The Cure for Cabin Fever Cantina (aka: CfCfC)

And there was the player we had who obviously didn't understand that the DM was in charge of the game and would announce things like "I walk into the room and immediately notice something is different."

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Anyone tried that with me I'd say 'And a large metal object with '10 tonnes' written on the side squishes your head. Booby trap, that's what was different.'



Never mess with god.

bettielee said:

you need to dress hotter, Aggy!

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Well. Without getting into personal details (i.e. derogatory comments) I can assure you that I was the hottest player there. But I wasn't... putting myself out there, shall we say?

These days it's probably a different story. Pregnancy left me a little different than she found me.

IdiotsRUs said:

Anyone tried that with me I'd say 'And a large metal object with '10 tonnes' written on the side squishes your head. Booby trap, that's what was different.'



Never mess with god.

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That would have been awesome!

I forgot to point out that that group was made up entirely of ADD people. (Literally. They'd gone to a special school together and everything.) And then there was me. That really sucked now that I think about it. Worse than the DM making out with his girlfriend as part of the "plot".

Well, page 5 was easy to read since I just skimmed all the stuff I had no clue about.

I need to go back to college (and back in time) and be a D&D nerd. I'd prolly pick up some sweet geek bfs too.

I played D&D once in college, then joined a group at work. No brewing romances there. Pity, since I was usually the only female player in the group.

Aggy B. said:

I have yet to find a gaming group that doesn't have a DM who is interested in one of the players. Which sucks. After the third/fourth time of this occurring I just gave up.

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I think worse is joining a D&D game as the only girl only to be absolutely despised by the DM, enough that he does everything within his power to kill you and the rest of the group is wasting time trying to keep you alive.

Yeah. That was awesome. My first time playing, too

I should also point out that despite the bad gaming experience it was while writing up the backstory for one of my characters that I realized I really wanted to write fiction. So. It wasn't a total loss.

I have never played D&D. Non-conformists unite!

Yeah, my last bf couldn't understand while I refused to play Magic with him. This was after trying to convince him we needed to play with basic cards only.

And yay for being shaped into a writer, Aggy.

*Join's Alan's club*

Lastly- 2 chapters polished tonight, as planned. Not as much studying done as I needed to, but close. Maybe I'll get the WIP done this weekend

Night

**joins Alan and Fenika in non-conformist club**

**realises she has become a conformist**

dammit.

Alan Yee said:

I have never played D&D. Non-conformists unite!

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YAY!!!

bettielee said:

**joins Alan and Fenika in non-conformist club**

**realises she has become a conformist**

dammit.

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oh no wait...

World of Warcraft.....YAY!!


I be a gamer, but not of D&D. I never played. I saw some guys playing once, but the hubby was NOT at all interested. He watched them for about 5 seconds and said, "So, um, wouldn't that be easier to play on a computer?" He made enemies that night.

and I love the new name.

Alan Yee said:

I have never played D&D. Non-conformists unite!

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Neither have I!

I have no games loaded onto my PC on principle - I have enough distractions from writing as it is. Including forums.

This is long, but wicked worthy. Interested parties out on the internet have compiled a list of facts about Neil Gaiman.

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extra 15%for the privilege of saying “I’m Neil Gaiman’s agent.”
8.William Shakespeare once came back from the dead to ask for Neil Gaiman’s autograph.
9.Neil Gaiman is the reason nobody teaches “I before E except after C” anymore.
10.Some writers take inspiration from the muse. The muse takes inspiration from Neil Gaiman.
11.Neil Gaiman once groped Harlan Ellison.
12.The pen is mightier than the sword;Neil Gaiman has mastered fourteen different styles of penmanship.
13.Rumor has it that a NY editor rejected Neil Gaiman’s first book.
This can not be confirmed, as the editor in question was never heard
from again.
14.Neil Gaiman can tweet 175 characters.
15.Neil Gaiman’s personal library includes an autographed copy of the Necronomicon.
16.Hitler actually won World War II. Then Neil Gaiman wrote an
alternate-history story in which the allies won, and reality was too
intimidated to argue the point.
17.Some authors write in omniscient point of view. Neil Gaiman lives it.
18.Neil Gaiman’s next novel is expected to win the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Heisman Trophy.
19.In any given week, 7 of the top 10 books on the NYT Bestseller List are by pseudonyms of Neil Gaiman.
20. Neil Gaiman has never written a deus ex machina ending. However, God once wrote a Gaiman ex machina ending.

I have never seen Dungeons and Dragons here, closest thing has beeen the Dragonlance novels around.

Three months, six days!

Get me outta this town! (Well, I visit the east coast in October, yay)

I'm also digging on the Cantina's new name. Hope it sticks and doesn't change (but that's just my opinion).

Fenika...Fenika....meh, I'm still calling you Baha.

I spy Coffee Times...

Coffee times!

Max--that list about Neil Gaiman was written by AW's very own Jim C Hines: http://www.jimchines.com/2009/09/20-neil-gaiman-facts/ so there goes a nice linky.

Also he is awesome. Also his new book is coming out in LESS THAN A MONTH but I really wish I had it TODAY! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756405831/?tag=absolutewritedm-20

Just warped in on my way through the Genuflexus nebulae.

I've never played this D&D you are talking about.

From reading about the DM making out with his girlfriend during play I guess it's a local variation on Drunk and Disorderly or sump'n like that.

Ah, well.

Hey! You there! Six eyes! At the bar! A quick Spock salami and Tomato Brainer please, then I'm back en route again.

Kitty Pryde said:

Also his new book is coming out in LESS THAN A MONTH but I really wish I had it TODAY! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756405831/?tag=absolutewritedm-20

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I know the feeling, KP.

I'm also anxiously awaiting it.

Bufty said:

Just warped in on my way through the Genuflexus nebulae.

I've never played this D&D you are talking about.

From reading about the DM making out with his girlfriend during play I guess it's a local variation on Drunk and Disorderly or sump'n like that.

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That is not D&D. That is a trainwreck in progress. There is a substantial difference.

K_Woods said:

That is not D&D. That is a trainwreck in progress. There is a substantial difference.

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Given some of the Dungeons & Dragons games I participated in, trainwrecks are an apt analogy...

We had one player who never paid attention to the setup, then acted in some totally random fashion. Over the course of several adventures, I think he got at least a half dozen characters killed (including one of mine).

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Enjoy!

It is my day off.

I am vertical.

I have a frozen (diet) pizza for later.

I have a giant mug o' coffee on the warmer.

That is all.