A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts
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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…
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The Things They Didn’t Carry
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…
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Leaving Indy Early Hours Of De Morning
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…
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$wagrid
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…
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Monday: The Moon Goddess Takes The Sun From Us
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…
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Sunday; Closing Time
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,…
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Satyrday. Wasn’t playing any games with satyrs in them, I just wanted to use that punne
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…
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Friday: Cats, Nazis, & Bigfoots. Bigfeet?
Also an awful concert selfie from the TMBG concert on Thursday night. In that the selfie is awful, not the concert. The concert was awesome. And I now have the They Might Be Giants cover of “Bills”, by (I think)…
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When I Grow Up, I Want To Be A Flying Monkey
… and in today’s QAGS game, it happened Started out as a regular flying monkey, then took someone’s jetpack. Let’s unpack that a little, shall we? The game had us as a bunch of prisoners in Cadayland Super-Max. I was…
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Wear Your Badge At All Times
Picked up my badge & assorted paraphernalia on Wednesday, around midday. The colour stripe behind the badge is my ALLY badge ribbon from last year. In this situation, I suspect, it looks more like CLOSETED. The folks who do those…
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