Here are some pics from our games last week.

Here are some pics from our games last week.

On Wednesday, we continued our four-part series of Lady Blackbird and Monster of the Week. I can’t comment on how Lady Blackbird went, but it sounded like they were having fun. MotW was terrific. I ran a mystery inspired by the 1985 movie The Stuff. It was awful in all the right ways. I run MotW in a camp horror style, and a mystery about a frozen dessert treat that is actually a Blob-like alien organism was perfect. Our frozen treat, The Dream, even came with a ridiculously sexualized TV commercial (and jingle!) that I’m happy to report had the table howling with laughter. 

On Friday we ended our journey in A Red & Pleasant Land. It was a magnificent, epic ending. The session revolved around the party’s attempt to locate the Red King in his underground maze. The final encounter involved a fight with a red dragon, and I was reminded how superbly DW handles big boss fights. It’s all dangerous, cinematic action, and I love it. Also: whatever your feelings may be about traditional fantasy games, there is really nothing like a dragon fight done well. It was spectacular in that way we have always imagined D&D to be. I felt like a kid again. 

Finally, on Sunday, we did The Quiet Year. This is one we have played a bunch in the Gauntlet, and it delivers every time. I’ll be happy to talk about this on a future episode of the podcast, whenever the fuck that will be (damn you, Tropical Storm Bill!). 

Thanks to everyone who came out and/or ran games: Scott Owen Ferrell Riley Jeff Burke Derek Grimm Russell Benner Marcus Centurian parrish warren Jorge Salazar Daniel Fowler Steve Mains Kyle McCauley and a few new people I can’t tag here.