Firstly, the sheer emotional buzz when I pulled in to Motu Moana, and hopped out of the car, was fantastic. Haven’t felt that good in some time, and if you’re a friend or person I talked to this weekend, it’s because of you. Now, onto the character moments.
The Bell
I think the best moment for me was at the beginning of Interlude 3, where Prema and I wake up, and we are both looking directly at each other. That look in her eyes of intense hate, oh, it was chilling. Fantastic work by Prema, because that set the tone for the remainder of that game. I can only hope I was as good an antagonist as her expression suggested.
Asterix and the Council of Carnutes
My favourite game, albiet by a slight margin. Everything in the game was just so Asterix it was magnificent. The costumes, roleplaying by everyone involved, it was like being part of the world. For me, as Bombastix, a non regular cast member, it was very easy to get into the world, and I loved every minute.
The back and forth I had with Gaffy as Vitalstatistix was great fun, old friends teasing each other, giving each other no end of grief, but when it came to battle, having each others’ backs.
Mid-council, standing up and finally accusing Dianetix (TK) of murdering our old friend and chief, and rallying all but one of the gauls into an anti roman frenzy, was fantastic. Did not plan to call Dianetix out like that, it just happened, but TK took it in stride and the roleplay was great! Soon Gaul will be free from Roman Rule!
Finally, though I guarantee I did not do nearly as much scheming as Impedimenta (Prema), I really enjoyed try to marry off my two (three) daughters, and the ending of getting Asterix and Obelix as sons in law was quite satisfying. High Five for Impedimenta!
I could go on, but huge thanks to everyone in this game, I had a blast!
Stop That It’s Silly
Ran this game with the aim of it being stupidly silly and fun. Success by players’ accounts, phew. Best moment: end of game, singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”, arm in arm with the entire game, kicking in time to the music. Can’t wait for the photos of that. Thanks again for playing!
Colonel Sebastian T Rawhide’s Circus of the Spectacular
Being the villain is fun, as was last year’s Chimera theme for me! Of course, playing the villain who actually gets his comeuppance, that’s always fun to play, especially as it adds to the game. Loved my foils, Tetrajak as the secret evil, and Dave Agnew as the rival circus owner.
Great roleplay with Dave, we improvised so many insults it was fantastic. “Sergeant Rawhide!” “That’s Colonel, Mister Bungling.” “Old Seb” “Jackie Boy” etc. You are quite the man Mr Agnew.
Making Ellen (as the lovely Daisy Belle) lose her character with the eyebrow waggle, hilarious and unintentional, but fun.
Jade Empire: Makato Fort
Second favourite game. Died Twice, but still feel like I won.
Dueling Jackie, both with bokken and words, was super fun. Being an evil blacklander spirit possessing people, fantastic. Discovering Hamish, lord of the fort, was really the other blacklander possessor, exciting, and it led to an epic duel between Fraser and I, in which the spirit passed into him.
Playing a person in a coma, and then playing a corpse, it was actually quite enjoyable, especially with Jackie’s character’s sorrow at my loss.
Good work by all, and yes, though I was on his side for half the game, Hamish still got to do the traditional stabbing me in the back. Always a pleasure Mr Meads.
TLDR indeed. Chimera was awesome, even more so than last year. Here’s to everyone making it a good year next time!
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Had good fun being mad with an increasingly large number of people. Good RP moments with my tutor and my doctor (the latter got to join me in his own institute!).