Strange Alchemy

It has been a while since we have played on a regular basis.  As usual, when I want to play I can't find a reliable group to commit, and now when I wasn't looking to play, I have a potential list of 15+ players seeking to - too many to manage.  Such is my life.  Still, you can't keep a bad man down, and I think I have developed a model that will allow us to play on regular basis.  I have a very modest campaign sketched out and will even try to document some of it here.  The campaign will be called Strange Alchemy. An Andy Holmes, Elder Tunnels, and Trollszine inspired campaign in which alchemy will play a large role.

2020 Hall of Fame

 Alas, 2020 didn't see much T&T action either, so no one qualified for the Hall of Fame.

Update and 2019 Hall of Fame

We haven't been playing too much T&T lately.  Alas, no one met the criteria to enter the Hall of Fame, so there will be no one admitted for 2019.

Update & 2018 Hall of Fame

I'm a little late getting this post up this year ("I don't feel tardy").  The character being inducted into the Hall of Fame for 2018 is Zircon Icemaw, dwarf warrior and master carver of bones, played by Alden.  This is also Alden's first character entered into the Hall of Fame.  T&T has rather fallen away this past year due to everyone being so busy.  We'll see what comes this year.

Update & 2017 Hall of Fame

While I don't get around to posting on here too much, we are still playing T&T a fair bit, slowly chugging away in our Master of the Moon campaign.  The PCs have rescued a long forgotten imprisoned prince, re-establishing the line of the Kingdom of Darkhold and fulfilling a prophecy; performed several assignments for Master Threnody of the Free Explorers Society (Delvers' Guild); explored sections of Mandrake Castle (the tent pole megadungeon of the region) killing necromancers and plenty of undead; had run ins with the Army of Peace soldiers (Lerotra'hh's army) stationed near Khosht; discovered the secret behind the old hermit's tower; and lots more that I'd need to review my notes to recall.

As is also our tradition, this year we are inducting Lunafilus Circaeum into our Hall of Fame.  Lunafilus is an erudite human wizard - more 'erudity' than most, with 'scheschmonic schminschmight'* - played by Aeddon.

*An attempt at veiling a Talent in Demonic Insight that took his co-players all of three seconds to figure out.

2016 Hall of Fame

The character added to our Tunnels & Trolls Hall of Fame for 2016 is Terra the Troll, played by Nikki Fink.

End of Trollhalla

Probably not news to anyone, but Trollhalla will be going away permanently in less than a month.  The Inner Sanctum hasn't been accessible for months and soon the Outer Sanctum will gone.

2015 Hall of Fame Inductee

Every year we induct a new character into the Hall of Fame.  This time it is Flynce Bardsturd, a hobbit "bard" played by one Greg of the Hill of Burgers.  Greg is my veteran player going back to the very beginning, now no longer able to play due to losing his vision.  A sad state for T&T players everywhere.  Raise a glass for Flynce and to mourn the loss of Greg's vision - may Lerotra'hh grant him sight in the next world.

Uncle Al

I've been sick for over a week now, missing work.  I haven't done much besides sleep and cough, but I've done some reading and T&T prep work for the new campaign.  I've also watched movies and videos - something I normally only do once a week or sometimes even less.  Anyway, I've seen four documentaries on Uncle Al and his "son" Jack, which have a lot of great ideas for gaming: magic (or -k, as he would prefer), adventures and quests, grimoires, demons and entities, rituals, roguery, mind altering substances, wizard guild politics, romance (in all meanings of the word), betrayal, and so forth. So, I guess it hasn't been a total loss.

     Aleister Crowley: Legend of the Beast by Matthew Sheppard
     Aleister Crowley: The Beast 666 by Neil Charnaud
     In Search of the Great Beast 666 by Joss Ackland
     Jack Parson: Jet Propelled Antichrist by Daniel Zuckerbrot

Clearly, documentarians need to be a little more creative when titling their films....