Last Saturday I had the tri-monthly joy of hanging out at Castle De Baleywah (That's Mad Mario and Hope's apartment) with a group of friends for a gaming session with the
Star Wars Role Playing Game. Our gamemaster, Mad Mario, always comes up with
thrilling fun filled scenarios with lots of twists, turns, action and nasty villains to do battle with.
Everybody always brings lots of grub to shovel in our craws as we roll the dice, take hit points off our character and babble on about the latest episodes of
Dr. Who and
Battlestar Galactica or how frackin' excellent the
new James Bond movie is.
Things usually take a turn for the bizarre once we start to crack open the mass quantities of different beers that we've brought to the game. This usually leads to flying off the beat and path of where Mad Mario was originally aiming the scenario to go the way he had meticulously planned it out. In the end everyone always has a darn fine time of it all! After the 4 to 9 hour gaming session we usually relax and talk about.. well... episodes of Dr. Who and Battlestar Galactica or how frackin' excellent the
new James Bond movie is.
Since I've mentioned a few times before in these blogs about the character I play (Jodz Burdoz) in the game, I will not bore you with it again. Suffice it to say, he's a rogue-like captain of a smuggling vessel called The Naughtier Vixen that has a crewload of odd characters all going on missions that get them into some form of intergalactic and political intrigue.
I've decided to post a recent recap of one of the last scenario that Mad Mario ran. And the neat thing is that it's in his own words as he emailed us all a recap of the game. So without further yammering on, here's Mad Mario.......
A few notes.
M
Notes for the Star Wars scenario:
" Cargo and merchandise "
Reaching the Bastion space station #56 in the pursuit of the criminal Kamino geneticist Saji and the Ogres, the crew of the Naughty Vixen discovered very quickly two things. One that the Kamino and the Ogres were not the only residents on the space station.
A small ionic signal coming from a ship moored at the lowest point under the station. A ship called the Hounds Tooth belonging to the nefarious Trandoshan Bounty Hunter Bossk.
And two...
A powerful energy emission was detected on board the station as well which was mysteriously duplicated moments after they arrived in the system.
Managing to physically connect secretly to the Hound's Tooth they soon learned that the second emission was their friend D who decided to make his appearance and help funnel the Ogres who were near the generator and the lowest part of the station.
But when D arrived on the station the “ other “ D arrived on board the Vixen. Learning now that there were two of them and this one seems to be some kind of elder the crew moved quick. But somehow D got left behind after he funneled the Ogres on board the cargo hold of the Houdns Tooth and learned that his father has now entered the Star Wars universe with the intention of destroying it.
With the Wokiee and the cargo now on board the bounty hunters ship and the good D now making it to the Naughtier Vixen the heroes headed back to Coruscant.
However Quarren Mercenaries hired by the Trade Federation were waiting in ambush and before they could land they were attacked by not only the Quarren but a hidden forty Vulture droids. Immediately they broke out of the Corsucant system. Buzz near the Hoth system and Jodz to regions unknown.
Deciding that Rigal-7 would be a good place to meet after Buzz left the Ogres in cryogenic freeze thanks to some heavy cash being sent to a band of smugglers on the ice world; Jodz fell into a bit of a trap with three killer Twi'Lek mercenaries named Bambi, Thumper and Rose. Who were looking to hold him hostage.
While waiting for the Wookiee and managing to get out of the killer hot tub with his new friends they decided to lay low for a while.
But as things go, nothing stays calm forever.
Intoxicated with a mind enhancing beverage the Bothan somehow accidentally obtained an encrypted series of commands that look as if they originated from the computer of the Supreme Chancellor himself. An executive order that is somehow transmitted through a very sophisticated network. Technology that is highly advanced much like the Kamino.
Reaching Rigal the Wookiee thought he'd give Rose a try in the Fiore sandpitt and when it went well, the Trandoshian crashed into the wrestling pit Squib gun blasting. Desperately trying to save their friend, the Bothan was all but killed as well as Jodz himself.
When the rest of them arrived the battered Wookiee was gone.
Burnt blasted and wounded after his fight against the trio, A grisly end was intended for our heroic Wookiee Buzz as Bossk dragged him back to his recently acquired ship; but a timely intervention by the Twi'Lek Mari changed that and when Bossk went for his gun; the Twi'Lek cop shot him through the head.
Now resting in their personalised Bacta tanks the heroes ponder these new series of events.
Look for the crew of the Naughtier Vixen returning January 2007 in: " Ogres on Ice "
Now, that may not have made any sense to anybody, I still thought I'd be fun to show all of you reading this how friggin' intricate Mad Mario's games get. Pretty frackin' cool isn't it?
Real quickly I wanted to mention that I saw
Casino Royale for the second time last weekend dragging my family. They all loved it. Both my Mom and sister, Dizzy Lizzy, thought
Daniel Craig was very sexy.
Speaking of
Casino Royale, keep a watch on my podcasts for the next installment of
Zangz's Pod of Geekdom where my opinionated friend, Spanky, will guest star and we'll go at it reviewing the movie. It should be up soon!
This afternoon I think I'm going to watch one of the
Lord of the Rings films while this evening I'll be indulging myself with a game of
Munchkin with friends.
On that note, I'm getting some lunch in me. Take care.
Zangz.
