[WFRP] The Bloody Crown OOC XV

[LeSwordfish]

Just checking - you're not waiting on us for anything?

[LCP]

Sorry, no - the long wait is all on me, I was away Weds-Mon and had less time for writing than I thought I would! Will try to have an update for you guys as soon as poss.

[RossN]

Trying to get back into things after weeks of feeling below bar. Sorry for the absence guys!

[rax]

Bit of a bum day today. I'll post IC tomorrow.

[LeSwordfish]

Oh, we missed the tenth anniversary of the game starting!

[LCP]

It'll be going to secondary school soon.

[-Sentinel-]

I picture Rolf as an Irish wolfhound.

Oh, we missed the tenth anniversary of the game starting!

Holy crap. A full decade, and still with 5 of our original players (barring the quick dropouts and replacements at the very beginning). We must be legends in the GiantITP community.

Thanks, LCP, for this wonderful journey. I hope we see it through to the end.

[RossN]

Wow what an amazing run so far!

I'd also like to thank LCP and my fellow players - by far the longest game I've ever been in!

[LCP]

We must be legends in the GiantITP community.

I would say that would be if anyone but the ~7 of us were reading, but I have had a few PMs over the years from people saying they enjoy reading the IC threads, which is nice

I picture Rolf as an Irish wolfhound.

He's a livestock guardian rather than a hunting hound, so I was picturing something a bit shaggier.

[-Sentinel-]

I would say that would be if anyone but the ~7 of us were reading, but I have had a few PMs over the years from people saying they enjoy reading the IC threads, which is nice

I imagine even forum users who don't read our threads will sometimes think: "Holy crap, The Bloody Crown is STILL going?"

He's a livestock guardian rather than a hunting hound, so I was picturing something a bit shaggier.

Oh wow, that is very shaggy indeed. Talk about a sheepdog.

[TheSummoner]

Jeez, 10 years already?

I feel old.

[LeSwordfish]

Hey screw the readers, I've been having a good time. I was in my first year of university when the game started and it's been a constant comfort since through some rough times.

[Thragka]

Ten years is very impressive! And, like LeSwordfish, this game has been a great thing and a very concretely positive part of my life while I was an active part of it!

…

and to put my money where my mouth is – I passed my PhD viva today, and (like I said after I submitted my thesis) this game was an essential outlet in the process of getting to this point, so I wanted to share that fact with you folks! also I’m extremely drunk

[LeSwordfish]

Congratulations!

[Destro_Yersul]

I check in ocassionally, but I confess I've not been keeping up very well. Glad to see you're all still here and having fun, though.

[TheSummoner]

Very nice, Thragka. Congrats.

Wish I had something that impressive to share. Best I've got is lately I've been dabbling with 3d printing and trying to homebrew some game systems. Nothing really concrete there yet though.

[LCP]

Congrats Thragka! We'll have to get a copy of your thesis to file with Cacophrax.

Apologies everyone that I haven't had my foot on the GM accelerator pedal too much - it's been a bit of a week (that culminated in me taking a colleague to a Swiss hospital last night). On the train home now and hoping for a nice relaxing weekend catching up with you guys + some gobbos.

If you're ready to move on from this scene, my immediate questions are:

1) Do you want to try picking up the trail, or finding more local witnesses?
2) Do you want to push as far as you can before dark, or double back and find shelter here? I'd say you probably have about 5-6 hours of daylight left.

[-Sentinel-]

@ Thragka: Very happy for you! Remind me, what's your field?

Apologies everyone that I haven't had my foot on the GM accelerator pedal too much - it's been a bit of a week (that culminated in me taking a colleague to a Swiss hospital last night).

Oh, are you at the CERN?

About what % of your time to you spend in the UK vs. Switzerland?

1) Do you want to try picking up the trail, or finding more local witnesses?
2) Do you want to push as far as you can before dark, or double back and find shelter here? I'd say you probably have about 5-6 hours of daylight left.

1) Hmm, tricky. We don't have anyone with Follow Trail. I suppose even a very experienced party of adventurers can't be good at everything.
2) For my part, I think our chances of meeting night goblins increase if we camp in the wilderness. That's how we met them the first time.

[LeSwordfish]

I think aside from the trail getting colder, we're not on an urgent clock. How about a quick trip out in the rough direction of the trail now, seeing if we can spot it, and then head back out to where we find it in the morning?

[TheSummoner]

5-6 hours is a decent amount of time to work with, but we're losing a lot if we need to double back. I'm thinking maybe head out and see if there's a hidden or defensible place we can set up camp while still allowing us enough time to head back if there's nowhere suitable.

I imagine Bardhyl knows the area better than any of the others. Would he know any places like that in the direction we're heading?

[rax]

I don't know - would Bardhyl know any such places, @LCP?

As for Follow Trail, Afrim and Damjan both have that trained, so the party's not completely stumped there.

[LCP]

Yeah, I reckon Bardhyl and his crew would know some spots like that.

About what % of your time to you spend in the UK vs. Switzerland?

It varies, I'm out there for specific meetings + projects rather than just splitting my working days between sites.

[TheSummoner]

If anyone's interested, I got my 3d printer settings figured out and did a first run of minis. Here's the results.

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Still need to do a bit more cleanup and glue the rest of the heads on, but I'm quite happy with how they turned out.

[rax]

Looking very snazzy. What game are they for?

[TheSummoner]

Undecided. The set is essentially Empire state troops (complete with sword and spear options in addition to the halberds), but they're a bit too big for Warhammer... 32mm scale whereas Warhammer used 28mm. My thought was to throw them on some 25mm round bases and design a movement tray to fit rounds so they can still rank up. Then either use them for Kings of War or to mess around with a custom system.

[LCP]

That's looking pretty great for home printing. IIRC the scale for Warhammer was kind of drifting larger anyway - idk how those guys would look next to some modern minis but I bet they wouldn't seem too outsized.

Am guessing I should move things along to having you guys make camp at some secret spot to Bardhyl - will get that posted ASAP.

[rax]

That would be much appreciated.

[LCP]

If the gobbos are keeping to the shadows as Bardhyl suggests they'll be down the bottom, but it wouldn't be difficult to traverse along the top + would let you peep down over the edge.

[LeSwordfish]

I'm not sure I have a super clear idea of the geography here - are we looking up at this ravine as it goes uphill, or is it going down away from us? Would going along the top require climbing up from here?

[LCP]

Here's a sketch:



The dotted lines are the tracks coming to and from the gully; you've arrived following the one from the north.

The gully runs uphill from your current position, but to getting to the top doesn't require you to scale any sheer face - you'd just need to go round a little way to the north or south and walk up the hillside. I'm picturing something like this.