Buttercup
Princess of Florin
Greetings all! I'm back from GenCon, probably earlier than most others, since I just live a few hours away. I could have stayed until this afternoon, because there was still more to do, but I'm just worn out, and I was missing my husband & doggie.
So I thought I'd start a thread where all of us who attended could share our highlights.
First, it was great to see so many EN Worlders again. Crothian, Psion, Cthulu's Librarian, Hand of Evil, JGBrowning & Suzi Yee, Hellhound, Dextra and the charming Gelflings and the ever popular Teflon Billy are all people I had met last year, and was delighted to see again. And then there were so many new faces! It's wonderful to match faces to screen names. Only problem is that I'm so tired I can't remember everyone. If I haven't mentioned you, I mean no slight!
I ran a game for Cthulu's Librarian and Truth Seeker, who were lots of fun. I had been worried that my plot was quite transparent, but they didn't get it until the very end. I enjoyed describing their trip through the sewers, and was slightly disappointed that Cthulu's Librarian's character declined to crawl on her belly through the human waste.
Psion ran a T20 game for Teflon Billy, Justinian, me, Jester47 and one other fine and charming EN World member whose name I'm blanking on at the moment, and it was great fun. We spaced the captain, traded successfully and bribed our way out of a fight. We were thoroughly rotten, in other words.
In what is becoming a GenCon tradition for me, I strolled the dealer's hall with Crothian, who I think was starting to get the DTs from not posting for so long. But I swear, he never once started screaming and twitching, so perhaps the medication is working better now.
I spent too much money, but got lots of cool stuff, (Conan! Midnight boxed set! Fiery Dragon counters in nifty tins!) and also got lots of swag. The WotC party on Thursday night netted Psion and me some posters, tote bags and T-Shirts, plus I got some other way cool swag for volunteering at the Ennies booth, perhaps the best of which was Black Monks of Glastonbury. Oh, and I bought this completely hysterical t-shirt that might bother Eric's Grandma, so I'll use the spoiler tag to tell you what it says. It's got a guy holding up a d20, and it says
I'm eager to wear it next time I DM.
Thursday night I went to dinner with Hellhound, Psion, Crothian and Jaldean, and had a good time even though Hellhound has this odd Canadian accent.
Friday night a bunch of us went to dinner at Buca di Beppo (spelling?), an incredible Italian restaurant that serves everything family style. Good lord was it yummy! Saturday night I went to dinner with some Nutkinland/Nothingland folks at Alcatraz, and yet another good time was had.
So here I am, back in the real world, tired and poor, but happy.
So I thought I'd start a thread where all of us who attended could share our highlights.
First, it was great to see so many EN Worlders again. Crothian, Psion, Cthulu's Librarian, Hand of Evil, JGBrowning & Suzi Yee, Hellhound, Dextra and the charming Gelflings and the ever popular Teflon Billy are all people I had met last year, and was delighted to see again. And then there were so many new faces! It's wonderful to match faces to screen names. Only problem is that I'm so tired I can't remember everyone. If I haven't mentioned you, I mean no slight!
I ran a game for Cthulu's Librarian and Truth Seeker, who were lots of fun. I had been worried that my plot was quite transparent, but they didn't get it until the very end. I enjoyed describing their trip through the sewers, and was slightly disappointed that Cthulu's Librarian's character declined to crawl on her belly through the human waste.
Psion ran a T20 game for Teflon Billy, Justinian, me, Jester47 and one other fine and charming EN World member whose name I'm blanking on at the moment, and it was great fun. We spaced the captain, traded successfully and bribed our way out of a fight. We were thoroughly rotten, in other words.
In what is becoming a GenCon tradition for me, I strolled the dealer's hall with Crothian, who I think was starting to get the DTs from not posting for so long. But I swear, he never once started screaming and twitching, so perhaps the medication is working better now.
I spent too much money, but got lots of cool stuff, (Conan! Midnight boxed set! Fiery Dragon counters in nifty tins!) and also got lots of swag. The WotC party on Thursday night netted Psion and me some posters, tote bags and T-Shirts, plus I got some other way cool swag for volunteering at the Ennies booth, perhaps the best of which was Black Monks of Glastonbury. Oh, and I bought this completely hysterical t-shirt that might bother Eric's Grandma, so I'll use the spoiler tag to tell you what it says. It's got a guy holding up a d20, and it says
I rolled a 20, so you bitches can suck it!
Thursday night I went to dinner with Hellhound, Psion, Crothian and Jaldean, and had a good time even though Hellhound has this odd Canadian accent.
Friday night a bunch of us went to dinner at Buca di Beppo (spelling?), an incredible Italian restaurant that serves everything family style. Good lord was it yummy! Saturday night I went to dinner with some Nutkinland/Nothingland folks at Alcatraz, and yet another good time was had.So here I am, back in the real world, tired and poor, but happy.
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