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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RodneyThompson" data-source="post: 1037379" data-attributes="member: 3594">Well, I'm going to write up a big GenCon article, but I'll share some ENWorld-relevant highlights.Unfortunately, I didn't get to attend the ENnies because another member of the Spycraft design team needed help running the first-ever Spycraft LARP. I must admit I was completely shocked when the rest of my crew called me and told me that we'd won! I was just thunderstruck. Two ENnie Awards in a row, and I'm just so honored. I wish I could have been there.And that's when disaster struck.I arrived back at my hotel room at 3 AM that night after dinner with Patrick Kapera, Scott "Morgenstern" Gearin, B.D. Flory, Alex Flagg (all of whom are on the Spycraft Design Team with me) and a few other guests at Ram. (Sidenote: I had seen some people wearing ENWorld shirts, but I was so exhausted from the LARP and didn't want to be rude to my party that I just sat down and had large quantities of beer). Anyways, back at the hotel, my friends hand me a paper bag with much trepidation and tell me that they have my ENnie. It was shattered into thousands of ceramic pieces, and only the plaque itself survived intact. Well, I was disappointed but it wasn't the end of the world. However, over the course of the next two days no less than three dozen people, from fans to game designers, came up and said "Hey, heard your ENnie broke!" I didn't tell a soul, but everywhere I went someone knew. Rich Baker, whom I'd never met before, commented on it to me randomly when I walked up to the Paizo booth. Every booth I went to had a different game designer talking about the broken ENnie. It was amazing how fast the story had spread among the exhibitors and game designers. We felt a little famous.The Star Wars Seminar on Saturday was a blast too. The SWRPGNetwork crew arrived en masse and we were all sitting in the audience when it began. Bill Slavicsek and Chris Perkins introduced themselves and then pointed me out in the audience and brought me up on stage. I actually got to sit on the panel and give the presentation, field questions, etc. It was definitely a highlight of the trip.<img src="http://www.swrpgnetwork.com/files/images/swsempanel.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />(From left to right: Bill Slavicsek, Chris Perkins, and me) I don't remember that, but I'm sure it happened. Chris doesn't spend much time on these boards as far as I know, but he's a really witty guy.Anyways, I didn't meet many people from ENWorld thanks to my idiotic decision to run four 4-hour adventures over the course of the convention. I did meet RangerWickett, which was cool. I also got to talk to HellHound quite a bit, which was really cool. He actually recognized/stopped me as I walked by, which was a bit strange. Everyone at the EN Publishing booth had a good laugh as he retold the story of me giving everyone the bird last year at the ENnies. I wish I'd been able to go out to the bar with everyone, but sadly I just didn't have the time on Sunday.It was nice to be recognized. In fact, that happened to me a lot over the course of the convention. Dozens of people had me sign copies of the Hero's Guide, and it was very flattering. Hope you enjoy the book, man!</blockquote>

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