Parrying is for wimps!

Imagine waking up in a hotel in Manchester after a few too many drinks, breakfast only available via a walk into the city centre and wondering why you volunteered to run a game that afternoon.  Well that was me on Saturday 12 th November (and I suspect a few other Grognards). After finding a place for breakfast that was more ‘I saw you coming’ rather than ‘Greasy spoon’ (I had POSH beans on toast I’ll have you know!) and took serving its customers as an optional extra, it was time to head to fanboy 3 and play an RPG blast from the past – Star Frontiers, reffed by Dirk.   The title of the scenario was ‘Bugs in the system’, which kind of gives away some of the scenario to be honest, it’s like a Cthulhu scenario I recently ran called ‘The Dragon of Wantley’, a decent adventure but the front cover gives away a rather massive clue as to what is going on and what will be encountered during the scenario… My choice to play Start Frontiers on the Saturday morning was actually diffic...

And so it is over…..my second Grogmeet ends and I amble around Manchester Piccadilly for an hour or two until my train arrives to whisk me away to deepest darkest Milton Keynes.   My initial thoughts after returning home and reflecting on the weekend are... What a great community of people.     I know nothing about RPGs compared to most of those who are in the Grogsquad Trying to find a pub in the northern quarter of Manchester on the first Xmas market weekend requires a luck roll or two… The Grogsquad appear to be of an age when pubs with loud music (which is just about all of them in the northern quarter) are not the preferred option…. The Northern Monk pub serves great beer. Anyway here are my more detailed thoughts about the RPGs and the events that took place over the weekend…enjoy Sunday 6 th to Thursday 10 th November I decided last year to ref a game at Grogmeet in 2022 – so I had registered Delta Greens ‘PX Poker Night’ to run on the afternoon of 1...