Over Christmas we got together with some friends for a day of Savage Worlds gaming. Evil Mike reminded me that I needed to write something up about it. So here we go…
Mike started us out with an Agents of Oblivion game. If you’re not familiar with Agents of Oblivion, then come out from under your rock and check out the Reality Blurs web site. Oblivion is an organization charged with keeping all of the weirdness in the words under control and under wraps. No need for the highly excitable public to know what’s really lucking under their bed.
Cast of characters: Ben, Infiltrator; Steve, Agent; Owen, Combat Wizard; Lee, Computer Specialist; Shaun, psychic.
Our adventure was rather mundane, as we were tracking down a human trafficking organization in hopes of stopping it. This led us to a party given by the Polish ambassador in Poland. Our plan was twofold, attend the party on the upper floor and infiltrate the office areas on the bottom floor to see if and how the Polish ambassador was involved. Owen and Shaun would attend the party while Ben and I, with the support of Lee, would break into the offices. Everything fell apart from the very start thanks to Ben.
Ben, our Infiltration Specialist, shows up at the party. He was supposed to be infiltrating the lower offices with me. Owen stepped up and we broke into the offices together, thanks mostly to the help of Lee. Neither Owen nor I had much in the way of breaking and entering skills. After much mindreading, overcoming security cameras, and Ben causing a spectacle of himself at the party, we had the information we needed.
Our final assault on the trafficker’s base in the desolate mountains regions of Poland went well and the world was once again safe for beautiful women between the ages of 19 and 25. Owen said that this was “…the second best game of the day—a solid second.†Well done Mike! Mike is going to start the regular weekly gaming crew in a game of Agents of Oblivion the next time we get together for Savage Worlds. We’re all looking forward to it.
The final game of the day was my memorable Solomon Kane game. Of course, Mike had to remind me last night just what game I ran last Thursday. It was so memorable. The players (or wanderers) were being drawn to an island off the coast of Africa called, Cao Tome. There on a volcanic peak that thrust out of the island like a giant obelisk to the gods they expected to find and defeat an ancient evil. They were accompanied by an alchemist looking for the elusive Philosopher’s stone. The stone reportedly had the power to turn any base mineral into gold. The natives called the peak “The Great Dog Peakâ€. It lay deep inside the island’s jungle area. A jungle haunted by who-knew-what.
They met a tribe of natives that actually lived in the jungle area. The chief was adamant that they turn around lest they disturb the Dog People and bring death to them all. The band of wanderers would not be put off by native superstition. Then, as they climbed to the top of The Great Dog Peak, they met the Dog People. Standing eight feet tall and swathed in gold, they turned out to be quite formidable.
Eventually the wanderers reach the summit and met face-to-face with the evil they sought. He was once a man, but was now much more…and everything he touched turned to gold. After a fearsome fight, the wanders defeated the man, releasing him from his curse. They also destroyed the Philosopher’s stone, knowing that no man should have such power. This would have been inconceivable to the alchemist that joined them, but they had killed him earlier.
A fun day for everyone and we hope to do it again soon.
Chaos Steve