Tenkar's Tavern: Off to See The Avengers on the Morrow

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Off to See The Avengers on the Morrow

Took off from work tomorrow, as I have things to do around the house and want to read up on some stuff in preparation for the kick off of my ACKS campaign this Saturday Night.

I mentioned I was off to a friend at work, who said he was also off, so he could catch the opening of The Avengers movie. Yep, there are geeks and gamers on every job, every type of occupation ;)

Next thing I know,we have tickets to see it in IMAX 3D at 0930 in the morning. Leaving me plenty of time for the other stuff I need to do later on.

I'll give you my review sometime tomorrow.

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bliss_infinteMay 3, 2012 at 10:29 PM
I'm doing the same thing tomorrow as well; off work, some work around the house then off to Assemble some Avengers!

Enjoy the movie!
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Erik TenkarMay 3, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Heh - See, I play first, then I work ;)
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purestrainhumanMay 4, 2012 at 12:43 PM
I caught it at midnight, and let me assure you - no matter how high your expectations are, you're not prepared for how awesome it really is.
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Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

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Because the shit works.

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I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

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Off to See The Avengers on the Morrow

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