World Wide D&D Game Day --the results

Well, Eunice and I played "The Lair of the Mad Alchemist" at our FLGS for game day. Overall we had a good time.

First, we were late getting out the door and to the store. We were running about 15 minutes behind schedule. When we finally got to the store, the woman working there told us that Wizards of the Coast had originally told them that the adventure we were in was for 6 people. Instead it was for 4. But, if we wanted to wait for about an hour we could still play.

So, we browsed for a bit. We bought a copy of the card game Kung Fu Samurai on Giant Robot Island and played a hand of that while we waited. It was pretty fun. It's a game where you use your cards to make a b-movie. There are several sets, including Grave Robbers From Outer Space and Cannibal Pygmies In The Jungle of Doom, and they're all compatible with each other. Eunice's movie had a host of characters, including an honorable samurai in transformable power armor, an anime school girl and a concubine (among others --she really had a horde), while mine had an ancient master, a perverted teenager with powerful innate ability, and his Uzi-toting kung fu mother. Wackiness insued.

We finally got to play D&D, and had to rope some 13 year old girl into playing with us so we had 3 players. She regaled us with tales of her Ninja Tielfling and other role playing stories (I'm sure all us gamers went through that phase).

Anyway, the GM was better than the one we had for the RPGA event, and frankly I think the adventure was better too. We were still on rails, but I expected that, given that it was really intended for folks who'd never played the game before. Overall both Eunice and I had fun, and it made me realize how much I miss good gaming.

I really gotta get an AU game going again.

Tomorrow Eunice and I are off to the Maryland Ren Faire. It should be fun.