Downtime decisions
It’s all quiet on the role-playing front here at Greywulf Towers. Summer is upon us and that means vacations and whatnot play havoc with the game group. Rather than try to match up diaries and turn the whole thing into something that feels like workstuff meeting scheduling, we call a halt for a few months.
This gives us time to rest, relax and come back all buzzing with ideas. Right now, I’m pondering what to do. We’ve three campaigns ongoing – a 4e D&D one set in and around Nentir Vale in Cardolan, the eternal and world-spanning (nay, multiverse-spanning) Superheroes Campaign, and our young and exciting Ptolus-based Warriors & Warlocks campaign which has briefly supplanted our Supers’ campaign while we try out the new kid on the block.
That’s one too many, and something has to give.
I have the germ of an idea which involves pulling Ptolus into the Modern World and having superheroes meet fantasy in a demonic Battle Supreme. Or something. Either that, or have the 4e game become virtual using Gametable and keep W&W and M&M as our core campaign systems. Or play High-Speed D&D with the boys for kicks. Or……. We’ll see.
Decisions, decisions.
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