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This Life
Welp, the last few days have been exciting.
About an hour after I posted the previous entry, I saw on the company Discord that someone had dropped out of the GenCon team. I filed it away for an hour or so before deciding to get in there and make this about me. And so my planned day trip to GenCon became a three-day working vacation.
Drove up to Indy Thursday night, taking over five hours thanks to construction up and down I-65. Got to the Hilton, chatted and got updates from the team, called it a night.
Wasn't scheduled to work Friday, so I decided I'd get in some time in the Exhibitor Hall and open play area. Headed to the R. Talsorian booth first off to get Danger Girl Dossier. Good fortune smiled on me, and I got to chat with Mike Pondsmith and Steve Jackson for a few moments. Went to Free League and Modiphius, striking out at both places, then drifted over towards the Goodman space. All around good dude Dieter Z was working a booth next to Goodman that was moving someone's overstock, so I got a copy of Night's Black Agents: Solo Ops for $10 - and would get The Dracula Dossier Director's Handbook for $10 on Saturday, leading me to swing by Pelgrane and just finally get the core book Sunday morning. I'm not made of stone, okay, and Mr. Laws and Mr. Hite were there and graciously signed the book and took a few moments to chat with a fan.
Saturday - taught one of our upcoming games, Buru. Very pretty, quite fun. Saw some of the Louisville folks. Played BattleTech. Had some tasty barbecue - brisket served over smoked gouda mac and cheese. Retired to the hotel for a nap. Dinner at Giordano's and boy-howdy do they serve up a killer deep dish. Turned down an invitation to a product release party.
Sunday, pickup game of a Shadowrun card game. Met a Discord acquaintance face-to-face. More Buru teaching. Closed down the Exhibitor Hall for the first time since 2019. Delicious tacos for dinner.
Drove home this morning.
A few big stories from the con:
The Disney TCG was in great demand, and GenCon screwed things up pretty badly Thursday morning after the publisher had set things up nicely. An orderly line - one that started forming at 6PM Wednesday - became an ugly mob around 7 Thursday morning.
A couple of dudes got into the hall staging area and stole about $300,000 in collectible cards.
Free League won SEVEN Ennies across their various lines.
It was good to be there again, and it is sure good to be home. Gotta finish laundry, and finish winding down. Gods help me, I have missed working that show.
About an hour after I posted the previous entry, I saw on the company Discord that someone had dropped out of the GenCon team. I filed it away for an hour or so before deciding to get in there and make this about me. And so my planned day trip to GenCon became a three-day working vacation.
Drove up to Indy Thursday night, taking over five hours thanks to construction up and down I-65. Got to the Hilton, chatted and got updates from the team, called it a night.
Wasn't scheduled to work Friday, so I decided I'd get in some time in the Exhibitor Hall and open play area. Headed to the R. Talsorian booth first off to get Danger Girl Dossier. Good fortune smiled on me, and I got to chat with Mike Pondsmith and Steve Jackson for a few moments. Went to Free League and Modiphius, striking out at both places, then drifted over towards the Goodman space. All around good dude Dieter Z was working a booth next to Goodman that was moving someone's overstock, so I got a copy of Night's Black Agents: Solo Ops for $10 - and would get The Dracula Dossier Director's Handbook for $10 on Saturday, leading me to swing by Pelgrane and just finally get the core book Sunday morning. I'm not made of stone, okay, and Mr. Laws and Mr. Hite were there and graciously signed the book and took a few moments to chat with a fan.
Saturday - taught one of our upcoming games, Buru. Very pretty, quite fun. Saw some of the Louisville folks. Played BattleTech. Had some tasty barbecue - brisket served over smoked gouda mac and cheese. Retired to the hotel for a nap. Dinner at Giordano's and boy-howdy do they serve up a killer deep dish. Turned down an invitation to a product release party.
Sunday, pickup game of a Shadowrun card game. Met a Discord acquaintance face-to-face. More Buru teaching. Closed down the Exhibitor Hall for the first time since 2019. Delicious tacos for dinner.
Drove home this morning.
A few big stories from the con:
The Disney TCG was in great demand, and GenCon screwed things up pretty badly Thursday morning after the publisher had set things up nicely. An orderly line - one that started forming at 6PM Wednesday - became an ugly mob around 7 Thursday morning.
A couple of dudes got into the hall staging area and stole about $300,000 in collectible cards.
Free League won SEVEN Ennies across their various lines.
It was good to be there again, and it is sure good to be home. Gotta finish laundry, and finish winding down. Gods help me, I have missed working that show.