10 of us, including me, rented a great cottage in Halls Harbour and we played rpg's for the weekend as well as having a few drinks, BBQ and some walking around the very scenic area. There was even a hot tub over looking the sea for those that were interested.
I organized the venue while Shawn organized the game schedule. There was room for 3 games to be played simultanousily but we only had 2 going at any one time. The first 5 of us arrived around 3:00 on Friday afternoon and after settling in Shawn, Tam, Danks, Rachael, Sean and I played a game of Cosmic Patrol while we waited for the rest of the guests to arrive. The game was a blast and very over the top. It is played with a different GM for each of 3 parts of the story and everyone had a character. Between space whales, rock & roll pirates and a death toll of 25-33 million it was an interesting game to say the least!
After supper Kate, Chris and Trevor arrived. That evening I played in a game of Eclipse Phase, a Scifi-horror genre that Tam ran with Danks and Sean as the other players. I really enjoyed the game and Tam ran a very good scenario along the lines of Alien. The other group included Shawn, Rachael, Trevor and Chris. They played Dread run by Kate which is another horror genre game which uses a Jenga tower to replace the dice mechanic making the situation more tense as the game proceeds when players have to pull out pieces to succeed. I have yet to give this game a try and it sounds very interesting. Friday was a very late night with the games running into the night/morning, socializing and some of the group taking advantage of the hot tub.
Saturday morning we all got up. Trevor made a great breakfast for everyone and Pierre arrived. So with full bellies and full crew the games continued.
Shawn ran a game of Shadows of Esteren for me, Pierre, Kate and Rachael. It's a low fantasy rpg that we both Kickstarted but this was the first time either of us had played it. The setting is very rich and the adventure was quite involved with dream sequences and flash backs, qudos to Shawn for running a complicated adventure. This setting would be ideal for a long term campaign in the future(got that Shawn!). After lunch I ran a game of Serenity for Kate, Chris, Pierre and Trevor. It seemed to go quite well. I was a little concerned running this game as I had a hard time coming up with an adventure idea and it was my first time running the system but the players gave me good material as they played and it was fun to run. A NPC Chris made up on the spot will no doubt make a return, see you soon Smitty!
The other games played through the day were Exalted run by Sean and a mystery game also run by Sean.
We took a break for supper and some local exploring and then back in the evening for another game run by Shawn called Duneon Crawl Classics or DCC for Rachael, Trevor, Pierre and I. It is a throw back to 1st edition D&D and was very fun to play. We all started with 4 0 level characters with little equipment and no class, character class that is! The characters dropped like flies as our group of villagers took on a local threat in the realms of Ravenloft.
The other evening game was Continuum run by Tam with Danks, Sean, Kate and Chris as the PC's. I heard this was a fun mind bending scenario.
Saturday was an earlier night so I managed to get up Sunday morning and go for a walk along a trail. After breakfast we continued with the games. I ran Star Wars Edge of the Empire with Pierre, Rachael and Chris. The game went ok but I think because I had spent the preceeding week working on Serenity I hadn't given enough thought to the Star Wars adventure so it was a little patchy but went well enough.
The other game played along side mine was Numenera run by Shawn with Tam, Danks, Kate, Trevor and Sean as players.
We finished off the weekend with a BBQ, cleaning out the cottage and a game of frisbee. This was a great weekend and no doubt we will give it another go next year.
