My Druthers At This Point.

[Josiah]

Achtung game-considers and considerees!



So, I have a semi-plan now...


TEAM WICKETUDE AND TEAM ELITERRAMA COME FORTH!


(Disclaimer: These groups were assigned by a multi-cultural team of
various religious, political, and ethnic backgrounds. Also, neither
group is better or worse -- they're just different!)


Team Wicketude is basically locked in, unless it isn't. But it is.
(I hope.) That's the group that will presumably be playing on
Sundays, largely filled with people who were forced on me. Um, I
mean, some really awesome cats whom I adore and want to share my
orange juice with.


(Proposed) Team Wicketude:

1. The Illustrious Tim, aka UtnapishTIM, aka The TIMpire Strikes
Back, aka Categorical TIMperative, aka William Shakespeare's The
TIMpest, aka TIMmaculate Conception, aka Rin-Tin-TIM, aka The
ConTIMplative Psychologist, aka Cat on a Hot TIM Roof, aka Deviated
SepTIM. My roommate/landlord/best buddy guy/totally heterosexual
bromantic partner in a totally asexual/platonic way, totally. No
lie. Totally. (He's unavoidable but fun, kinda like that meteor that
supposedly killed the supposed dinosaurs. Except with a better sense
of humor, I reckon.)

2. Wodin Wynterbear, aka Jimmy, aka JCA, aka Bear, aka The Shit
Flautist, aka G'DO. My closest, dearest, oldest friend (ever since a
few nights ago when we met for the very first time over pizza!) and
object of my frequent, feverish, though ultimately futile, homoerotic
fantasies.

3. Jasmine the First Twin Mentioned, aka Uno De Los Dos, aka Smooth
Jazz. One of Wodjim's stable of sycophantic minions, or something.

4. Sandra the Second Twin Mentioned, aka Dos De Los Dos, aka Pecan
Sandie. See above.

5. I think his name is Carson (or so they CLAIM!), but I just call
him Cervantes. He's quite agreeable. I will probably end up liking
him more than anyone else in the group, despite his notable lack of
breasts.

6. DarqueRaven, aka DarqueRaven, aka The Marital Artist, aka
DarqueRaven. Some skip the formalities, and just call him
DarqueRaven. That's YOU, Raven. Here's your official notice. Report
for duty, soldier, you've been drafted.



Then we'll have the OTHER group, second-listed but second to NONE
(except Team Wicketude, naturally), the aptly-named Team Eliterrama!
I'm thinking something like THIS:


(Proposed) Team Eliterrama:

1. Tim the MulTIMplied EnTIMty Without A Cause, here again in this
TIM, er, I mean TEAM, also. (Like the Black Plague, only far cuddlier
and a better cook! And he puts out! The garbage. When it's full.
What did you think I meant?)

2. The Mysterious Kyler, aka Kentazler, aka The Only Person Who
Actually Filled Out The Damn Survey Like I Asked. Yay Kyler! Welcome
to the fold.

3. Lena. I think she speaks for herself. (Nicknames pending,
following my upcoming meeting with legal counsel.)

4. Dawn of the Dead, aka Zombie Horror Girl, aka The Silent One. If
you do end up riding a Sunday bus, Lena, you might want to bring this
one with you. She's . . . EXPERIENCED.

5. Tiana, aka the Lil' Death Pixie. What do we know about her? Not
much, but I like her name, which is good enough, 'round here.

6. ?????

(7. Profit!)

Yes, the sixth slot is unfilled and unknown! There are a number of
possible contestants for that seat. I'm hoping that I can get them
all to compete in some kind of death match (can we borrow some live
steel swords, Raven?) for the title, winner take ALL!!! (ALL here
having the meaning of, "Can join Team Eliterrama and play some D&D.")
Failing that, I dunno how we'll decide who that person is gonna be. I
guess it will most likely come down to simple ease of scheduling. In
the event of a tie, Lena can pick someone. She seems canny that
way.

Haven't been named herein and want to be Numero Seis? Just shout!


There IS no seventh spot. If you don't get the joke, well . . . Tim
will explain.



That's MY druthers for the groups at this time. We'll see how it
works out. In addition to this, however, there is also the nascent
THIRD group, for which I claim no executive privilege, cleverly dubbed
(just now, by me) Steve and the Disciples, or The Bread-Breakers.
They've got four right out the gate, as far as I can reckon, but could
probably accommodate a couple more, at least. Maybe myself, maybe my
TIMaginary Friend, maybe one or a baker's pair of the unlucky souls
who didn't quite get in under the wire to participate in Teams
Wicketude and Eliterrama. Who knows? Ask Steve or one of his
Apostolic-Themed Cohorts!

Team Wicketude should be a weekly Sunday group, I'm hoping. Team
Eliterrama is up in the air still. Friday night? Saturday? Saturday
night? Weekly, or bi-weekly? I need to know if the people I proposed
all want to ride that train, and when they can do so.


Thoughts, feedback, hopes, plans, dreams, turducken recipes?



-Josiah

[Chad]

First post!

Er, or something, yeah.

I am taking spot #6 using my Titanium spork as my weapon of choice.

Sat or Fri night could work for me as to scheduling, weekly or bi-
weekly is fine.

Thoughts: Tomorrow will be my first Thanksgiving with snow.
Feedback: You multi-cultural team has a distinct lack of midgets
Hopes: I pass my exam Monday
Dreams: Only Biochemistry nightmares right now
Turducken recipes: http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/

If we have a semi-fleshed out character idea should we post it in the
group or email it to you?

[Lena]

Just because I'm troublesome, I'm going to throw another bolt into the
porkchopclockwork systems.
This morning I got a job offer that blew my mind- one of those ones
you apply for and not expect to get and then get that only happen to
other people.
Yeah, one of those. So, if I pass their little aptitude test, then
within a month or so I'll be moving aaaalll the way back to
California- where I was living about a month ago. *facepalm*
But anyway, if I get accepted into that, I'll be leaving by.. oh,
probably a couple days after Christmas.
So team Eliterrama will have a second open spot for anyone who
survives the deathmatch with grievous but survivable wounds - once
you've healed up enough to move around, I'll be gone.

On the other hand, I might fail horribly and NOT get the job, so don't
get your hopes up. I mean, it's a programming aptitude/speed test, and
I hate programming. I took a class on it a couple years ago. And C is
freaking convoluted.

Anyway, that's-a me. I will probably still lurk here even if I move
away, because I'm just creepy like that.

[Josiah]

Nooooo[insert infinite continuing o's]!!!!![insert infinite
continuing !'s]

Well, congratulations to you. I hope it all works out well for ya.

Team Eliterrama will henceforth be renamed to "Team
Sortofallrightarrama."

Should you turn out to be an absymal failure, you'll still be welcome
to come and console yourself in our journeys to a dreamworld of
magic. You'll fit in even better, in that case. Failure is the new
success!

[DarqueRaven]

Why of course you can barrow the Live Steel Swords... lets see....
first I will need these waver forms filled out and signed in
Triplicate.
Then they will need to be sent in, sent back, lost, found subjected to
public inquiry, lost again and finely, buried in soft peat for 3
months so they can be recycled as fire lighters.

Oh and by the way, when I tried to the survey you spoke of.. this is
what I got from the board: The page you navigated to does not exist.
Little hard to fill out an non-existent survey, Oh Mighty DM... Lover
of Life and the greatest thing since sliced bread!

Lena, m'lady.... congrats on the new job offer. I am sorry that your
having to return to California, but that is because I spent almost 30
years there myself.
When I left SDG&E had raised the cost of Gas and Electric up 40%! So I
could not wait to leave. But good luck with the job.

On Nov 26, 3:50 pm, Josiah <firesnakear...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Josiah]

Hey, what time(s) are you available on Sunday, Raven?

[Josiah]

Reposted from other thread, here, for relevance:



Well, my first D&D group (Team Wicketude!) is going to be playing this
Sunday, here at Tim's condo. But it looks like your Boardgame Meetup
is going to be lasting quite a few hours, so I very well might be able
to come for a bit, depending on the exact time we schedule the game
here.

I need to get our block of time nailed down for certain. I'm sort of
hoping we'll do something like 2pm until 8pm-with-the-option-to-go-a-
little-bit-over-if-necessary. If we do that, then maybe I'll be able
to swing by the Bread Co for a couple of hours BEFORE we play down
here. If some of the folks from my second group (Team Eliterrama!)
can make it, too, so we can all meet and discuss some stuff, that
would be awesome.

In fact, part of that six hours blocked off for the game is the "pre-
game eating and chatting" time, which would be likely to happen at
least sometimes at a restaurant, anyway.

SO . . . maybe we can just do that at the Atlanta Bread Company this
Sunday, so everyone can meet, and stuff. How convenient would that
be?

Perhaps my group could plan to show up at the Bread Co at 11:00am or
11:30am or noon, or so, and then we could get some food, chat, meet
and greet the other folks, and adjourn back to Tim's condo after a
while to have our D&D game here.

That seems like it could work out really well.

Anyone in either of my groups have thoughts on this? Availability?
Desire? Clever ideas? Snarky comments?

I, for one, like it!

[Steve Watkins]

comments ... Snark, Narf, & Troz! 
Just for info...  Denver Board game meetup meets the 2nd Sunday and Last Sunday of the month.
http://www.meetup.com/The-Denver-Boardgames-Meetup-Group/

I'm sure D&D'rs are more than welcome. (yes, I mean come and play D&D)
Perhaps we'll get some board gamers to try D&D and visa versa!


Laters,
- Steve

[DarqueRaven]

I am open to what works good. I normally need a bit to wake up.
So say after 9 am is good.

[Kontazler]

So, Team StillEliteNoMatterWhatYouSayarrama...
...will be meeting at the bread co?
preferably early morning, in hopes of meeting josiah?

unless this is dead wrong, i will be at the bread co around 1030

earlier? later? different location?
please lemme kno

[Josiah]

Reposting from other thread for relevance:



Okay, here's the official plan:

I've talked to Wodin et al, and we're just not going to be able to
make it to the Atlanta Bread Co Boardgame Meetup. We're going to need
to start earlier, here at our place, so we can end by 5:00pm or so at
the latest.

So, anyone planning to go to the Bread Co soiree, feel free to go
check it out, but I can more or less guarantee that I won't be there.
Sadly. Because I really would have liked to! Hopefully next time.

Everyone in my group for tomorrow is now already informed and on board
with what we're doing, except for Raven.

So this is for you, Raven:

Tomorrow morning, 10:00am, give or take a few minutes, if that's
doable for you.

The address is:

8331 S Upham Way
Apt 102
Littleton
80128

That's just a block west of the intersection of Wadsworth and
Chatfield, in those condos right there across the street from the
shopping center with the King Soopers and such. Each condo building
is individually numbered on the side with the addresses, so our
building actually says 8331 on it, and then you'll see #102 there on
the ground level.

If you get lost or need further directions, or whatever, you can call
me at (303) 478-2641.

As for the Team Eliterrama folks, I haven't heard from most of you as
to what your preferences and availability are, now that we're looking
at setting up an additional day which is not on Sundays. Friday
evenings are an option, as are Saturdays. So, let me know what works
for you, and we'll try to get that second game going as soon as
possible, too.

I do definitely want to get to a more general meetup soon, hopefully
the next one of Steve's Boardgame groups. If we haven't put together
a firm plan for the second D&D game group by then, we'll try to all
get together and coordinate it on that occasion.

[DarqueRaven]

I have the map printed and phone number included, bag packed and
character printed.
Did not get to the store thou. You do have visitor parking, yes?
I would hate to get my new jeep towed away for illegal parking.

[Josiah]

Yeah, you can park in the lot down at the end of the row we're on.  Not very far away.  Just don't park in the spots underneath the covered ports, or the spots which are right along the sidewalk beside the building.  You'll see the other parking.

See ya then.

[DarqueRaven]

Just to let everyone know, I did make it home safe. That was the first
snow driving I did with my jeep and driving in a snow storm.
I did have a little issue with the brakes, but that was due to non
anti-locking brakes and ICE in my brakes. Plus the signs were all
covered with snow.
So sorry for my being late.

On Nov 30, 1:16 am, Josiah <firesnakear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, you can park in the lot down at the end of the row we're on.  Not very
> far away.  Just don't park in the spots underneath the covered ports, or the
> spots which are right along the sidewalk beside the building.  You'll see
> the other parking.
>
> See ya then.
>

[Josiah]

No worries about lateness, it's totally understandable given the weather.  I'm glad to hear that you made it back in one piece.  Hopefully we won't have TOO much trouble with inclement weather on Sundays this winter.

[DarqueRaven]

Thank you for the understanding on being late. That means alot to me.
I am not normally a person that is 1) late like that. And 2) one that
has such issues with traveling.
It was a bit of a long drive, thou part of that was just trying to
find it in the bloodly snow storm. I did make it home in good time and
with little trouble. Teach me not to check the weather underground
before hand! It showed on the hourly forecast for Littleton Co, an 80%
chance of snow during the time I was driving!

Yesterday's game: I have not remembered laughing so hard in a long
time at the gaming table. Wodan's character running through Waterdeep
and such just had me in stitches. And like I said, you were acting
completely in character from what I saw, so no worries! (Note to self:
check the dates of butter at the house and bring more coffee!) It was
kewl to meet everyone and interact together. I will see about getting
a better picture for Revok. It will be interesting to see where we go
from here. So what is everyone else's thoughts?

[Josiah]

I liked it.  I think this is an interesting group which has great potential.

I hope everyone had some fun, at least.

It was a bit rocky, at least in terms of getting everyone together and avoidine downtime, but that's to be expected for the first session, especially when the DM didn't prepare very well for it.  Which I didn't.

I have some great ideas now, though, and I think it should pick up well for the next few games.