IOU for 4e

[Archangel Beth]

Alas, since the Impudite Princess of Cute far post-dates IOU, it's rather off the mark.

[AOTA]

I would love to see IOU updated to an expanded full color book. IOU has always been one of my most successful convention games I have ever ran.

[Michael Hopcroft]

I wonder what Swomi Tift is doing these days? what is GURPS' favorite scatter-brained genius up to?

One of the funnest games I ever had at a con was a GFURPS IOU game with Elizabeth McCoy GMing and Johnathan Linder III as my PC. Aside from my use of a bound wad of $50 bills as a psycholigical torture device, my favorite moment was when we found ourselves in the Bubblegum Crisis universe and I ended I saying "I... own... GENOM?!?" (which is the anime-fan equivalent of discovering you are going to grow up to be Lex Luthor).

[Almafeta]

Originally Posted by Michael Hopcroft

Aside from my use of a bound wad of $50 bills as a psycholigical torture device, my favorite moment was when we found ourselves in the Bubblegum Crisis universe and I ended I saying "I... own... GENOM?!?"

I am intrigued and would like to hear more.

[Archangel Beth]

*cackle* I remember that! I wasn't running that one -- I was just hanging around. My spouse (and co-author), Walter Milliken, was the GM then.

Mmmm, that was a fun one. Didn't Boomer-Jeeves come by to pick you up?

[Michael Hopcroft]

Originally Posted by Archangel Beth

*cackle* I remember that! I wasn't running that one -- I was just hanging around. My spouse (and co-author), Walter Milliken, was the GM then.

Mmmm, that was a fun one. Didn't Boomer-Jeeves come by to pick you up?

Yes. And we ran into Washu-chan, although just what Washu-chan was doing there I really have no idea.

the setup, if I recall, was that the group was supposed to be the ArchDean's guests for lunch and then ended up roaming around time and space. I remember Swomi Tift going utterly ga-ga upon meeting Spock, and that one of the other PCs actually managed to find time to ***** Captain Kirk.

[Archangel Beth]

*nodnodnodnod*

What excuse does Washuu-chan need to show up at IOU, though?

As I recall, you all eventually managed to get back before you left, and hid out in Jonathon's quickly-rented trailer-home-thing in the parking lot, and thus arrived quite on time for the lunch meeting.

And Swomi scored a tricorder off Spock.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Originally Posted by Archangel Beth

*nodnodnodnod*

What excuse does Washuu-chan need to show up at IOU, though?

She wasn't at IOU itself, she was in a lab in Megatokyo.

But Washuu-chan paying an occasional visit to the IOU campus would not be out of line. Or Ryoko, for that matter. In fact, I can even see Ryoko taking a temporary job at IOU as a PE instructor, constantly fighting with Ayeka who teaches Political Science.

As I recall, you all eventually managed to get back before you left, and hid out in Jonathon's quickly-rented trailer-home-thing in the parking lot, and thus arrived quite on time for the lunch meeting.

"Oh, and Jeeves?"
"Yes. sir?"
"Don't tell me about this."
"Yes, sir."

And Swomi scored a tricorder off Spock.

But we didn't get our lunch with the ArchDean.

[AOTA]

Originally Posted by Michael Hopcroft

But we didn't get our lunch with the ArchDean.

By the way did this game happen at Gencon perchance?

[Archangel Beth]

It did indeed happen at GenCon, as I recall.