All Comments on 'Gamers Pt. 05'

Thanks for dropping the clue re Jazz and her family. It's also obvious that Vee has feelings for Dean. Love these characters and the story. You are good!

I'm enjoying the details on the game development and the expression of some of Jazz's sapiosexual tendencies. One moment pulled me out of my immersion briefly, though:

"There were also long stretches of time where all I had to do was be physically present. It gave me lots of time to work on my new game idea. And plenty of free time to spend with Jazz."

Then, not too far later:

"I was gaming, and in my free time (which was less plentiful than ever), I was coming up with another game of my own."

Our narrator seems to have just contradicted himself.

I look forward to the next installments (whenever they're ready, don't rush). Keep up the good work!

Very well written- brings back the magic of being young and single and newly independent. Great balance of romance and excitement with realistic sexual interactions. Thank you AspernEssling!

i cant say enough your series is amazing. constant story somehow interwoven with hot scenes fluidily thank you for creating such an amazing series

I have to say that translate your history to my girlfriend will be a hard work. Your characters have lives of there own. Jazz character is great! I think I will borrow you some on her inside.

I am just coming across this for the first time. It is really making it hard for me do some necessary household things. I would die if I had to wait for all these chapters. My wife already thinks I'm a perv so that is working in my favor. I anticipate that soon Jazz will demonstrate why she isn't girlfriend material, not like Kasia but in some more real world decision that includes art but not Dean. I think he winds up with either Vee or Kasia makes a comeback. But since I think that there could be a character not yet in the mix as yet. Angie's weight loss might be a clue. But having already read the Bridge Club, it could be anything. And that is what makes them such good stories. Thanks for posting them here.

Very weird moral world in which Kashia is subject to opprobrium and parental punishment at the age of 19, for goodness sake. Suspension of disbelief thoroughly has its strings cut through and crashes to earth. Still needs proof reading.

Not really. You live at home, you follow the rules. If you don't, the door is over there, try not to let it hit you on the way out.

Besides, with the probability that the 'Rents are charging negligible rent while the kids are attending Uni, dealing with such is easier than finding the money for rent and school.

Remember sitting down for a night of Kingmaker in college, first game ended at 9 pm second round called a draw when someone glanced up and said "hey it's light out"

I have two copies of Kingmaker the 1976 original and the 1983 second edition. We play it still, along with Samurai, Machiavelli and Imperial Governor. Their are four of us have gamed for 40 odd years. We play every Saturday night with fail excepting Xmas.

If not boardgamiing then tabletop with miniatures.

Am loving this story.

5/5

I seem to be in the middle of an AspernEssling reread festival (b/c these stories are awesome), and I keep finding stuff that's really brilliant and insightful that I noticed before but never commented on. If you ever want to see a person at their absolute best, figure out how to get them to relax and talk about something they're really passionate about. You'll know when you've done it right because you'll totally fall in love with them. AE captures that when Jazz prods Dean to describe games AND his friends. It's a brilliant and insightful scene.

Sadly, the games lose the momentum of the story. The Game recitals add reality at the cost of interest.

When you reread the story... Argh the buildup is killing me!