Kapcon

[confusiontempst]

So, I went up to Wellington in the weekend for Kapcon. It was the most awesome convention I've ever attended, and I hope that next year continues in this vein.

This is going to be a bit bare bones, I think, I hope to come back and update this some more in the next day or so.

Pre-con:I had 2 and a bit days precon, having arrived on Wednesday

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[allova]

The first time I ran Dead Man's Chest, the player of Quintus Swelter said the same thing about having not enough ins with the others, so I think there is something wrong with the character. Thanks for mentioning it, I'll keep it in mind for future runs.

[confusiontempst]

No problem. I gather what's supposed to happen is that it comes out that the old Captain was murdered by poison, and that it comes out that I'm a vicious poisoner.
Apparently none of the pirates knew I was a poisoner? The governor seemed to tell me he knew.

I did have an in to "make Tom's life miserable", and I half heartedly attempted to. But I wasn't sure how to really accomplish that.
And I failed to trade the cheese immediately at the start, thinking I'd try to barter it to the natives, or maybe for a pardon. But because Sawbones healed Nick(I think that's the name of the guy with the bullet in his head) so fast, I think I missed my only opportunity to use that.

Still, I did help plant the thought that pirates needed to be sacrificed to appease the volcano into the priests head (I'm sure he would've thought of it anyway, if he hadn't already), simply because I figured it'd help stir things up.

[anarchangel23]

It's just hard to mesh with a group that's comprised in large part of people who are quite good friends. It's hard to not feel like you're intruding on conversations sometimes.

I found the same thing at the Kapcon drinks I attended a couple of years ago. It's always tricky being at a big con where you only know a handful of people.

I need to work ongetting things set up better, and not dragging so much.

We should play a couple of games when I'm down later in the year.

Scott narrating his combats via what songs were being queued up on his Mandelbrite armour.

That's awesome! When I played Inspectres in a lobby area at Neoncon in Vegas I used the piped musak as inspiration for a few character moments, but nothing that cool.

I really need to find a way to work around recalcitrant Sergeants.

That's an interesting problem. I don't think I've ever encountered that. It could be that there's something in my style that pulls people out of turtling, but it's probably just dumb luck (and on at least one occasion, collusion!)

[confusiontempst]

Well, the first time I ran my sergeant, an otherwise awesome person that I've never had an opportunity to game with, actually fell asleep during the game because it was the final session of Buckets and she was exhausted.
The second time I ran, (the Kapcon time), my sergeant started directly disobeying orders right at the end. Maybe I should have just used instant field demotion and promoted someone else to sergeant in his place? (He was balking at continuing on into another combat when half his squad was on the verge of death, since his mission was obviously pointless. I don't think he quite got what 3:16 is all about.

[anarchangel23]

Ugh, sleeping players... that's impolite. They really should have sat out.

I wish I had a sergeant disobey orders! That's fantastic! I would have tried to prompt a mutiny :)
Incidentally, that sergeant's situation is what the E-Vac command is for. :D

[confusiontempst]

I think I didn't explain weaknesses properly, no oen used one. Then again, no one died either. (Mike Sands advised me to just crank the diff up to 8 or 9, or even 10, for every planet)

He did so in front of a propaganda officer, who turned to the 2 corporals and ordered them to shoot the sergeant. One fired, and intentionally missed. I think if it happens again I'll just have to say "the man who kills the traitor will be promoted."

[jenni_talula]

Yep, Dale has strict orders from me to never stop writing games with Prof Eternity and Captain Hope. <3 that game, although it's not usually that emotional!

[confusiontempst]

:D As I say, I would happily play Daniel again. There's a certain part of my mind that's been thinking "if Daniel grows up a little bit and wanted a superhero name, and a costume, what would he pick?" ever since I originally got asked for what costume I was wearing and I decided that wearing my own band T-shirt seemed like it'd fit the character.

[jenni_talula]

Yep, wearing his own band T shirt was incredibly right and excellent.

[confusiontempst]

I just now watched this icon for the first time. I's amazing, but I think I lost a few braincells.