A fitting quiz
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Season Four - Many people don't like you because
you're dating the wrong guy, but I'll admit to
finding you my favorite. You're still a
college kid, but you're smarter than ever, and
your episodes are turning out better and
better, showing an edge that we didn't know you
had. Your best episode is
"Restless," a perfect cap to the
Scooby dynamic.


Which Season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Are You?
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Yesterday, the "World of Insufficient Light" game ended prematurely. The game had problems and everyone's enthusiasm about the game was pretty low. This was not due to any particular person or situation but a mixture of problems. Rather than continue a so-so game I spoke to the group (that was there) and it was decided to end the game and try something new.

We spoke of a few options. We talked about starting a straight Vampire:The Masqerade game. We talked about Nobilis. In the end, we decided that Buffy: The Vampire Slayer was the best option. It fits my GM style and the whole group was pretty excited about the idea.

Learning from the mistakes I made in the last two campaigns I ran (Changeling and the WoIL game), we started it right this time. We started by talking, as a group (at least the players who were there) about what we wanted in the game and how our characters should interact. I've said here before that one of the most important parts of GMing is listening to your players, but I've never asked before starting planning a game, "what do you guys want?" It works. I'm excited about the game and they are.

The game will be set in Ann Arbor. This is the first time I've set a game in a city that everyone in the game is already familiar with. It should be interested.

So, after a character creation session we have (no character names yet, just concepts):

me- Director (aka GM)
Carla- The Slayer. A little more Faith than Buffy. A freshman at the University of Michigan.
John- The Watcher. A teacher of Ancient History at Uof M and an Archeologist, as well as being a vampire-hunter in his own right.
Jarrod- The geeky beginning warlock. Basically Andrew from Sunnydale...without the supervillain thing. A UofM freshman.
Matthew- The beginning witch. With skills that differ from "Andrew" above, she's a witch with an attitude. A UofM freshman.
Mark- The super-science geek. A UofM Freshman.
Kris- The "Rogue Demonhunter." Kris is not sure yet of the details, but she is fairly certain she wants to be some sort of demonhunter.