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nockergeek) wrote2002-08-25 03:29 pm
nockergeek) wrote2002-08-25 03:29 pm
Games and plans.
Well, we didn't see a movie yesterday. The movie that Z wanted to see -- One Hour Photo -- doesn't open nationwide yet. It's just in New York and Los Angeles. You priveleged high-society bastards. :) All the other shows didn't start until 1 or so, and as I had a game last night, requiring me to leave at 4:15 or so to get there, we decided to just do laundry instead. Clothes are good, yes.
Speaking of the game, it was... odd, to say the least. We ended the night with one of the party members in a giant sack, another 4 with scorpion bodies growing out of their rears, my character having sentient mushrooms living on his arm, and everyone carrying eggs.
No drugs or alcohol were involved, I swear.
So today, I work on minis for Dennis and Garrett. Only 2 to do for Garrett, although one is quite large and in multiple parts. And then... 21 or so to do for Dennis. And that's just the first of 4 batches. Oy. What have I gotten myself into?
Some decisions I made this morning:
1) I'm going to give Dennis back the copy of Neverwinter Nights he got me for my birthday. I really appreciate the gift, honestly I do. Unfortunately, I can't justify the $100 - $200 to get a new video card just to play it. I have plenty of other games at the moment, including the Diablo II characters that we need to get back to building up. Hopefully, he can find someone else who will get the enjoyment out of it that I had hoped to receive.
2) As much as I would like it, I'm not buying Onimusha 2. If it's 3 times longer than the original, it'll still only be about 10 hours long, which I could finish over a single weekend. Now, it's $50 if I buy it new, or $5 if I rent it. Hrm. $5 per hour of gameplay, or $0.50? You make the call.
3) I need to find some players for my d20 Rokugan game. 4 players, maybe 5 max. I wonder who would be interested? I'm nervous about asking Seth and Jed, since they both kinda, y'know, write professionally for AEG and helped develop and playtest the books I'd be using to run the game. So worried about screwing it up in the face of people more expert than myself.
4) I also need to work on my L5R deckbuilding skills... again. I'm very rusty. I'm going to have to ask the Casa crew if I can start going out there, like, once a week to get some play in. Perhaps do the same thing with Ben at A2Z, since he and I rarely get to play. Besides, I have so much free time in the evenings, it's not funny. I just usually end up blowing it websurfing or somesuch. Time to use it constructively!
Speaking of the game, it was... odd, to say the least. We ended the night with one of the party members in a giant sack, another 4 with scorpion bodies growing out of their rears, my character having sentient mushrooms living on his arm, and everyone carrying eggs.
No drugs or alcohol were involved, I swear.
So today, I work on minis for Dennis and Garrett. Only 2 to do for Garrett, although one is quite large and in multiple parts. And then... 21 or so to do for Dennis. And that's just the first of 4 batches. Oy. What have I gotten myself into?
Some decisions I made this morning:
1) I'm going to give Dennis back the copy of Neverwinter Nights he got me for my birthday. I really appreciate the gift, honestly I do. Unfortunately, I can't justify the $100 - $200 to get a new video card just to play it. I have plenty of other games at the moment, including the Diablo II characters that we need to get back to building up. Hopefully, he can find someone else who will get the enjoyment out of it that I had hoped to receive.
2) As much as I would like it, I'm not buying Onimusha 2. If it's 3 times longer than the original, it'll still only be about 10 hours long, which I could finish over a single weekend. Now, it's $50 if I buy it new, or $5 if I rent it. Hrm. $5 per hour of gameplay, or $0.50? You make the call.
3) I need to find some players for my d20 Rokugan game. 4 players, maybe 5 max. I wonder who would be interested? I'm nervous about asking Seth and Jed, since they both kinda, y'know, write professionally for AEG and helped develop and playtest the books I'd be using to run the game. So worried about screwing it up in the face of people more expert than myself.
4) I also need to work on my L5R deckbuilding skills... again. I'm very rusty. I'm going to have to ask the Casa crew if I can start going out there, like, once a week to get some play in. Perhaps do the same thing with Ben at A2Z, since he and I rarely get to play. Besides, I have so much free time in the evenings, it's not funny. I just usually end up blowing it websurfing or somesuch. Time to use it constructively!