Strangest place you've gamed...?

[Ahzad]

Let's see when I was stationed in Germany in the late 80's we once played in the ruins of Heidelberg castle. We also played a game of Top Secret on the train on our way to our yearly maneuvers in Grafenwöhr. Finally the best of them on was we played a very espionage cold war version of TMNT & Ninjas & Superspies during a 3 week stint guarding the Iron Curtain. It was by far the coolest b/c you were in the guard towers looking out over the Iron Curtain to see the communists in there tower looking at you. We played non stop for that entire 3 weeks in the barracks, and guard towers. It was also I think my finest run as a DM it was all on the fly and I've never ran a game equal to it, maybe it was the atmosphere that lent it that special quality.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You guys are making me feel boring! The most exotic locales for me were the school library & cafeteria.

 

[jonesy]

Behind the scenes of a cabaret production, with some of the the acts joining in while they were waiting for their turn.

At a ramshackle closed down gas station. The lights barely worked, and it was the middle of winter, so it was a bit spooky.

Topside of a caribbean cruiseliner.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Classified Training SCIF (Secure Information Facility), Pensacola, Florida - Corry Naval Technical Training Center (I was in the Army at the time. ) during a scheduled outage.

US Army Field Station Augsburg, Gablingen, Germany, during a scheduled maintenance outage. (Also a SCIF)

The National Security Agency - during a scheduled outage. (can you tell what I did in the Army? )

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Apparently, you outed a lot. On schedule.

 

[Rune]

My brother and I used to play while doing yard work (anyone ever use a swing-blade?) in our high-school days. The person out in the yard DMed (no notes, all improv), while the other sat on the porch with dice and character sheet(s). Then, we'd switch.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Forgive me, but I immediately thought of a classic blooper from The Newlywed Game when I saw this thread's title...

I've gamed there and nearby, but I wouldn't say I was "playing with minis...."


I grew up out in the country on the road to a cemetery. We would occasionally take the game up and play among the graves after dark.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Apparently, you outed a lot. On schedule.

3 Times over 8 years is a lot?

No, seriously, scheduled outages for maintenance were the biggest waste of time for an operator. You had to be at your position while the system was powered down, or be at a location in the building while the entire section was down for heavy equipment delivery. (something about multi-ton pieces of equipment being brought in by helicopter to the roof and the possibility of killing hundreds of people if it broke it's chains and fell...)

So you are sitting for eight hours (minus 45 minutes for lunch) doing ... nothing. Gaming is much better than nothing.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

3 Times over 8 years is a lot?

I never outed anything or anybody, 3 sounds like a lot to me!.

Funny thing- I was an army brat- and of the servicemen who were gamers, most played standard war-games. SFB was pretty popular, as I recall.

 

[Thunderfoot]

I never outed anything or anybody, 3 sounds like a lot to me!.

Not outed you git, outage - meaning a piece of equipment was not working at that moment. sheesh - sillyvilians... *rolleyes*

Funny thing- I was an army brat- and of the servicemen who were gamers, most played standard war-games. SFB was pretty popular, as I recall.

Oh we did that too, Squad Leader, Star Fleet Battles, FASA's Star Trek Ship Combat Simulation game, Axis & Allies, Shogun, Fortress America...

We also played Top Secret: SI, Warhammer RPG, Paranoia, Civilization (the original board game version before Sid Meier made his video game version) and a host of other "bookcase" games.

Let's face it, we were gamers, we played anything to pass the time when we were bored. But it was easier to bring a couple of books and some dice into a secure area than a box with funny bits in it...