I'm overdue in giving thanks for some great gaming experiences at TridentCon the weekend before last. Erik Jensen put much effort into organizing this new convention. This was its second year and I hope that it returns for many more.
The first game I played in was a high energy White Star scenario run by none other than its author James Spahn. Among the players were Eric Hoffman, Pearce Shea and Larry Hollis. I selected the pregen mercenary in Fett-like armor who turned out to have suspiciously poor aim. The group was successful and mostly survived encounters with Lava Crabs and a Void Knight of the Consortium. James generously gifted us all with a copy of the White Star rulebook.
The second game was a DCC funnel: The Devil's Cauldron written by Eric Hoffman and run by his Stormlord co-publisher Carl Bussler. It's part of their weird west DCC rules - Black Powder, Black Magic. Carl brought a great playing aid: a table-wide set of tiles representing the train we were taking to the town of Brimstone. This game also had James Spahn and Noah Stevens playing in it. I had the table record for pregen deaths - 5 out of 6, the most memorable being Sister Mary, a nun killed by an arrow while firing a stolen bandit's pistol out a train window. We made it to Brimstone.
These guys are pushing the setting of OSR games in different directions from the standard fantasy; play in their games if you get a chance.
Links:
http://www.tridentcon.org/
http://www.rpgnow.com/product/148169/White-Star-White-Box-Science-Fiction-Roleplaying-Swords--Wizardry
https://stormlordpublishing.com/product/black-powder-black-magic-vol-1/
http://www.tridentcon.org
Yeah, Erik did a great job. If he runs it again next year, and I really hope he does, I'm going to make time to work on it with him.
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