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  • Getting There

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    There, in this case, being a town outside of Indianapolis where I’m staying with friends because the downtown Indy hotel rates for that weekend were insane.

  • A Half A Day In Rotterdam

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    It’s been a while since i posted here, but … Haven’t been doing much travelling lately, nobody wants to hear about needful but unpleasant trips to to the dentist, and if I posted work-related stuff I’d probably get fired.However, I had a couple of days of “use it or lose it” leave to use before…

  • The Client App I Use Prompted Me, So I’m Answering, To See What Happens

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    If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? I’m thinking some kind of subscription-model gaming cafe. It’d probably only make sense in a place where housing is sufficiently small that gaming space is at a premium, so that it’d make sense to book a space somewhere. Bonus if you could…

  • Heading Back

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    Walk to the JW, Taxi to the Airport, Flight to Chicago, Airport Transit to T5, Long-Ass line for Security, Flight to Dublin, Flight to Heathrow, Train into Paddington, Tube to Marylebone, Train to Princes Risborough, Rail Replacement Bus to Aylesbury, Walk to the Travelodge. Gave myself plenty of time with an afternoon flight so I…

  • The Monday After

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    Once they start packing up Gen Con, it happens really quickly. By Monday morning, after I’d packed the suitcase & checked out, there were signs in various stages of dismantlement, most of the Gaming Hall was clear, and the Exhibit Hall was a mass of boxes and people packing up their stuff. I normally stay…

  • Sunday: Day 4 :: Urban Shadows & The Hall Of Spending

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    Urban Shadows again. This time I went for something about as far from ‘normal person’ as possible, and played a ghost. I feel like I got the game more this time, the idea of using the influence of your group, the trading of debts to get things done, that sort of thing

  • Saturday: Day 3 :: Urban Shadows & Rapscallion

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    Urban Shadows is a game I’d heard of, but never played, and was down in the unfashionable “these will never come up” tail end of my event wishlist. Well, it did, and after some misgivings during the game, I’m glad it did. Urban Shadows is political urban fantasy, so there’s a lot going on with…

  • Friday: Day 2 :: Orc Stomp, CHEW, & Stealing Stories For The Devil

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    The Orc Stomp is a 5k allegedly fun run, which I, and a fair number of others, walk. I did it with Mini & Frank a few years back, found that I oddly enjoyed it, and so kept doing it; There’s a charity element, so I can pretend that it’s not completely about me, and…

  • Thursday: Day 1 :: Rapscallion, Avatar Legends, & the VIG Mixer

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    First up was Rapscallion; I’d never heard of this game prior to the event wishlist process, and I’m so very glad that I spotted it, because it was my standout game of the Con. Looking at the various documentation I have for events, I must have spotted it while looking for things to fill it…

  • Wednesday: Day 0 :: The Con Begins, & The Stink Occurs

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