Okay, here's my official confirmation that I will be attending the wake 😀
. I look forward to making new connections with all of you who can make it, and pledge to contribute my utmost to the festivities. In that spirit, here's what I'm prepared to offer to enliven our evening. If this information belongs somewhere else where we're hashing out logistics for the event, I'll re-home it there.
My Contributions
Besides the mandatory mask, I will have on hand:
- 🎶 A single-chambered transverse ocarnia in alto C (if there's distance enough for me play while unmasked... otherwise, singing will do)
- 🃏 A deck of standard playing cards and a bag of six-sided dice for simple games.
- 🎴 The card game Love Letter: Princess Princess Ever After; its simple rules, large cards, and minimal game pieces should suit park play.
- 🚰 A water bottle and personal snacks to tide me over for the evening, plus a little extra in case someone else gets peckish.
Other Contributions on Request
If I receive requests in advance, I can also contribute the following to entertain all of us:
- 🥖 A home-baked side dish, likely some sort of sourdough bread
- 🎤 Specific songs to perform on ocarina or voice, as requested. I'm no professional, but I think I'm "good enough for karaoke" for both instruments. I may have to transpose or reject some requests that are out of range.
- 🎲 A session of one of several tabletop role-playing games I can comfortably facilitate, lasting no more than two hours. See the "TTRPG Menu" below for more details.
TTRPG Menu
Depending on how complicated the parts are, we may have to move out of the park to pull this off, as I won't be bringing a foldable table or any furniture like that. I considered Phoenix Comics and Games, since is a block away from Cal Anderson Park... but they're closing early on October 1. We'll see what we have and what we need when we congregate.
Advance your courtly goals by entering into a marriage of convenience. Will you get caught out, fall in love for real, or thread the needle so you can both get what you want?
Materials: Playing cards, six-sided dice
Player Count: 1 GM, 2-4 players
Fallen angels seek their own heaven in their bodies and each other.
Materials: Playbooks
Player Count: 3 players (no GM)
The evil overlord's disposable minions protect their dungeon from meddlesome adventurers, while having their own violent misadventures for the ultimate prize: shinies.
Materials: Character sheets, six-sided dice
Player Count: 1 GM, 2-6 players
Magical animals shapeshift into human children and bring everyday magic to bear on the small struggles of the human villagers of a countryside town.
Materials: Character sheets (pregens available)
Player Count: 1 GM, 3-6 players
Teenage magical superheroes try to untangle their complicated relationships to each other, when threats to their homeland don't get in the way.
Materials: Playbooks, six-sided dice
Player Count: 3-5 players (no GM)
Tiny patrol members strive to protect their towns and their territory in the face of a world where just about everything's bigger and more dangerous than they are.
Materials: Character sheets (pregens available), custom dice & cards
Player Count: 1 GM, 3-5 players
Teenage pilots attend corporate military academies disguised as high schools, wearing magical mecha suits to do battle against alien invaders that feed on hopelessness.
Materials: Character sheets (pregens available), playing cards
Player Count: 1 GM, 2-4 players
Members of a convent complete chores at the behest of their abbess, while trying (but sometimes failing) to keep their relationships chaste and pure.
Materials: Playing cards
Player Count: 1 GM, 3-6 players
To save their village, intrepid fishers must explore an old region full of wild magic and catch the Fish of Legend (and many other kinds of fish)
Materials: Character sheets, six-sided dice
Player Count: 1 GM, 3-5 players
A tyrannical dragon holds sway over you and your land. How much are you willing to sacrifice to overthrow the dragon's wrath?
Materials: Playing cards
Player Count: 3-5 players (no GM)
Vintage cartoons commit slapstick mayhem, get exploded/flattened/shot/vaporized, and come back to do it all over again. Oh, and maybe accomplish a silly goal.
Materials: Character sheets (pregens available), six-sided dice
Player Count: 1 GM, 2-5 players
Fairytale land shudders under an eternal winter enforced by its minions, while the forces of light do battle with them to bring spring back to the land.
Materials: Custom game board and diverse game pieces
Player Count: 3-7 players (one of the players is optionally a GM)
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