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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3013583" data-attributes="member: 6777"><p>I posted this at Story Games, but here it is again with some embellishments:</p><p></p><p>It's hard for me to pick out highlights, as pretty much everything was a highlight this year. Best GenCon for me yet. The biggies, though, were:</p><p></p><p><strong>SC2.0 Fartherst Star event GC'ed by the author.</strong> Really good group, totally sold me (even more) on SC2.0.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mike Mearls' Monster Makover Live seminar.</strong> Primarily becuae only seven people showed up, and four of them left after about 30 minutes. Ergo, most of the seminar was me, Mearls, and my two friends shooting the shizzle about D&D. Bloody awesome.</p><p></p><p><strong>Burning Wheel, "Inheritance."</strong> Not just because I "won," either. (I.e., last man standing, took over the inheritance, achieved one of my beliefs.) More because I didn't turtle up like I did last year, and I was able to whip out my laminated DoW sheets to help out in my fanboyish way.</p><p></p><p><strong>Truth & Justice with John Kim.</strong> Some of the most fun I've had with a SHRPG in a long time. I believe Adam Dray was sitting next to our table, but left before I mustered the courage to say hello.</p><p></p><p><strong>Polaris with Carl Rigney</strong> (sp?). This game made my brain hurt, but in a very good way.</p><p></p><p><strong>Getting recognized by people I slavishly worship.</strong> By "recognized," I mean "they saw my ENWorld badge and recognized my nick." Steve Long, Luke Crane, Mearls, Chris Moeller (!), and even Storn Cook with some prodding. Steve floored me. "Oh, hey buzz. We've got your copy of Champions 25th Anniversary over at the hotel. I'll have Tina get it and I'll sign it for you." I'm famous!</p><p></p><p><strong>Bumping into a statistically ridiculous number of ENWorld Chicago Gameday regulars.</strong> They were all over!</p><p></p><p><strong>The D&D game my friends and I played on Wednesday night.</strong> Our smoove-talkin' buddy Kev not only managed to get the hotel to unlock a private room for our use, he also got us free beer, soda, snacks, and, in the middle of our game, a comely young woman arrived with a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. I'm still in awe, and lobbying the DM to award Kev bonus XP.</p><p></p><p><strong>The D&D game my friends and I played on Thursday night.</strong> My pal Tom set us up with a Dark Sun one-shot. He made unbelievably awesome PCs. My half-dragon princeling blighter and thri-kreen duskblade will be fondly remembered.</p><p></p><p>As for swag, I spent a huge amount of money at the IPR booth: Universalis, TSoY, TMW, Polaris, PTA, Inspectres... basically Indie 101. I also grabbed Artesia and talked to Mark Smylie for a bit. Beyond that, it was HERO stuff, and sale-priced HeroQuest, FDP counters, and RPGObjects books. I also grabbed <em>Gamers: the Movie</em>, which is very, very funny.</p><p></p><p>Basically, GenCon '06 rawked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buzz, post: 3013583, member: 6777"] I posted this at Story Games, but here it is again with some embellishments: It's hard for me to pick out highlights, as pretty much everything was a highlight this year. Best GenCon for me yet. The biggies, though, were: [B]SC2.0 Fartherst Star event GC'ed by the author.[/B] Really good group, totally sold me (even more) on SC2.0. [B]Mike Mearls' Monster Makover Live seminar.[/B] Primarily becuae only seven people showed up, and four of them left after about 30 minutes. Ergo, most of the seminar was me, Mearls, and my two friends shooting the shizzle about D&D. Bloody awesome. [B]Burning Wheel, "Inheritance."[/B] Not just because I "won," either. (I.e., last man standing, took over the inheritance, achieved one of my beliefs.) More because I didn't turtle up like I did last year, and I was able to whip out my laminated DoW sheets to help out in my fanboyish way. [B]Truth & Justice with John Kim.[/B] Some of the most fun I've had with a SHRPG in a long time. I believe Adam Dray was sitting next to our table, but left before I mustered the courage to say hello. [B]Polaris with Carl Rigney[/B] (sp?). This game made my brain hurt, but in a very good way. [B]Getting recognized by people I slavishly worship.[/B] By "recognized," I mean "they saw my ENWorld badge and recognized my nick." Steve Long, Luke Crane, Mearls, Chris Moeller (!), and even Storn Cook with some prodding. Steve floored me. "Oh, hey buzz. We've got your copy of Champions 25th Anniversary over at the hotel. I'll have Tina get it and I'll sign it for you." I'm famous! [B]Bumping into a statistically ridiculous number of ENWorld Chicago Gameday regulars.[/B] They were all over! [B]The D&D game my friends and I played on Wednesday night.[/B] Our smoove-talkin' buddy Kev not only managed to get the hotel to unlock a private room for our use, he also got us free beer, soda, snacks, and, in the middle of our game, a comely young woman arrived with a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. I'm still in awe, and lobbying the DM to award Kev bonus XP. [B]The D&D game my friends and I played on Thursday night.[/B] My pal Tom set us up with a Dark Sun one-shot. He made unbelievably awesome PCs. My half-dragon princeling blighter and thri-kreen duskblade will be fondly remembered. As for swag, I spent a huge amount of money at the IPR booth: Universalis, TSoY, TMW, Polaris, PTA, Inspectres... basically Indie 101. I also grabbed Artesia and talked to Mark Smylie for a bit. Beyond that, it was HERO stuff, and sale-priced HeroQuest, FDP counters, and RPGObjects books. I also grabbed [I]Gamers: the Movie[/I], which is very, very funny. Basically, GenCon '06 rawked. [/QUOTE]
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