Arkady Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Well, it is holiday season. I pretty much assumed that if you don't get around to it this week, it'd take until the new year. After all, you're probably part of either the half of humanity going on vacation, or the other half that needs to do all the work in the meantime. My condolences on being in the second half, though. As someone who worked in tourism at one point, I know nothing sucks like being in a customer-facing position having to deal with the vacationing half between Christmas and New Year's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Word is that the other key holder will not be back till after the 18th. Until then I will have 1 day off a week, so I will keep this suspended until after that date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroorex Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Hi to everyone! sorry if I wigged out for most of this year. I was dealing with a medical issue that was leaving me with sleeping 14 hours a day and still being tired while holding down a full time job... doesnt leave much time for anything else! ( @Colonel Kane sounds like he has a similar issue, if a bit more hours of work and less illness 🙂) Anyway, I had a procedure done in November which sort of reset the clock on my illness and i find myself with a lot more energy and ability to concentrate. If you would welcome me back, i would like to join you again when you get started. Also, congratulations on keeping together, even with breaks! so many of these fall apart in the first 3 months. Roo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Personally, I'd say Joe is presumably with the team on the planet, so maybe do a kind of "retcon" post to let us know what Joe thought of everything that happened and what he thinks of the situation now? Might be best for letting ColonelKane re-integrate him when he gets back around to this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 @Kangaroorex You are more than welcome back. Joe is still with the group. Go back and read the last couple of posts so you know what is going on. then just tell me what you want to do. I have been working a lot the last couple of weeks and for a few more to come, so posting is sporadic at best. I think I have a post almost ready to go up, but I will hold off on it till after you have posted. I do feel like I have not been running a great game as there has not much dice rolling, skill checks combat and the like, but I am having fun with this. Arkady has kept me on my toes. Welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroorex Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I have been reading the playing section. i see no issue playing the way you are. not everything has to be dice rolls and a lot of the best storytelling RPGs I have played in have no dice rolling. As long as you two are okay with storytelling mode, I am not going to complain! Personally I love the flow of what I see but I will be up front: Crystal thinks A LOT more than Joe does. Joe is much more of a 'Poke the bear and see what happens' type guy with his reasoning for poking the bear being 'because it was there' I will give you a response this evening. looking forward to getting back to this! Roo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 I added the haha thing cause you are right Crystal does think a lot. Not says she should not, as it usually give me some to think about throw at you guys........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 17 hours ago, Colonel Kane said: I do feel like I have not been running a great game as there has not much dice rolling Oh? Personally, I rather liked keeping dice-rolling to a minimum, and imo there wasn't any real need. Crystal's core concept is basically "slightly insecure officer who isn't much of a soldier but good with people", so she's been basically doing 'routine' things so far - including delegating tricky stuff she'd surely need to roll for to somebody she feels is more qualified (Wrench and Ibanez, mostly). As far as I'm concerned, just keeping things moving along instead of rolling for rollings sake was fine! I feel we basically just got to the part where dice rolling is about to pick up, because Crystal will be doing stuff that's definitely not routine, and trying to avoid bad habits. (Not that carousing party girl early on during the trip or xenophile curious about mopey sentient robot were particularly disadvantageous disadvantages, so far... so no need to roll to avoid those, either.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 Well, you are correct, there has not been much call for any dice throwing. I am winging the hells out of this. I have a general idea of where we are heading, but basically not much more than 'oh this is where I want to end up, let us see how we get there. This is not the worst game I have ever ran, the old retro clone game where the party kept getting knocked unconscious in every room of the dungeon springs to mind.... That was no fun for anyone, I mean I am not against a TPK, but only if they do something so monumentally stupid, that they deserve it. And to be fair, in that game it was their dice rolling that was the issue. Anyways, I have been having fun with this game, Arkady and the way this game is going, has kept me on my toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Ok, as, I think, I have said before, work is crazy. Up until the end of next week. Today is my first day off in the last 6. I work tomorrow then I have a 'guys' day planned on Thursday with my youngest son. So I am trying to get ready for that today. It is just a day trip and back to work on Friday. I will get back to this, but it might be a week or so. And as much as it sounds like an excuse, the OGL and wizards bruhaha, has put a slight damper on this as well. I was getting ready to try to write an adventure that I was hoping maybe to release some years in the future, as it stands though, the game I was going to use, well might be dead soon and no new content allowed. And no it is not for 5e, but an old retro clone, which some of you have played with me in the past. Anyways, I have work that needs done, even though I have procrastinated a good portion of the day away already. Please hang in there. Just have one hells of a storm going in my head and hard to focus on much beyond little goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroorex Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 No worries. Not going anywhere. take your time and get a little unwound, then come back to this. Sounds like you have had a heck of a winter so far! roo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 UPDATE: Not to get to into stuff, but due to Paizo and Troll Lords Games, I am in a better mental space, however, the storm at work is still going on. After next week, I should catch a break, just not sure how long of a break. I still have one hells of a storm raging through my head, but I am slowly getting back there. Starting to pick up little pieces and trying to get more on an even keel. Thank you both for being patient and supportive. I have decided that GURPS Traveller will continue, but I also am trying to learn PF2, which to me, is a little overwhelming. I am committed to learning the game. I also have decided that I am going to pick up Castles and Crusades, for my special project. I just have to start getting things finished lining up. Thank you both again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 OK, well I spoke too soon... Third key has decided to quit, so after next Friday I will be back down to one day off. We will just have to play it by ear and see how things develop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Ok. New post is now up. The boss got the third key to agree to stay. However now her father has had a heart attack, so not sure where things are going. So we will still play things by ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Kane Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 well the third key just quit. back to 1 day off. I will try to keep this going as best I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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