Jobs are for suckers

[pyat]

So far, quitting my job remains the smartest thing I've done all year. It is amazing how much time I have for friends and family. My insomnia is gone. I've lost weight. My mood is vastly improved. The house is much cleaner.

And, today I got to hang out with catsarah and sassy_fae in a relatively leisurely fashion! And we got a free lunch, cause it took more than 15 minutes.


This evening, wggthegnoll and ruiskafleck came over to supper and Warhammer. Fondue was made. Children were cute. Elizabeth wrote two original songs that she played for us on the piano. Seriously, she scored them and wrote lyrics and everything.


Warhammer went well, and I ran through my first epic battle of the game. The players are aboard an Elven merchant carrack. wggthegnoll is running an elven noble, transformed into a horrible monster by Chaos magic, and ruiskafleck and velvetpage are playing his wife (a wizard) and sister (a mercenary) respectively. They are seeking a cure, while hiding his transformation from the crew. Check my new battle mat, and hastily drawn deckplans!


In tonight's game, there was much spying and politicking and RP... and then the ship was attacked by a galley of Norsca raiders.


_{"We make! Holes in teeth! We make! Holes in teeth!"}
These are essentially Vikings as depicted on the cover of a Death Metal album, led by a horned and winged mutant. They're represented here by 1:72 scale Pictish warriors. Though I should totally pick up some Vikings before Hamilton Hobby closes forever.


The final score - Death Metal Vikings: 7, Players: 12

Comments

[wggthegnoll.livejournal.com]

I tore their leader's arm off, bwwaahahahahahahaa!!!

Or in other words I had much fun!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I'm sure there will be much more arm severing in the future. :)

[wggthegnoll.livejournal.com]

To be honest I didn't think I was going to win that fight. I got lucky around the end with some consistently good dice rolls.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I didn't think you would either! I was expecting you to have to retreat to the ship, or I was going to have the Baddie fly away when he saw his crew was dead.

[mbehemoth.livejournal.com]

Time for friends? Family? Cleanliness? Weight loss? GAMING? What are these things? I'm extremely jealous! I'm also glad to see someone who uses the Warhammer Fantasy RPG rules. I assume the battle map is like a flexible white board with a grid? Lastly Hamilton Hobby is still open and has miniatures??? I must hurry there. Tomorrow maybe.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yup! A battle mat is an excellent way to draw large temporary maps, and you can rolls it up for storage.

Hamilton Hobby was still open as of last week. They were selling some bits and pieces of old D&D minis, but the ones I'm thinking of are the plastic 1:72 scale things.

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

We can finally have that lunch we've been talking about for years.

Lee.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

How about next week?

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

What are you doing Tuesday?

Lee.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Having lunch with you! :) Any preference to venue?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Lee, how is Wednesday instead?

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday. Wednesday is just as open as Tuesday is for me. As for places to eat, how does Wimpy's Diner down by Eastgate sound? I'm craving a good club sandwich.

Lee.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

That would be excellent. I can pick you up, if you like. Say, about noon?

[lee-in-limbo.livejournal.com]

I don't think you've ever been to my apartment. Do you know the Claremont Court Apartments on Stinson?

Lee.

[neosis.livejournal.com]

How do I get in on some this lunch action?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Book a day, sir! :) I'm in Niagara Falls this coming Monday, though.

[paka.livejournal.com]

before Hamilton Hobby closes forever

This sounds like a new development, tell me more?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Not terribly new - I first blogged about the "imminent" closing in February. They're staying open till someone buys the building, but it's in a rather shabby neighborhood so its been taking a while.

The store has been open for 61 years. It's where I bought Champions, Justice Inc., Paranoia, and a bunch of Doctor Who adventures. As well as thousands of 1:71 minis! Around 1990ish they pulled all their RPG stock from the shelves.

I was told they'd got rid of it... but apparently it's been sitting in their basement. They started selling it off again earlier (http://pyat.livejournal.com/866586.html) this year.

[paka.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I remember that! Huh, 61 years pre-dates the shop before the rise of the roleplaying game industry, so I'm curious how they started and what prompted the switch.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Well, it's mostly a military model/train/rocket/craft store. They used to have a big RPG selection, but they took it all off the shelf around 1990.

[neutopian.livejournal.com]

Palm fronds, peeled grapes, exotic liqueurs, your standard sabbatical, my dear..