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ARPGCON this weekend in Little Rock, AR. Looking forward to some convention style role playing.

There's an interesting banquet/party mansion in Jack Vance's The Green Pearl. I'm a little distant from it right now but it seems there could have been undead involved. Or maybe just death. It's a cool concept, herded into a party, and then you're ok??? except for all the ghosts. What are they eating? Why are they celebrating? Is this a special event or do these ghosts do this all the time. Are the adventurers recruits? Are they wanted around the table or on the table (as food). Just a little bit of Hansel and Gretel there. Are the ghosts a cover for something really nefarious going on. Upstaris or in the dungeon?

The Jack Vance book is the second book of the Lyonesse trilogy. I recommend the whole trilogy. Some of Vance's best fantasy work. Lyonesse and The Dying Earth. I think The Dying Earth is a little darker. In The Dying Earth even the protagonists are questionable.

If there are ghosts at the banquet maybe there could be skeletons in the closet. (get it?) Bats in the belfry. Some kind of vampire keeping the bats as pets upstairs. The ghosts don't let you go upstairs (for the party's safety). But they let you go down into the dungeon. After you survive what's down there and find something maybe you can go upstairs and fight the big bad. Now what kind of undead inhabits a dungeon? I'm just throwing stuff out there. Maybe some of this stuff will match a gear in your head.

I haven't played it but silly is good.

It was a lot of fun. Evidently, it's been out since 1980

Never heard of it.

Steve Jackson wrote it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasy_Trip

From the link above. "A series of solitary adventures were published for The Fantasy Trip, called "MicroQuests". These inexpensive adventures allowed for group or solitary play."

I played in an ICRPG game of Warp Shell that was on roll20, although the voice portion was on Discord. Currently I play in a game that uses Discord for voice, Zoom for video, and World Anvil to keep track of everything.

I use discord for game talk and roll20 for visuals.

i would like to use Vassal Engine for board games someday soon.

I'd love to use Fantasy Ground, but I'd love something that would let me put a map with tokens and let players move theirs. That's all I need/want

Roll20 and Jitsi (not crazy about Jitsi, though)

I think I'm gonna play C&C online as I've gotten used to Fantasy Grounds, and it's all set up for that, thought I'd love to be able to run S&W complete online.

JesseQ and I are having a discussion about this right now. Are you interested in running a one off for the Gamer+ If You Play You Win actual play podcast.

I'm not opposed. Need to have something to run, lol.

Yeah, that would be your choice. What game, setting, module, % winging it.

Also your choice on day of week and time of day. There is no regular schedule. Each game is a one off with rotating DMS. I will set up a folder where you can upload pregens and other player assets.

Give me a few days and I'll let you know

Fantasy Grounds and Google Hangouts Video

Roll20 + Discord

Jerry Garcia did unwittingly force me to take a break from roleplaying for 6 or 7 years (or rather Owsley did), but I jumped back in a year or two before 3rd Edition came out.

I saw them in the sixties but never followed the shows. There were times in my life I could have. I really like Dead & Company, currently touring.

I dressed up as Batman for the last D&C show I saw. People kept taking their pictures with me.

Great. I see you know how to get into it.