Saturday, September 19, 2020

Morgan's PAX Online 2020 Adventures


PAX Online was held Sept 12-20, 2020.

The convention was held completely online and was free.

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Stalker in the Moonlit Mall

9/18/20, Friday, 11am-4pm (5 hr slot)

Duration: 4 hrs

GM: Mr. Snyde

6 Players

A violent death is ignored by the local police as a “minor workplace accident”, but the developer of the soon-to-open Brighton Fair Mall knows that such incidents can play havoc in the press for risky investments like this. So he reaches out to investors and associates hoping they can look into this before the public is allowed to roam the glitter halls at tomorrow’s gala. Pregenerated adventurers provided. (Call of Cthulhu Modern Era, 6 players per table, 4 hours long; beginner).

Scenario is pretty straight forward though enjoyable. We had a good table. Two Players dropped out early as the game or table wasn't for them. I think they found that they couldn't get a word in edgewise and didn't have the patience for the other four players. There's a certain rhythm to playing online and you just need to figure out when to speak up. But the remaining 4 players gelled and played well together. We had a good time.





The Mummy of Pemberly Grange

9/19/20, Friday, 4-9pm (5 hr slot)

Duration: 3 hrs

GM: Nick Carruthers

4 Players

Rich Socialite and Egyptophile Jessica Pemberly has shipped a mummy all the way from Cairo and invited some of the town’s richest and brightest to an unwrapping party at her newly purchased, self-named manor house. What could possibly go wrong? This VIP session is brought to you by Allan Carey from TYPE40. Award winning prop maker from Melbourne, Australia and Chaosium licensee. This will be a treat as you are immersed in the rich world of props during this unique experience. Your Keeper will be in 1920s costume, with a separate camera on which you will be able to view the in-game artifacts.

Due to this running at the same time as a identical event, not all props and special features of this session will be available.

I was hoping for props galore, but we only saw a partial picture of the bottom of one of the props and that was it. No handouts. I was disappointed. Overall, 1/2 hr was taken with technical issues, and the game ran for 2 hrs.

One PC died early on, about 1 hr into the game, and he sat out the rest of the scenario.

The scenario was pretty straight forward and without the props most of the time was taken up by combat.




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