Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th March 2018
http://7hills.org.uk/
Seven Hills has it's own beer!
So got to the Garrison Hotel just in time.
Firs session was Blades in the Dark ‘War in Crows Foot’ with Pete Atkinson.
This was my first taste of Blades... and it was good. I generated a Cutter, Slate Durance, as part of the ‘Wreaking Crew’ gang.
I loved the char-gen as a group effort and the setting was very intriguing. The job itself went well, planning and doing were done at the same time. Lots of action and the game system zips along nicely.
I will look into this game again.
The loot from the heist.
So for session two I was running Tales from the Loop ‘Bigtrak and Magic Tricks’.
I have ran this scenario three times before and I try the expand the content out.
I got five keen players and got straight into the char-gen. Gabby was the Bookworm with a full encyclopaedia at her disposal, Trent Rivers was the Troublemaker with a Swiss Army Knife, Rocker Carly with her signature Leather jacket, the Popular Kid was Vicky ‘Bad’ Manners with her Hi-Top trainers, and finally we had the Young Farmer Ben armed with a crowbar.
Their Hideout was an old barn on Stocker Flat Farm with a stage made from hay bales, an old sofa, a dart board, a ghetto blaster, cassette tapes that unspooled, and the whole place covered with bad graffiti.
The Kids took to the roadies setting up for the Magic Show, easy as they had a truck full of beer. They got involved in investigating the strange appearance of the Professor and the weird sphere he hid by the stage.
Hijinks ensued as the Kids had to deal with inappropriate behaviour from the roadies, dodgy TV magicians, two over-friendly MoD guards, and evading the Russian spies.
I haven’t laughed so much as we had some good jokes and situations occur in the game.
A very successful conclusion to the scenario with a few poignant moments at the end.
The players from mt Tales from the Loop game.
Session three was my Firefly ‘No Power in the ‘verse’ game.
I had eight players (yes, 8 players at the table) so every character from the series was used except Shepherd Book.
A job offered from no other than Badger. A simple infiltration of a high-brow auction house to get hold of two lots on auction turned complicated as other factions and ship crews were after the same prizes. Data crystals that would point to the location of the missing, legendary survey vessel ‘Far Horizon’ from Earth-that-Was.
Lots of second guessing and reading the other rivals revealed the double switch and the Serenity crew managed to get the prize.
Shoot outs with some of the recurring characters from the TV series ensued as they tried to get off planet side.
A race into the black to get to the missing ship followed and a desperate plan to deal with a heavily armed foe. Everything came together for the grand finale and the revelation of a big secret the Alliance doesn’t want making public.
A very satisfying game with plenty of plot points flowing, character roleplaying, and every player getting their time in the spotlight.
After that it was a rush in a taxi to the railway station and a train home.
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