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lathanyApparently it's 9 degrees out there. After the last week and a half, it feels almost summer-like. I was out yesterday morning and the sunshine was glorious. I can stop wearing a pom-pom hat to work now.
Commuting on the train, I have continued to work through my Christmas books. The next up was The Night Circus which I enjoyed; it reminded me of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
quisalan's Carnival game from the last Con. In general the premise was interesting, the descriptions of all the tents were lovely and I liked the different threads. On the downside, the plot was minimal and the abundance of characters did not have as wide a range of personalities as I would have liked. However, I will keep my eyes open for anything else by the author (Erin Morgenstern).
The last couple of weeks have included two roleplaying sessions. The first was the final, very satisfying, session of the current Eisen arc of the Seventh Sea campaign (local gaming group). Having finally identified the problem with the mine and a solution to it, we got down there, rolled lots of drama dice and succeeded in closing the weak point in reality. We were awarded with the satisfaction of having done so (plus experience points) before having to run for it because the ruler was not going to like it.
The second game was the start of the Folded Edge campaign proper (the prelude ran at KrysCon and I wrote it up in here under Tuesday). Despite the nine month gap, we all dropped straight back into character. There were the usual interactions from the crew - a bar fight (Hex (leathellin) won at poker and Sen (davefish) and Treasure (quisalan) went in to help), clashing personalities (Treasure hiring a hooker for Maravian (chrestomancy) without telling him), plus the usual squabbling. However, newcomer Engineer Monkey (wildrogue) hasn't yet been put off joining us. Everything changed when we discovered her boss had been abducted and we are now chasing his captors. (And when we're done with them, we'll get back to revenging ourselves on the Out Of Africa). lanfykins commented after the session here.
Commuting on the train, I have continued to work through my Christmas books. The next up was The Night Circus which I enjoyed; it reminded me of
quisalan's Carnival game from the last Con. In general the premise was interesting, the descriptions of all the tents were lovely and I liked the different threads. On the downside, the plot was minimal and the abundance of characters did not have as wide a range of personalities as I would have liked. However, I will keep my eyes open for anything else by the author (Erin Morgenstern).The last couple of weeks have included two roleplaying sessions. The first was the final, very satisfying, session of the current Eisen arc of the Seventh Sea campaign (local gaming group). Having finally identified the problem with the mine and a solution to it, we got down there, rolled lots of drama dice and succeeded in closing the weak point in reality. We were awarded with the satisfaction of having done so (plus experience points) before having to run for it because the ruler was not going to like it.
The second game was the start of the Folded Edge campaign proper (the prelude ran at KrysCon and I wrote it up in here under Tuesday). Despite the nine month gap, we all dropped straight back into character. There were the usual interactions from the crew - a bar fight (Hex (
leathellin) won at poker and Sen (davefish) and Treasure (quisalan) went in to help), clashing personalities (Treasure hiring a hooker for Maravian (chrestomancy) without telling him), plus the usual squabbling. However, newcomer Engineer Monkey (wildrogue) hasn't yet been put off joining us. Everything changed when we discovered her boss had been abducted and we are now chasing his captors. (And when we're done with them, we'll get back to revenging ourselves on the Out Of Africa). lanfykins commented after the session here.
