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Friday<\/b>
\nEpisode II of Necropolis<\/i>, wherein we talk ourselves out of the sticky wicket of having knifed the evil merchant in the back in the middle of town, pursue a small but annoying child across the fields, and fight a demon crocodile that refuses to come out and fight us. Hilarity ensues.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/b>
\nSeries II, Session 1 of “Death of the Party,” the latest episode in my Spycraft <\/i>game. First game with Stan along, which will more than fill out the table at 5. Slow starting, as usual, and the players continue to struggle with bundles and budgets in kicking off the mission. I think things went a bit more smoothly, though, this time, so I suspect as we proceed, this will cease to be the literal game-stopper that it’s been the past few times. It’s still a good mechanic, it’s just a matter of getting used to it.<\/p>\n

Many Greenland jokes. Just you wait …<\/p>\n

X-ray glasses are intensely annoying. I see an upsurge in stone construction coming on … or else a boost in the GP rate.<\/p>\n

Thought the game went well. It’s another canned module, but I fleshed out some of the details on the ground, and added in some personalized encounters (that blended in with the background surprisingly well). Plus this one has a better map (if annoyingly not on-grid) than the last, and most of the mechanical stuff was there with little problem. Just like I want it.<\/p>\n

Though I have to say, I’m beginning to get some good “bits” in mind for some “original” scenarios to run …<\/p>\n

(A bit more on the game here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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