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  • Gen Con Sunday – A Gentle Rain on Our Brilliant Ruin

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    This was my earliest event of the con, at 9am, and it was a bit of a struggle. This doesn’t speak well for my transition back into working life. In previous years I’ve done early morning podcast recordings, or 5k runs, though at this particular moment I’m not sure how. The game that Tom &…

  • Gen Con Saturday – I’d Like To Add To The Inventory Of Holes, If I Can

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    Saturday morning had been an empty spot for a while, but I eventually found something to play; A cozy GM-less game called Good Soup, about woodland animals making soup for travelers. Sadly, the game session was cancelled just before Gen Con, so I went with one of the other options, a Grimdark SF Horror game…

  • Gen Con Friday – The Leviathan Squirrel Is Friend-Shaped, But It Is Not A Friend

    Gen Con Friday – The Leviathan Squirrel Is Friend-Shaped, But It Is Not A Friend

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    This was my “8 hours of RPGs in a row” day. I don’t like to have two events back to back, especially not in different hotels, but sometimes it just works out that way. We (Tom, Naomi, Jay, & I) were trying to arrange for a game we could all play in, but I misjudged…

  • Gen Con Day One – Thursday

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    With the JW Hotel Buffet non-operational & non-existant, I was forced to forage for breakfast. By which I mean that I got a breakfast sandwich from one of the ICC foodcourts, which was also an accessway to the skywalk to another hotel, and contained a few food carts or stalls. I am pleased to report…

  • Gen Con Wednesday

    Gen Con Wednesday

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    Not sure whether I can legitimately blame Indy construction for the elevators in a parking structure not working, but I’m going to do so anyway. Didn’t affect me directly, but did affect the wheelchair using friend who parked there & discovered the problem; They did manage to find a space on the floor with skywalk…

  • Gen Con Monday/Tuesday – Days -2 & -1

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    As part of a speed-run of American Things, we went to Waffle House for breakfast, and while I don’t think anybody actually had a waffle, I think it counts as an authentic American Stuff experience. The place looks like that small diner from every TV show or movie, which I’m told is a design choice;…

  • Auckland to Indy

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    I can’t entirely remember why this trip was divided into two days. It might be as simple as “that’s how the flight times worked out”, but it may also be that I wanted to try breaking the trip in Los Angeles. Got to say, I don’t think it worked the way that past me intended…

  • A Few Photos From Auckland

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  • Nadi to Auckland

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    Departure day is always a bit weird for me, but I think this one went as well as could be hoped for. It was an evening flight, and I ‘booked’ a taxi for 4, so I had time to kill. ( The booking process was “what time? ok, I’ll see you then” ) Got breakfast…

  • Garden of the Sleeping Giant

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    This was my one Official tourist thing of the trip. The hotel were really keen on booking stuff for me, because I don’t think they really understood the idea of a “do nothing & wander around’ sort of holiday, but all their offerings were tour packages which … Didn’t really work for me. I know…