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The end of the trip: on ending a campaign

Started by Imperator, January 29, 2014, 07:17:05 AM

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Imperator

#15
January 30, 2014, 02:45:55 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;727938I do not see how your Players could not become enthusiastic with you as GM and d6 Star Wars as your instrument of choice. :)
Neither do I, but you know how a sucky GM can sour you on a game for a long time. Also, Candela is THE BIGGEST CoC fan ever. We've been playing CoC for 3 years, not enough for her. But she conceded that, after 3 years, we could change a little "for a short while." :D
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).

Ravenswing

#16
January 30, 2014, 03:33:15 AM
Nifty anecdote; thank you for sharing.

I quite understand about the Power of Baby, though; a couple in my game had had a new baby, and there were a couple of occasions where they materially and deliberately affected a cliffhanger by showing up for the next session, promptly depositing Laurellin in my lap, and smiling wickedly as I dissolved into cooing.

Hrm.  Now that baby's a practicing therapist, having graduated from college last year.
This was a cool site, until it became an echo chamber for whiners screeching about how the "Evul SJWs are TAKING OVAH!!!" every time any RPG book included a non-"traditional" NPC or concept, or their MAGA peeners got in a twist. You're in luck, drama queens: the Taliban is hiring.

The Ent

#17
January 30, 2014, 03:43:06 AM
Quote from: Imperator;727921No, mate, but I am learning French because the French editions of the game are so superior to the rest. They are gorgeous.

OT, but just a silly question: is French easy to learn for a Spanish person due to being Romanesque?

I mean you'd believe a language being in the same group would make it easier to learn...but I flat-out sucked at learning German in spite of German being, er, Germanic (English was very easy though of course).

Imperator

#18
January 30, 2014, 04:04:52 AM
Quote from: Ravenswing;728070Nifty anecdote; thank you for sharing.

I quite understand about the Power of Baby, though; a couple in my game had had a new baby, and there were a couple of occasions where they materially and deliberately affected a cliffhanger by showing up for the next session, promptly depositing Laurellin in my lap, and smiling wickedly as I dissolved into cooing.

Hrm.  Now that baby's a practicing therapist, having graduated from college last year.
Beautiful anecdote :) Thanks for sharing.

Quote from: The Ent;728072OT, but just a silly question: is French easy to learn for a Spanish person due to being Romanesque?

I mean you'd believe a language being in the same group would make it easier to learn...but I flat-out sucked at learning German in spite of German being, er, Germanic (English was very easy though of course).

Well, I am using this nifty app/website called Duolingo, which makes you practice a little bit every day and it's really easy to use. So far, I'm having little trouble because, apart from Spanish, I speak Catalan, which is a mix of Spanish, French and Italian. So, right now, I think that knowing Spanish is helping me with grammar and similar stuff (not with pronunciation, because in Spanish you pronounce everything that's written and teh fucking French don't bother pronouncing half the stuff they write).

Can't say about easo of learning languages in the same family: I can't speak German, but I have noticed many similar things between it and English, and many times I can guess things based on my English knowledge. Of course, English has many influences from other languages as well, so who knows :D
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).

jeff37923

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January 30, 2014, 04:11:34 AM Last Edit: January 30, 2014, 04:13:55 AM by jeff37923
Quote from: Imperator;728058Neither do I, but you know how a sucky GM can sour you on a game for a long time. Also, Candela is THE BIGGEST CoC fan ever. We've been playing CoC for 3 years, not enough for her. But she conceded that, after 3 years, we could change a little "for a short while." :D

You know, there is a precident for zombie horror in the Star Wars universe....

"Meh."

Imperator

#20
January 30, 2014, 04:25:28 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;728078You know, there is a precident for zombie horror in the Star Wars universe....


XD Awesome.
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).

Black Vulmea

#21
January 30, 2014, 04:25:33 AM
Quote from: Imperator;727917Oh, I see, it's because of the last Spanish paragraph XD No, "por la gloria de mi madre" is a common saying around here that can be roughly translated as "God be witness" or something like it :)
A totally unfamiliar idiom to a Mexican Spanish speaker. I like it, though.
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The Ent

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January 30, 2014, 04:33:25 AM
Quote from: Imperator;728076Well, I am using this nifty app/website called Duolingo, which makes you practice a little bit every day and it's really easy to use. So far, I'm having little trouble because, apart from Spanish, I speak Catalan, which is a mix of Spanish, French and Italian. So, right now, I think that knowing Spanish is helping me with grammar and similar stuff

Sounds good! :) (I must admit to knowing very little about Catalan :o)

Quote from: Imperator(not with pronunciation, because in Spanish you pronounce everything that's written and teh fucking French don't bother pronouncing half the stuff they write).

Haha I can relate :D
(My own language has totally different pronounciation from English. Caused me no little headache as a kid when learning English :D)

Quote from: ImperatorCan't say about easo of learning languages in the same family: I can't speak German, but I have noticed many similar things between it and English, and many times I can guess things based on my English knowledge. Of course, English has many influences from other languages as well, so who knows :D

English and German are close (allthough new research shows that Norwegian's actually English' closest cousin, wich is weird and surprising but cool! :D Helps explain why Norwegians are pretty good at learning English I guess. Earlier we always believed that English and German were closer to each other than to the Scandinavian languages, wich obviously now seems to be wrong).

And yeah English is the king of influenced by other languages, especially French and Latin allthough there's actually more Norse words than Anglo-Saxon ones in modern English! :D

(Allthough my own language has a ton of loan words (especially from German, Dutch and French). Comes with the package of being essentially a rural country populated by peasants for centuries ;))

Imperator

#23
January 30, 2014, 05:49:50 AM
Quote from: The Ent;728082(My own language has totally different pronounciation from English. Caused me no little headache as a kid when learning English :D)
Where are you from?
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).

The Ent

#24
January 30, 2014, 06:04:44 AM
Quote from: Imperator;728087Where are you from?

Norway.

Imperator

#25
January 30, 2014, 07:59:37 AM
Quote from: The Ent;728090Norway.

Ah, now I see :D I lived in Sweden for a while and the language was awfully hard to me, so I ended using English all the time. Looking back, gross mistake.
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).

Benoist

#26
January 30, 2014, 09:03:30 AM
Fantastic. Just plain fantastic.

Imperator

#27
January 30, 2014, 05:24:01 PM
Quote from: Benoist;728114Fantastic. Just plain fantastic.
I just posted this to my gaming blog. It's a short piece that my wife wrote as a Facebook note, inspired by the end of the campaign, kind of an epilogue, around her character, the only sane survivor of the game, and the consequences this ordeal had.

It may be one of the most poignant and beautiful things I have read, game-related. It is also horrifyingly lovecraftian. Unfortunately, it's only in Spanish at the moment, but I'll translate it to English ASAP. Anyway, here it is.

http://elimperiodelrol.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/jugar-a-rol-produce-cosas-como-esta/
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).
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