Sunday, July 09, 2023

Morgan's A Weekend With Good Friends Con July 2023 Excellent Adventures

Every game I was in was very fun. The scenarios may not have been the most complicated, but the GMs and the Players made the games great.

There are also 10 panels which look very interesting and when I have time, I'll listen to them. They're all available here: https://www.youtube.com/@AWeekendWithGoodFriends/streams

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7/6 Thurs 5:30-9:30pm.

Rich Food
System: Call of Cthulhu
GM: James - inquist_games
Players: Morgan Hua (Dr. O'Grady), LakshnessMonster (Garcia - Student), Steven W - relnec (Dominguez - Gang Member), Lauren - geolaur (Helen Bloom - Homeless Drug Addict).

For 2-4 players, ages 18 and older. This game is beginner friendly.
Pre-generated characters will be provided.

It is a cold and rainy December in San Diego, California. The investigators are volunteers at the St. Germain’s homeless shelter. The shelter is at maximum occupancy and the doors have closed for the night when there is frantic banging at the front entrance. Three regular guests have finally arrived, only they are missing extremities and have chunks of flesh bitten off. They tell a tale of cannibalism and corruption in society’s elite. The investigators must unravel a dark conspiracy and face the price of greed. Pre-gens will be provided. VTT: Roll20

Content Warnings: Cannibalism, gore, and possible temporary loss of player agency. There are no instances where an investigator may unknowingly eat human flesh. Additionally, there are themes of homelessness, drug addiction, homophobia, assault, and police brutality with some NPCs and Pre-gen backgrounds.
Additional Safety Tools: Pregame discussion, X-Card

I enjoyed this scenario. It was quite creepy and the investigation was very interesting.




7/7 Friday 5:30-9:30pm.

The Diner
System: Horror the RPG (powered by Year Zero Engine)
GM: DontStopMeNow
Players: Morgan Hua (Bill - Head Chef), NoobishIndianGirl (Shelia - New Waitress), WishMoon (Mike - Diner Owner), Steve W - relnec (Det Hank - Retiring Detective), James - inquist_games (Brenda - Senior Waitress).

For 4-5 players, ages 18 and older. This game is beginner friendly.
Pre-generated characters will be provided. Please contact GM after player assignments are announced. 

Horror the Roleplay Game is a new ttrpg utilizing the Year Zero Engine. For this game we will be playing through one of the scenarios in The Dinner - a collection of scenarios for Horror. Introducing "The Diner Horror RPG Scenario Book," straight out of the twisted realms of the 1980s! Get ready for a heart-pounding, spine-tingling adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat! "The Diner Horror RPG Scenario Book" has been meticulously designed for cinematic play, perfect for those one-shot gaming sessions. With pre-generated characters at your fingertips, you and your friends can dive right into the action, learning and playing the scenarios in one thrilling sitting. Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the 1980s horror scene, as VHS-style aesthetics come to life in every chilling detail. Dust off your Walkman and get ready for a nostalgic journey filled with retro charm and adrenaline pumping excitement.

Content Warnings: Diner meatloaf, horrible puns, maybe spiders, also maybe slime, and maybe a vampire, diner waitresses name Sheila and Brenda
Additional Safety Tools: Pregame discussion, X-Card

The system was basically Alien RPG, but in a present day setting.

The scenario was pretty simple, but it was the Player interactions that made this a fun game. Loads of great roleplaying.




7/8 Saturday 8am-noon

Le Dossier Mönch
System: Call of Cthulhu
GM: Joseph - SpoJino
Players: Morgan Hua (Said Kouzham - Lawyer and Moroccan Nationalist), Andy R - RandomAnswer (Sergeant Henry Evans - British Expeditionary Force), misty_lady (Yelena Volkov - Archivist and Egyptologist), princejvstin (Voira da Veiga - Aristocrat and Refugee Advocate).

For 3-4 players, ages 18 and older. This game is beginner friendly.
Pre-generated characters will be provided. Please contact GM after player assignments are announced.

Morocco, 1939: After France declared war on Nazi Germany, the French Protectorate in Morocco seized all German assets in the territory. This seizure included the French military police (the Gendarmes) taking control of the Mönch Textile Factory in Casablanca. While doing so, they discovered a cache of documents that left them befuddled. A contact in the French Foreign Legion has reached out to you for help with some clandestine digging into this factory and the cache of documents currently in local, civilian police possession. Nazi Content: This scenario includes fictionalized images and handouts with Nazi and Nazi-like symbols. Nazis are unambiguous antagonists in this scenario and will not be portrayed as anything other than working against the interests of the investigators. This scenario is a modified version of a chapter from the upcoming Sons of Singularity “The Blessed and the Blasphemous” campaign. Scenario written by Patrick Chandler.

Content Warnings: Body horror, medical horror, gore, brutality, Nazis (including Nazi imagery).
Additional Safety Tools: X-Card

This game felt more like Pulp Cthulhu than purist. But I had a lot of fun anyway.




7/8 Saturday 1-5pm

Viral
System: Call of Cthulhu
GM: Jeff - SeattleEgg
Players: Morgan Hua (Enoch Eakins - cameraman), Chelsea - PixelWhip266 (Corina Trench - co-host), Laura - lsnow11 (Ku Hyeon - tech/skeptic), Hilmar - hilmar_firestarter (Marco Proudfoot - host).

For 3-4 players, ages 16 and older. This game is beginner friendly.
Pre-generated characters will be provided. Please contact GM after player assignments are announced.

You take the role of ghost hunters with a hit YouTube channel - you call yourselves the Spektral Krew! You are headed to an island off the coast of Sicily to explore its very dark past. The only public information is a pixelated satellite map and a pile of redacted documents, but a little digging on the Dark Web has revealed something far more sinister. What better way to make your final push for one million subscribers than to stream the investigation live from the island! This is scenario written by Alex Guillotte and Bud Baird, published 2022.

Content Warnings: Nosophobia, Body Horror.
Additional Safety Tools: Pre-game discussion

I heard many great things about Viral and was very excited about trying it out.

This game was very creepy and fun. I would have loved to play this game for over a longer period of time, maybe 8 hours instead of the 4 we did. Wonderful group of Players. I feel guilty in that I think my character, Corina, and Marco took up most of the screen time with amazing roleplaying. I felt Hyeon was slightly odd man out. If I played Hyeon, I would have demanded more screen time as the resident skeptic.

After playing in this, I highly recommend the scenario.


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