Category: Gen Con
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Gen Con Sunday – A Gentle Rain on Our Brilliant Ruin
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 &…
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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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Leaving Town On A Monday
Didn’t have the post-con blues, but certainly had the post-con exhausteds. Had a very leisurely morning, packing up the room and doing a final check and rebalance of the suitcases before checking out and storing my bags for a few hours. Just kind of wandered around looking at the rapidly vanishing remnants of the con,…
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Sunday: Predation & Closing
The day started with VIG swag; Well, technically with a shower & getting dressed, but then VIG swag. There was a lot of it, but I have essentially no luggage space, so Naomi+Jay very kindly swung through the JW in their truck & took it off my hands to give it a good home. We’d…
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Saturday: Rapscallion, Brindlewood Bay, & Old Gods Of Appalachia
This was my three-game day; Rapscallion, Brindlewood Bay, & Old Gods Of Appalachia; 12 hours of games, though maybe a smidge less as some of them finished early.
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Friday: Psychic Trash Detectives
Today’s game was Psychic Trash Detectives, and it was great; Immediately went out & bought the game. I probably could have used the afternoon more effectively, but I had fun, so I’m happy with it. Got down to the stadium just to see it, and picked up a few things for myself & others at…