The Hive is (realy) Dead! Long Live the Hive Mind!

[Dog Moon]

PbP are not for everyone. I am beginning to think I don't like DMing them. I have had now four of them and waiting for everyone to post is driving me nuts.

True, but I feel like there's so many things I would like to do as a DM that I want to have like eight of them running simultaneously, but I know I wouldn't be able to run one consistently for a long time, so it pretty much wouldn't work out well.

 

[megamania]

Just finished setting up the Treasure Hunt for the wife and kids.



For those wondering...

It is a series of riddles to be solved. Each player gets a prize somewhere within the game.

I went easy on the family this year.

A few examples-

PANTRY
Some say I suck
I think it is just my job



answer: the Vaccuum. and somewhere on the vaccuum is the next riddle

Timmy gets a few Poke'mon cards
Cathy gets a DVD
Tammy gets a candle with a X-mas tree cover for it.

I get the joy of seeing them run around with smiles on their faces.

 

[Dog Moon]

Hey, where'd everyone go? How can I be the last one to post in this thread 11 HOURS ago! Rawr!

Edit: Oh, mega's here. That's what I get for opening like 8 tabs and checking this about 20 mins after opening it. Someone else posted.

 

[Dog Moon]

Just finished setting up the Treasure Hunt for the wife and kids.



For those wondering...

It is a series of riddles to be solved. Each player gets a prize somewhere within the game.

I went easy on the family this year.

A few examples-

PANTRY
Some say I suck
I think it is just my job



answer: the Vaccuum. and somewhere on the vaccuum is the next riddle

Timmy gets a few Poke'mon cards
Cathy gets a DVD
Tammy gets a candle with a X-mas tree cover for it.

I get the joy of seeing them run around with smiles on their faces.

That's pretty cool.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Good thinking mega. I'm gonna have to try it with my nephew when he is old enough.

 

[hero4hire]

neat. The oldest i knew of was a promo reprinted in a Chicago newspaper and with some sort of soap. Being 1884- what was it- political cartoons? I don't recall Yellow Kid or Nemo being that far back. Curious is all.

There is a good wiki article on it here.

 

[megamania]

Hey, where'd everyone go? How can I be the last one to post in this thread 11 HOURS ago! Rawr!

Edit: Oh, mega's here. That's what I get for opening like 8 tabs and checking this about 20 mins after opening it. Someone else posted.

I'll sick that Far-realm T-Rex 1/2 Dragon on you!

 

[megamania]

Good thinking mega. I'm gonna have to try it with my nephew when he is old enough.

The riddles can be as simple to as hard as you want them to be. Here are some I used last year-


1)
KITCKEN
I Have ears but can not listen

2)
KITCKEN
I have eyes but can not see

3)
I have a face and arms that turn all of the time








1- Corn 2- Potatoes 3- a clock

 

[hero4hire]

Time to talk shop-

Favorite age of comics?

Favorite artist?

Favorite writer?

Favorite comic story?

I always have trouble picking a favorite anything but here goes...

Favorite age of comics? The Bronze Age Stories became more realistic (esp on the Marvel Side) but still heroes were heroic but had a human side to them. Characters like Wolverine and Punisher were unique and therefor cool. When you were actually shocked to see a hero die. This is when the X-Men and the Teen Titans were in thier heyday!

Favorite artist? Arrrgh! okay just one name??? <<sigh>> George Perez, because I have enjoyed his from when I started collecting 33 years ago until now.

Favorite writer? Also hard. I am going to say Roy Thomas not for any one outstanding thing but for a breadth of work that spanned everything from Spidey and Conan to Captain Carrot

Favorite comic story? The Death of Captain Marvel. Not only was this the 1st ever Graphic Novel, but the hero dies! Not in battle, but from Cancer, and no one can do anything about it. I was 12 when I read it and it really got to me. I also became a *true* collector after that. I went out and started getting every issue of Captain Marvel, then every appearence.

 

[megamania]

There is a good wiki article on it here.

If I had the web to search in 1986 my report would be a multi- volumed book series!