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Sat Nov 23 06:00:01 EST 2019
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Slept from eleven to seven.
Woke once in the night.
Earplugs helped me sleep better at the hotel than I slept last year.
Sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Morning session: Mutant Crawl Classics.
OK session.
The DCC system is a good match with the post-apocalyptic mutant mayhem genre.
Afternoon session: Harlem Unbound.
The lady who ran the game — Ariel Celeste — told a good story, and shared a tremendous amount of the historical context of the game scenario (and the Harlem Renaissance in general).
- This was a fun and educational experience.
- Player choice was very minimal, making it a bit of a failure as a game session.
- The idea of Lovecraft intersecting with the Harlem Renaissance has a lot of meat, but I'm not convinced Harlem Unbound (or the Gumshoe system?) does enough to exploit it.
This adventure would be a short story I'd enjoy reading.
Maybe it was just too long for a con session?
A top three of the weekend, despite my qualms about limited player choice.
Evening session: was scheduled for Boot Hills, but the referee didn't show.
Joined a D&D 2e game.
Phillip McGee ran Bill Web's MCMLXXV.
A good DM, despite his affinity for 2e.
Fun session — top three of the weekend.
One of the guys playing in the session runs a monthly public game at Dragonmead Brewery.
(The guy who blogs at https://gamersandgrognards.blogspot.com/, I think.)
Might be worth checking out.
Servings: grains 5/6, fruit 3/4, vegetables 4/4, dairy 2/2, meat 3/3, nuts 1/0.5
Breakfast: banana, orange, cucumber, tomato, pita, peanutbutter
Lunch: pulled pork sandwich, mac and cheese, apple
Dinner: (a sub-mediocre buffet including:) mashed potatoes, salad, pork, pasta
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