Weekend done.

[thebitterguy]

So, yeah. Weekend was spent on the road, mostly. This past weekend was CanGames, which is at this point the oldest gaming con in Canada.

I drove up to Ottawa on Friday. I left later than I'd planned because I was arguing for a while with UPS about getting Cynra's replacement phone delivered. Some of the quirks of the delivery: They could not deliver it to my work location in Mississauga. They could not leave it if I signed the form. It could be picked up (by me only) from the Hamilton depot.

Thankfully, one of our neighbours would be home in the afternoon, so UPS was directed to leave it there. I'm gonna be writing a letter about this.

So. Friday was my Buffy game, set in 17th Century France. I was the watcher. We fought demons. Or Hessians. It kind of blurred after that.

Saturday was a game of Savage Worlds with the same GM. He was a very good GM, in spite of being occasionally somewhat under-prepared. And we didn't use minis in the Savage Worlds game, which felt strange since I'd always viewed it as a minis heavy game.

Game three was Desolation with jkahane. It ended in a total TPK because of a riddle misinterpretation, which is a bit more Play Dirty than I'm used to.

After con I met up with Gabe and his gf for Shwarma dinner. I had no idea about how Bank Street was completely torn up for repairs. We made our way down to Shwarma King, and I got the platter, which turned out to be a wee bit beefier than I thought it would be.

I'd done some shopping that day, and had picked up a bottle of the Life Potion energy drink. Since I didn't have lunch (but did have a delicious breakfast of huevos rancheros) I thought I'd try it. Bad idea. Kept me up until almost two.

Got up and checked out of teh hotel, but got to the con a little late, and found out that the GM (who I will go on record as saying is a douchebag) had given my spot away. Sure, as is his choice, but Mother Fucker, it's Sunday morning 9 a.m. Some of us gotta check out of our hotels and were up a little late the previous evening. Even if it wasn't doing anything fun.

I spent the rest of the day kibbitzing with some dealers and some possible guests. One of the dealers told me the story of how he'd gotten a box of used D&D modules that included a copy of the mythical "Up the Garden Path".

Also got Final Flight of the Santiago from Mongoose. Been looking for that for a while.

Back to work tomorrow. Actually looking forward to it for a change.

Comments

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

I do like the "Mana potions" from the same people who make the "Life potions" - maybe a little too much. I order them by the six-pack from ThinkGeek, but that's expensive (hence my late-arriving request to you).

[thebitterguy]

Sorry. The life potion was just abominable, though. Caias was right; they taste like apple pie. The apple pie from American Pie.

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

It's not really for the taste that I like the stuff - the Mana potion is charitably described as "raspberry" flavoured by some people. Less charitably, it could also be described as "cat's pee on a raspberry bush".

No, the reasons I like these potions are (1) they work most effectively as "wake up" drinks (as you discovered) with a minimum of sugar and less caffeine than you'd think, and (2) the funky little bottles (originally the bottles were apparently glass, but they tended to break easily, go figure).

[kinra.livejournal.com]

I'm apparently running Spirit of the Century at Anime North this weekend, courtesy of Eugene Fong-Dere. Wanted to bounce an idea around - let me know if you've got a moment.

[thebitterguy]

Sure. I'll ring you up after work, or we can meet up for a few minutes tomorrow if you want.

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

Just had to comment on one thing, mate... The main problem in the Desolation scenario wasn't the riddle per sé, but also the fact that because of the actions of the elf, Menelaris, the characters never got to talk to certain folks in the village, learn a bit more information about a few things, and that sort of stuff. The riddle itself was relatively simplistic, as most folks in the playtests and other venues that I've run it attest to.

Oh, btw, the Sunday session of Desolation went pretty smoothly, and the party was able to deal with the situation, kill off the beastie, and all was well that ended well. So there! ::razz::

[spross.livejournal.com]

Well Sunday, the party managed to figure out the riddle. It seemed pretty easy once your talk to people in the village.