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Get Him Back
Apr. 26th, 2023 11:07 amIt was a good convention. 90-95% good, anyway. I had full tables of four players for all three of my Blade Runner games, and that was frankly gratifying. Players had good times, and everyone had some kind of emotional reaction to the reveal about implanting Replicants with traumatic memories. I got to play in a Dragonbane game, and that was a good time, too. Great player mix.
Not so great - driving in Lexington remains absurd. And despite the description of my games as being for 13+ only, one dude brought his young kid to the table, and that wasn't great for me or the other players. To make this worse, dude is the organizer of a con I'd thought about trying sometime, but if he can't bother reading - or honoring - the description of someone's game, my interest in supporting his show is limited.
Lexicon's organizers posted attendance numbers and they're good. This was the biggest con to date, with 701 attendees. The game rooms felt full, and I saw decent traffic at the vendor tables. Deiter had a good-sized Goodman table in a very good spot. He sold through the stock of softcover DCC cores and moved a lot of the hardcovers, among other things.
On the Free League side, the huge amount of material in the Blade Runner starter box sold people on that beauty, and some of my players said they wanted their own copy.
I got to hang out with Ben Parks, newly returned to Lexington, and that was worth the price of attendance. Hotel was comfy, but lacking in 'Net connectivity. Got breakfast at Tudor's one morning - I'd forgotten how big their biscuits are, and ordering two was a slight mistake.
It was a good weekend, and if I can, I'll go back next year. Next on the schedule is Charcon, and I think I'm going to swing back to DCC for that one - partially because the following weekend is DCC Day, and that's going to be a good one.
Not so great - driving in Lexington remains absurd. And despite the description of my games as being for 13+ only, one dude brought his young kid to the table, and that wasn't great for me or the other players. To make this worse, dude is the organizer of a con I'd thought about trying sometime, but if he can't bother reading - or honoring - the description of someone's game, my interest in supporting his show is limited.
Lexicon's organizers posted attendance numbers and they're good. This was the biggest con to date, with 701 attendees. The game rooms felt full, and I saw decent traffic at the vendor tables. Deiter had a good-sized Goodman table in a very good spot. He sold through the stock of softcover DCC cores and moved a lot of the hardcovers, among other things.
On the Free League side, the huge amount of material in the Blade Runner starter box sold people on that beauty, and some of my players said they wanted their own copy.
I got to hang out with Ben Parks, newly returned to Lexington, and that was worth the price of attendance. Hotel was comfy, but lacking in 'Net connectivity. Got breakfast at Tudor's one morning - I'd forgotten how big their biscuits are, and ordering two was a slight mistake.
It was a good weekend, and if I can, I'll go back next year. Next on the schedule is Charcon, and I think I'm going to swing back to DCC for that one - partially because the following weekend is DCC Day, and that's going to be a good one.