Well, it all came together well — the Chinese Hollow Earth Expediiton game finished the first “serial” tonight. The characters located the monastery of the mysterious White Lotus group who had captured the body of the mellified man, Prince Yinreng of the Qing Dynasty, in 1799. The final night was a stealthy infiltration of the monastery by the characters, archeologist/grave robber Dr. Hannibal Drake, adventurer Jack McMahon, Chinese gangster Roland Kessik, and street urchin Shanghai Sally, an 11-yer old girl.

They found their mellified men, four of them, but were unable to move the coffin-size confections from the place. They were captured, threatened with mellification, escaped, and were chased by dozens of killer monks.

Some of the better lines of the night: the inimitable (and often idiotic) Jack McMahon, cornered by killer monks with Shanghai Sally, “Hold it right there! I’ve got a pre-teen and I know how to use her…not the way your thinking…”

Shanghai Sally on their new mellification, “They wanted to make you delicious.”

Jack McMahon, following his being beaten unconscious in a single round by a 12 year old monk, “How many were there?” They point to the tied-up monklet. “We never speak of this…”