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

[megamania]

Only the losers go to a con and actually game.

Seriously, it's hard to go and find the time. I go for everything other than the gaming. Now if given a chance to game with people I know from here or CM I would do it.

How was it? Which con is it? Going back next year?

I suspect this is aimed at Jdvn1 but I'll answer anyway-

First con was a blast. Carnage in the Mountains back in about 2000. I only did gaming but watched Historical strategy games (these guys are truely and freaklike scary with their knowledge and detail), some Armor Wars, several card games and then the new thing- Mage Knight.

I went back the next year. Did some 3.0 sanctioned stuff and officially joined the RPGA Network. Played Toon with a flirtatious girl and a very dim witted 50 year old.

The following year I did Hero Clix and shopped around. At this point I had the kids as the wife was working.

Since then, the Carnage has moved to different site and I am expanding places including Albany.

Speaking of which- the next Game Day is coming up.

 

[megamania]

8 hours of prime time has gone by with no replys..... oh the humanity.

 

[megamania]

Still quiet here I see.

I have just agreed to run two games for the Albany Gameday in March. Here is what I have submitted-


XEN’ DRIK: THE CHAOS EFFECT
You have been exploring deep into the jungles of the Xen’drik for the past week. You have seen everything. Mysterious drow, Huge Dinosaurs, Civilized Giants but what is happening around you now can not be explained in mere words. You can fight it, you can study it or you can try to talk to it but there is no way to escape it- THE CHAOS EFFECT!

Events from the failed expedition done last September has come back to haunt everyone as the Chaos Effect is released into the unexpecting world. 6 players of level 10 PCs. Characters will be supplied.



THE ADVENTURERS DISASSEMBLED!
They look like characters you may have seen before but these Adventurers are something new. You can play The Captain, Iron Knight, War Hulk or any of the other members of the Adventurers as they face something new. The Awakened Golem known only as Ultron!

High Level / Epic Level DnD meets Superhero comics. Characters to be supplied by DM. 4 players Comic book knowledge is not required to play.



So if you are going to be in Albany NY on the 10th of March come and visit, sit down and have a few laughs.

 

[Dog Moon]

8 hours of prime time has gone by with no replys..... oh the humanity.

Well, I was gaming today.

Guess what? We defeated Kyuss! Wooh!

 

[Dog Moon]

So I DMed the first couple of encounters for the Ravenloft adventure which came out a couple months ago. Managed to kill someone who was turned into a Zombie [Zombie Jeff was what he was referred to, named after the player] and two others are on their way to becoming Varguille's.

I've noticed one mistake so far in a stat block and the Varguille's differ from the MM version, of which I'm not sure if it was supposed to be intentional or not.

 

[Jdvn1]

Only the losers go to a con and actually game.

Seriously, it's hard to go and find the time. I go for everything other than the gaming. Now if given a chance to game with people I know from here or CM I would do it.

How was it? Which con is it? Going back next year?

Well, I really wanted to game, but due to work and other obligations, I got there at 9 (I went back today and got there at 9:30), which was too late to jump in any of the games.

Though, looking around was cool! And, I bought stuff (how can you go to a con and not buy anything?). It was OwlCon, probably the biggest gaming con in Houston. Steve Jackson even goes every year! Though, I got there too late to see him.

I had a blast! I had been wanting to go for years, but never had the time. So, time permitting, I'm definitely going back next year!

 

[Jdvn1]

This was my first exposure to LARP games on a con level. It was out of hand. One guy broke his arm running outside. The organizers of the con rewrote many rules involving LARPs after that first night.

Restricted areas of play
Times of day
Activities involved

I was invited to a LARP when I went, actually, but I didn't want to pay the special events fee just for one game (it was the last game being offered that night). They seemed pretty organized, though the con has been going over 25 years, so I imagine they've worked out most kinks. They apparently have five STs for one game! Sounds like a lot to me, but I know nothing about LARPing.

(and, I wasn't hugely keen on LARPing Vampire)

 

[megamania]

Well, I was gaming today.

Guess what? We defeated Kyuss! Wooh!

Awesome! Age of Wyrms I would guess.

 

[megamania]

There is a group out of Burlington that is way over board on Vampire LARP. My understanding is the Burlington Police have asked them to leave Church street several times. The hand gestures and spying drove store owners crazy and worried the older folks that visited the street to shop.

Church Street is a closed off street that only allows walking pedestrians on it. On the very end of it is Earth Prime Comics and above it Quarterstaff Games. Good place to go for jazz.

 

[Dog Moon]

Awesome! Age of Wyrms I would guess.

Yep. We finished the Age of Worms campaign yesterday. So far, I've played SCAP and AoW and I definitely like the latter better, but we also had a much better DM for it, so I guess that certainly helps as well.

I played a 15 year old girl swordsage. For most of the game I was the most powerful character in the group, though there were, of course, situations where the other characters shined where I wasn't able to do as much. When stating our backgrounds, I was saying that I was a prodigy, so whenever I did something others considered powerful and were like 'wow' or 'how', someone else would say, 'Well, she's a prodigy'.

Later, near the end of the game, 'Shoulda been a swordsage' became popular. Ironically, most of the times that was said, it was a comment about something other than my swordsage abilities, like when I made a full attack [3 attacks normally plus one hasted from someone else] and pulled out a horde of dice when I hit three times, someone would say, 'dang, that's a lot of damage' and someone else would say 'shoulda been a swordsage' despite the fact that all my dice were coming from holy, undead bane and arcane bane [which added a total of +6d6 per attack against some creatures]. Other times it was said was when my circlet grew more powerful [part of the story], but no one else besides me and the DM knew what it could do. I became immune to mind-affecting stuff. So the DM would say 'You are hit with...nevermind, you're immune.' Someone else would say 'What?' And then would come the inevitable, 'Shoulda been a swordsage'.

Fun times, really. Wasn't said in a nasty way and I said both saying occasionally too.