Friday Night's Gaming Session
As noted in yesterday's final journal entry, I spent the night out in Ottawa's west end at Kathy's place with the Friday night gaming group.
The players continued the Friday night Primeval RPG game campaign, and had a pretty good time of it. When I got to her place, Kathy had made supper for herself, Ellie, and me, consisting of pasta with a mushroom/meat sauce, and a side salad. Lovely, hot food. We took it easy for about twenty minutes until everyone else arrived.
Once the other players got there, we got into the game. The Primeval RPG continues to amaze me with its simplistic seeming rules, the way it seamlessly doesn't interefere in the roleplaying aspects of the game, and the way that action scenes always unravel in such a rapid, unscripted manner. I don't find that players who've watched the series have any real advantage over players who haven't, as the game and the situations that players' characters find themselves in means that everyone reacts in game character; sometimes, those who've watched the series may be at a disadvantage, since they think they know what the creature they're dealing with or what's going on. That's the fun of the game, and one of the most enjoyable parts of the game for me as GM.
Last night's session was a pretty good game session of around 4 hours give or take. It had a bit of everything in it once more, though two of the player characters were seriously at odds with one another about some of the stuff going on. All of the players agreed that it was one of the best sessions of Primeval RPG that they'd played so far, and that it was a terrific way to end the 2012 year's gaming. I'll be blogging about the game session as soon as I catch up on it, so this is one that you should look forward to reading! :)
I got home last night about 1:00 am, pretty tired, very sore in the lower back, and with my upper area below the breastbone hurting somewhat fierce. Crawled into bed after taking a couple of Tylenol, and turning on the heating pad, and got about six or so hours of sleep.
And now, a new day begins.
The players continued the Friday night Primeval RPG game campaign, and had a pretty good time of it. When I got to her place, Kathy had made supper for herself, Ellie, and me, consisting of pasta with a mushroom/meat sauce, and a side salad. Lovely, hot food. We took it easy for about twenty minutes until everyone else arrived.
Once the other players got there, we got into the game. The Primeval RPG continues to amaze me with its simplistic seeming rules, the way it seamlessly doesn't interefere in the roleplaying aspects of the game, and the way that action scenes always unravel in such a rapid, unscripted manner. I don't find that players who've watched the series have any real advantage over players who haven't, as the game and the situations that players' characters find themselves in means that everyone reacts in game character; sometimes, those who've watched the series may be at a disadvantage, since they think they know what the creature they're dealing with or what's going on. That's the fun of the game, and one of the most enjoyable parts of the game for me as GM.
Last night's session was a pretty good game session of around 4 hours give or take. It had a bit of everything in it once more, though two of the player characters were seriously at odds with one another about some of the stuff going on. All of the players agreed that it was one of the best sessions of Primeval RPG that they'd played so far, and that it was a terrific way to end the 2012 year's gaming. I'll be blogging about the game session as soon as I catch up on it, so this is one that you should look forward to reading! :)
I got home last night about 1:00 am, pretty tired, very sore in the lower back, and with my upper area below the breastbone hurting somewhat fierce. Crawled into bed after taking a couple of Tylenol, and turning on the heating pad, and got about six or so hours of sleep.
And now, a new day begins.