Sunday, February 20, 2022

Morgan's A Weekend with Good Friends Feb 2022 Adventures

Overall, a well run convention. The Shuffler is well described this time and how the waitlist works is well described. But some of my friends still had questions about the process because they didn't read the process on Discord, but only read the Player's Handbook. Maybe including the process in the Player's Handbook next time would be better.

I got into 3 games and was able to get into a 4th via the waitlist. The waitlist only works until the first game starts, then you have to lurk on the awwgf-waitlists channel to see when seats open up due to no shows and cancellations.

People were quick on the trigger and when any seat opened up, it generally disappeared in a minute. A good sign people were desperate to play.

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Slot 1: 2/17/2022, 4:30pm-8:30pm PST (4 hrs).

The Warren
for ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game
Offered by Diesel

For 3-5 players, ages 18 and older. This game is beginner friendly. Pre-generated character will be provided.

On Sartouli Station, the United Americas engages in xenomorph research. What are their behavioral responses? How do they procreate? What do they do with the victims they take away? Every precaution is taken, but everyone knows the risks. Still, there have been reports of missing staff, with the list of accounted for crew dropping. 
Your team has been sent to both replace the missing personnel and to assist the station with finding what might have happened to them. You step off your transport ship knowing that there won't be another supply run to the station for another month... 
This game will be a mix of mystery and survival horror.
There is a very good chance that the PCs never leave the space station.
Content Warnings: Body horror
Additional Safety Tools: Pre-game Discussion, X-Card, Lines and Veils

5 Players: KaratePenguin, your friend nate, MaxCrashington, Posh Gandalf, Morgan Hua

I liked it, but the structure of this game is a bit odd.




Slot 6: 2/18/2022, 4:30-8:30pm PST (4 hrs).

CLEAN LIVING
for Homebrew (Delta Green-based)
Offered by mellonbread

For 2-4 players, ages 18 and older. This game is beginner friendly. Pre-generated characters will be provided.
All is not as it seems in Squiddler’s Patch, a rural town in the Colville National Forest where an unknown party is hoarding black market Bio Organic Weapons. The Division of Security Operations fears a bioterror attack in the making.
The elite Agents of the WAKING MANDALAS are on the
case.

A Resident Evil adventure for two to four players.
Content Warnings: Canon typical violence, deadly diseases
Additional Safety Tools: Pre-game Discussion

4 Players: zapogee (Snot), Shannon Mac (Helmet), fieryangel (Kroger), Morgan Hua (Filler)

Our GM did a lot of work building out the lore for this game. Game was ok, but I wished there was a bit more complexity in the game.





Slot 9: 2/19/2022, 7-11am PST (4 hrs).

Satyrs of Slaughter for Mörk Borg
Offered by carnel

For 3-7 players, ages 18 and over. This game is beginner friendly. Characters will be created during or before play by the players.
You have been cursed by a plague druid and your only hope of survival is the blessing of the Solar Child. On arriving at their shrine you discover that the child has been stolen by the goat men of the Bleeding Woods. There is no choice, to continue your wretched existence you must enter the woods and rescue the blessed infant.
Content Warnings: Kidnap, sacrifice, rot, child endangerment, satanic imagery
Additional Safety Tools: X-Card

7 Players: Baelrock (Fanged Berserker), dstar (Wretched Royalty), lk7889 (Heretic Priestesss), Pelle (Nihilist), INQUIST (Spider Brewer), MittelZ (Firestarter), Morgan Hua (Occult Herbmaster)

I heard a lot about Mörk Borg and really looked forward to trying this. It did not disappoint. I loved the setting and game. The PCs are very, very colorful and gives you lots of things to play off of.

This random-PC generator is the bomb: https://scvmbirther.makedatanotlore.dev/

The world is dying and The Calendar of Nechrubel foretells the ending of the world. Five Miseries have come to pass (randomly rolled from the calendar), the seventh is the end of the world, the sixth will come soon. Each Misery does have an impact on the world.

This was my favorite game of the convention.





Slot 10: 2/19/2022, 12-4pm PST (4 hrs)

CSI: Weyland-Yutani for ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game
Offered by Sue

For 4-5 players, ages 18 and over. This game is beginner friendly. Pre-generated characters will be provided.
Unauthorised Destruction of Corporate Assets investigation is a high priority at Weyland-Yutani. Your team is pretty insignificant, only working on cases of human resource destruction, or 'murder' as it's sometimes called. All the same, a stabbing in some remote mining colony in the Tartarus sector warrants investigation and your team is on the case.
Content Warnings: Body horror, secret agendas, conflicting agendas, bereavement, alcohol abuse
Additional Safety Tools: X-Card, Lines and Veils

5 Players: random-answer (Deputy), Hattifattener (Forensic Scientist), Chad B (Pilot), ABBAttoir (Marshall), Morgan Hua (Pathologist)

I liked the game, but I felt the pacing was a little bit slow.