Author: Craig
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Auckland to Indy
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…
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Nadi to Auckland
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…
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Garden of the Sleeping Giant
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…
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LA to Fiji
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…
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Indianapolis to LA
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…
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Origins Game Fair Sunday
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…
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Origins Game Fair Saturday
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…
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Origins Game Fair Friday
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…