No problem. My own posting has gotten far too sporadic.

I've been under the weather for the past two weeks with insufficient mental energy to post, and then Thursday morning the AC went out so I've been melting in 90-degree heat for the past 4 days. Tech finally got here yesterday and the AC was working fine when he left, but now it's out again! Aaargh!

Sorry Tyrol,

Will post later tonight..

I was wondering why my thread was standing still.

Did Ozrus find anything in the lead bars, GM?

GM?

Sorry. Fell down the rabbit hole again!

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 300):

What was down there?  Did you find anything good.  :)

FYI, I plan on waiting for Hsang's response before posting again in the bracers thread.

Nope. Still looking for the pill that'll make me larger...

Is anyone in the main chamber cause we just finished getting the boots?

I’ll be posting later today that we are leaving the cave and returning

Are there currently only six active PCs? How will that affect things once we collect all of the wonders?

I'm working on that.


So apparently it was my turn to get Covid, although a weaker strain. Culminated Monday night when I fell getting out of bed because I got dizzy and my legs were so weak they couldn't support me. After friends helped me get into a chair, called an ambulance to take me to the hospital for evaluation and testing. Everything else was clear but the test came back positive for Covid. Put some fluids in me, gave me a few prescriptions for me cough, and sent me home.

According to the doctor, I have had it for a few days, so Monday was the worst of it. Getting better, but I still feel like crap and a bit unsteady on my feet.

At least this explains why I've been feeling so crappy for awhile now.

Sorry to hear that. COVID is no fun. One of my kids caught it over the weekend too. And my whole household caught it back around January. It sucks. Get well soon!

Get better and get plenty of rest.  that was my best cure.

Probably should apologize for not posting an update here, but brain's been too tired to even think of doing that.

Getting better. Just slow.

How are things with you lately?

I'd like to say I seem to be getting better... slowly.

Slight cough still, tired and weak still, a bit unsteady on my feet so getting around is slow going. Not sleeping well, which doesn't help.

Went shopping for groceries the last two Fridays, but spent way too much time in the store, which apparently was overdoing it as it wiped me out for three days afterwards.

I also keep thinking I'm going to get back to my games any day now... I've now thought that for the past two weeks... and have only made a small dent.

Damn. I was just starting to get caught up...

As you may have heard, Southwest Florida where I  live got clobbered by Hurricane Ian. Once again, we've lost power. With Irma, we lost it for 10 days. It could be longer this time as a couple of substations got trashed and there's almost a million people without power now across the six counties.

Currently using my friend's hot spot from his phone, but there's still the problem of charging up my computer and his cell phone.

So, not sure how much I'll be able to post before we get power back. No gas stations are operable because their pumps are electrical and they don't have power either. Most stores were closed today, but a few restaurants managed to open to feed the people that can't cook at home now.

Lots of trees down, and some damage to houses and yards. Six houses on our block lost their back porches. Our fence barely survived, but it's leaning because the ground got so soaked. Lost a few solar panels. But other than that, made it through without any damage to the house (except the back porch (the lanai) is 50% gone) and we're all intact--people, cats and dogs.

Yea! Power's back as of Friday afternoon. Internet came back late Friday night. We thought it'd take long because we're at the tail end of a line and the telephone pole and transformer at the other end of the block were both lying on the ground because the pole had snapped in half!

Spent yesterday cleaning up, picking up the pieces, putting things back in place, and making sure nothing got burnt out. We'd unplugged the TVs and shut off the AC at the circuit box, so we seem to be okay.

Our two house cats keep wanting to go out on the back porch like they used to, but it's half gone, so that's not going to be an option for awhile.

Anyway, expect to get caught up on my games today.

Welcome back and glad that things are not as bad.  Just be careful about the back porch.  Don't want anyone or house cats falling

Alas, still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Ian. Estimates for property damage go as high as $258 billion! You can drive up and down the streets and about 1 out of every 20 houses have a blue tarp on the roof!

Our insurance assessor has been so busy that she can't get to us until the 6th! Doesn't look like insurance his going to cover much of our losses due to the deductible, though I suppose it depends on what the final cost estimates are. None of the individual items are going to run higher than the deductible, but together they might. Still, we'll never cover that deductible on our own anyway.


Apparently I'm also still picking up the mental pieces from having CoVid. Oddly and sadly, it may also stem from my gall bladder surgery back in 2017 that completely disrupted my biorhythms. Haven't been able to regain it.


Excuses aside, this is sort of a roll call. I'm willing to keep running the game (everyone rolls their eyes!) with only 3 players. Not sure how many are left here. Not even sure why those that aren't left. I suppose some of it may be my own lack of posting. Some, it seems, wanted to jump right into the Mythic part, but without knowing how people were going to post, I felt I needed to work them into it a little bit.

Anyways, so here's a couple of questions:

1. Who is still here and wanting to play?

2. Should I continue the game or is it time to delete it?

3. If I continue with only 3-4 players, run the others as NPCs or give all the Wonders to those that are still here?

4. Should I try to recruit new players?

I'm here and I would like to continue to discover the whole plot of the game.  Its very intriguing.

I would say to wait to see how many wish to continue before recruiting more.

I am still here and willing to continue. I would rather not have a ton of NPC player characters though if the game continues. In my opinion it would be more fun if all of the active green stars are PCs. Maybe the others can defend home base? Or maybe they all get taken out by a strike from the enemy? If all the inactive-player green stars go after the last wonder, they could fall into a trap or something and leave the rest of us to continue on without them. Just a potential idea.

As long as there are three of us, I would prefer not to recruit more. And if it is just Chess and I, it would probably be best to end the game here. Even good things come to an end sometimes.