Precon Activities and FrankenPartyI was also going out to GaryCon to Run games, play in a select few and spread the word of a Convention called
SAVE AGAINST FEAR
Sponsored by the The Bodhana Group
Tuesday:
We started out at around 3 from Allentown, after failing to acquire the drink of my people.
Blue Mountain Winery's White Merlot
Ok, maybe not the drink of my people but I really like it.
We headed toward the west in anticipation of the much gaming that was about occur. Three set out in search of finding the greatest gaming adventures and sleep deprivation
Luke, George and I loaded up. being the one running games, I had the most stuff.
The conversation was moving great and we were having a good time discussing many aspects of the game and what we hoped to do over the weekend.
We drove though many snow storms and it came down really good a few times. The worst was in the middle of Indiana at about midnight, the snow and lack of lighting made it appear that we were going through HYPERSPACE
Wednesday:
So we arrive in Kenosha at nearly 2:00 AM CT, we hit the Walmart for some supplies and then off to the IHOP (the only place other than Walmart that is open all night)
We grab a bite to eat, the waitress says she can take or check anytime... I let her know we had no place to be for a couple of hours so we just hung out there for a while...until the sun started to come up then we made our to:
Then we went to the Hotels (George was at the Comfort Inn, his room was ready) to get rooms... so back to the comfort inn to take a nap, even though it was only 1.5 hours, it was enough
Taking a Tour
We found our way upstairs and had a smoke, looking up I noticed I was late...
But that's another story.. Upstairs we found Derrick White and Nathaniel Sims setting up the
Wall of Remembrance and the Table of Honor
Derrick offered us the first chance to get the ball rolling on the wall... I added #PLAY4WYATT and got mad propps from Nathaniel, who knew the background
I added my good Friend Shaun Nelson, who created and then inspired the Donut Dance in my PizzaTOON game... I forgot Fog (Rob Wisbeski), an all around good person
OFF TO REGISTER:
We go back to the Grand Geneva and get into line for registration. Talking to several people and overly excited. I run into Edwin earlier and let him know we drive him to FrankenParty... I get through the line, the guy hands me my shirt and cups and I am like "There should be more for me..." nope, nothing "I am a GM also" The GM Check in is in the meeting room... OK, so I go there, get my additional Cup, Shirt and game packet and realized, I did not get my Swag bag and George did not either... Then I saw that my friend Luke H. did...I saw Luke Gygax right there talking to Tim Kask so I let him know (go straight to the top if it a good option) Anyway, he gets it resolved and we get ready to go to FrankenParty
FRANKENPARTY:
2 years ago, I accidentally met Edwin, he just saw me and asked for a ride.. He treated me well and I try to treat everyone I meet with this Motto "Be Excellent to Each Other!" So when he asked, I offered a ride as I will continue to do when I attend
My 2 travel companions have never been to Frank Mentzer's and Frank asks for a little donation... Edwin told us not to worry about it that he would cover our donation...
Was able to see many people I knew and the Food was Increadible. Frank and Debbie do a fantastic job. We had plenty to eat and Drink and lots of great deserts (Sorry but I did not even have one little cookie, stuck to cheese and fruit in mild amounts)
Mike the Magician was there and entertained everyone
Frank was doing demos of his new game
Fairy Tale Games
I have to say everyone was in Rapture by this simple and fun game it's built around using cards and things like heart mind body and Magic.
No character sheets but you get playing cards playing cards. The higher the card, the better the power is
You can swap cards to match your skill if you did not get a match while maintaining what your character is... when you needed to something better in the game, you swapped for a higher card
Once you know what your characters doing in the town you tell them what your character strength is either heart, mind, body, or magic
In the game I was in I decided I was going to be a farmer but then somebody stole pig farmer so I became wheat farmer so my magic ended up being I was able to grow wheat so that was my magic and as we discovered there was a bear which is actually princess in it in a Magic bear skin in a wheelbarrow that took you anywhere so her wheel barrel took her to our town once she was in our town that it was up to us to figure out what was going on we just stumbled across this we didn't know what was going on why she was there and what we did, I ended up at the end of the demo using my Magic to hide the bear from the hunters
We discussed about whether it was Frank running the game that amazed us or the game itself, you need to be able to think on the fly in order to run the game and a sense of timing is pretty good. I think I can run this game almost as well as Frank (without the Legend aura)
It was amazing to be at Franks again, and have such a kickoff to the con
Next Part 2 Thursday, Fun with Dan and Jayne
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