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

[Desdichado]

Wow. It's like "Grinding" in a tabletop RPG. This might be the closest thing to actual WrongBad Fun that I've ever heard of.

I don't want to ever hear about "Grinding" in a tabletop RPG again. Especially in a thread were pictures of the gamers potentially involved are prominent.

 

[Pielorinho]

This sounds a lot like the Mark of Heroes Special Event at Gencon. It is an RPGA event. So each person who plays needs an RPGA number and a character, although they were giving out premade to the new people for 1 dollar (25 cents per sheet for photocopying).

That all being said, it sounds like you still got a bad DM for this adventure, as there was more room for role playing than that in the mod. Still, they are required to run the mod as written. If they aren't given a description of the person, they don't have one to give you.

That makes sense. I just wish the registration materials had made it a little clearer what sort of game it was going to be; had I understood, I wouldn't have signed up for it to begin with.

Daniel

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I don't want to ever hear about "Grinding" in a tabletop RPG again. Especially in a thread were pictures of the gamers potentially involved are prominent.

What is "grinding"...at least in this context?

 

[Xath]

That makes sense. I just wish the registration materials had made it a little clearer what sort of game it was going to be; had I understood, I wouldn't have signed up for it to begin with.

Daniel

I don't think I'll be signing up for any official games next year. I think I'd have a lot more fun with pick-ups. Especially after this year.

 

[reveal]

I don't think I'll be signing up for any official games next year. I think I'd have a lot more fun with pick-ups. Especially after this year.

Do pick-up games cost anything? What's the average cost for an official game, if there is any? I'm trying to budget for next year.

 

[Rel]

What is "grinding"...at least in this context?

I'll leave the definition that JD is citing to your imagination. I'm talking about "Grinding" as the term is used in computer RPG's where (at least if I understand it correctly) it refers to the practice of having your character fight monsters for the sole purpose of collecting XP and loot without any attempt to further the plot at all.

 

[Desdichado]

What is "grinding"...at least in this context?

The partner to "bumping" of course.

Of course, I don't have much more interest in grinding in the sense that Rel's using it than in the sense that I was.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Do pick-up games cost anything? What's the average cost for an official game, if there is any? I'm trying to budget for next year.

Pickup games are free. A game that you would sign up for on the Gen Con website will cost $1.50/ticket (unless it's something like D&D for cash or True Dungeon).

 

[reveal]

Pickup games are free. A game that you would sign up for on the Gen Con website will cost $1.50/ticket (unless it's something like D&D for cash or True Dungeon).

D&D for cash? How does that work? And is True Dugeon as fun as it looks? Universe makes a swanky paladin.

 

[Desdichado]

D&D for cash? How does that work?

Heheh, ask Quickbeam about that, if he gets around to posting in this thread (he's been a bit inactive for a while, but he asked me for the link specifically.) He got $100 for a game of D&D!