So I've finally gotten around to posting my first comic, and I figured I'd start out right by taking myself out. I have a feeling I'll be doing that a lot in the comic, using the other characters to comment on how I tend to get really excited, and talk in length about things I like.
That said, for those of you that are coming here and don't have any idea what I'm talking about. I'm part of the
SlugCrew for
Slugfest Games. And last week I ran a demo/tournament event for a mini-con at my favorite comic book shop,
Legends Comics & Games in Towson, MD. The event that I ran was for a Slugfest Game called
Red Dragon Inn &
Red Dragon Inn 2. Players played in games of one or the other, and if they won, they got to select one of the 8 characters to play in a championship round at the end of the day to win a copy of one of the 2 games.
The first group of players to sit down with my played RDI 2 and Nathan playing as Dimili the Dwarf came out on top. Naturally, he selected Dimli to play in the Championship round. Nick was the second player to win, playing the original RDI, but being entertained by the "hulk-speak" on Gog's cards, he decided to take him in the championship round. Next to win was Lisa, playing as Dimli in her second round of RDI 2. She selected Eve (who she used in the first round) to play in the final. Two players that had played in the first round of RDI requested to play a mixed game, since Gog was not currently being used, and Julia won playing him. She selected Fiona for the final. Then Tim won in a round using the original RDI, and selected Gerki. Finally Timra won in a round of RDI 2, and selected Zot & Pooky. That left 2 spots open going into the final and time was running short, so I tapped to of the people that had played earlier in the day, and Eric filled in as Diedre and Ian filled in as Fleck.
This is when things got interesting! I was concerned that with 8 players the match might run long, but to my surprise, it played very quickly. As in the comic, Fiona was the first player to drop, quite literally. After a pretty potent "Round on the House" she came out as the "Winner" of a drinking contest gaining somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 on her alcohol content.
Next to fall were Dimli & Gerki simultaneously. There were a few big gambling pots early in the game, which the wench made off with, thanks to the persuasion of the Bard. As the ranks closed, Gog went down drinking, followed by Dierdre. Leaving Eve, Zot, and Fleck to see who could last the longest. Unfortunately for Zot and Fleck, Eve was doing an excellent job at sluffing off just about anything that came her way. And eventually Fleck followed closely by Zot, also passed out, and got thrown from the Inn.
Ultimately I was pretty happy with how the event went. I had a nice number of people come through and try out the game, and everyone seemed to have a great time. Lisa, who was playing Eve, went home the winner of a copy of Red Dragon Inn 2, and I felt she earned it, since she had pretty much played at my table all day.
The store opted to raffle off the copy of Red Dragon Inn, and it went to one of the players that not only demoed Red Dragon Inn, but Kung Fu Fighting as well, so I was pretty happy about how that turned out as well.
Well, if you made it this far, I hope you enjoyed my first real blog & the accompanying comic. If you have any comments or suggestions for going forward, I'd love to hear them!
