposted from the GenCon forum and CM)
This was probably my best GenCon so far. I gave it five stars.
I got in Wednesday night with Brad and Joe (Inundator and Sire Brennen) and had a great dinner with some of Brad's gaming buddies at PF Chang's, then had some drinks at the CM/ENworld party, where I got to see Rel, Ghostwind, Piratecat, and a slew of other ENWorlder's - I walked up to Piratecat and said
"Kevin, great to see you! I see you're the only person here wearing a red shirt. It was nice knowing ya!" and walked off to get a drink. When I turned around to see his reaction, he had a priceless look on his face.
Thursday morning I played in Rel's Sky Galleons game, and had a blast playing Lizzie - Bubbalicious was a hoot as Tex, and Dave Stebbins as Carlotta hurled innuendo and insults my way with aplomb. Lizzie tried to impeded Carlotta hitting on her dad, and she and the Professor managed to take a Martian skyship all by themselves. I had lunch with Rel, Alenda, Belen, Seonaid, and several other folks whose usernames/real names I didn't catch (sorry, guys!). It was a blast as we kibbitzed long enough that I couldn't make it to the Exhibit Hall like I wanted to, but didn't mind a bit.
I played a a GURPS Dr. Who game that was my only bad experience of the Con (luckily only a 4 hour slot), where my PC had both the "No Hangover" advantage and the "Alcohol Intolerance" disadvantage, and who spent 16 of 137 points on the ability to fast draw his weapons, and 2 out of 137 on actually knowing how to USE those weapons, and who used only ranged weapons but had the "One Eye" disadvantage. That kind of summed up that game. That night was capped off with a pretty decent Star Wars d20 game.
Friday had an 8-hour Eberron game - ths could have been a disaster if it haad been as bad as the Dr Who game, but it actually went very well (aside from some DM house rules). I also hit the Exhibit Hall Thursday, and got some great pictures (which I will post later once I get them off my camera).
Saturday morning I met Xath, though I didn't know it was her till that night when she stopped by PC's game briefly), when she complemented me on my "You're not the DM of me" T-shirt. Unfortunately I didn't have a chance to see her in her full (and award-winning) Queen Amidala costume, as I was gaming all day again - I spent some time in the D&D QA, played in a fun Warhammer 40K RPG demo, and then had a blast in Piratecat's Dread game (I took videos of almost every Jenga pull, and I'll edit those together) - Barsoomcore made five pulls at one point for running down a cliff path, in the dark, drunk, after having fallen down a flight of stairs - but befroe he got shot by Hypersmurf, whose character was flashbacking to the WWI trenches - and he made ALL FIVE pulls, and announced to the Embassy Suites in general, "I am the King of Jenga!"
Sunday, was Alenda's Halfling Musketeers games, in which Hypersmurf and I impersonated an Orcish Priest by standing on each others shoulders, and rescued a Princess, fought some orcs, and were assaulted by animated magnums of some very unpleasant wine - best line of the game from Hypersmurf: "Stand still, bottles of wine! I am French, and you are my natural prey!"
It was a long, rainy drive back to Chicago (though I know I'm lucky to be so close!) and I'm still exhausted. It's a good kind of exhausted, though.
I know I missed mentioning a lot of folks, and forgot a lot of names! I apologize for anyone I missed, and I know I'll be doing this again next year! Pictures will be posted at some point in the day or so, and I may Youtube an edit of the Jenga pulls from PC's game...
This was probably my best GenCon so far. I gave it five stars.
I got in Wednesday night with Brad and Joe (Inundator and Sire Brennen) and had a great dinner with some of Brad's gaming buddies at PF Chang's, then had some drinks at the CM/ENworld party, where I got to see Rel, Ghostwind, Piratecat, and a slew of other ENWorlder's - I walked up to Piratecat and said
"Kevin, great to see you! I see you're the only person here wearing a red shirt. It was nice knowing ya!" and walked off to get a drink. When I turned around to see his reaction, he had a priceless look on his face.
Thursday morning I played in Rel's Sky Galleons game, and had a blast playing Lizzie - Bubbalicious was a hoot as Tex, and Dave Stebbins as Carlotta hurled innuendo and insults my way with aplomb. Lizzie tried to impeded Carlotta hitting on her dad, and she and the Professor managed to take a Martian skyship all by themselves. I had lunch with Rel, Alenda, Belen, Seonaid, and several other folks whose usernames/real names I didn't catch (sorry, guys!). It was a blast as we kibbitzed long enough that I couldn't make it to the Exhibit Hall like I wanted to, but didn't mind a bit.
I played a a GURPS Dr. Who game that was my only bad experience of the Con (luckily only a 4 hour slot), where my PC had both the "No Hangover" advantage and the "Alcohol Intolerance" disadvantage, and who spent 16 of 137 points on the ability to fast draw his weapons, and 2 out of 137 on actually knowing how to USE those weapons, and who used only ranged weapons but had the "One Eye" disadvantage. That kind of summed up that game. That night was capped off with a pretty decent Star Wars d20 game.
Friday had an 8-hour Eberron game - ths could have been a disaster if it haad been as bad as the Dr Who game, but it actually went very well (aside from some DM house rules). I also hit the Exhibit Hall Thursday, and got some great pictures (which I will post later once I get them off my camera).
Saturday morning I met Xath, though I didn't know it was her till that night when she stopped by PC's game briefly), when she complemented me on my "You're not the DM of me" T-shirt. Unfortunately I didn't have a chance to see her in her full (and award-winning) Queen Amidala costume, as I was gaming all day again - I spent some time in the D&D QA, played in a fun Warhammer 40K RPG demo, and then had a blast in Piratecat's Dread game (I took videos of almost every Jenga pull, and I'll edit those together) - Barsoomcore made five pulls at one point for running down a cliff path, in the dark, drunk, after having fallen down a flight of stairs - but befroe he got shot by Hypersmurf, whose character was flashbacking to the WWI trenches - and he made ALL FIVE pulls, and announced to the Embassy Suites in general, "I am the King of Jenga!"
Sunday, was Alenda's Halfling Musketeers games, in which Hypersmurf and I impersonated an Orcish Priest by standing on each others shoulders, and rescued a Princess, fought some orcs, and were assaulted by animated magnums of some very unpleasant wine - best line of the game from Hypersmurf: "Stand still, bottles of wine! I am French, and you are my natural prey!"
It was a long, rainy drive back to Chicago (though I know I'm lucky to be so close!) and I'm still exhausted. It's a good kind of exhausted, though.
I know I missed mentioning a lot of folks, and forgot a lot of names! I apologize for anyone I missed, and I know I'll be doing this again next year! Pictures will be posted at some point in the day or so, and I may Youtube an edit of the Jenga pulls from PC's game...
