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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 4430897" data-attributes="member: 93">I got in on Wednesday with Sir Brennen, one of my fellow gamers from Chicago, and ate at Fogo de Chao - figured that I could eat enough steak to last me through the lean days ahead - especially Friday when I had games scheduled from 9 thru 5.  The CM party at Embasssy suites was a hit, and I reintroduced myself to a lot of gamers who I hadn't seen since last year.  I spent more time introducing myself and finding out who folks were this year - a good move on my part.Thursday morning was the dealer hall, followe by my only dissapointment of GenCon - the Kingmaker game I had booked cancelled, as the guys running it never showed.  That was made up for by a very fun Traveller game (character creation took place during the game, which in any game buy Traveller would be a bad idea) and got attacked by Vargr pirates trying to take my dilettante nobleman's yacht (my PC was accurately described by the GM as a "male Paris Hilton."  I replied, "yup that's what I was going for!"  That game sold a Mongoose Traveller book; I'd like to run a game sometime in the not so distant future.Friday morning was probably the highlight of the con, as Barsoomcore's DinoPirates of Ninja Island was an absolute blast.  It may also have sold a copy of True 20, as I really liked the system.  I trampled an escaping villain with a Triceratops. After that came a lackluster game at the Pathfinder Society - I didn't really realize that it was a "living campaign" sort of deal, and I especially didn't realize that they weren't using Pathfinder rules!  I was wanting to try Pathfinder at the Con.  Oh well.That night was the Ennies - I went to one of these a long time ago, and haven't been to one since, but this year was great.  Moving tributes to Gary Gygax and Eric Wujcik (sp?), and great products winning prizes.  I'll second Chris Perkins' class move of asking the Paizo guys up on stage when WoTC won the Silver Ennie for Expedition to Castle Greyhawk, especially as it turns out that Paizo won the gold Ennie in the same product (Piratecat as host: "uh guys?  Don't go too far...")Saturday I only had one game but it was also a great one - Rel's Sky Galleons of Mars.  I got to be swashbucklery again, play Carlotta, the defrocked nun turned pirate turned crew member of the Indomitable.  This was the All-Mod (plus a mod's brother) game.  Fun, fun, fun.Finally on Sunday, I got top play Mutants and Masterminds as run by Piratecat.  Another great group of players, and I managed to make excellent use of my super-scientist's eidetic memory to defeat the bad guy at the end.Then back to Chi-town!  We gave Piratecat a lift to the city, and I came home to rest and go through my pictures - I have about a hundred to sort through and see what I can put up on Picasa.  I'll post here when I do - I've got some nice ones.See you all next year!</blockquote>

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