The Gangs All Here
Chapter: Season Six
A cheese platter and TWO big ol’ boxes of wine? Carlos my son, it IS a party.
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As for this arc, it continues on Monday! See you then.
HOVER-TEXT: What did you bring Charlie? A credible witness.
Guys get this I just told the cops I didn’t ser nothing!
Oh, God, this is gonna be great.
My parents actually started drinking boxed wine a lot more than regular wine in the last year or two. Apparently a lot of people it’s better, but I wouldn’t know.
The quality of boxed wine has gone up a LOT in the last 20 years.
Or maybe my standards have lowered?
No, the packaging protects the vintage better than the traditional bottles, and air doesn’t get in to skunk the wine.
Does Jeanie have no filter between her brain and mouth at all?
Loose lips sink ships.
Jeanies loose lips sink the whole fleet while it is still in port. Then proceed to destory all drydocks for good measure.
At least the King of Sesons likes her loose lips (in a totally platonic way of course).
Yes. Platonic. (I kid, woman is feisty.)
My hope is that someone else decides to run the screen, and give Sam a break. I think he’s doing an amazing job, but it’d damn stressful, and I get that.
I’d *love* to see Jeanie step up and get some screentime (heh), and I think it’d be a neat step into exploring new DMs with older players.
I’d also love to see Brett run Ravenloft as a meatgrinder, but I admit that’s more me wondering if I could outsmart his “TPK is sorta the goal, here” mentality as a DM instead of a GM. Not likely, but hey, it’s a fun thought~
^ This
More rotation of GM duties
The black box wines are actually usually fairly decent, though they are currently going through a voluntary recall because of quality concerns.
It’s a little shady the way Black Box is going about this. Normally a nationwide recall would be well publicized, or at the very least ANNOUNCED by the company so customers are in the know. But instead of being transparent & forthcoming with details, Black Box has been strangely silent on the quality control issue of their wines (apparently they changed bag suppliers which caused the wine to oxidize and taste terrible). Their facebook page is littered with complaints, but the only reply Black Box seems to give is from an automated bot. My local Walmart had all the BB wine boxes from the shelf in back with a note on them saying they’re recalled. Why is the company itself being all hush-hush about this? Makes you wonder what else they’re trying to hide….
I am definitely wondering! I have had stomach problems for past 8 weeks until I stopped drinking the Malbec a week ago. No issues since. I think it was hurting my digestive track! Something definitely made me terribly sick. Even stranger. Total wine said all of their Malbec was recalled. Yet the grocery store still has it on the shelf??? Wtf
That ought to be the brand name “Big Ol’ Box O’Wine”. Their mascot is Big Ole, the Swedish sommelier.
Actually this is a DM Intervention… You have to bring all your Players together and have a open and honest discussion about the situation. Using positive words, and expressing honest feelings, talking about what is positive about your DM, and also being honest about how the problem has hurt you …. Brett is Soooo gonna hose this puppy, or he’ll fire the catalyst shot into Sam’s posterior that no one is expecting…. calling 50/50 on this one 😉
MMMMM..beef and noodles…
What is the age range of the cast? My brain screams “late hi he school” but that can’t be right.
I would think young to mid twenties based off their looks and resumes.
See, this is the point were Amy should basically point to Brett, Carlos, Trevor and Charlie and tell them to GTFO. Seriously, Brett’s particular brand of douchebaggery is not going to be helpful to a depressed person.
I could be wrong, but I am not reading Sam as depressed so much as having his confidence severely shaken specifically over DMing. Having his friends rally around supportively and tell him that he’s an awesome DM and they love playing games with him might be exactly what he needs right now.
Also Nana’s beef and noodles.
Here’s the thing though, confidence is a part of it, but he’s also been through a traumatic injury. Depression is very common after that. It certainly hit me when I was in a similar position of having to rally the will and courage to just go to the bathroom.
I don’t know. I’ve been around a GM in this similar situation (my husband) and I always insisted that he talk to the rest of our group about how he’s feeling.
Jeannie is an excellent person to talk to, as she herself is a GM. She can be, as Amy put it, his ‘Emotional Jedi’ of understanding. But oddly enough, I believe Brett’s doucheness may have toned down due to his year long Santa-about.
If someone is in a situation like Sam, I believe they need as much positive support as they can get from like-minded people. HIs firneds are his like-minded people.
But, if you disagree with this, I have this to say:
Let’s agree to disagree, and just hope that, in the end Sam gets the friendly soft and fuzzies he needs.
Two boxes of wine and only ONE cheese platter? You’ve got that ratio all wrong. 😐
It’s Trevor. I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say he has a problem, but he’s not the least bit shy about booze. Remember Dungeon Run? Not just him and Jeanie after getting eliminated, but in round one too.
Ok, first things first: What is that expression Amy is talking about, because it sounds like a good one and none comes to my not-native-speaking mind.
Secondly, Brian, I hope you are right about the sweetness of this app, because as far as I know there is little to none programs for smartphones that have ever been done in a good way. And yes, I’m still sour about this effing endless scrolling every other website includes now because some degenerate thought he had the idea of the century… gods I wish I had one hour with him alone in some only half lit room.
“Loose lips sink ships” which comes from a wartime slogan… basically means a spy might hear you and torpedo your navy.
It makes you wonder if there are more she told and a long line of cameos out the door.
So, …if this is gonna be a Intervention Parties, does that mean everyone here in the comment section is invited? Cause I got the chips, salsa, burgers, and rum on the ready.
Just telling Brett? Not that funny, because Brett is the way he is. Telling *everyone*? Really funny, because the squad are who they are.
Awww…this is like that scene at the end of “It’s a Wonderful Life” where the whole town tells George Bailey what great things he’s done for everyone.
I’m kinda getting the feeling that feeling that I’m getting a different read on the situation than most folks. The way I see it, based off of Charlie’s dialogue, is that Jeanie only told Brett. And it was Brett who started running at the mouth and told Trevor, Charlie, and Carlos.
That’s what I assumed as well.
That seems possible, but what about Carlos? He clearly doesn’t know what’s going on.
Oh man. Carlos would earn some serious brownie points for bringin’ Nana’s cooking in my group.