Friday
After training in, and actually getting off at the correct bus stop (but the stupid bus made me half an hour late, because I had just missed a bus! Grr.), I found my nice GM and group waiting for me (Peter, Nick, Alex and some guy I don't know)...
Hanabi to Iroke (Fireworks of Lust) by Peter Strong.
Now, one thing that you need to know about Alex and Nick is that they both like to play female characters. Usually, if Alex doesn't get the cute girl character, Nick will be playing her. (I'm wondering if they'll ever have a hair-pulling match over this one day - Nick'd win that, though. Alex has long hair!) So I ended up with a male character... and those two boys (having played the previous game) got all dressed up for it! I wonder how the other guy coped, seeing those two in skirts, stockings, blouses (and a wig, where required)!! *grin* Especially since Nick was his love interest!!
But that was a lot of fun. I got to do the traditional Japanese guy peeking on the girls at the hot springs, and ended up getting a song dedicated to me by my favourite Japanese idol singer!
The next session was a game with a very cool concept - each player had to fill in a survey (online or otherwise) before the game started, and the characters were then "tailored specifically to each participant".
The Game by Kate Devitt.
It was a whole lot of fun. I can't tell you what happened (not only in case someone reading this plays one day, but just because it would be so different every time!), but we all got characters based on the survey... I'd say that it's best to answer truthfully. It would really be no fun if you lied... you'd only be cheating yourself. But this was one of the best games at the con, even though I knew none of the other players.
I didn't manage to find another session that was free (this was one of the downfalls, IMO - no-one stood up just before the game started, yelling "We need X people for this game! Please come and join us!" as they did at Unicon!), but Michael and Alex hadn't played Origin of the Species before, so that's what we went and played.
This time, I played a different character... things happened very differently this session! Alex had to do all the paper work himself! Serves him right, too! ^_~
The last session of the night was a silly, but fun one. (Who wants to play seriously when you're tired?!) This was myself, Nick, Michael and Peter... and I've got to say, Michael and Nick stole the show.
Total Immersion Video Games by Mathew Frost.
Heh, I don't know how he expected otherwise, but out group was labeled "psycho" by the GM.
When your blurb reads "Ever wanted to play a game with no consequences. Ever wanted to be confused because you do not know what is going on. Ever wanted to know what it would be like to use the largest guns in history without regard for who you hit. Ever wanted to shut the voices, that keep telling you to "KILL THEM ALL", up. Well this is your chance." ... what ELSE are the characters going to be? Especially with Michael and Nick there!
Lots of fun, that game! ... we didn't kill everything!
I had a wedding to attend the next morning, so I had to go home... Michael was crashing at Alex's place, so Nick was the nice one to offer me a lift home, even though he doesn't live very close to me. I hope I bought him sufficient amounts of V to make up for that! Thanks Nick!