Trifletraxor Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Tentacles 2008 Beetle Rapport: So, after many years of wanting to go to the con, I finally gathered a couple of my friends and headed south! FRIDAY: We flew down to Frankfürt, and then took the train to Bacharach, where we arrived around 7 p.m. My compadres: Jaran: And Morten! Bacharach was quite a cool town, with old buildings... ...and gargoyles! The castle lay on top of a steep hill which we had to climb to get there. CON rolls were only failed once during the walk. Nice view on the way up though. Arriving at the castle, we found the infoshrine where we registered and bought beer-coupons! It turned out that I had won one of the horror lotteries, so I would get the chance to play with Charlie Krank himself later that weekend. We rushed down to the cafeteria to get some dinner while it was still being served, and used some time to search for the key to our room afterwards (turned out the door was open...). Tentacles Pubquiz My group did horribly. I blame it all on the D&D questions. Cthulhu for President Rally Mike Mason leading the ceremony. My ears are still ringing... SingalongaNick A group of singers in the cellar singing Gloranthan tunes. I joined in for some songs, but not long enough to tick the Sing-skill box. Socializing After that, socializing and drinking! Great fun. Had a long talk with the famous Simon Phipp among others! I also talked a bit to Pedro Zivani who is writing the "Mythic Iceland" supplement, and was happy to hear that the project was progressing well. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 SATURDAY: Game Sign-up Riot This is after the actual riot. The game board was pushed around until it ended up against the wall. Gianni stopped by this day! I finally met the original BRP-man! The tentacles banner: (the guy in orange t-shirt started to call me and my friends norwegian #1, #2 and #3!) Gregory Privat (to the left) and his "Race around the Block" miniature game. Next time I'm definitely signing up for one of his games. The castle seen from a bit higher up: 10 years of Yog-Sothoth A seminar with Paul and Helen Maclean, the creators of the great Yog-Sothoth page for Cthulhu. A big inspiration for BRP Central! Horror Lottery: Ghost Light The Cthulhu game with Charlie! Which my character survived by the way! Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 The Masters of Luck and Death FreeForm (didn't participate on that one, but it looked fun): In the evening I played a game of Mongoose Elric! with Pittel as gamemaster. The game run smoothly up to the final confrontation, where we were hiding around in the woods for a long time since we were not accustumed to Hero Points. When we started to use them too, we kicked ass! MRQ actually worked pretty well. I wasn't that happy with the Hero Points, but happy enought to buy my first MRQ book in over a year (Blood of Orlanth). Tentacles by night: SUNDAY: Tentacles Group Photograph 8 With Fabian, Tentacles main organizer, standing out on the courtyard. A HeroQuest game with Darran Sims as Narrator. First time I ever played HQ, which was quite a different experience. I didn't like the system itself, but the gamemaster bumped the failure to a crit! A great gamemaster and great props. Then I played my first FreeForm, "A Thing Well Done", where I played an Uroxi Storm Khan. Also a lot of fun. Unfortunately it clashed with a Gwenthia game Loz ran, which I also wanted to try out a lot. Maybe next time! Tentacles Wine Tasting Sat across to David & Mrs. Dunham, but did unfortunately not come up with any obscure Glorantha question to ask about. Then some more roleplaying! A strange narrative-based indie game run by Mik Reed. The game was a blast! The system was über-strange, but the game was a blast. Lots of good GM's on this Convention! Closing Ceremony: Con officially closed, but the night was still young! Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Me and Charlie! I tried to pump him for as much information I was able to - and yes! There WILL be a hardback edition!!! :-D Norwegian #3. He managed to be the most drunken man on the Con the two previous nights, but this night he failed his CON rolls at last and had to go to bed. It was clearly up to me to defend Norway's reputation this night! Many beers later... Things are starting to get a bit blurry... I do remember this guy and his single malt though. Hmm... Barely remember having a drunken argument about Norwegian copyright laws with this guy? Don't ask me what we're doing. ... I think I might have been hit with a memory wipe or oblivion type of spell afters that... Can't remember a thing! Ftagn! More norwegians will appear to terrorize the Con next year! <Growl!> SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence.whitaker Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great pics and report Sverre. I'm sooooo glad you enjoyed yourself and, especially the MRQ Elric Pittel ran >:-> If you come to Continuum... I may well run the Gwenthia game again :thumb: Quote The Design Mechanism: Publishers of Mythras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarulf Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great report, Sverre! Sounds like lots of people had lots of fun. And Happy Syttende maj :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darran Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 I am glad you enjoyed my game! :cool: You do look good in fur! Quote Cheers, Darran Continuum 2014. John Foster Hall, Leicester University. UK. Friday 25th - Monday 28th July 2014. http://www.continuum.uk.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triff Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Great pics and report Sverre. I'm sooooo glad you enjoyed yourself and, especially the MRQ Elric Pittel ran >:-> If you come to Continuum... I may well run the Gwenthia game again :thumb: I'm thinking about going to the Continuum too. A Gwenthia game would then certainly be on my list then! Maybewe can have a beer together and talk abit too! Might have to bring my girlfriend too then though. I'll have to behave then. Great report, Sverre! Sounds like lots of people had lots of fun. And Happy Syttende maj :party: Thanks jarulf! The party is on right now actually! I am glad you enjoyed my game! :cool: You do look good in fur! Hehe, the game was great! The GM inspiration was actually one of the really good part of the Con. The fur-picture is from your site of course, but forgot to mention that. So, for more picture from the Con: visit Flickr: Darran!'s Photostream SGL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianniVacca Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 ENORMOUS fun. Too bad I couldn't stay for the whole duration of the con! Quote 「天朝大國」，https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/92874/celestial-empire 很有意思: http://celestialempire.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkape Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Looks like a great time! I especially love Charlie's PETA shirt! Quote Skunk - 285/420 BRP book You wanna be alright you gotta walk tall Long Beach Dub Allstars & Black Eyed Peas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Looks like a great time! I especially love Charlie's PETA shirt! On the back it says something like "Vegetarian: Archaic term for someone who can't hunt, fish or cook, a useless person". Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 ... thing ive gone too so far Had a great time. Definitely coming back next year. im norwegian #2 btw. The guy pointing n the introduction. Quote :innocent: BRP 120/420 >:-> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyKnight55 Posted June 8, 2008 Report Share Posted June 8, 2008 Those photos were awesome - especially the one of the tower lit by green lights with the tentacle. Thanks for sharing! Quote Blessed Be, )O( Mike )O http://web.mac.com/boghouse/iWeb "So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?" ~You've Got Mail (1998 film) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Privat Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 SATURDAY: Gregory Privat (to the left) and his "Race around the Block" miniature game. Next time I'm definitely signing up for one of his games. I ll be at Continuum with the race and some other games : You better play one now that I ve read this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted June 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Cool! I'm definitely going to Continuum now, so I'll get to try it then. Will you bring the "Escape from Insmuth" that you were playing in the basement too? SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Cool! I'm definitely going to Continuum now, so I'll get to try it then. I wondered if you were going - you're not on the Members List. Will you bring the "Escape from Insmuth" that you were playing in the basement too? If so, try and get a playtest - it's really fast and looks like a good game. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 I wondered if you were going - you're not on the Members List. Just payd today! If so, try and get a playtest - it's really fast and looks like a good game. Did you have the opportunity to try it? SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Did you have the opportunity to try it? Yes, I was in the basement throughout the Auction - and I normally never miss the Auction, so it shows how much fun the Playtest was. We had a large sheet on a table with areas roughly marked in marker pen and a road network drawn out. There were buildings marked "Fire Station", "Church" and so on. We used simple lead figures and the opponents were just plastic counters. But, the game was fast and easy to play, exciting and obviously dangerous, we could use various tactics but there was some randome element as well. All in all, it was very good. With proper figures and buildings it will look awesome, as Gregory's games always do. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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