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[felis_ultharus]

So we had a quiet, little party today. We played Gloom and talked, to celebrate the completion of my novel.

For the record, I'm already sixteen pages into another novel, first draft. It's going to be a lot funnier. I'm having a lot of fun writing it.

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[esprix.livejournal.com]

I bought Gloom but haven't played it yet. Do you like it?

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

It's a wonderful game - a lot of fun.

The rules say it's optional to create and continue a character's story as you play modifier cards on them. As a house rule, we make it required, so that each character has an ongoing story. The results are usually hilarious, and really make the game.

(For instance, in the first game I played, the owner of their character played "Mauled by a Manatee" and told us how a manatee launched itself out of the water at a seaside park and landed on him. An opponent played "Fell in Love," so the manatee and the character got married and lived happily ever after, after their embarrassing first meeting.)

[esprix.livejournal.com]

Awesome! The guy that started the local gaming meetup created a game called "Soaps" that we've played (and I love), and it's similar - you create a soap opera's story line day by day, and we encourage everyone to ham it up (of course, with plotlines like pregnant nuns in jail getting abducted by aliens, it's not too difficult to do). :)

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I couldn't join you guys but I'll see you tomorrow. Can you come to the library around 5h or do you want to meet somewhere else?

And I'd be happy to read it for you again when you're ready if you'll have me. ^_^

I find it hard to write funny. I can be funny by accident by funny by premeditation is a lot of work and often falls flat. For me anyways.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

I can meet at the library. Down in the Children's section?

For me, the difficulty is getting the level of humour right. I tend to go with surreal in daily life, but that doesn't work in a (mostly) realistic novel.

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'll be in the Children's section.