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  • Gen Con Sunday – A Gentle Rain on Our Brilliant Ruin

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    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 &…

  • Gen Con Saturday – I’d Like To Add To The Inventory Of Holes, If I Can

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    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…

  • Gen Con Friday – The Leviathan Squirrel Is Friend-Shaped, But It Is Not A Friend

    Gen Con Friday – The Leviathan Squirrel Is Friend-Shaped, But It Is Not A Friend

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    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…

  • Gen Con Day One – Thursday

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    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…

  • Gen Con Wednesday

    Gen Con Wednesday

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    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…

  • Gen Con Monday/Tuesday – Days -2 & -1

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    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;…

  • Sunday: Day 4 :: Urban Shadows & The Hall Of Spending

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    Urban Shadows again. This time I went for something about as far from ‘normal person’ as possible, and played a ghost. I feel like I got the game more this time, the idea of using the influence of your group, the trading of debts to get things done, that sort of thing

  • Saturday: Day 3 :: Urban Shadows & Rapscallion

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    Urban Shadows is a game I’d heard of, but never played, and was down in the unfashionable “these will never come up” tail end of my event wishlist. Well, it did, and after some misgivings during the game, I’m glad it did. Urban Shadows is political urban fantasy, so there’s a lot going on with…

  • Friday: Day 2 :: Orc Stomp, CHEW, & Stealing Stories For The Devil

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    The Orc Stomp is a 5k allegedly fun run, which I, and a fair number of others, walk. I did it with Mini & Frank a few years back, found that I oddly enjoyed it, and so kept doing it; There’s a charity element, so I can pretend that it’s not completely about me, and…

  • Thursday: Day 1 :: Rapscallion, Avatar Legends, & the VIG Mixer

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    First up was Rapscallion; I’d never heard of this game prior to the event wishlist process, and I’m so very glad that I spotted it, because it was my standout game of the Con. Looking at the various documentation I have for events, I must have spotted it while looking for things to fill it…