I thought it would be interesting to document some of those old memorable moments that mark certain games and campaigns as special and fun. These anecdotes will often be something a character has said or done to turn a regular situation on its head. However I won’t just limit it to in game content. The player in the starring role instead of their character will be a fairly common choice for this segment.
To kick this off I am going to relieve a moment from a science fiction game that I ran about ten years ago. I will change the names to protect innocent characters and their not so innocent players, but if you are reading this and were involved, drop me a line if you would like me to include real names. Anyway, I call this first one:
The alley of confusion bullets
The characters had chased some crooks out of a secret high tech manufacturing plant and were really desperate to catch them. As is the want all groups of gamers, they split up at every possible opportunity and so Darren found himself alone in a section of the city that was narrow winding alleyways and was all of a sudden confronted by the villains, that had decided to stop running and take on the lone man that was chasing them.
Guns were drawn and Darren had the edge. He shot one of the villains through the chest and then dived behind a dumpster for cover. The other characters could hear the gun fight, but they were some distance away and due to the echoing of the tight spaces, couldn’t pin point where the skirmish was taking place.
Darren was doing quite well on his own though, so he ignored the calls of his comrades over the radio, knowing full well that he could handle five punks with guns. Popping out from cover, he brought down another and ducked back in time to avoid a hail of return fire.
Once more Darren emerges to shoot one of the villains, but this time with the unexpected addition of a bullet to his own collar bone. Down he goes. He is bleeding out and he knows it, so he decides that now would be the time to call for assistance. Grabbing the radio as consciousness is slipping away, he says to his teammates,
“I’m being shot at and I don’t know where I am!”
Much laughing ensued.
I would be interested to hear other people’s memorable moments.
Future moments i intend to write up include (but are not limited to):
Flame on swamp thang
Can I just shut up
I got us a load of dirt instead of those computers
The hand of destiny
Cheezel and the chandelier of shards
2 comments:
Awesome. I love moments like that, when someone intentionally or not, causes hilarity. Thanks for sharing.
The worst part of that game for me was the fact that I happened to miss that adventure.
Probably my wife's fault (he says, knowing she doesn't read this)
I don't recognise a lot of the other titles you've put up, but I actually laughed out loud at the dirt instead of computers title. I'm looking forward to reliving it 8)
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