Upon This Rock

[tracker7]

The shortened workweek started off with more bad news. Eight more layoffs at work, and furloughs or reduction in work-hours for most everyone. I'm still employed, but morale was blown to splinters. Wednesday brought another shock - my absolutely terrific manager is leaving next week. I can't blame her, but she's far and away the best manager in the division, and I can't help but think she's going to be succeeded by an ineffectual nutjob who never should have been let back into the building.

Stress and burnout and gamer ADD took their toll on my Spycraft game. I brought it to an end mid-mission. While I do dearly love SC, the only GMing I've done in about a year-and-a-half has been in that system or its descendant, and, to be honest, it was feeling stale. I've handed the Viking Hat off, and hopefully the group will see consensus on what game to play next soon enough. I've been invited into another group for a Hollow Earth Expedition game, and that's exciting, and I'm watching the players of yet a third group hammer out the details of a Star Trek game that I'll be a drop-in player for.

Comments

[hafwit.livejournal.com]

I hope that you get to play in some good games, man. :-)

As for spy/special ops games, have you had a look a A Wilderness Of Mirrors? It's quite good and straight-forward, provided you ignore the author's 'bloggy' way of writing.

I just finished the Vertigo series The Losers. It's like every Agent/techno-thriller you ever watched, only without the stupid bits. If you haven't read it, I very much recommend.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

I haven't read Wilderness of Mirrors, but the descriptor text at IPR really puts me off of it. I'm not much for the apparent betray-your-teammates theme; having different objectives and goals (see: Cold City and Hot War, for example) is fine, of course.

[tragical-mirth.livejournal.com]

Which one, which one? I need to get letters out to all my former bosses to let them know what I'm doing now, but I haven't had a chance yet. Is this my old one? *cries*

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Bekki F.

[undeadeel.livejournal.com]

I can understand how you feel about SC, I think. I'm in a similar-but-different situation with the game I've been running for a while, and I kind of think the writing's on the wall for it.

Good luck with the new games. We've never really conversed, but I have to admit to being more than a little jealous in regards to that possible HEX game. I've been in love with that game since it came out, and I still haven't been able to talk anyone around here into playing or running it.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

I'm of a similar mind on Hollow Earth. I love the books, and this is the first chance I've had to play it.

I've decided my character in this one is the younger brother of a daredevil pilot I played in an Adventure! game a few years back. Hey, close enough, right? The streams could cross!