Frank and all others:

The dinner is still on.  Wednesday night 8 pm at the Rathskeller.  We have a total of 27 who have indicated they will be in attendance.

Martin

NEWS UPDATE

Woodstown, autumn 234 JR: Two weeks after the fall of Gorvale, a phalanx of green dragons has strafed the western outskirts of this castle city, resulting in moderate casualties and widespread alarum. Prince Jason has dispatched a plea for reinforcements from the capital, noting several sightings of dragons over the south-central woodlands. The Empyreal Third Army (led by Prince Endryth) is at an unknown location in the southeastern woods and is presumed unavailable for this task.

Footnote: On the Royal Family

Prince Jason of Woodstown is of course one of the six sons of the late King John Asperman III. John IV was firstborn and thus ascended the throne [at Empyrea]; next came Merrin "of the sea" in residence at Dorin, Harl "the strong" of Northending, and Byron "the explorer" in Outland. Jason "of the wood" and Charles "the brave" of Hydell [though sometimes disparaged as "the weak"] were born several years later than the others. The three sons of John IV (also Princes) are his eldest son John V (heir apparent) at Johnstown, Andri "of the elves" at Gorvale, and Endryth "the wanderer", currently commanding the Third Army as noted above.

Lighting beards, nose and ear hairs is how the dwarves get their own gamey smell out of their nostrils.....

Mike B.

hi guys...crazy hectic busy here with a million things. first time i have looked on the forum in a while.

frank: i asked martin to post above for you. you finish the gygax game at 2 (DMing), so would 3 be good? that way, it gives everyone else a chance to flitter the morning away and have some lunch, all refreshed and ready for a good afternoon game.

if anyone has trouble with that, let me know asap, but i assume it will be ok? i know bill (strato) has to sadly leave for a 3pm flight.

i have decided that only the DM and the players are going to have a signed copy of this. strato will also get a copy, as he was a player til the last minute and i think thats only fair.

could y'all ensure that we have: DM guide, few PHBs, MM, fiend folio and a DM screen and of course, everyone have some dice and a pencil/eraser handy. we might want a battle mat and a batch of mini's too, if someone can wangle it.

many thanks and i really look forward to seeing y'all again wednesday!

best

Al

The time's good for me as well.  As to where we're going to play:  if there are not table in the hotels (like last year) my employer has provide a conference room that we can use.  It's about a 6 block walk from the convention center.  So we have a plan A (I will check this out with the hotels a little closer to Gencon) and a Plan B.

Martin

BULLETIN! FLASH!

Woodstown, early Winter 234 JR: The dragons are gone!

In an abrupt turnaround for this once-quiet woodland outpost in southern Empyrea, an entire army of evil beings, enjoying massive aerial support by more than two dozen green dragons, has been routed. And to the astonishment of all concerned, those responsible for this glorious victory are Dwarves.

Details are unclear at this writing, but apparently the dwarves of Krazandol had already tunneled to a point near Woodstown for reasons unknown. After they realized the situation, the utter devastation of the city and its populace apparently immanent, the dwarves came to the rescue. Several thousand troops emerged from covert locations in close proximity to the evil forces, heavily armed and accompanied by light siege equipment for surface-to-air missile fire. Their overwhelming onslaught destroyed thousands of enemy ground troops and many dragons, the latter quickly fleeing southward.

This now seems to have been the largest military engagement to occur in more than a century. It is believed that the dwarves suffered casulaties in the hundreds, though no numbers are as yet confirmed. (All the dragon remains have been declared Military Salvage by Prince Jason of Woodstown, and would-be looters have been warned off, under penalty of execution or imprisonment. There is also other news, unconfirmed as yet, of a powerful leader of these and other evil dragons, a being named Vortaxion; if true, this could be an important lead for the Empyreal forces.)

The Empyreal Third Army (led by Prince Endryth) is said to be engaging yet another massive group of evil forces in the southeastern woods, in the region of the Lonely Mountain (80+ miles north of Woodstown and a similar distance southwest of HIllbrook). However, no accurate news is currently available from that front.

Red Team Friday 2-6 (AdderMcOne, Blackmoor, Bombadil, CS Hobbies, Killjoy, Lawrenson, NetRodent, Prufrock, Yaya)

Green Team Saturday 10-2 (BadMike, Bracton, DBartman, Kingofpain, Mad Hermit, Rabbit_67, Smarmy, Stratochamp)

Both subject to extremely minor twiddles (like pushing either one back 15-30 minutes to allow for logistic).

I'm onstage at the auction both days in the evenings, but have no other Fri/Sat commitments.

F

all sounds good mart - frank thats fine, get your DMing out the way and we are good to go.

the places for the game are all taken up. i would love to get more in the game but just cant sort it. sorry

really looking forward to it.

believe it or not, sass wants to go in the spam carving contest!  

Al

Kingofpain89 wrote:Just checked out a weather forecast for next week in Indy and it looks like it is going to be about ten degrees cooler than last year.     Last year it was in the low to mid 90's.  This year it looks like the average temperature is going to be about 85 F.

It also mentioned some chance for scattered thunderstorms Monday - Thursday.  I know we wont be outside a whole lot but it might not be a bad idea to bring an umbrella just in case.  Nothing worse than wet gamer stink.  

Since we just finished up a run of 21 straight days of 100 or over here in Dallas, it will feel like Nirvana....bring on the rain, my hotel is connected to the convention center!!!  

Mike B.