Saturday Afternoon at the Meadows = The new Black?

Hi all,

"The Dryad lay dead at your feet. She dropped two rare Items of Power, which will contribute to an easier time cleansing Caen of the Blighted (Unclean). You have also gained enough XP to attain Paragon Tier for the first time in this campaign."

*clears throat*

The Dungeon Master continues,

"Thank you for playing the final installment of this chapter and possibly DnD 4E."

"What?!"

*cue "End of the World" music*

The above scenario was being played out RL in a specific part of Eastern Singapore. It all seemed rather sad and teary. But I dare say that apart from missing the characters being played out by my group, and the continuity of the plot, all this is happening for the better.

Why, you'd ask? As great gamers and resourceful guys to boot, Alvin, Shell, Shane and I ( sans Kat as he is taking an extended break from tabletop gaming) have decided on a new time-slot for our fortnightly gaming sessions at my East Meadows condominium.

"12pm - 3pm on Alternate Saturday Afternoons."

"So black, so black, it's a crazy situation.." (East Meadows in the afternoon, clubhouse on the left.)

This gives players who have to work on Sundays much better rest, allows us to use the fully air-conditioned clubhouse for our sessions, and gives us leeway to recruit interested players who could not make the "midnight shift" timing previously. And not to mention, our subscription to DnD Insider is ending soon, so we will not have convenient access to the Character Builder and updated Powers/Errata anymore. And you know how much the 4E game depends on the Character Builder to do up our heroes without having to sift through ten thousand books and missing out important details due to sheer fatigue.

So it is with a heavy heart that we leave the 4E World, but I am secretly happy that the World of Fracas and Ca-en will live on; as I can easily adapt it to any other traditional RPG game system that we would be playing in the future.

And I emphasize once again, "Never say never. The Heroes might rise again in another form and revisit Ca-en one day." Also, we can always go back to playing Castle Ravenloft and Caverns of Ashalala (something) if we ever wanted a "Powercard" kick in the butt once in a while.

The four of us are now deciding on a change of environment in our games, with Shadowrun: 4E being one of the forerunners in the candidate race. I have roped in Palladium Games "TMNT and Other Oddities" and "Runequest: 2nd Edition" as our other choices.

This Saturday, we will be meeting up and discussing on the possibilities during the lunch hour and acclimatising
ourselves to the spanking new time-slot. Who would have thought this insane times-slot was feasible.

Imagine. Lunch time on a Saturday, and with the gamers in our group not working on most Saturdays in the first place.

Amazing how we came to this option, huh?

So I now proudly announce the arrival of the new Black. Otherwise called, "Saturday Afternoons at the Meadows".

C'yall on the flip side.



Latest Update (26/10/10): The group have decided on Shadowrun 4E w/ the  most current errata (1.8A). The campaign proper should start in mid December, once I get everything sorted out. We will be discussing more about character creation and house-rules during this Saturday's lunch meeting.