FalCon

[lathany]

Three cottages in the Isle of Wight (Farmhouse, Coachhouse and Stablehouse) plus twenty roleplayers.

I've never been to the Isle of Wight before, so was keen to have a look around. It was rather hillier than I'd expected, a little colder (although we were consistently told that the weather was unexpectedly chilly for the time of year) and rather pretty. I personally prefer a bit more up and down to my scenery, but as I was in games every day of the week that really didn't matter.

Shadow Run - Sunday's game started well, but I'll give a proper review when onebyone runs the second half.

People of the Sun - This was leathellin and hearthfire's Ancient Egyptian game with a little magic added (other players : bateleur, cardinalsin, metame and David). The details of day to day life were historically authentic (OK, I wouldn't know, but it came across that way!) and I thought that the subtle ritual magic was a lovely touch. The story was an interesting one, and my baby brother (metame) becomes Somebody (but I won't spoiler too much in case they plan to re-run). I really enjoyed it, although it appears that my fiance (David) doesn't like assertive women (specifically, women who fight back when their baby brother is attacked).

3.14 Nanometres - It's tricky to find things to say about the game without spoilering it. This being a real problem because frax and cardinalsin plan to run it again in London and it's a plot-heavy game so spoilers are a real issue. I think I'll stick with saying I thoroughly recommended it to anyone (even Sci Fi haters) and loved my party (played by triskellian, al_fruitbat and onebyone) very much.

Eleventh Hour - This was bateleur and my Warhammer 40K game which (unsurprisingly) included a huge amount of combat. Our heroic (and much suffering) party were (power-wielding) sanctioned psyker frax, (secret psyker/not quite a Tech Priest) researcher/scout zandev, (loyal bastard son of a Judge) mercenary cardinalsin, (dodgy Eldar ally) trader David, (put-upon) Imperial Lieutenant Commander smiorgan and (sole surviving) Marine Captain ao_lai. A combination of good calls (mainly from smiorgan and ao_lai), crucial dice roles (on the first day from ao_lai and at the end from cardinalsin not least because he didn't kill smiorgan) and a displacer cannon (from David) led the team to destroying the Warp Gate (technically taken out using crack grenades) thus saving spacestation Hiemalis Alpha and defeating the Tyranid (with added Mind Flayer) army. We thoroughly enjoyed GMing it. They even all survived.

Non-roleplaying included:
* wandering around the haunted Appuldurcombe House/Ruin (sadly, no ghosts)
* extremely belated birthday celebrations (ealuscerwen and al_fruitbat's)
* Dr Who (The Long Game - which I liked)
* watching SoulCalibur II and Super Bust-A-Move
* discussing Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds (which everyone liked or loved in varying degrees)
* Pink (thanks to secondhand_rick)
* flambé pancake (thanks to hearthfire)
* the house "pet" (we had a mouse. Really.)
* an excellent meal at The Pond Cafe (I had Crisp fried Confit Pork Belly, Grilled Scotch Beef Fillet and Assiette of Chocolate)
* Have I Got News For You
* Dissing the downstairs bathroom in Farmhouse
* Waving twin pictures at unsuspecting roleplayers

Comments

[ao-lai.livejournal.com]

A combination of good calls...

Don't Use The Lifts! :)

[lathany.livejournal.com]

What is it in Latin anyway? :-)