On the way back from said purchase I had my first “Hey, I know that guy” moment when I crossed paths with some folks I’d met on the VIG tour last year. (I think one of them is on the Gen Con forums, and cropped up as knowing me on a How’s Your Con Prep Going thread)<\/em> Shortly after getting back to the hotel I got a call from Tom from Indiana, who was up to his neck in work, but wanted to say “Hi”, so there are now clever plans<\/em><\/strong> to go & do coffee or something once he rolls into town tomorrow morning sometime.<\/p>\n Just before I started writing this update I got a text from some other Gen Con folks, Karen & Tom & The Family Lewis from somewhere in Michigan, so I may well be catching up with them later on this evening. Note:<\/strong> There were a crapload of Toms at last year’s Gen Con, or at least it seemed that way from the people I met. There was a Star Wars exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, conveniently located across the road from the hotel, so there went a couple of hours.
\nHe and his Crew had just rolled into town that morning.<\/p>\n
\nI passed on the trading card stuff from my VIG pack to their youngest last year, and he was honest & cautious enough to make sure I knew that some of it was rare & valuable stuff<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTom from Indiana, Tom from Michigan, Tom from Ottawa, and I’m pretty sure there was another Thomas as well, and three of those were at the same table<\/em> in the VIG lounge.<\/p>\n
\nT’was interesting, with various models, and some hands-on technology stuff to do with robots & mag-lev which were overrun with children.
\nSince I was there, I did the rest of the museum, and got to see evidence of the Earth spinning.<\/p>\n
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