Having a great time at the Con! The first public con-run game of Cryptworld was a fast, frenetic, frightening adventure for four intrepid players! Without giving too much away, they arrived at Vinton Hills Metropolitan Hospital, a rural clinic purchased 10 years ago by Dr. Howard Eastman -- a brilliant oncology researcher and surgeon who was ostracized from the medical community. Seems the good doctor is a "ends justifies the means" person, and he was suspected of unethical human testing. Years later, the doctor was to make a big announcement of a medical breakthrough, ensuring his re-acceptance by the medical community. However, the clinic seemed strangely empty -- no doctor, no support staff, no patients. The players felt they were being watched...or stalked. One of them was hit from behind, yet nothing was there. Then they found the video logs of the doctor's first few failures causing one reporter to nearly get sick. An identified tentacle nearly dragged another away to his doom. Then they discovered a patient begging for the sweet release of death. "It's eating me..." he hissed. They pulled back the blankets and found...
Well, let's just say that there are interesting medical application for Liquid Drano that never would have occurred to me.
Great game with a great gang of players! Picture time!
Speaking of Cryptworld, I ran into Brian Thomas who did many of the illustrations for the rulebook, and he not only signed the troglodyte illustration he did, he also sold the original drawing to me as well as the mummy! Going up on the wall when I get home!
I must admit, of all the games I ran, the Cryptworld one was the best of the lot. And this is coming from "The Mutant Future Guy," so that's high praise indeed!