An unexpected house move in late November derailed the last couple Atomic Altars getting shipped. Now I'm partly unpacked at the new place and just have to get the w...
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Christophor Rick
about 2 months ago
Atomic Altars Shipping
There's a Megaton Maiden game going on at Long Con. There's another coming up near the Goodman Fortress of I forget what they call it...in Indiana. ;) I'm not at ...
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Christophor Rick
about 2 months ago
Covid blows like the Atomic Altar on Detonation Day!
*/ climbs up on soapbox/*
I lost 3 whole days last week to being in bed with Covid. Thanks whomever didn't bother to NOT go to Gamehole Con that had symptoms and didn't bother ...
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Christophor Rick
2 months ago
Gamehole Con Game Report
So, in case you don't follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or Discord... here's how the weekend went at my favorite RPG-focused game convention, Gamehole 11!
4 games. 4 hours each, 7...
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Christophor Rick
2 months ago
Off to Gamehole!
Gamehole Con starts tomorrow and I've got 4 full games of Megaton Maiden... and these!
Not where I wanted to be at but it's close. I need to get a couple more done today and t...
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Christophor Rick
3 months ago
Countdown to.... DESTRUCTION!
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to drop a quick update for all you Atomic Altar Adherents... I think I'll just let the images do the talking, yeah?
So there you go. Atomic Altar...
An unexpected house move in late November derailed the last couple Atomic Altars getting shipped. Now I'm partly unpacked at the new place and just have to get the workbench set up so I can finish them. My apologies to the half dozen or so of you that have not received them yet. Here's a proof of life photo to show you I'm still working on them!
There's a Megaton Maiden game going on at Long Con. There's another coming up near the Goodman Fortress of I forget what they call it...in Indiana. ;) I'm not at either, but I LOVE hearing about it being run! Thanks Paul for the Long Con coverage!
DJ Foxy is running the Megaton Maiden at GameQuest in Ft. Wayne, and I'm just drumming up some interest. More coverage means more interest which sometimes translates into more sales which means I can put more time into the next big project (which I have not worked on for the last several weeks and am sorely behind schedule on).
I do have some things coming up soon, the nearest is Planet of the Cyclops Con where I've got 4 sessions. But I'm mostly on a break from cons until I get moved into my new place, probably even until Midwinter Gaming Convention locally in January.
I lost 3 whole days last week to being in bed with Covid. Thanks whomever didn't bother to NOT go to Gamehole Con that had symptoms and didn't bother to wear a mask, take a test (you get them free from the gub'ment) or like, not attend.
That level of selfishness is par for the course these days it seems and it makes me both angry and sad. Not only because I lost all the work time on the Atomic Altars I had planned, but also because it then spread to my kid and they lost out on a prime social opportunity in the big Halloween sleepover party they were supposed to attend on Saturday.
Fastest, biggest positive test I've had to date. :(
I'm not one to tell others how to live their lives and like RPG characters, I want everyone to have agency in their own lives and their own bodies. But when it starts negatively impacting the people around them and spreads out like ripples in a pond, that's where it has to stop. This is the second time that Covid from a convention has negatively impacted my life outside of the cons. The first was Gary Con 2023 where Covid then prevented me from even being onsite for the event that I help organize, The Midwest Gaming Classic, which is part of my day job. I'm tired of it. It makes me not want to go to physical conventions anymore. I cancelled my Rock Con attendance this coming weekend because I need to make it up to the kiddo somehow.
*/steps off soapbox/* */kicks soapbox into corner/* */grabs podium with Ophoric Labs logo on it/*
The Atomic Altar in Action
At Gamehole Con I hung out with my good friends Guys, Games and Beer. They're wonderful people doing the great work of interviewing people who make games, playing games, drinking beer and recording it for everyone to see later. Since they were short staffed near the beginning of GHC, I did a couple interviews (available on their Facebook and Youtube). Later in the con, they had me sit down and run them through the final encounter of Ziggurat of the Megaton Maiden including a top down camera of the action, and the electronic Atomic Altar. If you like what you see from them, click subscribe, like, follow or whatever. They're a great group, always fun to hang out with, always happy to lend a hand, and always down for some gaming action.
The added bonus here is that you get to see how I run part of the adventure! Hopefully a helpful piece of information for all those Judges about to set off into the wasteland.
Here's the video:
Trivia note: Tom, in the purple shirt, CNC'd the windows in the electronic Atomic Altars for me. ;)
So, in case you don't follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or Discord... here's how the weekend went at my favorite RPG-focused game convention, Gamehole 11! 4 games. 4 hours each, 7 players each 1 one-wire defusal. (accidental) 1 one-wire detonation. (intentional) 2 detonations due to hasty decisions. 28 characters started, 4 joined along the way, 8 survived for a 75% mortality rating. My dice in the last 2 games were muy caliente! 3-1 in favor of the Megaton Maiden! Thousands enter the Endless Army
One full group survived (the one-wire defusal).
One character in another group survived. He was a manimal and Glowburned to get a 32 Temporary Invulnerability. As most of the party was down he went after the Atomic Altar. His fatal flaw was he clipped all the wires with his claws and detonated it. That group also did not stop the reactor meltdown. It created at 100km wide atomic fireball. The manimal flew 48km, hit the ground and walked away because of the mutation (see below).
The survival group
My first 2 rolls of Game 3.
Cutting it close as that was bomb and game session timer.
Gamehole Con starts tomorrow and I've got 4 full games of Megaton Maiden... and these!
Prepare to meet your DOOM!
Not where I wanted to be at but it's close. I need to get a couple more done today and tomorrow morning. The design is basically just as I imagined it. A couple may be without tilt sensors as that has been the most problematic piece as they are far touchier than I had hoped. But for the most part, I've got them in there and in a position where should the box stay upright and not be moved TOO much during defusing it'll work just fine. I've left the battery connections outside. Everyone can decide if they want to open them to shove the battery in or just make a rule at the table that the power switch and the battery are instant detonations. That's my plan this weekend.
Also, because I want to showcase Megaton Maiden (which is why I'm running 4 packed sessions), I also put together the papercraft version. This time I used cardstock and that was WAY easier than me using standard thin printer paper. Here's how it turned out. After Gamehole I will put together a video on how to assemble it just so it's out there for everyone. It's not terrible but it does take a little patience (which I'm running thin on this week) and some dedication. Here are some pics of the papercraft build in progress.
So, I'm on track to start pushing out these electronic Atomic Altars next week after I fulfill pick ups this weekend at Gamehole. As I get them done they'll go out to the 10 or so of you that I won't see this weekend. :)
