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Next Game: Friday June 2nd

UPDATE: After miscommunication, the session was canceled.

Maybe. We’ll need to make sure Dad thinks he can make it, since he’ll be headed up to Kristen’s graduation from CSUS the next morning way too early. In comments, please indicate which weekends you’re free to game. For now, Jim, Scott, and Jen are big drags this month.

May 26th: Unavailable
June 2nd: Good (Dad’s off to Kristen’s graduation the next day, but he’s sucking it up. Yay game!)
June 9th: Unavailable [Dad’s off to Eric’s]
June 16th: Good [though we’re off to Chris and Holly’s wedding the next morning]
June 23rd: Good [so far…]

The campaign log has session five sketched in. Expand on whatever interests you.

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Next Game: Friday May 19th

Jennifer and I will be out of town exploring baseball and other things San Fransisco-y. I’m looking forward to returning to our Star Wars game afterwards. I’ll try and update the New Republic Agents pages with the second half of our third session and session four. If you get there first, that’s great.

Hope your week’s a good one!

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Next Game: Friday May 5th

Jennifer and I are off to Salt Lake City, so I can meet her mom. If you know any prayers… More seriously, we’ll miss this week, but I’m looking forward to resuming the first Friday in May.

I’ll eventually add to the log on the wiki, but if you’d like to get there first, please do. If there’s anything else, let us know.

Way off topic: we now have a tiny kitten. Max was a little reluctant at first [there was much hissing], but they’ve calmed greatly. Though the little kitten seems fascinated by Max’s twitching tail– which can’t bode well. Anyway, I’m looking forward to gaming again soon.

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Next Game: Friday, April 21st

Our next game should be this upcoming Friday. During the week I’ll probably update the wiki with the new GM characters and the next session’s skeleton. You can help out by contributing whatever you remember.

As usual, if you’re going to have any problems making it, please let us know.

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Next Game: Friday 4/14

UPDATE: We’re looking forward to a game this Friday, April 14th. If you’re going to have any problems making it, please let everyone know. Last weekend was destined not to be.

Meanwhile, over on the wiki, I’ve put up a rough log of the first session. If there’s something cool you did, something you want to remember, add it to the log. There are a lot of points where it can stand some expanding– say, the whole investigate/repair the TIE fighter sequence. It’s in outline format so it’s easy to insert more details– if you want to comment on something, just add one more * to the front of the line and include snippets of remembered dialogue, data [we got his comm. number, 500 credits, etc.]

Also, I have essentially no names. Can you provide names for the people we met Ben? The Barab I spoke with, the commander (and maybe the chief mechanic, so we’ll know he’s out for Cameron with a bloody, spanner happy insistence?) At the top, if you could list the six planets we’re investigating, that’d be handy too. I don’t think we’ll need names for the transitory characters [the other pilots, etc.]

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StarWars: Starting Friday March 31st

Our next game is scheduled for March 31st. We’re currently planning on playing Star Wars– Ben, any further thoughts on how we’ll start? Do you want us to create common backgrounds, work on character histories– anything we can do to help you prepare?

I’ll add my character (and Jennifer’s) to the wiki. If you’re going to have trouble making it Friday, let us know.

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New wiki and Next Game: Friday March 24th

Next Friday night we’re planning on creating characters for our new Star Wars game… and, if we still have time, return to our Dragon’s Talons game.

Since setting up a wiki is a hassle, but I love to share the ability to create and edit, I got a free Peanut Butter wiki. It is easy to use– just click the “edit page” button on top.

Wiki main page. Links to the rest of the wiki.
New Republic Agents. The page I set up for the Star Wars game we’ll be playing (and that Ben will be running). I figure we can discuss characters and the like there… or in this thread if you’d rather.

Update: See the first comment for thorough instructions on making your edits to the wiki. Dad has successfully edited– have you? (Kev has too.)

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March 17th: The Dragon’s Talons return

The evils of his corporate employer are too extensive to list, but this last act of aggression is too much. The beatings… oh, yeah, I’m not supposed to mention that.

So, Kev’s got to work Friday. We’ll be talking about games and game systems. If there’s anything you want us to bring up Kev, just let me know– or add it to the Pitch Ideas thread.

We’ll return to Dragon Talon goodness on March 17th.

UPDATE: We met last night and discussed the various pitches. We’ve narrowed it down to three concepts, but didn’t want to vote until Kev could be there. We were in a very sci-fi mood…

The three pitches are:

  • Star Wars d6: Heroic. Set after Return of the Jedi, as the New Republic and Empire jockey for position. We’ll be the people who will swing the fate of planets… It’ll be larger than life, pulp-like.
  • D20 Modern: Paranormal Investigators. We’ll be people who know there’s more out there than society believes. Whether it’s aliens, demons, or some other power– only investigation will tell.
  • Fate: 2182. The PCs are a Morgan Team; elite agents empowered by the confederacy to keep things running. Teams may battle pirates, bring around recalcitrant rulers, thwart secessionist plots, and discover new worlds. Sleek vessels unfurl delicate Tachyon catching sails, while below, ice is mined in frigid, near vacuum bubbles.

If I got a pitch wrong, let me know and I’ll correct it. Also, how do we want to vote? A secret ballot? We talked about them for a while this time and found that Ben and I are both eager to run our games, but neither of us demands GMing. Dad was willing to set aside the Dragon’s Talons, but withdrew his suggestion when we picked up knives and bared our teeth.

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Recap, and next game: Friday March 3rd

As of now, we’re assuming that we’ll play Friday night. Does everyone think they can make it? If you suspect problems, let us know in comments. (The game recap follows.)

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Pitch Ideas

I have four different pitch ideas; games I think would be fun and I’d be happy to run. Here are my contenders.

Dogs in the Vineyard: It’s the old west, sometime around the middle of the 19th century. You’re Dogs… roving problem solvers and defenders of the faith. You’ve been given your authority by God… what will you do with it?

Primetime Adventures: We get together and pitch shows, until we find one we like and run with it. The potential settings are incredibly broad. The game plays out like TV; it’s not whether the PCs will win, but what they have to give up that’s the core of the show. Will they grow and change, or will their hangups overwhelm them? [Ideal for Buffy or Battlestar Galactica type play.]

2182:The PCs are a Morgan Team; elite agents empowered by the confederacy to keep things running. Teams may battle pirates, bring around recalcitrant rulers, thwart secessionist plots, and discover new worlds. Sleek vessels unfurl delicate Tachyon catching sails, while below, ice is mined in frigid, near vacuum bubbles. The free wheeling sci-fi universe is powered by the FATE system.

Burning Wheel: Two hundred years ago, your people went to war with the elves… and lost. A long occupied province, your culture is unique in the world. Here, elves and men interact more than anywhere else. A few mechants grow rich, their loyalty bought by the elves. In the flickering light of tallow candles whispers of rebellion, of alliance with the Tomi empire, of traitors within the Elvish prince’s guards, of coming war– many whispers are heard. How will you be remembered?

(Details follow)