DLCon 8: California

[Hunter Sopko]

You have chosen wisely.

[Hunter Sopko]

K. So IIRC, it was me, Andy, Ash, Gref and Meeple so far interested in Disney on the Monday after the con?  It's that time to start confirming plans and such, so I want to get this squared away if people are serious.

Again, I highly recommend that people go only if they're really into it, not just because others are going. The plan is to be there a long time, possibly from open to close, and it will be expensive, crowded, and hot.

Rumblings about trying something special for lunch, IIRC? Lunch/Dinner at Blue Bayou has always been a dream of mine, but getting in if the group is too large would be difficult. Thoughts on this?

[AndrewRogue]

Group eating is a pain in the ass.

Blue Bayou is indeed fun (I <3 eating there whenever we are in), but would only work really well with a small group or a split group. Otherwise I don't really think there are good in-park options for large groups.

[Hunter Sopko]

Depends on what you'd consider a large group, really. 5-6 people would be the upper threshhold of doable

[Cmdr_King]

Definitely want to be in on Disneyland.  I missed out last year and want to make sure I hit this one.

[Meeplelard]

Just going to second Soppy's claim of "go only if you legitimately want to go, not because others are doing it."  If you're not into the Amusement Park thing, it will likely be a miserable experience (and expensive!) 

[Veryslightlymad]

I'm onboard as well.

I'm not a big "Amusement park" guy, in the sense that I don't really like a lot of rides, but BOY HOWDY do I love the ambiance and general site-seeing.

[Grefter]

All those preteen girls and all those mascots.  Its enough to make a grown VSM weep.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Ah, why the hell not. In.

[DjinnAndTonic]

...how did you miss me in that list?

I've been clamoring for it since the first page of this topic... >.>;;

[Meeplelard]

It's clearly a clever (?) scheme to make you lose all hope of ever going on the Cinderella Merry Go Round?

[Grefter]

in b4 snow sits in tea cup ride all day listening to DOA.

[Tide]

Oh in that case, can you add me there too?

[Lady Door]

Last call! Booking the room tonight.

Me, Andy, Soppy, Grefter, Tide

[Hunter Sopko]

Disney thusfar:

Me
Andy
LD
Grefter
Meeple
Djinn
Snow
VSM
CK

Obviously we'll need another car. Anyone in that group renting a car?

[Cmdr_King]

You forgot me as well.

[AndrewRogue]

Since I'm pretty sure electronic gaming can be covered by everyone else, let us see what board games I have available. I have two sets: ones I own, ones I can likely (maybe) borrow.

There might be more by the time DLCon arrives, if I can convince Ashley to let me spend money. =(

If there is anything in particular you want me to bring, please let me know, because fitting all my shit in the car would be hard. Also, I kinda need to ask to borrow the things I don't own.

Own

Arkham Horror (+Dunwich, Innsmouth, Kingsport, Lurker, Curse of the Dark Pharoah, Black Goat, King in Yellow): Ya'll know what this is.

Yggdrasil: We players heroically team up to thwart Ragnorak via desperate card counting, reaching into bags, and swearing.

Flash Point: Fire Rescue: We players heroically team up and die in a fire/collapsing building/explosions. And maybe save a cat.

Shadows Over Camelot (+Merlin): We players heroically reenact Le Morte and save Camelot. Except maybe one of us is a traitor and screws everyone else over and the game devolves into accusations and swearing.

Betrayal at House on the Hill: We players heroically bumble about a haunted house until it turns out one of us is evil. Then the fire bats come.

Space Hulk Deathangel - The Card Game: We players heroically get eaten by genestealers.

Bang (+Dodge City): Sort of like Mafia, except we're all cowboys and we bang a lot.

Blood Bowl Team Manager - The Card Game: We are all managers of fantasy football teams and swear a lot at dice and HOW THE FUCK DID MY MINOTAUR FALL OVER GODDAMMIT ALL.

Cosmic Encounter (+Conflict): Sort of like Diplomacy, except we're all aliens with crazy powers that do ridiculous shit and how did you turn that 4 attack card into 63000 attack, good thing I made my loss into a win, bitch!

Discworld: Ankh-Morpork: A game of hidden roles set in Ankh-Morpork, where you pass the buck of not losing to the guy to the left of the dude about to win because you need to worry about winning, not stopping the other guy from winning!

Dominant Species: Where your ocean spiders that photosynthesize can drop a glacier on the seed eating swamp monkies because that bastard depleted all of the sun from your ocean.

Dungeon Petz: The only game I've played where making sure you clean up the shit cubes is important. Not that it matters, because the monster you're raising is going to die/escape/mutate anyway.

Kill the Overlord: Hot potato where almost everyone will die.

King's Blood: Uno, but significantly funnier.

Lords of Waterdeep: A decent, DnD themed worker placement game. Sorry, no funny description here!

Small World (+Be Not Afraid, +Grand Dames, +Cursed, +Tunnels): Kind of like the Disneyland ride, but with more murder and high fantasy.

Small World: Underground: Same as the above, but underground!

Tanto Cuore (+Expanding the House): Dominion, with more boobs.

We Didn't Playtest This At All: What it says on the tin.

Whack a Catgirl: Goofy little game about hitting con-girls with stuff.

7 Wonders: A draft game where you where curse the bastard to your left for not having wood. SERIOUSLY, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE WOOD? I NEED IT.

Love Letter: Fun little filler game about getting a love letter to a princess.

Game of Thrones (2nd Ed): A distressingly accurate representation of the book/show, filled with treachery, betrayal, sabotage, and slaughter.

Chaos in the Old World (+Horned Rat): We play as the gods of Chaos, competing to see who can fuck up the Warhammer world hardest.

Borrow
Mansions of Madness (+Forbidden Alchemy): Kinda like Arkham, except one person is the elder gods.

Twilight Imperium 3rd Ed (+Expansions): Goddamn giant space opera epic.

Descent (+Expansions): Kinda like DnD, except competitive.

Cyclades: Conquer Greece through the power of AUCTIONS to curry the favor of the gods.

The Resistance (+Expansion): Mafia, but without elimination.

The Resistance: Avalon: Same as above, but with some new wrinkles.

Twilight Struggle
Shadow Hunters
Taluva
Eclipse
Galaxy Truckers
Tichu
Dominion (+Expansions)
...

[Ranmilia]

The laggycar will probably be helping bring these things to the masses.  Recommendations for things people ought to play:

- Shadows Over Camelot, this sounds cool
- BetrayahousahullIWANNABETHELITTLEGIRL, THIS HAUNT SUCKS, I ATTACK YOU FOR NO REASON, TWO HAUNTS AT ONCE GOGOGOGOG GET IN
- Bang, this is short and gun.  I mean fun.  But also gun.  It is not like Mafia at all.
- Cosmic Encounter + expansion messes, this takes a while and will utterly addict you and also ruin all your friendships forever.
- Tanto Cuore.  You have this game?  Of course you have this game.  As seen at AGDQ bonus stream.  This is mandatory.

- Mansions of Madness.  I've been wanting to give this one a try since Arkham fever wore off.
- The Resistance.  This is a good game.  We could play it on IRC too.
- Shadow Hunters.  This one actually is like Mafia, except fast and really fun.

[Grefter]

Arkham Fever never wore off in my heart

[Hunter Sopko]

Definitely want to try Mansions of Madness, Discworld, and Game of Thrones. Bring Small World and its expansions too. Can't have a con without Betrayal either~

I also have Cthulhu Gloom which I'll be bringing. And a deck of normal playing cards, of course.

[Lady Door]

I adore Shadows Over Camelot, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with how I'm the traitor every time we play.

I also really enjoy Lords of Waterdeep, but the flavor is irrelevant to the game play. (Except OWLBEARS. ... no, still irrelevant, but reading the quest titles is fun.)

Discworld game is fun. Mansions of Madness was so terrible at release I haven't tried to play it with the expansion that's supposed to "fix" it.

Game of Thrones will make everyone hate each other almost as much as The Resistance will.

Cosmic Encounter is all about space pancake battles, and it is good. Plus a random selection from 100+ crazy aliens!

[Niu]

I want to know, for those confirmed to come, has anyone don't have a place to stay yet?

[Lady Door]

Booked a room at the Floral Inn. I gave up on finding a vacation rental that wasn't a "chic Los Angeles loft" (ie, $300 a night) -- Monterey Park is not a very friendly area for guests on a budget.

I've requested a rollaway bed, but note that it only comes with 2 queens; with 5 of us, we might have to make some arrangements! It's also a smoking room (blech).

If any of that changes your mind, Soppy, Grefter, Tide, let me know.

EDIT: I should mention the plus side: With 5 of us, it's only $81 for the whole stay, Wednesday night through Sunday night.

[OblivionKnight]

*sigh*

I have been holding out and waiting as long as I could to try to stave this off, but unfortunately, I am going to have to cancel.  We've had several issues pop up that are financially painful (cat broke her hip, other family members had medical issues we needed to help with, etc.).  Not like we're going under or anything, but elective experiences basically need to be cut now.  I am very sad about this   Hopefully someone has Skype on so I can at least do some distance communication with people. 

Again, sorry for the late notice, but I was really trying to make it work.  Unfortunately, I don't think it will.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Booked a room at the Floral Inn. I gave up on finding a vacation rental that wasn't a "chic Los Angeles loft" (ie, $300 a night) -- Monterey Park is not a very friendly area for guests on a budget.

I've requested a rollaway bed, but note that it only comes with 2 queens; with 5 of us, we might have to make some arrangements! It's also a smoking room (blech).

It's karma's way of making my presence felt.