Everything Is Dolphins - Release Party This Sunday in Brooklyn

Regretfully I won't be able to make the Everything Is Dolphins release party, as I'll be at my nephew's birthday party, trying to sneak in part of the Jets game while I'm at it. Still, I enjoyed my time playing EID at Games That Can Not be Named last winter and I'm happy I have my limited and numbered copy :)

If you are in the NYC metro area the party kicks off at 5 PM and runs till midnight at 20 Meadow Street in Brooklyn.

Complete details are at the Everything is Dolphins Facebook page.

(edit: Everything is Dolphins is the classic Sega Game Echo the Dolphin converted to a pen and paper RPG by someone that might have been really "happy" on something while writing it. Don't take it too seriously and it's a blast to play. Ask why dolphins only swim along a 2 dimensional up/down left/right axis and how they are allowed to acquire harpoon guns and this game probably isn't for you)

A Game That Can Now Be Named - Everything is Dolphins

Yep, we're now allowed to talk about some of the games we've played at the weekly Games That Can Not Be Named (next session is Wed, 2/15/12 from 7 to 11 at night, 138 Sullivan Street NY NY at the SoHo Digital Arts Gallery - tell them Tenkar sent you, maybe they'll stamp my card or something).

So, what game am I talking about today?  I'm talking about Everything is Dolphins (which just started a Kickstarter funding drive).  Yep, I'm here and I'm talking Dolphins Yo!

Alright, so, here's the skinny.  I was quite crestfallen when I heard there was a game of OD&D, being run by one of Gygax's early players in EGG's home campaign, and I was being shuffled off to play some Dolphin Game.  That was three weeks ago.

So it was quite surprising that within 15 minutes of playing Everything is Dolphins, not only did I forget there was an OD&D game going on, but I was also quickly getting the hang of playing a dolphin in a game vaguely reminiscent of the Sega Classic: Echo, The Dolphin.  Especially since I had had a harpoon gun as my sole artifact, and I wasn't afraid to use it.

I had a blast playing this game.  It reminded me a bit of Toon, in that it worked best once I accepted that silly was fun.  Lethal silly, almost on the levels of Oh Shit! Run!, but as character generation takes like 5 minutes (2 if you aren't fighting over access to the rule book), dying ain't no big deal.

Oh, and if you do fun the Kickstarter for Everything is Dolphins, I can tell you that you won't be getting Pre Release Test Copy 6 of 10.  That one is mine ;)