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

[Henry]

I find this thread late, and what do I see?


I am now both Rico Suave & Elder God in one. I AM ALL POWERFUL!

I've been saying all along you are one of Nyarlathotep's forms. YOU CAN'T FOOL US!!!

 

[Pielorinho]

A van from NC for next year sounds like a freakin' blast. I figure that if y'all Trianglelites drove through Asheville, it'd take you about 12 hours to reach GenCon--how does that compare to whatever route you currently take?

And if the folks from the Triangle don't want to carpool, there's always folks from South Carolina, who'll probably come up to 40 anyways and then hook on over to Knoxville.

Also, I never did find the Canadiana Suite this year, in part because we were staying at a hotel some 10 minutes away from the Convention Center. Next year I'd love to find some good folk to share a room with closer to downtown.

Daniel

 

[reveal]

A van from NC for next year sounds like a freakin' blast. I figure that if y'all Trianglelites drove through Asheville, it'd take you about 12 hours to reach GenCon--how does that compare to whatever route you currently take?

And if the folks from the Triangle don't want to carpool, there's always folks from South Carolina, who'll probably come up to 40 anyways and then hook on over to Knoxville.

It'll be like The Beverly Hillbillies go to GenCon!

 

[Pielorinho]

It'll be like The Beverly Hillbillies go to GenCon!

Okay, but dibs on playing Granny!
Daniel

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Also, I never did find the Canadiana Suite this year, in part because we were staying at a hotel some 10 minutes away from the Convention Center. Next year I'd love to find some good folk to share a room with closer to downtown.

I'm definitely going next year - maybe we could have a Rat Bastard Club suite?

 

[Kanegrundar]

Until then, sulking in the corner with Kanegrunder and DungeonMasterCal....

Welcome to the corner!

Kane

 

[Klaus]

Welcome to the corner!

Kane

Scooch over, man.

*grumblegrumblegrumble*

 

[Teflon Billy]

Scooch over, man.

*grumblegrumblegrumble*

You actually won an ENnie this year Claudio.

James Bell ascribed the lion's share of the credit for Battlebox to your work in his acceptance speech.

 

[Desdichado]

So you're saying your wife has poor eyesight, eh? Hmmmm....

Oh, I'll be the first to admit I don't deserve my wife. I didn't win her over because I'm any better than any of the other guys that she could have had at the drop of a hat. I'm one lucky bastard and I know it.

 

[Dave Turner]

My GenCon is quite as ENWorld-focused, but I managed to see a couple of folks that I can recall:

Piratecat: Found him near the White Wolf booth one day (Saturday?) and we talked about Iron Heroes a bit. As advertised, he is a tremendously friendly and genial guy. We got along famously although we barely knew each other. I regret not knowing that he was running a bunch of games.

Psion: I always like reading Psion's stuff and I recognized him when he came to the Wicked Dead booth. We chatted about all kinds of stuff and bumped into each other again later in the con. Let me know about that thing we discussed, Psion (ooooh, how cryptic!).

When I wasn't schmoozing with Piratecat and Psion, I ran a ton of brief half-hour Iron Heroes demos at the White Wolf booth. Everyone seemed to get into the spirit of the game and a few hardy bands of warriors actually managed to slay the Serpent God! My throat suffered a bit for it, but it was worth it to see people get excited about the game.

I didn't play in any games with ENWorlders, but I did play in a great octaNe game on Friday night which featured the immortal line:

"I don't need an invitation. I have a grappling hook."