teh bunneh
Feb 19th, '08, 12:47 PM
Genghis Con After-Action Report
Thursday
Coming straight off of our vacation in Florida, my lovely bunny wife and I went and had a late lunch and then headed for the hotel. We picked up our tickets, then wandered around for a while. Once gaming began, I played a superhero game called With Great Power. I was pretty "meh" about it. It's a pure narrativist game. The charsheets have no numbers on them, just "complications" that are supposed to add drama to your character. Your powers are listed as another complication, and they are about as generic as you can get -- Spider-Man's powers are listed simply as "Spider Powers." As far as I could tell, your actual powers have no effect on the game, and truthfully you don't really need them even in the heat of combat (you can do things like insult your opponent, which is just as effective (or ineffective) as throwing a fireball at them).
So I was pretty "meh" about it. It's a pity -- the GM seemed greatly excited about the system, but it just wasn't working for me.
Friday
First thing Friday morning, I played in BigDamnHero's Post Apocalypse Hero game. It was a lot of fun. I played a creepy lizard-woman mutant who could spit venom. We managed to stop the evil warlord's plan to dominate/kill all the non-humans in the area, and forge a tentative peace between the various groups.
In the afternoon, I had nothing scheduled, so I hit the dealer's room. One thing I love about the dealer's room is finding all the bargains. I'm not generally looking for a new book or game; I want to find the old stuff that they've discounted the hell out of just to get rid of it. I found a whole bunchload of minis -- some Celtos stuff, some Superfigs, some Confrontation, and even some discontinued Reaper figs! I also hunted around for game supplements (I was hoping to find some Van Richten's Guides), but the only thing I found was a copy of Champions of the North that some foolish retailer had in his 25%-off bin. :thumbup:
I also bought my wife a sexy red velvet and black leather bodice for her birthday. I told her it was a present for her but mostly it's a present for me (if you know what I mean)... :love:
In the evening, I ran Steampunk Hero. I had a full table of seven players. We had an absolute blast! The heroes managed to blow up the Moon-Men's fuel depot and set back their invasion of Earth by at least 40 years. Everyone said they had a great time, and several of them ended up signing up for my other games. :D
Saturday
Bright and early, I got up to run Teen Titans Hero. I had a very, very full table -- nine players. Probably too many, thinking about it in hindsight. Next year I'll have to cut back to 7-8, tops. Still, it went very well, and everyone had fun. One of the players (who played Robin) said he really thought the system kicked ass -- "It's cool that a dude with no powers, like Robin, can compete on equal grounds with guys like Cyborg and Beastboy."
In the afternoon, I took a couple of painting classes. In my own evolution as a painter, I've finally gotten to the point where I'm happy with my faces (especially eyes, which are hard!). So my next goal is to start doing perfect metallics. So I took a couple of classes on painting metals, and I think I took some good ideas from them. We'll see how much my painting improves in the next year.
In the evening, I ran Arabian Knights Hero. For the first time, I didn't have such a full table -- at the beginning I only had 3 players (two of which had played in both of my previous games!). But we managed to find two other people who were looking for an open game. The heroes rescued the princess and got her back to the palace in time for her wedding, and a great time was had by all. One player told me it was the "Best four hours of the whole con." :bounce:
Sunday
I was pretty wiped out by Sunday, but I managed to drag my tired bunnybooty out of bed and got to the con in time for a Serenity game. I'd never played Serenity before, but it sounded interesting (and the GM has a good rep for running solid games). It was fun -- we had a fair amount of good character interaction. I played the grizzled old veteran Browncoat (and ship's mechanic), and I was the only one to get out of the adventure without adding a new scar. ;)
Afterwards, I went to pick up the minis I had entered in the painting contest. I haven't had much time to do a lot of painting in the past year (since we moved to our new house), but I still somehow managed to win 2nd and 3rd prizes in the Fantasy Units category. Apparently, my Single Fantasy figs both made it to the second cut, but competition was fierce! Something to aspire to next year. :)
After both my and Tammy's games were over, we were hanging out in the hall. One of the Con people came by and asked if we would help pack up (apparently, all their other volunteers had gone home early). We were happy to help out, and they told us we could have free con entry next year.
We decided to stick around for the ending/awards ceremony 'cause there were people we wanted to see. Despite being exhausted, I'm glad we did. I ended up winning a copy of GURPS 4th Edition (both the Character and the Campaign book). Very happy with that -- I've been wanting to take a look at the system but I haven't been able to convince myself to shell out the shekels.
After the ceremony, we were invited by the Con Committee to go out to dinner with them. We ate Mexican food and chatted about all sorts of things for a couple of hours, but all good things must come to an end and eventually we had to bid our adieus.
Got home late, crawled into bed, still recovering.
Thursday
Coming straight off of our vacation in Florida, my lovely bunny wife and I went and had a late lunch and then headed for the hotel. We picked up our tickets, then wandered around for a while. Once gaming began, I played a superhero game called With Great Power. I was pretty "meh" about it. It's a pure narrativist game. The charsheets have no numbers on them, just "complications" that are supposed to add drama to your character. Your powers are listed as another complication, and they are about as generic as you can get -- Spider-Man's powers are listed simply as "Spider Powers." As far as I could tell, your actual powers have no effect on the game, and truthfully you don't really need them even in the heat of combat (you can do things like insult your opponent, which is just as effective (or ineffective) as throwing a fireball at them).
So I was pretty "meh" about it. It's a pity -- the GM seemed greatly excited about the system, but it just wasn't working for me.
Friday
First thing Friday morning, I played in BigDamnHero's Post Apocalypse Hero game. It was a lot of fun. I played a creepy lizard-woman mutant who could spit venom. We managed to stop the evil warlord's plan to dominate/kill all the non-humans in the area, and forge a tentative peace between the various groups.
In the afternoon, I had nothing scheduled, so I hit the dealer's room. One thing I love about the dealer's room is finding all the bargains. I'm not generally looking for a new book or game; I want to find the old stuff that they've discounted the hell out of just to get rid of it. I found a whole bunchload of minis -- some Celtos stuff, some Superfigs, some Confrontation, and even some discontinued Reaper figs! I also hunted around for game supplements (I was hoping to find some Van Richten's Guides), but the only thing I found was a copy of Champions of the North that some foolish retailer had in his 25%-off bin. :thumbup:
I also bought my wife a sexy red velvet and black leather bodice for her birthday. I told her it was a present for her but mostly it's a present for me (if you know what I mean)... :love:
In the evening, I ran Steampunk Hero. I had a full table of seven players. We had an absolute blast! The heroes managed to blow up the Moon-Men's fuel depot and set back their invasion of Earth by at least 40 years. Everyone said they had a great time, and several of them ended up signing up for my other games. :D
Saturday
Bright and early, I got up to run Teen Titans Hero. I had a very, very full table -- nine players. Probably too many, thinking about it in hindsight. Next year I'll have to cut back to 7-8, tops. Still, it went very well, and everyone had fun. One of the players (who played Robin) said he really thought the system kicked ass -- "It's cool that a dude with no powers, like Robin, can compete on equal grounds with guys like Cyborg and Beastboy."
In the afternoon, I took a couple of painting classes. In my own evolution as a painter, I've finally gotten to the point where I'm happy with my faces (especially eyes, which are hard!). So my next goal is to start doing perfect metallics. So I took a couple of classes on painting metals, and I think I took some good ideas from them. We'll see how much my painting improves in the next year.
In the evening, I ran Arabian Knights Hero. For the first time, I didn't have such a full table -- at the beginning I only had 3 players (two of which had played in both of my previous games!). But we managed to find two other people who were looking for an open game. The heroes rescued the princess and got her back to the palace in time for her wedding, and a great time was had by all. One player told me it was the "Best four hours of the whole con." :bounce:
Sunday
I was pretty wiped out by Sunday, but I managed to drag my tired bunnybooty out of bed and got to the con in time for a Serenity game. I'd never played Serenity before, but it sounded interesting (and the GM has a good rep for running solid games). It was fun -- we had a fair amount of good character interaction. I played the grizzled old veteran Browncoat (and ship's mechanic), and I was the only one to get out of the adventure without adding a new scar. ;)
Afterwards, I went to pick up the minis I had entered in the painting contest. I haven't had much time to do a lot of painting in the past year (since we moved to our new house), but I still somehow managed to win 2nd and 3rd prizes in the Fantasy Units category. Apparently, my Single Fantasy figs both made it to the second cut, but competition was fierce! Something to aspire to next year. :)
After both my and Tammy's games were over, we were hanging out in the hall. One of the Con people came by and asked if we would help pack up (apparently, all their other volunteers had gone home early). We were happy to help out, and they told us we could have free con entry next year.
We decided to stick around for the ending/awards ceremony 'cause there were people we wanted to see. Despite being exhausted, I'm glad we did. I ended up winning a copy of GURPS 4th Edition (both the Character and the Campaign book). Very happy with that -- I've been wanting to take a look at the system but I haven't been able to convince myself to shell out the shekels.
After the ceremony, we were invited by the Con Committee to go out to dinner with them. We ate Mexican food and chatted about all sorts of things for a couple of hours, but all good things must come to an end and eventually we had to bid our adieus.
Got home late, crawled into bed, still recovering.