Liz's Dangergirl game was awesome. Sadly, I was stuck playing Abbey Chase herself, and not have a good read on what the character was like, I wasn't able to come up with a better schtick other than jumping on enemies and trying to squeeze them to death with her thighs. Kirin totally pwned that game.
Gabe's Saturn game is already legendary. Tony's totally inept Captain was a blast and Travis's "Communications officer" coined the wink and double gun "Hola" routine that's still haunting my dreams to this day.
My Dark•Matter game was largely saved by my incredible cast of characters, because the ending sadly turned anticlimactic when they didn't do what I thought they would. But it was fun because everyone in it was so awesome. Anyway, by the time I ran the second instance of it, I had thought of a better ending that wasn't so dependent on what the players would do, so I think it ran better. Sadly, nobody played Bruce Gamble, out of work B-movie star that time, because I had six instead of seven players. Bruce will be greatly missed.
Sky Galleons of Mars is also legendary. We had freakin' Kevin Kulp for cryin' out loud. Any game he's in is bound to r0xx0rz. And it did. But we also had Matt(hew), Davest, Scott, Jeff, Eridanis (who's real name I forget)---I mean, this was an all-star production. I have no idea what I was doing in that game, because everyone there was so much cooler than me.
Alan's Mars d20 was a blast. I got to be the naked red Martian slave princess. I got to traumatize Corey with my terrible portrayal of Derah Thojis. Sweet. Fun system. lizard is da bomb, once again. Next time I go to GenCon, I think I want to run an Iron Lords of Jupiter game, by the way.
Did I forget to mention Kirin's Kobolds Ate My Baby game? I think I did. Holy crap. Kirin is made of win. That game is another legendary one that people will be referring to for years. barsoomcore's anal bestiality rape death scene is one that'll be remembered for a long time. And it wasn't even the funniest thing that happened.
DINO PIRATES is already legendary even before I get to it. There's a reason it was one of the fastest filling slots around when it opened up. And it lives up to the hype. If nothing else, the absolutely brilliant lava rules will live forever as a work of genius. And I have to admit the description of the main BBEG as "an evil Dejah Thoris" was super hot. Maybe that's why I couldn't actually hit her, failed my will save against her domination attack, and ended up spending the rest of the game as a gigantic gorilla (sans biplane, sadly) trying to kill Rystil Arden's character.
The last game of the Con for me (besides the second instance of Dark•Matter I ran) was the Halfling Musketeer game. Holy crap. Again. Already legendary before I get here, and again; totally lives up to the hype. Fighting gigantic wine bottles was a work of genius, and prompted one of the funnier lines I heard all week: "I am French and you are my natural prey." Or something like that. It was probably better when Matthew said it than me paraphrasing it later.
So yeah; I could totally play and run CM games exclusively. I pretty much did, and I was not in the least disappointed. I would do so again in a heartbeat.
The only thing that was sadly lacking for me was some Cthulhu. I had my d20 Cthulhu book in my bag all week and never even broke it out.
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