RPG Meet Up – Games Plus

[red wizard]

I'll try to show up as well

[mark]

I noticed that no one had signed out a table for Sunday so I did for the -

MERP run by Raic

Where – http://www.games-plus.com/

Games Plus is located in Mount Prospect, IL

When – Sunday March 4, 2012, noon to 6pm

[coreyhaim8mydog]

I will be there on Sunday as well. I believe I have an old copy of the MERP rules somewhere.

[Raic]

Mark, that is strange because I did sign out a table a month ago and stopped back two weeks ago to confirm and staff did have it written down. Not sure what happened there. In any event, thanks for double checking on that.

Hi Corey, look forward to seeing you there.

[mark]

Makes me wonder if I misread what was on there or even if they had to redo the calendars because of the Auction next week. Anyway, we're coverdd either way. I'll be in there later today (I'm five blocks down the street) and I'll double check it just to be sure. No worries.

[red wizard]

Looking forward to playing some MERP!

[mark]

MERP, MERP, MERP

[mark]

Here's that link we discussed -

http://iguanaslair.blogspot.com/

[Turiciano]

Sick kid today...how did game go?

[mark]

http://tinyurl.com/MERPGMSDay12

[red wizard]

Sick kid today...how did game go?

Excellent! I had a great time yesterday at Games Plus playing MERP. It had been some years since I last had a nice sit-down table top game of Middle Earth Role-Play and Mark--a.k.a. Raic-- was a great gm. We also have some pretty darn good players in the group. I am looking forward to being part of a regular campaign again. I also have to give our gm kudos on his exceptional preparation--I have got to get him to make me some of those great maps he had

[mark]

Sick kid today...how did game go?

Excellent! I had a great time yesterday at Games Plus playing MERP. It had been some years since I last had a nice sit-down table top game of Middle Earth Role-Play and Mark--a.k.a. Raic-- was a great gm. We also have some pretty darn good players in the group. I am looking forward to being part of a regular campaign again. I also have to give our gm kudos on his exceptional preparation--I have got to get him to make me some of those great maps he had

Ditto, indeed. Great fun and the campaign is off to an excellent start . . . if we survive the encounter/cliffhanger we are currently struggling to overcome.

[Raic]

Sorry you could not make it Turiciano.

As far as how the first session went, I must echo the sentiments above. I had a great time. It was an excellent group of experienced campaigners. I cannot wait until the next session.

Speaking of which, I swung by Games Plus this afternoon and reserved a table for the discussed day and time of –

Sunday, March 18th – Noon to 6 PM

This time I grabbed the second to last table. I like this one because it allows for a little more elbow room as compared to the area we gamed at yesterday.

Turciano – if you can make the next session that would be great.

Mark – thanks for the link, I will definitely check out the site.

Wizard – keep an eye out for an email from me so we can make map arrangements.


Thanks all for making the session most enjoyable!!!


Raic

[Raic]

Hey all,

I am looking forward to Sunday. I got some good stuff put together for it.

Regards,

Raic

[mark]

Sunday at Noon it is. Count Chris in, as we were just emailing about something else and brought it up.

[red wizard]

I'll be there!

[silas]

I will be there!

[mark]

Good times but we could use a way to keep combat organized and flowing. I think this "charty" system bogs us down a bit, so we probably need a way to also avoid losing track of phases and having to re-find our place. I think with a bit more focus, we can not only get through more combats, but have more time out-of-combat to really explore the setting and our characters. That's my hope anyway.

[Raic]

I agree Mark. While the session was enjoyable, it was choppier than the first one. Like you, I am all for streamlining the combat system if the group is amiable to doing such. In fact, I have been pondering just that after reading your post and have come up with a couple easily implemented ideas. I will organize what I have in mind and bring to our next session on the 15th at 1 pm.

[mark]

Sounds cool. I'm sure we'll get a chance to talk at Gary Con. I love the granulation that the charts bring to the combat but finding a way to organize their usage would be helpful. I think that extra flipbook you made will help as it sees more gameplay too. Love the new backgrounds, also. I'm not sure what the others will get from them, since I haven't seen their secret backgrounds, but my own plays perfectly with the character concept. A Loremaster needs his own history as much as any other, after all!

[Raic]

Hey all –

Touching base prior Sunday. I developed a streamlined combat system that I want to try out. We will see how it goes. It should speed things up. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Raic

[mark]

Groovy.

[red wizard]

SOunds good to me

[Raic]

Hey all –

Stopping by to confirm that we are on for this Sunday the 6th at 1:00 PM at Games Plus – see you there.

[silas]

There are huge thunderstorms ripping through Chicago right now, so I don't think I am going to make it to today's game (I have to drive all the way from Naperville)

Chad can't make it either.

I should be able to make it 2 weeks from now no problem.