How do I love GenCon? Let me count the ways!

[Mark CMG]

Fun! The ENnies were EN-Tastic!

It was great getting the chance to talk and carouse with so many of you. Shout outs and/or special thanks to peter the ad and en-ders devilish, capitol-A, f-gm, the creecher from the slack lagoon, x&nik, c-zog, queenie and the U, bc, tseeker, d(i)er-k, cisca, g-jaw, the 35K Kid, w&s, pc, boz, rel, armac, m-squared, psi, t-bill, joe and suzi, hound, dex, and the g-lings, all of my players in my seven consecutive game events, and, of course, my hero, wanger-r. Sorry if I missed anyone, it was a sizable crowd. All hail CANANADA and Gencon!


Next time, fewer to no prisoners...

 

[The_Universe]

Oh wait I get it- my winning charm excellent wit are just assumed to be a given! Well, my fragile ego now feels better.

In truth you don't really get much respect when you are a dismembered floating talking head.



I have corrected Ken to Kennon!

Good deal. As with everyone else, it was a pleasure to meet you! Huzzah!

 

[Psion]

Still, its humbling to my ego that no one has mentioned me!

Dude, you rock. No humbling needed; you are one of the most personable folks to chat with and I easily remember you from last year. I am sort of sad you are leaving the hobby.

 

[Rel]

Ok, I'm stealing another very quick moment to post before I put my daughter to bed and then go make a brief stop with my gaming group to pass out some swag before I come home to my "Perfect Gamer Wife" and see if she needs her pumpkin toted.*

I did just want to say that I am extremely humbled and honored that TB called this "The Year of Rel" and I'll take that as a compliment. But I'm fairly certain that I'm a lot more jazzed about meeting the rest of you fine folks than you were about meeting little old me.


*Being the incredibly nice guy that he is, Piratecat called me today just to say that he enjoyed meeting me at GenCon and to tell me that his plane had been delayed. He said, "I got stuck in Cleveland all night." To which I replied, "Kevin, that just replaced 'toting the pumpkin' as my new favorite term for doing the naughty." And I must say that when he said it, I thought about Queen D's "Cleveland" story.

 

[RodneyThompson]

It was good seeing everyone again, if only briefly. Every time I walked by the ENnies booth to get my badge it was packed with people, so I kept saying "I'll get it next time I walk by" and never did. Sorry about that. Still, it was good to see everyone.

I'll post more later, but I just got home and am dead dog tired. Good con, everyone.

 

[Michael Morris]

Ok, I'm about done recovering. I'm happy to get to see everyone again. Didn't get any gaming done again but did attend some seminars and meet a lot of folks which is what I really set out to do this time around.

 

[Matchstick]

Crossposted, looks like this is the thread this belongs in:

I'm back at home after an excellent weekend at Gen Con. Luckily the Northwest strike didn't effect my flight home at all.

The big winner product-wise for me was Iron Heroes. An exceptional system. Five out of five stars.

I got to meet quite a few ENWorlders, and was lucky enough to play in two Piratecat games, both of which were fantastic. For my first Gen Con in probably 20+ years, it was a weekend to remember. Right now there's no doubt in my mind that this is going to become an annual trip for me.

I'd like to throw a huge thanks out to everyone I met for being so nice to a lurker like me, and especially to all those I gamed with, including Spider (get 'em Ray!), Pielerenho (I know that's spelled wrong, but thanks for the cookies!), Rel (would Eric's grandma approve of Mace's vocabulary?), Raevynn (martini sir?), romp ("they didn't file the firing pin on my machine gun") and Sidereal Knight (whose French accent was far better than I could have done). Anyone I gamed with that's not on that list, please realize that's not a reflection of my opinion of you (which couldn't be higher) it's simply evidence that my memory for names, even online names, isn't good at all. Major thanks to Piratecat who played a major part in making my gaming weekend so great. It has been years since I've played even a single session of an RPG, you ENWorlders were low pressure and fun and I felt more comfortable gaming after that long layoff than I ever thought would be possible.

I will see you next year!

 

[WhimsyTheFae]

It was good seeing everyone again, if only briefly. Every time I walked by the ENnies booth to get my badge it was packed with people, so I kept saying "I'll get it next time I walk by" and never did. Sorry about that. Still, it was good to see everyone.

I'll post more later, but I just got home and am dead dog tired. Good con, everyone.

If you had a hard time getting to the booth during my shift, I apologize (Friday 4-6). We had about five-ten minutes where a group of EN Worlders were gathered (I believe they were heading off to a game) in front of the booth.

Next time, please feel free to walk right up (we're all friends here). Whoever was manning the booth would have helped (either by clearing some room or stepping out to greet you).

 

[Jack of Shadows]

Still, its humbling to my ego that no one has mentioned me!

You missed my note about Psion's T20 game then as you were indeed mentioned.

Jack

 

[IronWolf]

For future room parties we should have them set up by nation so we can use flags for easy spot checks. Should I attend next year, I will do Little Ballard as my theme with Norwegian and Sweedish Flags hanging out the door.

The flag thing worked well in Embassy Suites. Made it really easy to see when the Canadia Suite was open (and where it was)!