Since people out there were clamoring for a JimCon write-up. I decided to do a quick wrap-up of what happened. (I say one person is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153clamor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.) But first a song sung to the tune of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Piano Man\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n
The GM Man<\/p>\n
It’s nine o’clock on a Friday morn
\nthe regular crowd shuffles in
\nThere’s an old man sitting next to me
\nMakin’ changes to his character Trin
\nHe says, son can run a game for me
\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not really sure how it goes
\nBut it’s got orcs and efreet and I knew it complete
\nWhen I wore a younger man’s clothes<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nLa la la de de da
\nla la de de da da dum
\nPlay us your game, you’re the GM man
\nPlay us your game tonight
\nWell, we’re all in the mood for a TPK
\nAnd you’ve got us ready to fight<\/p>\n
This year the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153usual crowd\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was augmented by Bob Geiger. Our friend Bob got to come almost a whole day early to JimCon. (Yea!) Once everyone arrived and the cars were unloaded of games, we got down to actually playing one.<\/p>\n
Evil Mike ran us through the four-hour version of the two-hour Savage Worlds demo he would be running at the big conventions this year. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hell on Wheels\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. And yes, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s patterned after the TV show. I think we did ok; no deaths that I recall. We did help the evil one figure out what parts to keep for his two-hour version.<\/p>\n
Next, we played History of the World, a JimCon favorite. Completely against all gaming protocols I did not write down who won. I can only guess it was me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and I won by a huge margin.<\/p>\n
The movie of the night was Kick-Ass. I had never seen this one and I was completely surprised by it. I expected a typical super hero movie. Kick-Ass is not that.<\/p>\n
Saturday is RPG day at JimCon, but before that all started Ben and I played a game called Battle Khaos. Ben played the paltry humans, while I took the orcs. Battle Khaos is a placement game of sorts where the object is to take over towers and score points for doing so. The orcs shutout the humans 7-0. Go Khaos!<\/p>\n
The first Savage Worlds game of the day was Owen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Weird War II game. Actually it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Weird War II, but the real World War II with no weirdness. Our team of elite troops was assigned to recue some downed pilots. We did just that and my character, Boris, got promoted. (I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember why.)<\/p>\n
Then Evil Mike ran us through his star wars adventure. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember a single thing about it except that Ben briefly flirted with the light-side, before plunging back to the dark-side. A fantastic time was had by all. A very memorable game\u00e2\u20ac\u201dprobably Mike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best to date.<\/p>\n
That night we watched Sucker Punch. (Someone please explain this movie to me.)<\/p>\n
Sunday morning a few of us played a game called Eminent Domain. Everyone else had played this before and I must say I was rather lost through the whole game. The other players did help me though, which is why I came in second with 19 points. Ben won with 21 points. Mike and Evil Mike tied for last with 17.<\/p>\n
We spit up for the next few games, Ron, Bob, Jim and I played Deadwood. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s similar to the game Carson City, but less complicated and, I think, a more fun. Ron\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rowdies won the town with 21 points. Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Buckaroos come in second with 17, Jim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jackalopes scored 16, and Steve\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Saddle Tramps came in so far last, with 5 points, it was embarrassing.<\/p>\n
We then played Ra, the dice game. Ra is a great game for 2-4 players. Roll the dice. Determine your strategy for scoring points and mark you selections. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s simple, but fun. Ron once again showed his superior game-playing skill and won with 48 points. Bob came in second with 35 points, I managed a third place showing with 34, and Jim came in last at 31.<\/p>\n
Finally, we played the Monopoly Deal card game. This is a fun and fast version of Monopoly. (it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s strange writing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153monopoly\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the same sentence.) In this one, I finally fought my way to the top and won.<\/p>\n
While we were playing through our three games, Evil Mike, Owen, Ben, and Mike were playing Steam. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure their game wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t as fun as ours. Evil Mike won with 54 points. Ben and Owen tied for second with 41. Mike came in last with 29.<\/p>\n
Next up was Lifeboat, an interesting card game that Bob brought. In it you play a character trying to survive on a lifeboat filled with others. One character you love; one character you hate. You get points for seeing the proper end for both of those characters. One nice touch; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible to love and\/or hate yourself. After a few fights, some characters falling overboard, shark attacks, and general pushing and shoving the lifeboat sighted land. Bob won with his character getting 21 points. I had 19 points. Ron had 16. Jim, whose character died during the trip, got 8 points, and Mike got 4 points. Please note that Jim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s character died and did better than Mike.<\/p>\n
Lastly, we played Ivanhoe, a great card game by Renier Knizia. It was quite a battle, but Ron rose to be victorious.<\/p>\n
Thanks Jim for hosting yet another great JimCon! See you all in the fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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