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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 1035578" data-attributes="member: 264">Hey all, just got in after about 20 hours in transit (God the flights were srrewed leaving Indy on Sunday).I had a wicked time. Best Gen Con experience I've ever had (of four.I will take the oppotuinity to give props to Piratecat, though in all honesty it will be little more than a restating of what others have already said: As a DM, the guy is the Real Deal. I thought the ENnies ("The Ennis Awards" according to my badge), went off as just about as well as they could have. Most awards ceremonies are incrdeibly tiresome in my opinion, but the ENnies rolled along pretty well based on the sheer entertainment value of the Presenters, the Winners and the the crowd itself.Privateer Press Guy has got to be given some recognition for being such a humble good sport about picking up "his" companies 312 seperate awards despite having virtually no hand in any of them <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=":)" />Following the awards I had some conversation with some folks who shall remain nameless, claiming that the ENnie awards voters were "Monte Cook's Bitches" and that he had won (well, won best publisher anyways) based on the fact that he had name recognition and was ex-WotC <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=":)" />The Smiley above comes from the fact that this very closely mirrors Momte's complaints concerning last year's ENnies results <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" />To quote Kurt Vonnegut: "...and so it goes" Anyway, the dealer's floor was really impressive this year, and I had many items I was planning to pick up on Sunday before I got on the plane, The Armageddon 2089 Setting Supplement, a nice dagger with a jewel (?) in the hilt, Negative Zero's initiative thingy, Arcana Unearthed, and Grave Robbers from Outer Space...then on Sunday I was told that I didn't have a credit card.Not that my card was declined, not that I was over my limit, not that it had been reported stolen....I was told, by my institution, that I had never been issued a VISA card by them (despite having it in my hand).So I came home with nothing but Giant Monster Rampage 2: World War (which is awesome). At the Mongoose Booth I played an Armageddon 2089 demo with one of the designers (August Hahn?) and it was a ton of fun. Before I left for Gen Con, I was itching to run a game of Armageddon 2089, now I am veritably chomping at the bit to do so. This guy really understood how the product needed to be showcased and did so brilliantly. To whoever recommended The Red Garter as the strip club in Indianapolis; I  give you my thanks. I had a terrific time there with Twin Rose Chris, the gentlemen from Troll Lords and my new friend Aldo Ghiozzi (with whom I sat at the airport for close to six hours). Aldo produces Battle Cattle and Stuporheroes, if you were wondering. He is also some kind of distributor.it was great touching base with so many of you...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alsih20 (who is apparently going to change his screen handle here to "Clay") is an awesome cat. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I Finally met Quickbeam and we hit it off as well as I thought we would. It was a shame that fate conspired to keep us from playing Giant Monster Rampage together. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hound, Dextra and the Gelflings were my upstairs neighbours. They amazed me, managed to work all day, entertain to kids and still get out and party at night. You guys are a frickin' inspiration <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=":)" /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Joe Browning and Suzi Yee are terrific drinking companions (and it seems that Joe and I used to breath the same muggy Louisiana air). Their next project sounds (to my ears) like another blast out of the park. I won't say what it is, because I have no idea if there was an implied NDA when we were discussing it, but I will say this: Had you asked me last year what type pf product I thought D&D needed, I would've said something akin to Magical Medieval Society-Western Europe. If you asked me last month what prodcut I thought gaming in general needed; I would have described XRP's upcoming relase. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It was nice to finally meet Sniktch, the only person I'm certain was reading my story hour religiously <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=":)" /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pielorhino and Spider were smart guys. And by smart I mean clever, cunning, devious and quick. These are the guys I never get on my team in tournament play<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> (and still don't...the Spycraft game wasn't a tournament). I assumed that Daniel's last name was Pielorhino--it's not. Apparently "Pielorhino" as a title has something to do with Pelor and being small. I was told to pronounce it as if it was written in Portugese. I am, if anyhting, more in the dark than ever. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My roommates Crothian and Psion were both good guys. It was nice to finally get a chance to pick Psion's brain about a few games and our impromptu game of "Zombie Robot Fighter of the Island of Whatever" was really a blast <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=":)" /> Psion, you snore man <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=";)" /> </li> </ul>I'm going to log off for a bit and try and catch some sleep. I'll post more later as I think of it.Thanks to everyone who made this such a blast.</blockquote>

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