Well, the convention restarted a while ago, but this time I actually
felt reasonably happy about going.
The roads seemed quite full; I rarely got up to the speed limit
except on the last leg of the way back, and ended up taking some
diversions to avoid very heavy traffic.
Apart from chatting with people I haven't seen for several years,
there was also gaming, starting with Stone the
Crows, a very
simple RPG of larcenous gangster birds pinching the Crown Jewels. (The
Raven Mafia were also involved. "You come to me, on my daughter's
hatching day…")
Then some
Lemminge, and
to bed. (The new venue isn't co-located with a hotel, and the nearest
one is ten minutes' walk away; not ideal, but at least I can leave my
car at the venue rather than driving back and forth. And it's not so
central that there are lots of people about during the walk.)
In the morning, more role-playing, this time a Cortex System version
of Blake's 7. As Tarrant, I felt this shower clearly needed some
proper discipline… Interesting system which I should explore more.
Then on to Flash
Point,
with two comprehensive losses, but really enjoyable ones.
The new Sentinels of the Multiverse, with some very poor card draws playing Captain Cosmic,
Bunker and Ra against Baron Blade; a rematch (and I switched from the
Cap to Wraith) worked rather better.
A quick round of Zombie
Dice to break
the mood. (In the penultimate turn, I went from 3-7 down to 13-7
ahead; then my opponent got to 14…)
Some slightly more heavyweight racing with Rallyman:
GT, one of
the few times I've got the physical game to the table in public.
And more Lemminge for a sillier race.
Went to bed disgustingly early, because I had a long drive to look
forward to on Sunday. But first, more Flash Point!
It was great to see people again, and some excellent gaming too.
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