players: Ed, Ronnie, Ben, Seth

“Volcanoes can’t fly!”
“Heat rises! It’s basic thermodynamics!”

We used a playset for making a low budget, terribly edited and conceived movie. In other words, a masterpiece of imagery and metaphor. Metaphor!

Seth was our brave facilitator and might have won the character creation round as Dick Bullet, Peter Dinklage look-a-like and porn star. Ed and I were natural enemies: underpaid fire-fighter and volcano expert. Nuptial bliss! Ronnie on the other hand drew “hardest character concept to play”, Schrodinger’s Cat. At one point he got seduced by my disgruntled wife despite a) his belief that other people were cats and b) his allergy to cats ("I’ve got Claritin…" *chicka-chicka*)

I don’t think I’ve ever yelled Hitler so many times in my entire life. I blame the playset, which threw Hitler into our movie plot — and as it unfolded, many many Hitlers. Ever have those gaming moments when you look away from your table and wonder what everyone else in the room thinks you're doing (talking about elves and whatnot)? Usually I don't, but after we shouted about Hitler for a few hours — his beliefs, whether or not he was a real person, and whether Leonardo DiCaprio would return to play him in Act III — I really, really did.