Last night I kicked off my latest adventure playtest, with Stan!, Jason, oni_anne, and Sigfried. It went well, with a lot of laughs, some fine character concepts, and helpful commentary on the hook and the opening encounters. Yes, I should have downloaded the Game Mechanics' freebie initiative cards before they game, but it worked out. I've already got a good set of modifications and additions, and we just played through the first four encounters or so.

Stan has this habit of sketching quick cartoons during gaming sessions, and it was the same last night. They're always pretty damn funny: silly cultists during Cthulhu games, foolish dwarves and rubber halflings during the playtest. They're always done rough and ready with ballpoint, but I think their immediacy is a big part of their charm.

I hope he'll post a few on his site, or maybe we'll see some of the jokes in one of his drawings down the road. I keep thinking he could collect these as a "From the Gaming Table" page-a-day for gamers, but I keep forgetting to suggest it. Consider it suggested.