Extreme PFS: Gaming in the Arabian desert

[Barwickian]

As part of a Gulf Roleplaying Community social trip to the desert outside Dubai, several of us in the UAE PFS lodge played a couple of sessions.

Here's the story (and pictures) - The Dice Must Flow: PFS in the Desert.

[GM Lamplighter]

Very cool!

[Carla the Profane]

Sweet.

[Khelreddin]

Wow, that's amazing!

[Michael Brock]

Yeah, that is very cool. Thanks for sharing!

Now, which lodge is going to do No Plunder, No Pay?

[LackofFocus]

That is pretty awesome.

[Barwickian]

Well, over breakfast in the desert we discussed renting dhows for a nautical gaming trip near the Straits of Hormuz... No Plunder No Pay might suit. ;)

[Big Joe]

That looked like a lot of fun.

[David Neilson]

You mean somewhere Pirate Appropriate?

[DesolateHarmony]

Hey, Rob! No Plunder, No Play at sea. I'll sign up. Moss Landing has good boat rentals.

[Draco Bahamut]

I don't know any lodge playing in the Amazon rainforest, but someday i want to play inside the closest thing we have of the darklands, the Ccavern complex inside the Chapada Diamantina park here in Brazil. Or maybe Iguazu Falls.

[David Neilson]

There are plent of cavern complexes. Maybe an attempt to play some of the Five Kings Mountain related scenarios in a salt mine?

[Hmm]

Thanks for providing my morning bit of awesome!

Hmm

[havoc xiii]

That was awesome!!

[Barwickian]

I've looked into caves for our area. The only major complex is not open to the public, only known cavers by invitation.

Now, the only 'known caver' I know is Matt, who played his first PFS session with us in this desert session (the night-time one, Citadel of the Flame).

It's looking like the mountain-top session will be easy (one of the world's best driving roads leads to the cafe atop Jebel Hafeet), the sea-going session is doable with cash (just hire the dhows), and the cave... that will require some planning and a few Diplomacy rolls.

Forest sessions are way out. This is a desert.

However, my wife is Kenyan, and we spend as much time as we can in East Africa. I've already inducted several Kenyan friends and relatives into PFS. Let's not rule out a session in the Maasai Mara.

What I'm delighted about is that several people are thinking along the same lines. Take PFS out of the living rooms, the game shops, the coffee shops. Do something wild. Show me what you've got. Use the land around you.

Europeans, you have castles and ancient forests. You have deserted medieval villages, caves and mountains. Americans, you have mountains, caves and forests. Everyone, wheresoever in the world they may be, has a world on incredible beauty around them.

A world of incredible beauty to game in.

I've shown you mine. You show me yours. ;)