Cliff, Lola and Biddy

Joined TC and LPO for Sydcon 2012. "The Portal Under The Stars" ("Dungeon Crawl Classics" RPG) saw each of our group of six players controlling three 0th-level characters - mine were a guild beggar, a farmer and a forester - as we sought our fortunes and took the first steps towards becoming real adventurers in an old-school critter'n'trap-filled underground complex. "The Kenross Betrayal" ("Star Wars" RPG) cast us as six different types of Imperial Stormtroopers - I was the hotshot pilot - and involved a missing squad, alien races, battle droids, a Tasmanian tiger employed as a bloodhound, speeder bikes, an AT-ST, thermal detonators, and incompetence and corruption within the Empire. In between sessions, we scoffed counter meals and quaffed Fat Yak at the Toxteth Hotel. Cracking schnitzel, Gromit! Afterwards, T. kindly dropped me home, where I endured a viewing of "Doctor Who - The Angels Take Manhattan", fired off an email about it to JH, PB and RS (we've been privately dissecting every painful episode this series), and bought a ticket for Sydney FC vs. Newcastle Jets...or, in marquee player terms, Alessandro Del Piero vs. Emile Heskey. Best get a few hours' shuteye. I have a phoner to do at 7am.