Ragani

I don't remember, did I do a write-up of the last game night? Well, I should have. It was a blast. I think we got the best turn-out ever, with a total of 12 people by the end. Only 2 (aside from me) who had ever attended a First Fridays Game night, and as a bonus ariock just happened to be there without even knowing it was a game night and joined us. We even had a really good male/female split again, which is always a good thing.

For those who don't know, I set up a Meet-up group for the Game Nights, wich is a great way to find out about our events and keep informed of the details. We even started doing themes, which seem to be working out. One of the new members suggested this next theme, which is Sci-Fi. I am still trying to figure out if there is a way to express the theme in snacks or drinks, although I might just stick to music for this theme.

So, what are you doing next Friday night? Well, if you have some time and want to join the fun, come on by to the First Friday Game night in north Oakland.

I signed up at meetup.com the other day and created a group for the First Friday game nights. I am getting a decent amount of response already! Surprisingly more woman than men, which is interesting. I wonder what will happen for the events that I bill as a singles night....

Meh! A bunch of the e-mail addresses that I sent the invitation for my scavenger hunt to bounced. Silverkun wanted a lit by April 1, and really, I have very few confirmations, and NONE from my latest mailing or posting, only people who are unable to attend replied so far.

Did I mention NONE is the number of confirmations I have received since I sent the last notice out?

Yeah, I am kind of discouraged here. Just a little.....

You see, although silverkun can whip up a bunch of players for the game if he needs them to fill out the ranks, they will be from his pool of people, and not necessarily people I know. Now, I don't mind there being people that I don't know in the game, but I would really like the majority to be people who are friends of mine since it is going to be in honor of my birthday.

So, perhaps I was unclear, and that is very likely since I was confused about what silverkun needed from me by April 1st, vs April 15th. Hopefully this will help clear things up:

If you can join me for the scavenger hunt that silverkun is putting on for me on May 19th, let me know here NOW. Yeah, now. Just a comment that you are in is all I need right now so you can be counted.

Please don't make me beg. My birthday sucked enough as it is last year, and I would rather break this string of sucky birthdays.

Again, meh!!!

Well, I am surprised and delighted that we have managed to collect a team for the game. I am going with a Mission: Impossible theme because I like the classics.

So far we have the following agents:

Me - The Conductor
silverkun
Aaron - The IT Guy
Eric - The Mad Scientist
aiglet

I need monikers, bios and photos from each agent, hopefully by tonight.

We need one more agent to be a full team. Anyone who has security or decoding experience a plus, but mostly someone who enjoys solving puzzles.

Ping:
rightsock?
darkfuzzyheart?
mercator_7
philosophertone?
chiendarrendor?

This looks like way too much fun!

And the initial assignment is on the weekend of my birthday. So I will say it now, this is what I want to do to celebrate my birthday: a group of friends (me plus 5 others) who are good at games to create a team. We have to sign-up by March 10 so I need commitment real soon. My brother is doing this with some of his friends already.

There is no way I could do this by myself, and it takes some rather clever people to make a team, so the question is, are you up for the challenge?

Will you join me?

Hey silverkun, you are into alternate reality games, so this might be right up your ally.