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Category: Gen Con

  • Tuesday: Day -1 :: Newfields Art Museum, & The Con Slowly Appears

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    Went to the Newfields Art Museum with Tom, where there was a multimedia Van Gogh exhibition; https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/the-lume-van-gogh-indianapolis-museum-of-art

  • Monday: Day -2

    Monday: Day -2

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  • Holiday 2023 Officially Begins

    Holiday 2023 Officially Begins

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    Going against almost every packing habit of the last 5 years, most of my stuff is loosely/badly packed in the suitcase so that it’s not mostly empty & so that the British Snacks will have something to keep them from being bashed to fragments on the trip. The only things in the carry on are…

  • 29/7 – Flying Day

    29/7 – Flying Day

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    Slept ok. Odd dreams about JSON config & suffocation, or maybe config items set to turn the air off?T3 was empty as I left. T2 was madness.There are other/extra airlines using it, and the queues for those airlines are out the door & almost to the carpark. Aer Lingus check-in was less mad, but still…

  • 28/7 – That First Step Out The Door

    28/7 – That First Step Out The Door

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    Woke up stupidly early at 5amSent the travel plans email to Parents, read for a bit Coffee+Walk with Alex, who suggested Argos for a power bank.Did dishes, swept, unplugged everything, took out rubbish/recycling.Walked through the park to Argos, which has moved. Curry’s still there, bought power bank. Took many pictures of power sockets & windows;…

  • The Gen Con Schedule

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    Here’s how it looks; Not 100 on how I’ll fill that gap on Saturday, but I’m sure something will come up. All of the games are either in the JW Marriott ( it’s a convenient coincidence – I almost always stay there ) or in the Indiana Convention Centre ( over in the NE corner…

  • In Which Craig Looks At The Gen Con 2022 Event List

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    Being a listing of the things which I found by specifically looking for them by company or system, or just by scrolling through the list and spotting a name which made me say “What’s that about?” I have no idea how many of these I’m going to end up playing;Some are on the list because…

  • Gen Con (Online) 2021

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    For obvious reasons, I’m not going to be attending Gen Con in person this year; I’ll be doing the online variant instead. Last year they did an online version because there could be no in-person convention, this year they’re doing both, though the in-person one is reduced in number of people, number of events, and…