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by jabonko
Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:50 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Housekeeping
Replies: 21
Views: 3733

Re: Housekeeping

I’m not sure how ToC will play out in terms of “action” scenes. I’m hoping we won’t have to do a lot of back and forth. How do you guys feel about describing a couple of rounds’ potential actions and letting me resolve them? That method worked well when Matt ran “Season of Our Discontent” with John...
by jabonko
Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:42 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Absences
Replies: 67
Views: 4795

Re: Absences

I will be out of town beginning very shortly and getting back on Sunday late-ish. So I'll probably next be able to post on Monday.
by jabonko
Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:10 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Character Creation and Such
Replies: 41
Views: 4530

Re: Character Creation and Such

Hmmmm... as a player I know very little about Catholicism, but that would suit his background, I think. I'm just looking for another connection to the other Investigators.
by jabonko
Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:28 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Character Creation and Such
Replies: 41
Views: 4530

Re: Character Creation and Such

Would the timing work out for him to have gone to Fordham University around the same time as Mr. Ford (Lammomedes)?
by jabonko
Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:14 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Character Creation and Such
Replies: 41
Views: 4530

Re: Character Creation and Such

Murray-Hill Hotel sounds the best for what I'm envisioning.

I'm not really sure what bureau he'd work in. I left that kind of nebulous as I wasn't sure how much we'd be visiting his office during the game.

How does Vilas sound as a last name instead of Johnston? Langdon Vilas?
by jabonko
Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Character Creation and Such
Replies: 41
Views: 4530

Re: Character Creation and Such

I don't know New York well at all. He'd live somewhere relatively rich or prominent, but not necessarily "chic". As for being at the station, perhaps he's visiting one of the "top brass" - which is what he calls them, when in reality he's meeting with maybe an officer right in th...
by jabonko
Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:45 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Character Creation and Such
Replies: 41
Views: 4530

Re: Character Creation and Such

Name change: fine with me. will get on that. Hook ideas: He's looking to do something "spectacular" to make him stand out as a great candidate for higher position. Helping in an investigation, or better yet, showing up the police and solving it himself! would definitely qualify. And yes, i...
by jabonko
Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:56 pm
Forum: Find Him, Please (Trail of Cthulhu)
Topic: Character Creation and Such
Replies: 41
Views: 4530

Re: Character Creation and Such

Here's what I had in mind for my character's backstory: Politics was just what you did in the Johnston family. That’s the way it had been for generations. First: attending university. For the men this was largely a four-year social event with two goals. The first was making future business, social, ...
by jabonko
Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:12 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

We have a forum! Unscripted Terror. We can come up with a better/different title later if we want.
by jabonko
Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:03 am
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

Big Dutch wrote:Hang on, jabonko, aren't you playing a character too?
I will be, yes. Five. We're at five.

Our sixth weapon is an unwavering faith in...
by jabonko
Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:36 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

Let's call it at four players. I'm excited to get started, and we can start once we have a forum section.

The player list as it stands:
Gaffer (AKA Big Dutch)
AirBorneXO
CoffeeDemon
A42
by jabonko
Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:07 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

Coffee Demon: plenty of room, welcome aboard! Frequency of posts: to keep the game alive I think a minimum of one every day or two. But it would be awesome if we could get more. Character creation: I want to wait to handle that until we've discussed theme and such. We'll be doing it semi collaborati...
by jabonko
Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:53 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

LOL. That's fine. :-p I was confused
by jabonko
Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:31 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

Currently at three players:
Gaffer
AirborneXO
Big Dutch

I'd like to start the game as soon as we have our forum section. If you think you need to drop out, please let us know. Since this is an improv game, it should be relatively easy to have players drop in/out when needed.
by jabonko
Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:38 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

Currently at two players:
Gaffer
AirborneXO

I think I'll wait until closer to the end of the week to see if anyone else is interested, then I'll start the game over the weekend. Sound good?
by jabonko
Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:48 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Deadlands vs Old West Cthulhu
Replies: 2
Views: 734

Re: Deadlands vs Old West Cthulhu

First: if you do end up running this, I'd love to play in it. Second: A few of my friends have Deadlands and swear by it for running Weird West type games. I have no experience playing and don't have any of the books, so I don't know anything except what they've told me. You could also run it using ...
by jabonko
Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:57 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Re: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

Excellent.

I'd like to keep the group small. So one-three players would be ideal. We'll see what happens.
by jabonko
Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:43 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?
Replies: 18
Views: 4790

Improvised Trail of Cthulhu?

I would be interested in running an improvised game of Trail of Cthulhu for a group experienced players with a familiarity with Trail of Cthulhu. For information on how I plan to try an improvised ToC game, please refer to Improvising with Gumshoe from Pelgrane Press. Also refer to Trail of Cthulhu ...
by jabonko
Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:58 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Cathulhu
Replies: 9
Views: 2464

Re: Cathulhu

Who is "Benny the Ball"? I probably don't want to know, do I?
by jabonko
Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:45 pm
Forum: ... I'm Thinking Of Running A Game
Topic: Cathulhu
Replies: 9
Views: 2464

Re: Cathulhu

These would be your regular cat. House cat, stray, etc. NO FURRIES! I couldn't take the SAN loss.

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