Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal

Originally Posted by AsenRG

I tried that path once, but it turned out my players at the time preferred using coins and counters rather than inexact figures.

For important figures, inexact figures are a stop gap until one can find or modify to get a more exact figure. Or at least that's my view.

Originally Posted by AsenRG

I believe you, but I don't get that.
Who would ignore three dancing girls for some dice?
And who would sell you three dancing girls for Dave Arneson, and not even have him run a session?
You definitely got to meet some weird people during this time, I'm with Gary's assessment on the matter, and Dave might have thought the same...

And do you mean that they picked up playing Tekumel?


I tried that path once, but it turned out my players at the time preferred using coins and counters rather than inexact figures.

1) About 4,000 male gamers attending the convention. They walked by these three and went to the Dragon Bone demo.
2) Two guys trying to sell their products. You could say that they were very focused.
3) Agreed. I've met something like 100,000 people over the past thirty-some years, and I would agree with you - a lot of them have been weird, even by my standards.
4) I don't know; I never saw them again. We did have a good time, though, which is why they're in my book - I like to remember people who have been in my life.
5) Understood. Different game styles for different people.

Originally Posted by Bren

For important figures, inexact figures are a stop gap until one can find or modify to get a more exact figure. Or at least that's my view.

Oh, sure. Understood.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

It's Gary (yes, that Gary) who fixes me with a steely eye, and asks me in a severe tone "Young man, I understand that you traded Dave Arneson for three dancing girls!" I started sweating, and replied "Yes, sir." Gary guffawed, and told me that I'd gotten the better of the deal and that he should have hired me instead of Duke Siegfried.

(My life in gaming has been rather eventful, I guess.)

Individually and collectively we've been through some of the damnedest stuff, haven't we.

And let's not even START with "Minnesota Campaign" and "U-Con".

Originally Posted by Hrugga

Well, I have been wracking my brain. At first I thought it was your three lovely outerplanar accountants...I checked some notes, nope. Next, I was thinking of The Salarvyani Princess...but my computer is on the fritz and I can't look into my archives. I am drawing a blank. So Uncle, if you would please enlighten me, it would be greatly appreciated...I know once I hear the answer, I will shake my head(thinking to myself, duh, oh yea, that's right). Thank you.

No problem. "Would the three of you mind taking a moment and saying hello to that nice man I was telling you about?"

"Why, yes, Lord -"
"- we'd be happy to as you -"
"- always have the nicest guests!"
"And he's very gallant to compare us -"
"- to our friends in Accounting - "
"- or to Djel, too!"

(in chorus "Hello, Lord Hrugga!"

I love these moments, I do...

By the by, there are now four clerks in Accounting, thanks to a kind gift from Dr. Mike Burns of Dark Fable Miniatures.

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Individually and collectively we've been through some of the damnedest stuff, haven't we.

And let's not even START with "Minnesota Campaign" and "U-Con".

Or "Winter Campaign" or "Dragon Days", either!

Thank you, Ladies. The pleasure is all mine. And 1000 Thank yous, Oh great Lord, Servitor of the Flame. It is now time to take my place in service of The Petal Throne...

H ;0)

Originally Posted by Hrugga

Thank you, Ladies. The pleasure is all mine. And 1000 Thank yous, Oh great Lord, Servitor of the Flame. It is now time to take my place in service of The Petal Throne...

H ;0)

Thought you might be amused!

Phil's NPCs (my bearers and chlen-cart driver) were telling me all along the trip from Meku to Fasiltum, when I was travelling to take up my appointment as the Military Governor of Hekellu and Chaigari, that "it was a scandal, it really was!" that such a fine and noble lady such as Si N'te was traveling with no maids or servants. I had to hear about it for months, so eventually, once we got to Fasiltum, I challenged Phil to come up with some handmaidens. The three of them were the result, as Phil thought that the story of what had happened at Origins with the gamers ignoring the girls was just too funny.

I'm still not sure where their habit of speaking in tandem came from. They always did that, and we got used to it. Eventually.