Emilia, Earthforce, the Magnificent Sven and Robocop
It's been a while since I did an update post and I have a few bits and pieces to cover.
Firstly, although it happened before my last update post, we went to see quisalan and baby Emilia.
It was one of the really hot days, so the drive was a bit grim. However, it was lovely to see Krys and meet Emilia. We went out for lunch at a place nearby.
On a quiet evening when the twins were away, we watched the 2014 Robocop film (I've never seen the original). I found it a bit disappointing, particularly given the cast. It was OK, the action sequences were good, but I didn't care about the characters so never really engaged with it.
There have been two games which finished recently. The first was The Magnificent Sven, set in the Warhammer universe. In general the game, very wargame rather than character-driven, was decent with a suitable plot. The downside was that Alistair had assigned the different characters goals with points and the idea being that the character with the most points at the end won. However, the points were not as balanced as was really needed for that sort of approach and some characters (mine included) required other players to mess up to stand a chance of winning (actually I did win - as the character in question was an NPC for this run-through, although Alistair maneuvered the demon so that the NPC had good odds of winning - but that's not the same as winning through my own clever play).
The other game was bateleur's Earthforce series. This was a superheroes game, with rotating players (myself excepted - I played the acting head and was in all the sessions). It had standalone sessions, but with an overarching plot. There were (counts) five sessions in total and all went well. I liked the games, particularly because the changing players meant that they all felt different, and enjoyed the overall plot. It's prompted me to get back to my own game prep.
Firstly, although it happened before my last update post, we went to see quisalan and baby Emilia.
It was one of the really hot days, so the drive was a bit grim. However, it was lovely to see Krys and meet Emilia. We went out for lunch at a place nearby.
On a quiet evening when the twins were away, we watched the 2014 Robocop film (I've never seen the original). I found it a bit disappointing, particularly given the cast. It was OK, the action sequences were good, but I didn't care about the characters so never really engaged with it.
There have been two games which finished recently. The first was The Magnificent Sven, set in the Warhammer universe. In general the game, very wargame rather than character-driven, was decent with a suitable plot. The downside was that Alistair had assigned the different characters goals with points and the idea being that the character with the most points at the end won. However, the points were not as balanced as was really needed for that sort of approach and some characters (mine included) required other players to mess up to stand a chance of winning (actually I did win - as the character in question was an NPC for this run-through, although Alistair maneuvered the demon so that the NPC had good odds of winning - but that's not the same as winning through my own clever play).
The other game was bateleur's Earthforce series. This was a superheroes game, with rotating players (myself excepted - I played the acting head and was in all the sessions). It had standalone sessions, but with an overarching plot. There were (counts) five sessions in total and all went well. I liked the games, particularly because the changing players meant that they all felt different, and enjoyed the overall plot. It's prompted me to get back to my own game prep.