A few Saturdays ago, we played Confed online again, the role-playing game created and run by our friend The Cheshire Cat. We play over IRC so that friends far and wide can participate. Because we are now typing out our actions and conversations, I am taking much of this write-up from my fellow players' words. I apologize for not condensing it ( Read more... )

Two Saturdays ago, we began a new adventure. The Cheshire Cat has for decades GM'd a role-playing game he created, called Confed (short for Confederation, an interstellar democratic alliance). In order to make it easier to play for those of us separated by long distances -- the most far-flung of whom is the Court Wizard, living in the Boston area ( Read more... )

After the one-day Prepared Childbirth seminar on Saturday, The Gryphon and I went straight to our friend, The Cheshire Cat's place, for a session of the role-playing game he developed and runs, Confed. We were playing that weekend primarily because a long-distance friend, The Court Wizard, was in town.

( I didn't know you could do that with a solar flare. )

For many months, the crew of the starship Vandervecken have been focused on the wedding nuptials of one of their own, the reformed pick pocket Tim. Now, with him and his wife on a slow ship towards their honeymoon destination of Earth, the crew was ready for another adventure ( Read more... )

As I mentioned yesterday, on Saturday night, I split my time between two different events: first an all-women dinner party and then a session of the role-playing game, Confed, both created and run by The Cheshire Cat.

Initially, I just went in to give away the extra cookies I'd taken to the dinner party, but they were still going and asked if I ( Read more... )

These weekend, my husband, The Gryphon, and I played Confed, the role-playing game created and run by our friend, The Cheshire Cat. Due to scheduling difficulties, we hadn't played since July.

When we last left our heroes, they were trying to arrange two wedding ceremonies for Tim, a reformed pickpocket who was finally marrying his longtime fiancée ( Read more... )

After The Gryphon and I left the barbecue on Saturday, we headed for the home of The Cheshire Cat and The Paper, where the plan was to order some takeout and then play Confed, the role-playing game developed by The Cheshire Cat, who also serves as GM.

This was the first we'd played in a while because they'd been replacing the living room windows and ( Read more... )

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( Who headed home? )

I was sufficiently recovered from my cold this weekend to play Confed, the role-playing game created by The Cheshire Cat, who also serves as GM. This was a special session, held because our friend, The Court Wizard, was in town.

( Read how the Vandervecken crew tracked down a pirate assassin. )

It's been a long time since The Gryphon and I played Confed, which is the accepted nickname for Confederation, the role-playing game created by our friend, The Cheshire Cat, who also serves as GM.

( Cookie, anyone? How about a rail gun? )