the Dark Project - the Games we Play

Misty-eyed Reminiscences

We fondly remember vanquishing the Wizard of Frobozz, fulfilling the Quests of the Avatar, and yes, we can name all three artifacts to be found in Dungeon Module S2: "White Plume Mountain."^* In recent times we've flown to Cydonia to fend off the alien threat, we've blasted Archviles and Vores, we've even spent some time in the Lonely Planet of Somersaults and Wolves. We know what our THAC0s are, we've failed a few SAN checks, and we've seen almost every use and abuse of a Variable Power Pool.

What we've been playing lately

MAHK runs a GURPS Illuminati campaign he calls "Gedankenspiel," set in a version of the Over the Edge universe. He has used Final Fantasy 7 to force Tim to concede that there are good PlayStation games. He wants you to play Settlers of Catan today. Mahk got 70 stars in Super Mario 64.

Tim plays in Mahk's Gedankenspiel run as Angus MacAllan, the world's most charismatic performance artist. Having finished Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, he's decided to give King's Field II a whirl. Apparently (according to reviews of King's Field II) "Blending elements of RPG with the first person is something never done before" (PSM Online) and "Ascii Entertainment has developed a unique perspective to play an adventure/RPG game" (Gamezilla). Which just goes to prove how much you can believe everything you read on the Web, or in the gaming press.

Tim got 90 stars in Super Mario 64.

Dorian GM's one AD&D run (in which Kate is now playing) and plays in another. On the machines, he's been playing Warlords III and HOMM II; on the wood slab, he's been playing Settlers of Catan and Robo-Rally; and on the green carpet he's been playing ultimate frisbee. He doesn't remember how many stars he got in Super Mario 64, but it's an embarassingly small number (in the 20's or 30's).

Doug presents the illusion of buying lots of games and leaving them in shrink-wrap on the shelves in his office for lack of time to do anything but work, then every once in a while surprises you by revealing that he actually does play games in the 25^th hour of every day. Plus he and
Rob "Xemu" Fermier of Irrational Games have a standing weekly appointment to play Wave Race.

Greg doesn't play anything much other than his bass gee-tar. That's why he's the boss.