RPG weekend!

Fantastic weekend of nerd goodness.  It's not going to be as intense as next weekend, when I will be attending GLARE Con, one of the many regional conventions for LARPing goodness run by White Wolf's Camarilla group.  But it was pretty epic.

After over a month, I decided to LARP to get ready for GLARE.  I am very cool with Ellen being a side character.  She's not a big player, she's just doing her thing to help out everyone, specifically her fellow vampires who are of her covenant.  She was rewarded for her service to the city by obtaining domain over a significant part of Chicago.  Woot!

On Sunday I met (almost) everyone who is going to be in my campaign, and we'll be starting in late July/early August.  I am super excited.  I've got some people who obviously love to play a thoughtful game.  One guy made sure the rest of the players didn't have a clue what his class was so he could roleplay it out for the first game.  One guy is very smart about his items and his multi-classing, and I sense he'll be the strategist.  And I am bout to respond to another player's awesome backstory for his Wilder.  

All in all, this is going to be a fantastic continuation of the nerd hobby I love.  It's in a setting I've been working with forever and it looks like the balance I love of fighting and world interaction will stay in tact.

Now, to mange 6 players is going to be interesting.

Back Home: The Nerdage Continues

Hello all. I am back in IL, and I finally have time to blog about the things that I care about. April and May were ridiculous months and I'm hoping that things will be less ridiculous now that I am a graduate and looking for a job. Technically I already have one, but I'm considering my options and wondering what I want to do with my life.

So what nerd things have I been up to?

My last Friday on campus I played a one shot of the World of Darkness: Innocents setting. Now I'm usually not a fan of World of Darkness, but not only was a friend of mine running it but I was intrigued by the idea of playing someone between the ages of 7 and 12.  I played a very effeminate third grade boy that had a pet rat named Priscilla.  When I look back now that kind of character would've been better for a campaign than a one shot, but I had a great time.  I still find the World of Darkness system kind of annoying, but that's always been an instinct, nothing ever based on real facts in front of me.  Again, a great time and a fantastic idea that was implemented well.

After graduation I walked around Time Square, and going into the huge Toys R' us reminded me that I STILL need to see the Star Trek movie.  Tell me NOTHING!  I'm seeing it this Thursday and I will cast my judgement then.  But I still want a phaser and a tricorder regardless.

Finally, I am keeping up with some of the stuff going on with E3 and I am most excited for Mass Effect 2.

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It looks like the story is still going to be intrguing.  I'm hoping the gameplay is still great.  I'm friggin' excited!  I'm also excited for Prototype, which is so far looking great still.

I'm going to miss my friends from school, but with the Boyfriend and some other great people, the nerdage continues.