Hey Man, well this is Babylon

Been a lot of things since my last real update. I’ll see if I can remember them all.

This past Thursday was another test run of the Cannibal Contagion rules, and mechmuertos Crazy Cat Lady character has to be one of the most side-splittingly hilarious characters I’ve yet seen in a RPG today. My next order of business for CC is putting together an actual demo quick-start game scenario, complete with 4-6 pregenerated characters – most likely the same characters that will be primarily featured in the game art. Thanks to Chris, Chris, Sam, Chris, Chris, Chris, Kenji, and Chris for coming over to play.

Friday was our 4th of July BBQ at the House of Hot. It was awesome, and I was really happy to see a lot of familiar friendly faces again. We drank and made merriment well into the night, and having the whole neighborhood out shooting fireworks in the street was pretty feel-goodified greatness.

Recently I picked up a copy of Low Life. It’s a Savage Worlds setting, and man, it’s pretty messed up:

Sword & Sorcery Adventure in a shattered world inhabited by the descendants of cockroaches, worms, snack cakes, and stranded aliens. Discover the arcane secrets of hocus pokery, dementalism, smellcasting, and holy rolling. Battle hideous beasts, risen from the rubble of ancient civilizations. Enjoy a light lunch at the Primordial Soup Kitchen. Mutha Oith is a world of grand adventure and deadly peril; a world of conflict and danger. It is a land of epic heroism and great evil, a realm of horror and violence, a bold land where even the lowliest cockroach can become a king by his own sword and the most wretched gob of filth can become a gawd.

Are you werm enough to follow your destiny? Do you have the nuggets to take your rightful place among Oith’s most valiant heroes? If so, strap on your esophagator hide shield, pick up your poo flinger and your big ass cleaver, mount your pygmy slog, whisper a prayer to Jelvis, kiss your larvae goodbye, and open the goosin’ book. The muck-riddled road to epic adventure stands before you…

I’ve been skimming it for a few days now, and I’m not entirely sure what I think of it yet. I have a feeling it will sit on my gaming shelf next to my copy of HoL, and serve much the same existence: an entertaining conversation piece, but never actually played.

Rule of Rose, so far, has been an exceptionally fulfilling game. I’m at the end of the fifth chapter, and really enjoying it. The controls are good, and the setting (imagery + music + story + characters) is pretty fantastic. Only one problem: the main character is just plan weak. I understand that she is intentionally meant to be timid and weak, and a play on themes of children ruling over those much older (like your character), but every now and then I just want her to be all “Enough of this shit!” and kick that goddamned redhead in the tits, hard. Or have that nifty pet dog bite that skeezer in the face. No, I will not get in the goddamned Onion Bag, thank you very much.

I need a full session of Twilight Imperium soon.