Post-convention report
"Krakow Safe House"
I scheduled two tables of this. The first one had 8 signups, 5 appeared; it was early on the first day, and there was a HUGE Charlie-Foxtrot at the registration desks, so I suspect I might have lost players there. Two of the players skipped the line and just showed up without tickets or badges. I had planned on the PCs exploring and defending a warehouse, while meeting some NPCs of unknown alignment or trustworthiness. Instead, after the 3rd such NPC (a "Sergeant Collins" of the 5th MD) tried to lure them into a street ambush, they decided to exit the target and carry the fight to the enemy (namely, the train station occupied by some group of bad guys).
That threw my plans out the window, of course, so I called for a bathroom and water break so I could think it through. When I got back, they had helpfully sketched out the train station on my battle-mat. They waited until the raiders (you know who they are now, right?) sent most of their numbers away, and then assaulted the building under cover of night. That resulted in some weapons and a truck stolen, the station building afire, and 1/4 of the NW gang dead or dying.
The Thursday morning table had 0 signups and 1 guy showed up to see if I could slip him in, but we agreed to call it off.
"Triple Crown is Down Pt.2" (3 tables) / "The Red Horde" (1 table) The first session of this was the head-to-head game, with 13 players total. The Soviet cavalry platoon engaged the Americans, who had shot up a tank-protected convoy. The Americans held the Soviets at bay long enough for them to remount their horses and get away, but not without some wounds.
2nd session saw the Americans escape to tie in with the 5th MD.
Dunno how the 3rd session ended up.
"The Bear Never Forgets..." (also 3 tables, I think) As far as I know, the rebellious army commander died in all 3 playings, and none of the KGB investigation/hit teams needed their suitcase nuke Plan B.
"An Ancient Enemy" (I know 1 table didn't play at all, dunno about the other at this time)
Origins was great once again about giving us the same two tables in the same room for all of our games.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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