It was a great weekend. I got to play (most of) the games I wanted too [why only one pure Nightbane game].
Friday
First up was BTS - I've always been a fan of the game (BTS1 was the first Palladium game I bought way back in the dim mists of 1991). Good to finally be able to play it rather than run it.
Followed that with Irvin's own space opera setting - with added character picture. Another good one.
Kevin's PFRPG on Friday night was a blast (just ignore that gnome riding off with the paladin's horse - he doesn't actually need it
).Finally for Friday was Scott's board game - unsure at first ('cos I got stiched up by my one opponent who took the Shifter, CS Soldier and Glitter Boy - I was somewhat out-gunned). Now a big fan of the game [waves hands mystically - "publish the game....publish the game....publish the game..."].
Saturday
The Chaos Earth game on Saturday wasn't originally on my list - but it was great fun (does mean I've had to acquire the rules for it though).
Julias's Rifts game in the afternoon was amusing - and the first chance to play a Crazy since I last played one in 1990. I like being mentally unbalanced.
The auction was, well, a tad expensive - though not as much as some others. Maybe I went in a big high and fast for the hoodie (but I wanted it and I got it
). Getting Eric's copy of Rifts UE was excellent too.Final game for Saturday was Lloyd's Dead Reign game [...brains...] A first chance to play it and much amusement was had by all. OK, so you should't stand and fight with zombies, but muzzle-to-meat combat is just so satisfying.
Sunday
I opted for the Megaversal game "Rising of XY" - and got to play a Nightbane. Learnt a useful lesson - when going into supernatural combat, the Facade is not the best choice of body. Survived that (minor miscalculation of forgetting to warn the other PCs of what I was - HF save fails can be entertaining, if somewhat inconvenient). Helped defeat XY, saved the Megaverse and generally succeeded.
Nice meal and chat in the evening with various international representatives - but glad I decided not to join the final game running in the hotel (at breakfast I asked one of the players when it finished - he said 20 minutes ago, and that was at 7am).
Monday
One of the lucky pair that volunteered to help clean up afterwards (you never forget how to mop floors after working in McD's). Still it filled the hours before my flight home, and gave me the time to collect a number of books missing from my collection. Not that I got them all - shipping home would have been just a bit too much.
And in conclusion - Roll on PBOH 2012.
