Game = Life

I ran my first session of the Serenity RPG today, for CARP.  All in all, I think it went very well.  The scenario, "Some People Juggle Geese", was only a few notes on a couple of scraps of paper, and I ended up using the crew from the movie (as statted out in the RPG), but it went really well.

I won't offer details, since I plan to run this at Origins (and possibly GenCon), but I haven't laughed so long or so well in quite a while.  Other than Inara, who was, in my opinion, somewhat neglected, all of the characters had their moments to shine.  I've figured out what I need to do differently next time to punch up the pacing a little, but all in all it ran very much like an episode of Firefly.

Best of all, I got this from one of the players in email tonight: I know he had a lot of fun watching the play, as we both agreed, it was like watching an episode of Firefly.

These are the moments that I, as a GM and storyteller, live for.

Keep Flyin'!

I'm back from Origins, intact except for my poor budget. It seemed as though the 'verse was conspiring to keep me from getting there.  First I had to work on Thursday, and then when that was cancelled, I threw a tie-rod.  (Details in View From the Tower.)  I persevered, and only missed Thursday's offerings (including a GURPS Firefly game... *sob*, as well as a new LD that I'll now have to pick up elsewhere).

( Origins nattering shielded to spare you boredom. )

A couple of useful links, apropos of nothing...

DnD Prestige Classes table with sources  - It's one of those terribly useful things, especially since it includes all of their proprietary stuff.
D20 Hypertext SRD - I've pimped this before, but here it is again.  Really, really useful!  I'm working towards not having to carry any books, and this helps a lot with DnD stuff.

For someone who doesn't really care much for D&D, I sure play a lot of it!

( Talkin' 'bout my character - run away! )
Which puts me in mind of Order of the Stick, of all things.  If you're not reading this web comic and you're a gamer, make with the clicky and go read it. Now.  No, really, I'll wait. It's really funny.  I may have to buy the book.