Author: Craig
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Gen Con Saturday – I’d Like To Add To The Inventory Of Holes, If I Can
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…
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Gen Con Friday – The Leviathan Squirrel Is Friend-Shaped, But It Is Not A Friend
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…
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Gen Con Day One – Thursday
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…
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Gen Con Wednesday
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…
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Gen Con Monday/Tuesday – Days -2 & -1
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;…
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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…