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  • Fiji Photodump

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  • LA to Fiji

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    In hindsight, I could have stashed my bags with the hotel & gone to do something touristy with the day, but not getting into the hotel until midnight didn’t make for a high energy day. My timing was pretty good getting back to the airport, and I got there about a half hour before the…

  • Indianapolis to LA

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    A journey not without its surprises. I’d booked a relatively late flight, working on the theory that it would give as much Wiggle room as possible for getting to the airport; worst case, it’s a nice airport to hang out in, because it’s basically a mall with planes. Even landside is pretty nice. There was…

  • Origins Game Fair Sunday

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    The escalators were ridiculous in the morning. When I set out to deliver the ridiculous game box to Tom’s truck, the lobby on my/our floor was packed with people & cases & carts & strollers, so I walked down the stairs instead. 12 floors holding a 20lb box away from your body so that you…

  • Origins Game Fair Saturday

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    Things were a lot more crowded today, which makes sense because it’s the weekend. That said, it still wasn’t Gen Con levels of crowded; It was never difficult to move around the halls. I tried out the hotel buffet for breakfast, just because I woke up earlier than I’d really intended to and I figured…

  • Origins Game Fair Friday

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    Demoed: Learned About: The Battlezoo folks look as though they’re having so much fun. A chance comment about the revised/relaunched Twilight 2000 game led to a conversation with one of the other attendees about the game Dark Conspiracy; He’d never run into anyone else who’d ever run it. Sounds like his players were way more…

  • Origins Game Fair Thursday

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    I played more demos on this day than I have in the entirety of my Gen Con attendance. Also found out about a bunch of other games but didn’t demo them. We got premier badges for Origins, because we are elitist snobs it made getting a downtown hotel easier, and this includes getting into the…

  • Indianapolis to Columbus

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    It took us a while to find the convention centre once we got situated in the hotel. It’s kind of a maze in places, and the signage, to me at least, works along the assumption that you already know the layout; Directions to specific things in the centre, not to the place itself. The route…

  • Chicago to Indianapolis

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    Slept well, and woke up at a sensible time. Well, sensible enough; There was sunshine & the hotel restaurant had coffee. ( there was an actual ‘Mr Coffee’ coffeemaker in the room, and I discovered why you don’t put too much water in the reservoir of those things. fortunately it was in a little tray,…

  • London to Chicago

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    The hotel didn’t have AC, but did have windows that open a bit, so I could get some cooling effect & got a decent amount of sleep, admittedly in “only my feet are under the covers” mode. Woke up a little bit before my alarm.Hotel breakfast wasn’t as crowded as I’d dreaded. ( there was…