Duroon wrote on Dec 30^th, 2010 at 8:24pm:


Great maps, sir!  And a very cool idea on how to make things tough for the heroes (based on something unique to the villain)!   

Majestic wrote on Dec 31^st, 2010 at 5:39pm:



Unfortunately the heroes never made it downstairs! They set off an alarm early in the infiltration and had the battle royale in the storage area just past the hanger on the first level.

I love this progam your using. Beats the hell out of the old days, using  a dry erase marker and some vinyl map with squares on one side and hexes on the other.

Hey! I had an ideal. No, no, Im okay really it only hurt a little bit. Your parking lot - it needs a lamp post or two for the bricks to swing at each other with after all the cars are smashed

I really like this, too.  Do you end up printing them out with your printer at home, Duroon?

Yesterday I spent some time looking at Dundjinni (http://www.dundjinni.com/) and Paizo Flip-Mats (http://paizo.com/gameMastery/maps/steelSqwireFlipMats).

Most of the time I end up using the white/off-white vinyl maps with squares on them, as Ranger made reference to.  I'd love to use some better, more colorful stuff like this!   

Duroon wrote on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 3:48pm:


That's really incredible, and I am impressed by all the work you put into your game (I think we're similar in that regard).  About how much $ do they run at Fed-Ex/Kinko's?

Duroon wrote on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 12:46am:

Dude that's awesome fast edit

Majestics right. You really go all in for the hobby

Duroon wrote on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 10:13pm:


These get cooler and cooler!

One guy on an email list I'm on had the full set-up, with a projector and full set up in his man-cave.  It would indeed be pretty darn cool to be able to have something like that!   

Here is a look at the second floor with light effects.

The basement of the store.

The Dixie Mattress Company is a rather infamous store here in Portland. No one is ever seen going in or out, the place is dirty and grimy, and yet the owner insists it is a valid business and has refused to sell the property for years. The neighborhood is very trendy and has been undergoing urban renewal the last few years. The sign out front has two Confederate flags on it. It's a pretty bizarre place.

I found an actual photo of the sign on the internet.

A wee bit of thread necromancy....

Hey folks, I am still alive and kicking. And so is my campaign group for that matter. We ran through a couple of pre made adventures over the summer and are now back into my home brew stuff. I have also been quite busy over the summer, laid off from work with the family biz and now doing volunteer work at the Community Cycling Center in Portland.

Oh yeah, I have lost 120 pounds since last October too.

those maps are awesome looking! Funny enough, I am looking at Portland as a possible place to move to once we sell the family house. If I do, I'll have to see if you have room in your group for one more player 

If you move out to the Left Coast, Gerry, you'll have to keep in mind that we have an annual convention with loads of V&V (and other games) every June.  This year will be our 10th one, and Portland is only about 3 hours away.   

Sorry for not responding sooner, but the internet over here leaves lot to be desired (it's VERY expensive, and goes out a lot). The maps look great, and I'm glad to hear about the weight loss. Are you exercising?

Portland is an awesome city if you are a bike commuter as well.

Things have been going pretty good. I am doing a lot of volunteer work while I search for a job. Mostly at the Community Cycling Center, a non profit that refurbishes bicycles and gives them to children and adults as well. The kid's bikes are for children whose parents aren't able to afford to give them one and the adult bikes are for folks who can't afford any sort of transportation. It has been very fulfilling plus a lot of on the job training for me as I am searching for a job at a bike shop. I attended United Bicycle Institute and became a certified bike technician in May. Unfortunately most bike shops only hire in the spring but my unemployment benefits are keeping us going in the meantime.

Health wise things are looking great, I was pre diabetic and had other issues with my blood work a year ago when I started this diet. I am happy to say all of those issues have cleared up. I average 30-40 miles a week on my bicycle and just this last Thursday I did 21 miles in one day (the most I normally do in a day is 8). My wife has lost 130 pounds in the same amount of time and my son, who wanted to join the army, managed to lose the 60 pounds he needed to sign up. He just graduated basic training at Ft Benning and is now off to his tech school at Ft Lee.

Gerry, if you wind up in Portland I am sure we could squeeze you in to the game, currently I have four players and my max is 6. I will warn you that some of the players are still having difficulty with the concept that my game is not an arms race to see who can develop the most offensive abilities.

AK, the pre made adventures were OK but I definitely prefer my homebrew style to running something someone else has written. I ended up making a lot of changes to the adventures as I just didn't like how some of it was "supposed" to play out. That is the beauty of RPG's though, no one is standing over your shoulder telling you you must do things as written. Spoiler alert! If you haven't run through In Broad Daylight and don't want anything ruined for you stop reading now!



















I think the biggest change I made was allowing the heroes to actually rescue the supermodel at the end of In Broad Daylight instead having her turn on them and become a super-villain, just more satisfying to me that way.

Duroon wrote on Oct 29^th, 2011 at 1:19pm:


That's excellent news! As I said, I don't drive, but the site I work at is close to home, so my commute is 10-15 minutes, depending on traffic. I ride until it's too cold for me to do so (which is usually sometime in December)

Duroon wrote on Oct 29^th, 2011 at 1:19pm:


I wish you luck with that. These days, having a job is a blessing. I'm going on 7 years at my current job, so I'm happy.

Duroon wrote on Oct 29^th, 2011 at 1:19pm:


That's awesome! As someone who is diabetic, it's not something you want to wish on someone. I need to exercise more, but riding isn't always something I can do as much as I'd like.

Duroon wrote on Oct 29^th, 2011 at 1:19pm:


I don't think you'll have that problem with me. I only recently improved my character in John's game, as for quite some time, I was barely even attacked by villains. They had bigger fish to fry in Dark Warrior and Modi, so Glare tended to hang back and just blind people. He's a lot tougher than he was when he started, but that's only because I gained a lot of XP in short order from being a low level character teaming up with guys much higher than me. Honestly, and John can attest to this, I'm one of the lease aggressive characters. I tend to go for blinding attacks first, and only use the light attack when I need to. I tend to let the other characters dish out damage if I can blind them. My current character is more a scientist, so he's more like Reed Richards as Iron Man than Tony Stark as Iron Man.

If all goes well, I will likely fly out there to look at a work site my company has in Portland. If it's a good fit, I'll probably look for a place to live. If I do come out, maybe we could meet up or something. When do you normally have your game?








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