There are a lot of Legos out there. Angel owns one of each of them, I’m pretty sure. Michelle comes in close second and I shoulda known that Tad would fit in — he’s a total Lego geek, too. It’s a tie — three against three. But we’re talking geeks here and well, it’s Angel’s shop we play in, so that means that me and Taj and Sarah are outnumbered. When you face superior forces, the smart choice is assimilation.
So, what sort of Legos are out there for girl gamers like us? The easy answer is All the Legos! All the Legos are “suitable” for girls. Cue the maniacal laughter.
I realized I’d been looking at the whole Lego thing the wrong way round. The possibilities of Legos in game are endless. I hope we’ll have a chance to test this theory. We’re planning on trying out the Firefly RPG next. And I was thinking How are we gonna handle the minis? I mean with playing Shackled City, it was easy to get minis for the game. With a futuristic, Wild West, space opera, um, where are you going to get minis?
Duh: Legos! A quick look on Google shows me that even I could come up with some sweet props for a Firefly game. So, I guess we can put away the Castle Legos for a while as we explore the universe of Serenity.
Legos Star Wars sets would be the obvious Legos to use for some of the props. Oh, and of course, Indiana Jones! Lucky for this cheapskate there are tons of used cheap Legos out there. It is fun to contemplate a new world to explore. A new gaming engine to learn and new stories to tell. I can’t wait to build my mini!
We’re (possibly) nearing the end of our Shackled City journey. I say possibly because as I said to Michelle last week — I was promised level 20 when I signed on. I’m just level 14 so that means that Shackled City can’t be over! She laughed, rolled her eyes and said “That’s if you do every little side quest!”
But, when we are done with Shackled City, Michelle is ready to put down the DM books and pick up a character sheet.
So here I am contemplating another night as guest DM. I haven’t mentioned it to anyone yet — I really enjoyed the one time I did it — but I’m not sure I’m very good. For my adventure set in Cauldron (at the tavern called Mary’s) I used a battlemap from our mini’s game. I think for my next try behind the screen, I’ll invest in some dungeon tiles.
I was delighted to find a great post about using tiles from a fellow RPG blogger — Sly Flourish. He’s playing 4e, but the ideas are the same.
We use a wet erase mat now, but I am not so good with stuff like that — I can’t draw; my proportions are all wrong…. dungeon tiles were made for people like me. And at $10 for a set of 30 tiles, I can just about convince my accountant (Debbie) that it’s a good investment!
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