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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 2507628" data-attributes="member: 990">I got back a few hours ago, and after celebrating my return to husband, hearth, home and dog, I thought I'd start a thread where we can all recount the highlights of "the best four days in gaming" for our EN World friends who couldn't be with us. I took about 50 pictures, but I'm not sure how many of them are viable. I'll look them over tomorrow and post the good ones. So, in no particular order, on with the highlights:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rel was as excited as a blushing bride about losing his GenCon virginity.<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=";)" /> He's a really charming guy, and his enthusiasm was delightful.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Crothian's Paranoia Orc & Pie game was hysterical. Fickle GM was our Team Leader, and at one point he said "I'm a traitor, just shoot me now!" So of course we obliged him. I was the Morale Officer, and it was my pleasure to sing happy songs while killing as many people as I could get a way with. I laughed so hard during this game that I was hoarse the next day.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Keeper of Secrets ran a Call of Cthulhu game that bore bizarre resemblences to Gilligan's Island...except for the "sexy actuary" serial killer played by Teflon Billy. My character, an ex porn star, (think Ginger with a tainted past) ended up getting her throat slit by him, but considering that nearly everyone else got eaten by a horrible, tentacled thing, I guess I can't complain.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I played in a Round Robin GM game of Der Kluge's and I was, shall we say, not at my best. I hadn't read the rules, because I was really just passing by the booth when he invited me to join in, so I was totally clueless. In spite of my lackluster attempt at GMing off the top of my head, the rest of the session was fun, becuase everyone else was *much* better at it.<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">The ENnies were in a totally cool location. The Gelflings were charming presenters in their matching powder blue gowns, and I think Monte Cook had his heart stolen by Genevieve when she spontaneously gave him a hug when he came up to collect one of Paizo's awards.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Wilderlands Boxed Set! Oh. My. God. This thing is so awesome that when I opened it in my room after buying it and started going through it, the hair on the back of my head stood on end. I'm not kidding. I've never seen anything like it. There hasn't ever been anything like it. At $70 it's a budget buster, but worth every single penny. It's so wonderful it practically makes me weep.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lunch with Suzi Yee. She's awesome, and we had a great time. We also ended up getting a whole shopping bag of food to take back to Joe at the exhibitor's hall, because the restaurant screwed up our order. I wish we didn't live 2000 miles apart so we could game together.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Queen D and Xath. I love both of these women! I think next year all the EN World women need to spend a few hours together eating chocolate while discussing the joys of annihilating our foes.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">All the other wonderful, totally cool EN World members I met for the first time or saw again for the second or third year in a row. I regret that I didn't get to spend more time with a number of people. I'll have to remedy that next year!</li> </ul>I had a wonderful time, and I'm completely worn out. (So is my bank account, but we won't talk about that, ok?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> )</blockquote>

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