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So Gamma World has hit some scheduling snags with the group, and appears to be on hiatus for a bit.

Friday night my daughter said, "Dad, I want to play this!" pointing to the box on my game shelf of:

Well I broke out the minis and she created her team of Cavern busting adventurers! Now I have a pretty big selection of Heritage minis so she took about 1/2hour to choose her team.

A Knight with a bucket helm, mace & shield

A female Cleric brandishing a crucifix

A female thief with a grappling hook

An armoured elf with sword & shield

A Wizard with staff and owl familiar

As a bonus I let her choose a Henchman to carry loot! He was an unarmoured figure with a sack over his shoulder.

She rolled the stats for her team and entered the Caverns! Our game lasted a little over an hour. She battled 8 giant rats, turned Undead and escaped from the Vampire and 2 skeletons! Her thief was killed by my favorite trap! "A thousand knives spring from the walls!" Her treasure haul was two sets of jewels, one worth 20gp the other 50gp, and loose coinage of 3, 7 and 10gp each as well as a "Magic Sword". The sword was being used by the thief, however the Cleric took it upon her death from the knives!

If you never had this game or it's counter part, "The Crypt of the Sorcerer". I would say you are either too young to know about it; as it is from 1981-82 time period, or you were never LUCKY enough to get it! This game and the "Red Box" Dungeons and Dragons is what opened the doorway to imagination for me that Christmas so long ago, and I have never stopped exploring those Caverns of Doom!

It doesn't have to be the newest or advanced or coolest or whatever! it just needs to capture you in the right moment and get you to say, "Hey, I want to play that!"

We will be returning to the Caverns soon, for the Dragon's treasure hoard is too much for her to resist. "I need a new thief, first." she told me, "then I'm getting the treasure from that Dragon!"

Unitl next time my freinds. No matter what you play, just play and have FUN!

So here is the cast of Characters in my GW Flori-Duh Home Game:

Spectra  Speedster/Telekinetic

Spectra looks like an average bald guy in a comfy terry cloth HILTON Hotel robe that conceals his kevlar vest. He wields a mean Sword-staff and a Chakra. He also aquired an m-16 from the Klickies! The sleeves of the robe conceal an Ishtarian Hand Rocket and a Area 52 neural baton. Spectra can't wait to use Life Leech on the next bunch of fools who defy him and his friends!

AJAX    Electrokinetic/Yeti

He's big, furry, wears Samurai armour and the static shock will kill ya! If you get too close AJAX likes to tear you apart with his claws, or maybe a crack to the skull with his huge plumbers pipe wrench. If you are out of reach he uses a museum replica Ballista. His current combo of Jet boots, Tangler and MK1 laser pistol are just begging to get him in the mix! Crushing Gravity is waiting to be used.

Dash    fox swarm/speedster

She's so cute, and there are so many! This little anthropomorhic fox dressed like Robin Hood in green leathers likes to swarm her foes and nibble them to death! or pepper you from afar with volleys of tiny arrows! Dash has a Photon grenade tucked away for later and a Fizz Neurojack for that Athletics roll that just can't fail!

The Mutant with No-name   Hawkoid/Pyrokinetic

This flaming demonic gargoyle from the METALVERSE likes to burn his foes as he chews thier guts up with his Chainsaw Bass guitar! His Terrifying Shreik is when he makes the Bass get feedback. He is trying to convince the other members of the party that they should form the first Apocalyptic Metal Band and tour Gamma Terra! He is also looking forward to using the H11 Blaster rifle on an enemy. 2 inch smoking holes are so METAL......

This party has played through the first 3 encounters in "Trouble in Freesboro", which I have changed to "Trouble in Hillsboro" set in Hillsboro Beach Flori-Duh. This coming weekend the party will be joined by two new members and they will run afoul of bad things in the PungCo. building!

Stay Tuned!

Well I am currently in a Gamma World 4e whirlwind!  I had reservations when I heard about this new update of GW. I have loved Gamma World since 1983.

I will admit, I REALLY like it! I was recently running a Metamorphosis Alpha and Gamma World campaign this past summer using the Mutant Future rules by Goblinoid Games as my Rule set. It was Great and all my Players had a great time.

So far I have only run a single session of GW4e. I am running the Games day adventure "Freesboro" and have only played through the first two encounters, and so far we have really enjoyed the "NEW" Gamma World.

Everyone really likes the cards and getting a new Alpha mutation each encounter. Heck even rolling a "1" is looked forward to. This version has lent it self well to my DM style. I hope they create more Gamma stuff after Legion of Gold.