I headed off to the Rocky Mtn foothills last Thursday to partake in another year of the RMR! An invite only gaming event which lasts for an extended weekend.
With the camp chefs keeping our energy up with an excellent Brunch & Supper each day, with plenty of snacks as needed in between. Its enough to make a gamer think they've entered Nirvana.
Our numbers of past atendees was reduced with the passing of one of the originals & several other of the 'Old Guard' dealing with life's other little adventures, however we had a few new recruits to the group to keep the numbers up & bring in some new blood.
Upon arrival & having set up my sleep space, I pulled out Alien Fate of the Nostromo, as it would be a fairly quick game to teach & finish prior to our meal of Schnitzel & Spatzle (one of my favorite German Meals)
We got off to a horrible result, which had us defeated quite quickly.
So we reset the board & gave it another go. While initially doing very well, we did succumb in the later game.
I then joined another couple of people to give it another try. This time we did complete the Final Objective & won the game.
In the evening we sat down for our annual Eldritch Horror Game. We had 5 players, which seems about the perfect player count.
We did however but heads with the Great Cthulhu.
We had randomly determined our characters & I was running Daniela the Mechanic. By the time we had lost the game when Cthulhu arrived, I had quite a few conditions happening!
Friday morning I sat down with Brent who had brought The Elder Scrolls system. I had seen the Kickstarter, but didn't really pay much attention to it.
This game does require a large playing area, as the characters alone take up a good chunk of real estate, with Race, Class, Skills & player board.
Players are denoted by their character chip, with their health placed beneath them. Creatures are drawn from bags based on levels
Of course each of the critters has special abilities to keep the game interesting.
Friday evening it was time for some Imperial Assault. We did a Hoth mission that would require us to snag 4 ogjective tokens & flip them to rebels.
We started out by zapping the 2 Empire Leaders & just as our hopes began to rise, were engaged by a Hover Tank. My Wookie was bloodied & then slain by this monster. However the remainder of the rebel characters succeeded in flipping the objectives for a win!
Saturday Morning was time for a session of 5th Ed D&D. We had a party of 5 2nd level characters off to solve the mysteries of Sokul Keep.
Starting in a town, we had to seek our several individuals of import to set us on the path.
Arriving on the island, we soon discovered the caverns below.
We did have a tussle with some Animated Armor, which by the time it was over, had drained my druid of spells. Good thing I had made some Good Berries.
We pressed on through more cavern chambers.
Eventually finding a room filled with water from a sinkhole & then the main chamber, where an Evil alter & Statue (which oddly isn't in this image). A climatic battle was held, against Zombies, Skeletons & Ghouls.
We were victorius & awarded by the greatful town.
Saturday night it was time for Unfathomable. This year Tim had the Expansion painted up & added.
With the addition of Boons, Allies, etc, it made for a much tougher game. The Hybrid Traitors won out without revealing themselves. We had some nasty Mythos cards & an untimely ritual (performed by one of the traitors) that wiped out 3 passengers.
Thus ended RMR 2025. As I had to depart right after Brunch Sunday, I didn't get into any games. Thanks to Brent & Steve for running this event!