Sergeant John’s 3-D Chiller House of Terror!

Congratulations to new PV2 John Edward Hogan, back in Etlanna on his first true leave from the Army following Basic Training at Ft. Benning. He managed a weekend pass during Dragon*Con, where I got to see him for a minute, but now he’s off for at least two weeks–just time to try to defeat him in Talisman, maybe.

Then it’s off to the Big Red One, I hear. He could have had any of many jobs in the Army, but he wanted excitement. Here’s hoping he doesn’t get too much of that as an infantryman.

My own PTing days are long behind me; I’ve been out since ‘97, after a six-year hitch in the Signal Corps as a satellite communications tech. Sergeant John says gimme twenty.

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So we helped talk Pete into running another game, Pete who may be the best face-to-face game master I’ve ever known. He’s the one who ran me and Lynne through our first Dungeons & Dragons game together back in ‘95, forever influencing her writing and instilling in me a love of prophecy as a theme in campaigns.

Pete’s also writing a lot. The three of us have all entered the same contest, and are waiting for the finalists announcement next week or so. “Blood & Roses 2″ is a sequel to a campaign Pete ran a few years back, and is set in the same fantasy world similar to seventeenth-century Earth.

I’m playing a former naval officer just returned from a decade in the orient, having learned mystic and martial arts, and trying to fit once again into polite society. The first session was Saturday night, when nine of us stared in awe as Pete wove his old magic in introducing our characters. Each of us was put on the spot, and had to improvise some dialogue and actions from the backgrounds we’d more or less planned. Delicious. I’ve needed this; some things you just can’t get from gaming over IRC. Can’t wait until next month’s session!Expect a campaign web site soon.

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