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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3620466" data-attributes="member: 6777">Thank you!First off: You are all very welcome.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Gameday XVII was, I think we can safely say, an unmitigated success. Sure, there were a few hiccups: some no-shows, TB42's unfortunate illness, my confusion as to when the prize drawing would start. Nonetheless, I believe we found spots for all of our walk-ins and the players displaced by the canceled Ghostbusters game, so I don't think anybody had to face that most horrible of fates, i.e., time spent not gaming.Anyway, we had a total of 58 people signed up in advance, GM's included. Figuring in the walk-ins and the no-shows, I'm pretty sure we ended up breaking 60 all told, which made this the biggest Chicago Gameday ever. This makes me happy, as I'd like to think that means both a) we're building up a good group of regular attendees, and 2) word is spreading that Chicago Gameday is a gaming event worth attending. Not to mention getting people exposed to the glory of Games Plus!I'd also like to mention that, besides HinterWelt, <a href="http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/" target="_blank">Dork Tower cartoonist John Kovalic</a> was the other publisher to donate to our prize pool this time around. So, if you went home with one of his TPBs (and I know ALL of you went home with a comic book), send him a thank you if you get a chance. Since HinterWelt got to feel like a rock star signing copies of Roma Imperious at the end of the night, I'm going to assume he feels appreciated. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Thanks, Bill!Anyway...Kudos as always to Curt and the Games Plus crew for providing us with an excellent venue.Jaws (Joe), Painfully (John), petenik (Pete), Nev the Deranged (Dave), rvalle (Rich), and dalkai (Jeff)... great job busting caps in the hindquarters of Dr. Methuelah's plan to turn back time! I appreciate your patience in learning the Spirit of the Century rules, and with my lack of Aspect compels. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Pbartender (Matt), Monte At Home (Monte), rowport (Tom), Thorindale (Dale), rvalle (Rich), Trevalon Moonleirion (Jason)... chicken jokes galore! Thanks for some wahoo mutant fun. P.S., I'm joining the Knights of Genetic Purity and telling them where you live!(I'm thinking it needs to become a Gameday tradition to run a classic GW module using a system other than GW.)I also want to thank all of the GMs who either made room for walk-ins and displaced players in their events, or didn't freak out when players bailed. Thankfully, it seemed like this was pretty minimal, and it gave some people a chance to enjoy games they might not have otherwise thought of trying.All in all, Gameday XVII was a hoot. Kudos to all of you.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> Look for Gameday XVIII this fall, possibly October or early November...P.S., <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gameday/sets/72157600594847731/" target="_blank">My photos from Gameday XVII are up on Flickr</a>. I'll post some individual ones w/commentary here in the thread in the next day or so.</blockquote>

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