Headspace

But finaly it’s here So what happened during the last week…

Work is hectic and I find it very difficult to rip myself from the code to write here, even if I’ve been pondering things to say in here. That’s coder’s life for one, on my free days I was also busy.
As the work ended last week, I headed to Fantasiapelit 20th anniversary sales, which was a very nice thing to look forward to after a hard day’s work.

I almost bought n things, fortunately I was able to keep my senses, so I only bought one book (Gurps Russia, from M’s pile so that she didn’t have to leave anything essential in the store and besides I think this was more fun for me) This is a very good sourcebook about medieval Russia, can heartily recommend it. Because this was the anniversary sale, we got pressies. Two White Dwarf backissues that very nicely complemented the gaming stuff of late as M’s one included Warhammer Armies: Kislev (ie. WH Russia) and mine had large article on the whichhunter inquisitors of WH40K.

Corpse Bride was a bit of a disapointmen, it built up tensions it couldn’t resolve. I won’t say more about it now as that would be a spoiler, but this was the problem. Character’s were good and the animation excellent. Gues I’d give it a C for it’s merits and no higher for letting me down.

On the free days I continued the work on the SCA-thing I’m currently workin on and pondered the big-G on thursday and then went truly on leisure mood as we played the Sol-Campaing with M. Beautiful, soulfull gaming that had intensive emotional moments. Chingon inspired, Hazat-realm based, make an inquisitor out of an 14 year old Amalthean Ward, seems to work rather nicely. On thursday I also got a start on a baking project which was fun and… erm intresting. The key in this particular goodness was to let the dough rest in cold at least one hour, several times.

On Friday, I got the Christmass craftsproject on the go, after few failed attempts that made me seriously consider leaving it as impossible, I managed to make significant progress on the thing, before I went to pick Anni up from the trainstation. Rest of friday was spent chatting, eating at Pancho’s and after that seeing Potter. H.Potter movies seem to be dangerously inspiring for RPG, in this one it was the obvious similarities btw. Durmstrang and Dugiverse-young-Decados-in-certain-places dressstyle. Guess, that if I hadn’t have certain things planned, I’d come up with them after the movie.

On friday I also heard that an old friend had achieved, so congratulations hope you had fun celebrating it, though I still find it extremely difficult that you’ve taken liking in that stuff.

After the movie, I finished my baking project, by making the pie-filling. M and Anni got to lick the ladles and kettle, seemed to work for them .It is beautifull to look M have treats, my kitty she is…

Saturday, gave a name for the baking project. On first tasting it was obvious that this was the dreaded Suicide by chocolate or blissfull british departure pie. Got rid of some of it, by dumping nearly a quarter to M & G and another large part dedicated for M to take for eating with her gaming crew on sunday. This set, having the car ready for her to take next day we set to our main event, the Dasha and Lara FS-game, which went pretty damn well imho. The events unfolded in such a way that they had to make a hasty departure (with lots of angsty feelings *evil grin*), but before that the full festivities of Dasha’s accolade were played and it worked for the players . On they way they met brother/ father Ilya, a penitent priest who had made a night’s hike through Severan jungle in order to catch up with them… and was a nice jovial, guy.

Lot’s of good discussion btw. the player characters, lots of good mood moments and we played till early sunday. So late that they almost managed to forget they experience points, not quite, but it seemed close during the debrief.

On sunday the gaming continued as we started Anni’s new character. The intention is to play this as a solo for a good while and then join it with a hopefully realising group campaign with my Mansesterian gaming group nbr. 1 if possible. The character wast started out at age 15 and works a double role of testing a gaming consept developed with M, ie. can this style of start them young consept work in larger context than our own solo-style. Anni’s character turned out really well and first game produced already couple of good NPCs and some memorable one liners. Maybe I should get a page for my campaigns, gaming constructs and NPCs with quotations…

Long game and after Anni left on sunday I ran one more Sol-game for M. One might have thought that a weekend like this would have depleted all of my lately rather limited energy reserves, but quite the opposite was true. I started this monday feeling energetic and happy to get back to work. Today I’ve gotten things done so much that the last missing detail irritates rather badly. Have to get it done.

Before that one more thought on gaming, those who play with their SOs take not. Solo playing is good withe SOs, particularily good in this cold time of year, when engaged in snugling under the covers.

Life is good.