A Short Post About A Long Weekend

This was a long and wonderful weekend spent almost entirely away from my computer. Alas, I did not find the time to continue my Ebon Knight Mythic GME game. Nor did I get the chance to try my hand at beat mapping some of my favorite stories. That being said, it was still a great weekend for gaming.

On Saturday night, we had an amazing session of Knights of the Astral Sea. The party had reached a critical juncture where they would be attempting to install the once and future queen of Britannia in a land town asunder by war and suffering under a despotic pretender. As a result, I had worked a little harder than usual on pre-game preparation (to the point that I was a little stressed out over it). You can imagine my chagrin when I started unpacking my GM bag at the session only to find that I left my notebook at home. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I felt liberated and I had just enough notes (in the form of a about a dozen index cards) that I could comfortable improvise with whatever the players decided to do.

The result: a rip-roaring session in which the party's long-absent mage escaped the romantic advances of a matronly conspirator, even though it almost opened the door to Lovecraftian entities from outside reality to do it. I really hope Jim writes up the session as another one of Genevieve's letters, as it is sure to be a hoot.

Other bits:

• DC ADVENTURES Hero's Handbook arrived on Saturday. It's a lovely book that I've really been enjoying. As much as I love it, I have a sinking suspicion that I'll never run it. My tastes have been running to lighter rules systems as of late, and Mutants & Masterminds 3e still feel rather crunchy/fiddly. Then again, I'm also running a Gurps 4e game, so maybe I'll be proven wrong.

• Speaking of Supers, my oldest son spontaneously invented a new super hero this morning called Eagle Man. At no prompting from his father, he proceeded to tell me of Eagle Man's origin story (bitten by radioactive Eagle, natch); his alternate identify (Alfred Ballew - all his characters are named Alfred these days); his gadgets (Eagle Claws, Eaglemobile, Eagle Watch); and his nemesis (Black Hawk). My youngest chimed in that he wanted to be Eagle Boy and a dynamic duo was born.

• The wife and I were hiking in in the Shenandoah on this absolutely gorgeous September day. I love the Shenandoah and Blue Ridge and think it would be a great setting for a Dies the Fire-style  game of regressed technology. Driving through the beautiful hills  made me think of castles, fantasy towns, and how bog the land would feel if you couldn't drive it.