That was a weekend!

[maverick_weirdo]

Over the weekend I went to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Science Fiction Society, Gaming weekend. It was a great time. I can’t say all the games I played but some highlights of the weekend were:

• Blowing minds of about a dozen people at once with my defense of the newest Star Trek movie. Even people who hated the film admitted I had a point.


• Finding a “train game” that I like TransAmerica it is fast and simple, and you build on other players routes instead of blocking them


• Eye of Argon had a small but creative group reading/enacting it


• Played 3 games of McMulti which I don’t get to play often because it is out of print


• Lots of hugs, and seeing people I haven’t seen in a year

Comments

[fiddledragon.livejournal.com]

TransAmerica is indeed awesome :-)

Blowing minds of about a dozen people at once with my defense of the newest Star Trek movie. Even people who hated the film admitted I had a point.

Now I'm curious. I thought the new movie was fun, but I'm curious to know what your take on it was.

[madfilkentist]

I'm curious too.

[maverick-weirdo.livejournal.com]

What I thought of the movie is that it was a fun action adventure flick where character interaction was more important than plot.

My defence of the movie is that J.J. Abrams was faced with the challenge of creating a dramatic adventure prequl where the fanbase has high expectations. It was a no-win situation. A Kobayashi Maru if you will. So faced with a no-win situation J.J. Abrams took Kirk's approach and cheated.

[fiddledragon.livejournal.com]

I like that parallel :-)

[hsifyppah.livejournal.com]

Hah! Cute.

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

Ahh, McMulti. Unfortunately I was unable to go to Gaming Weekend, so I missed playing it. I got enough of it last fall to be sated for quite some time, but I might now be interested in playing again.