This was my first Endgame con experience, and it was worth it. In short, I had a blast. It was my first game running as a Good Omens Game Master… even if I was not in the program as such, so it was a little exciting for me.

It started out like most of my life, with me running late; BART in concord was running late, and had no train in sight for twenty minuets.But when I finally got to Endgame the fun started right away. I signed up for Catherine Klikoff’s Feng Shui game, unfortunately she had did not show up (I did not find out what happened to her… any one know?). However, I did get to jump into a game of Dog’s in the Vineyard.

(Game 1)

I must say that it was one of the best new game experiences I have ever had. I fell in love with the conflict resolution system and the game setting was very good as well, being the fan of cowboys I am. Dog’s in the Vineyard, run by Carl Rigney, it was fantastic. He ran just the sample town out of the book and I had a blast. I went downstairs after the game looked at the light price of the book ($22) and was sold, and bought it on the spot. I am usually a very cheap guy, and buying things on the spot (especially when I am on budget like I have been over the last few months) is very odd for me. But the game was so good and I really want to run it and see how much fun I can have with the system and setting.

(Game 2)

I had no plan for the second session for the con, myself and my friend Jarys went and got some food at a decent crepe place that I know in City Center in Oakland. But after I got my food, I sat down at a table that did not have a full game and was just eating my food. The game at the table was The Mountain Witch, and was scheduled for an eight hour slot, which I would not be able to do, running a game at 8 pm myself. However the game only had two players, so the GM decided to cut his game down to four hours, the table jumped to full rather quickly.
The game itself was good, as a system to be designed as a one shot the conflict resolution system was very simple, involving a single d6. The game focused on character interaction and was much like a Japanese Drama Tragedy. Each character had a random dark fate, which must be made public by the end of story. The range of dark fates were revenge, betrayal, secrete love, dark secrete ect. It was actually really fun; I enjoyed myself very much in this game. It was not as astounding as Dog’s in the Vineyard but it was good none the less.

(Dinner)

With some of the other Good Omens members went to food, at a bar and grill just down the street from Endgame. We were a little strapped for time, so we asked if our food could be made in forty minuets, they said yes, so we sat down, and waited… and waited… and waited. We had good conversation, and it was fun everyone sitting around the table. But our food did not come by eight o’clock. So those of us who needed to be there post hast, al la me, we ran back to Endgame and the other brought our food, I was just astounded that it took more than forty minutes to make my salad

(Game 3, My game)

During the next session, I ran my Illuminati game. The Game had a simple premise; all of the characters are agents of the Illuminated Order of Bavaria, exploring an alternate dimension, where the laws of reality don’t make sense. The characters had various backgrounds and skill sets, ranging form Men in Black, Occultist magic user, Cyborg assassin. However my true reason for running the game was to have a group of semi serious characters fight Michael Jackson mid thriller music video, and later fight Samuel L. Jackson from his Pulp Fiction role. With some of the music that I used for ambiance and the continuous action of the adventure made the zany plot work. All of the characters were high powered and all of the players felt good about the high amount of action. Players were laughing all night, and everyone had fun at the end of the night. My game ended with fifteen minutes to spare.