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Category: Holiday 2017

  • This Year’s Gen Con Firsts

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    For the first time, a game with no female players was noticeable for that reason. There’s one game where I genuinely cannot remember, but I very much get the vibe that the gender ratio is very slowly shifting. Two different games had pre-teen players. That’s a new one on me. First time I’ve seen the…

  • On Navy Pier, Surrounded By Chicageau

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    There are a couple of really big statues North of the river. No idea who the other guy is, and it only now occurred to me t go and see whether there’s a plaque, but the vibe I’m getting is “Dude, I can actually see the rabbit in that hat; You are a terrible magician.”…

  • My Stupid YouTube Videos

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    I thought I’d see what the ‘share to WordPress’ option from YouTube did, to see whether I could post a link to the whole playlist. It works, but does want to call it “Watch “Holiday 2017″ on YouTube”, which … isn’t going to fly. I have low standards, but not that low. Here’s the Playlist;…

  • Who’s Yer State?

    Who’s Yer State?

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    Well, despite the shenanigans with the safe, or perhaps aside from the shenanigans with the safe, I got on the train out of Indy without issue. I don’t really have a picture of that happening, so here’s a picture of the Arts Garden off the Circle Centre Mall, hanging over an intersection like a Concrete…

  • The Things They Didn’t Carry

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    Chatting to the security lady last night while we waited for Lou from engineering, and the topic of lost property came up. Apparently the thing that had them run ragged for Gen Con was the stuff people forgot in their rooms, which housekeeping then found, and which had to be collected by security. Sometimes it…

  • Leaving Indy Early Hours Of De Morning

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    It’s 0511h, that’s the best I’ve got. As a side note, the announcements here at the combined Greyhound/Amtrak station are hilariously incomprehensible. I picked out the last few sentences, but as for the rest, I quite honestly understood more of the announcements on the Dubai Metro, and those were in Arabic. There were some late…

  • $wagrid

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    Starting with the VIG Free Stuff, to give a sense of the scale of the thing; OK, I say ‘free’. In reality, I paid a lot more for my badge, so that I can guarantee a close-by hotel. The swag above & below is a part of that, so in one sense it’s free, because…

  • Monday: The Moon Goddess Takes The Sun From Us

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    Steven & Moni checked out on Monday morning, with half of the vendor hall, it seems. I’m not 100% on this, but I think that’s a section of a Crystal Caste booth poking out from behind the suitcase. Did brunch with a friend from Chicago, for whom this was her very firse Gen Con, so…

  • Sunday; Closing Time

    Sunday; Closing Time

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    Badge-bling update. Something I’ve been doing this con is to have permanent & temporary badge ribbons. The Sponsor, Ally, and Contessa one stay, because they’re importent. Other ones, I’ll stick on, then take off again when I don’t care anymore, so I had a Gen Con Unofficial Facebook Group ribbon for a bit, and then…

  • Satyrday. Wasn’t playing any games with satyrs in them, I just wanted to use that punne

    Satyrday. Wasn’t playing any games with satyrs in them, I just wanted to use that punne

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    Firstly, a badge-bling update; I had a game out on the field at LucasOil Stadium, which was a surprisingly comfy place to game. The space just eats up the surrounding noise, so it was only when a crowd nearby started yelling that you really noticed what a huge space you were in. This one was…