{"id":2908,"date":"2017-08-22T19:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T18:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2017-08-22T19:33:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T18:33:48","slug":"wagrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=2908","title":{"rendered":"$wagrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting with the VIG Free Stuff, to give a sense of the scale of the thing;
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OK, I say ‘free’.
\nIn reality, I paid a lot more for my badge, so that I can guarantee a close-by hotel. The swag above & below is a part of that, so in one sense it’s free, because I didn’t buy or select it, but in another sense, I’ve paid for it.
\nFree Peanuts, not Free Beer.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Combined with the coffee urn in the VIG Lounge, that Mayfair Travel Mug thing was a lifesaver.<\/p>\n

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The gold Gen Con 50 die was part of the swag, the red Scotty’s die was a giveaway for eating there & ordering off the Gen Con menu.
\nI know folks who’ll eat there every day, just so that they get every day’s dice, as they are different colours. Me, I just can’t eat that many pickle chips.<\/p>\n

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Not sure what’s happening with the image rotations, but I can’t fix it on the phone, or at least on this <\/b> phone.<\/p>\n

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If this thing makes it back, in a soft-sided tramping pack, I’ll be amazed.<\/p>\n

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Probably the single most useful item I’ve ever had in a swag bag; 10,000 mAh power pack, solar and USB chargable, with two USB outputs and a lamp.<\/p>\n

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No idea.
\nDon’t know the game, but there wasn’t any kind of donation bucket, and I wondered what the die was like.<\/p>\n

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OK, on to the stuff I bought.<\/p>\n


\nThere’s a set of dice for each Gen Con, which makes a fun & useful souvenir.<\/p>\n


\nWhy yes, those are <\/b>solid steel Fate dice.
\nAnd a solid steel D20 the size of a golf ball.<\/p>\n


\nThey were out of the Masks RPG when I found the booth, but I got the cards anyway; I can buy the book online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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