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Schedules, Requests, and Gaming

What is everyone’s current status? I know that Kev has added another work-like time suck to his schedule, and that Ben would like to spend time with his love. Do we need to look at moving the game to a different day, or officially cut back to every other week or more infrequently?

Does your schedule get better at the end of summer, or some later time– or is everyone’s schedule so erratic that it would be better not to plan on people showing up consistently?

Should we switch to board gaming for a while if roleplaying meetings just aren’t working? Or do we just need to try a different roleplaying game– the games we currently have don’t include everyone or scratch the right itches?

Lots of questions. Everyone, please write back or comment– let’s talk about what we can do and what we want to do.

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Next Game: Serenity on Friday, June 19th

Dad, Jen, and I are traveling for a birthday/graduation party this upcoming weekend (though Dad may leave for it much earlier), so we’re looking forward to Serenity’s next session on Friday, June 19th.

Otherwise, I’m looking forward to continuing the Aviary’s saga on the 19th!

Update: Kev will be out of town celebrating his father’s birthday and Father’s Day. We’re planning on continuing the session… it sounds like he’ll be busy in the hold of the ship keeping everything together.

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Next Game: Friday June 5th

Jennifer and I are getting away for the weekend to celebrate her birthday. Kev’s also busy on Friday the 29th. It looks like the next session will be Friday, June 5th. Let’s make it Serenity, since it’s just getting off the ground and we’ve had trouble with the last few sessions.

Can everyone make it on Friday the 5th?

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Next Game: Friday May 8th

The upcoming session will be a belated return to our D&D Game, resuming shortly after your week of recovery and setting up the freed city for survival. It currently looks like we’ll head to a birthday Brunch/Movie on Saturday, which is particularly good given the difficulty in rescheduling away from Friday. Can everyone make it Friday night?

Serenity’s character creation night ran really well– especially for juggling one book. I like the assortment of characters that we’ve assembled and look forward to seeing how our characters interact and see what flaws everyone secretly picked. I’m looking forward to seeing them in action soon. (The additional material that wasn’t in the core rulebook, Kev, is in the Firefly Fanbook.)

I’ve started a quick wiki for our Serenity game here.

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New Game: Serenity, Friday May 1st

We’re looking at creating characters for the upcoming Serenity game, run by Dad, on Friday. If you’re not going to be able to make it, please let us know! Ben plans on bringing Emily; Kev can you arrange for Christian’s evening?

If you have ideas for character concepts, please share them in comments. So far, Mike mentioned an interest in playing a “Jayne like” character– which part interests you Mike? Are you looking to be the gun bunny with a love of grenades, or are there other aspects of the character that you’d like to bring over too? [Obviously, all of the concepts we offer up– particularly for me– are subject to change to fit the group.]

More Notes: Jennifer is looking at playing the Captain, probably with an ex-military, the bed should have hospital corners, type personality. I think it’ll be fun to have one of our quieter people step out and lead in the new game.

Dad is talking about looking for more complex backgrounds and characterization this game. Be ready to spin outlandish stories about your past… we’ll obviously help if you’re stuck on place details or something. Another change Dad mentioned is that we’ll play a little less “open table”– Advantages and Complications will be separate from your character sheet and only known to you and the GM. (Though some, like quick draw, will be obvious the first time a fight brews…) We’ll also try to spend more time in character, even when we’re discussing a job and how to deal with opposition.

All in all, it sounds like a very different game than our current D&D game– with great variety between the two.

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Next Game and Discussion: April 10th

Update: Both Kev and Ben canceled, so we’re canceling altogether. Next week wouldn’t have worked for Ben or Kev either, so we’ll discuss this (and hopefully game) on the 24th.

The previous meeting (for April 3rd) didn’t work out. We’ll game as normal this week, but we also need to look into game scheduling changes due to life changes.

Recent key life changes: Ben will be available to game on only the second and fourth weekends of the month. The other weekends he’ll have Emily.
Jennifer’s work now extends to 6pm and often runs over. Should we push the official start time back to 7 pm?
I know there are others; Mike has work and car issues, Kevin is juggling school and work schedules, etc.

So, let’s put our thinking caps on. Do we need to meet less often? Can everyone coordinate their schedule for most Fridays except Ben? If so, do we want to run different games on alternating weeks? Do we think that gaming more often (like adding a Sunday game) is the direction to go?

If you have ideas about a game or campaign for the alternate weeks, and think you’ll have time to run it, let’s talk about it. The previous games we’ve played would be cool to pick back up, though there would be some character additions and subtractions that we’d need to work in.

If you know people who’d love to play, a new game start is the best time to consider expanding or contracting the group.

If you have other thoughts– I’m sure I missed obvious ideas and consequences– chime in by phone, email, or comment. Thanks!

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Canceled Game: Friday April 3rd

Last minute update: I have called everyone to cancel. See the post above for more on this topic.

After a tough fight in the heart of the dwarven keep at the city’s center, the leader of the town has fled and his companions lie dead. This Friday we’ll see how you wrap up the remainder of the fight for this town (since the army is assaulting in parallel to you) and see what you plan to do next.

Let us know if you’ll have any trouble making it on Friday.

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Upcoming Gaming

Right now, it looks like gaming won’t work this upcoming week [Friday the 20th] due to a work party replacing the game. Saturday and Sunday don’t work as reschedules– Dad’s heading out of town, Mike’s busy Saturday, and Kev works Sunday.

The following week [Friday the 27th] will require rescheduling– Jennifer’s plan arrives at 7:30 pm on Friday, right in the middle of when we’d normally play. Does anyone think playing Saturday the 28th will be a problem? Please let us know what your schedule looks like so we can coordinate.

If you ever can’t remember if we’re playing or on hiatus for a week, just click the Calendar tab at the top. It lists the upcoming month with anticipated games in red.

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Game Night: Friday the 13th (of March)

At the moment, the game looks like a go despite Jennifer’s absence. If anyone else can’t make it, please let me know and I’ll call around to cancel. Otherwise, full speed ahead– after an exhausting afternoon, what awaits our heroes in the siege? Will the battle be resolved by night’s end? [I hope yes, and will abstract as necessary to make it likely.]

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Gaming, gaming, gaming

Our next game is scheduled for Friday, March 6th. After dealing with the hornet’s nest you kicked over [or watching as the spell goes awry and the city burns…], you’ll soon be on the attack again.

As ever, please let us know if you’ll have any problem making it. Thanks!