Thursday
Thursday started early as I had to carry everything a mile and a half to the stadium. It was quite a long haul. I had so many things to carry. Lucky for me, I split the miniatures for the specials into "what I need Thursday" and "Later," with the size of the two sets being roughly the same.
Before that first slot is always a worry... Will ALL the GMs show up? What will people think? Will everyone show up? Will we be able to seat everyone with a generic? What will the overall vibe be?
Well... All this worry turned out for naught. Everyone showed up and the morning was off to a roaring start.
Now a fun thing... Mike-B showed up at the doors of the stadium for his badge and I waited for him at the tunnel. Then, to our devices stopped connecting: no text, no calls, no messenger... Lucky Steve-E was there to save the day!
The evening slot was lighter in ticket sales. A mixed blessing. However, since the adventure had a lot of social interaction, this turned out to be a blessing because it allowed everyone to get more involved in the adventure, as each table got to do more things. There were SO many things to do.
When GMs asked "How can they do it all?" The answer was a simple "They can't."
Players have a way of surprising me when I write these types of epics. They make choices that, at first leave you perplexed, but after a moment stir the creative juices going and push the setting into new and excitig directions. This is one thing I love about writing these epics specials...
Then bed and sleep.
I survived Day 1.
Friday
Day 2 started somewhat differently as I got a later start and miscalculated the time it would take me to reach the room... A late start put me on the back foot to get everything ready.
But once everything got rolling, I settled down and slept on a chair.
The afternoon and evening came by without much to report...
EXCEPT.
During the evening's Parting Shot, there was a moment when I had an NPC betray the PCs in a very opportune moment. I was both worried and stoked for this secret reveal.
As the discovery happened, two people reacted aloud with "Oh fucker!"
That filled me with dark, morbid joy.
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