Gen Con Day One: Squid, Sheep, Pasta & Moxie

I set an alarm this morning, then woke up a solid hour & a half before it.
~sigh~
Still, breakfast with steel-cut Oatmeal was good, and then, on my way to the VIG lounge, this happened;

We, by which I mean Tom & Stacy & I, ended up in the line for early VIG access about 45 minutes before the actual access was to happen, but once in the line there’s little incentive to leave it, even if staying there is stupid, so we nattered & stood & walked & eventually got into The Halls Of Spending.

My checklist with booth numbers came in handy, though I keep forgetting that a booth on aisle 1700 might face onto the connector between 1700 & 1800; Missed a number of places on a first look that way, and it took me a ridiculously long time to find Jeph Jacques, by which time he had no books left for the day – More coming tomorrow.

Mark from Campaign Coins remembered me from when we chatted last year, which was kind of cool.

I didn’t get video of the hoardes of people rushing into the hall this time, I was kind of wandering around with Frank, who didn’t want to be trampled by the aforementioned frenzied hoardes. From memory, we were chatting with people from the crew behind The Bob & Angus show, including meeting Claire the Intern & her puppeteer, which was just awesome.
Also met Bob & his puppeteer, but Claire came first, and was just so friendly & well-meaning.

Played in a Savage Worlds Blue Planet game which was kind of fun; The game’s not out yet, though it’ll hopefully be released in November.
There were only 4 of the six players there, and as a combination of that & some cleverness* we burned through the 4 hour scenario in 2 hours.
I picked a character with ‘squid’ on the sheet, but it turned out to be a modified human with gills, and only the standard number of tentacles; Still fun to play, as we got involved in salvaging a cargo of guns which everyone wanted.
* when being chased by goons, why NOT call the Harbour Patrol & report shots fired?

While wandering around post-game, I took a lap through the card/board games hall, and spotted the tables for demos of the My Little Pony CCG.
I must try this game.
Apparently setting aside about 45 minutes for a demo would be about right.
yessss

Tom & Stacy showed up at precisely the right time to tag along for dinner, and after approximately a billion hours of conversation, we ended up staging out in a multi pronged voyage to The Spaghetti Factory, where nobody had spaghetti, and the food was really good.
also, Tom very kindly paid for everyone

Post-dinner, I had a ticket for Games On Demand. I still didn’t quite understand the GoD system, but I got into a game of School Days, which was a hell of a lot of fun, and which came to a natural conclusion in a little over an hour. (it was a two hour slot, but the game was ending)
The guy running it is the guy who wrote it, and it’s a good narrative game about high school. We went with a Noir high school where a member of the Math Club had been murdered, and it was hilarious.

Finished up by eventually finding the cafe where Steve & Monica were hanging out, and, well, hanging out with them. Very good coffee, so if you’re ever in Indy, do hit Bees Coffee on Capitol; Try the Agave Latte.