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Forgotten Realms Recap #4, Part Two: Wait. What?

Ok, so it’s not exactly "tomorrow." As I said, with the gate opened the company got the hell out of dodge. Previously, any view of the world outside Zhougal Keep stopped after about five feet with impenetrable darkness (not unlike a darkness spell). This time, we were moving through a break in the darkness that appeared relatively normal, and after a short jaunt we were clearly back into normal space. Exhausted, we sat back and, except for some scouting around, waited for the sun to come up. It did. We didn’t die. Success!

With that little detail wrapped up, we assessed the situation. The Nar(f) we had followed were all dead; their leader was gruesomely decapitated by the stone gout that erupted when we first reached the ruins , and we killed the others in the early going of eternal skeletons in the courtyard. Their horses, however, were still around, along with ours, so we had either a) self-propelled loot or b) self-propelled food. Seydlitz was also still alive, and figured to be a bit trickier to deal with. Now that we were on to his magical abilities, he let a shoe drop - he didn’t want to go back to the Adzo. Apparently in Rasheman a male caster gets stuck in a cave or something, and who wants that? Fair enough, said Lu Tse, he can come with us. "Really?" the boy asked excitedly. Nobody in the company was necessarily thrilled with the idea, but they didn’t seem to hate it, either; none of us had a keen interest to stick around except maybe Rahil, but being a native of a village that small is usually contra-indicative of wanting to be in said village.

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17Feb2009 | John | Comments Off | Continued
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Wheee! A Monopoly Review

Last year for Christmas, L got me a "retro" Monopoly set, with the original tokens, wooden houses and hotels, and generally a more compact feel than newer sets. It’s pretty cute, in other words, plus it feels a little more… I don’t know, can a Monopoly set feel mature? In any case, we played a two-person game exactly once and then set it aside. I knew, though, that she harbored a hankerin’ to play again. Skip ahead many moons, and we’re now part of a fairly stable clique of three couples who get together and play games. L floated a game of Monopoly to the crew, and they agreed that it’d be worth a try.

Man! Six-player Monopoly is a whole different kettle of fish. For pete’s sake, somebody had developed a complete set before the first go-’round was completed by anyone! Sly dog, but as he himself predicted he over-extended himself and went down in 4th or 5th place. Deals flew across the table rapidly, egged on by everyone’s relative rustiness at the game and inexperience with it in general. In other words, some awful trades were made.

My own series of early turns lead to some pitiful opportunities, and I never had more than three properties to my name…

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24Dec2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued