OD&D and Ignatius Umlaut in Ann Arbor

[calithena]

At U-Con in Ann Arbor Ignatius will be running OD&D from 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday, November 23:

Caverns of the Ice Queen
Game/System OD&D (1974, with house rules)
Gamemaster Ignatius Umlaut
Players 2 - 8

Four groups of adventurers with disparate goals outwit a terrifying frost witch in her hidden grottoes deep under the silvery northern cordillera. Run by the editor and publisher of Fight On! (www.fightonmagazine.com), this adventure combines combat, strategic diplomacy, problem-solving, interesting roleplaying challenges, and nice minis/terrain.

You can check out the u-con website here:

www.ucon-gaming.org/

Though registration isn't up yet.

There is a little other old-school-ish stuff (Hackmaster, Savage Worlds, some Tekumel games that I'll be playing in using newer rulesets) but having been to this con before I can tell you it's usually a good one. It would be great to see some of you there!

[calithena]

It would be cool to meet some of you folks on Sunday, if any of you are going to be around!

[badger2305]

I would LOVE to be in Ann Arbor for U*Con, but as it turns out, I will be in my dissertation defense from 3-5pm on Friday. That's two days, or more specifically, 53 hours and six minutes from now. Not that I'm counting or anything.

Have some fun for me; I will be probably trying to find my brain after my committee has made sure that I'm well-done on both sides and have stuck a fork in me.

[calithena]

Well, at least you won't have to choose between my game and the Tekumel Track on Sunday like George does.

Good luck with your defense, Victor! Your PhD will be well-earned.

[grodog]

Enjoy the show, Sean, and let me know when you'll be in CA again---I'm thinking that I'm going to try to get our for Saturday of DunDraCon again in February.

And, good luck with your dissertation defense, Victor! I bailed on my my PhD (and the additional years of student loans...) years ago, so you're a good man for sticking with it!

[badger2305]

"The committee recommends that the student PASS."

I are now a Phud.

[jrients]

Congratulations!

[grodog]

Great news Victor---how're you planning to celebrate?

[calithena]

Join the club! Congratulations, Victor! Well deserved.

The game was a success, I'll post a play report later. A lady who had played with photocopies of the original books her boyfriend had given her thirty years ago was among the folks who came out for it - that was a real treat. The others were mostly 1e, 3e, and 4e players but all had a good time (7 in the group plus me).

At the end someone said "It doesn't get any more old school than that." More soon.