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Message: <blockquote data-quote="exile" data-source="post: 4433116" data-attributes="member: 20068">This was one of teh best Gen Cons I have attended in recent years.General1. My wife had other stuff to do and did not attend. I love her dearly, but she cramps my gaming.2. With the exception of Saturday night, I shared the friend with only 1-2 other friends, meaning we had a lot more space than years past.3. Despite the intense rivalry between 3.Xers and 4E'ers, the two systems, played back to back, are a lot alike, and both still hold lots for me to love.Wednesday1. During the drive from Toledo to Indy, my friend Sean and I did some world-building. I am particularly proud of the backstory we created for halflings in the world. 2. We arrived early. I already had a badge; Sean was able to get his in minutes. 3. I had not pre-registered for events, so I tried for some of my top priorities, the four Pathfinder Society scenarios. I was actually able to get into all four of them, but later I realized that two were scheduled for teh same time period.4. D&D 4E pick-up game in the Hyatt. We just through our stuff out on the table, and were able to attract a group of four additional players. Two had never played 4E, two were well-versed in the game. We had a nice little tropical adventure, fighting shark cultists, rescuing island children, and escaping from an angry shark god. The game wasn't highly polished by any means, but it was tons of fun. It probably would have been more so if two of the players had been more willing to use the pregenerated characters Sean and I had made, as they all had a tightly woven backstory.Thursday & Friday1. I bought a ton of stuff in the dealer's hall. I'm ashamed to say how much money I spent. Maybe I'll prepare a comprehensive list at some point. Things that saw near immediate use were some Reaper minis (a sword and dagger wielding female rogue used for my Living FR character), Pathfinder dice (which I love, but the runic 20 looks an aweful lot like a one, so I'm afraid people think I am cheating whenever I yell "natural 20"), some boffer weapons (a flail and an axe, I already had two swords), and a PFS faction t-shirt.2. Pathfinder Society scenarios. I was able to play in all four over the course of the weekend. I think Silent Tide may have been my favorite, though before playing in them, I had been most looking forward to The Hydra's Fang Incident. Overall, I had a very rewarding play experience. I like the pace at which treasure is awarded and characters advanced. I liekd teh stories in each of the scenarios. DMs were all above average (had one guy twice who was quite good). I played a halfling wizard and will be playing more of these scenarios.3. Living Forgotten Realms. I was able to play in the three core events (not the special) as well as the Waterdeep event. They were a little more up and down than the PFS events, but still quite enjoyable overall. The two had a different feel, with the LFR games being 'higher magic' in general. I do love someof teh treasure I picked up though- Leather Delver's Armor +1 and a Dagger of Lightning +1. I played an elven rogue and hope to be able to continue playing her as well. A highlight- the scenarios made excellent use of the skill challenge rules. Two lowlights- There seemed a lot of diagreement, even amongst judges, to the rules about finding magic items AND one of my DMs fell asleep...twice...during the game (this was actually on Sunday).Saturday1. Much like Thursday and Friday, but somemore friends arrived.2. We had drinks (and some of us, smokes) with Peter Mayhew at the Ram. I massaged his wife/girlfriend/groupie. 3. Drunken swimming back at the hotel. I had the best room ever. I liked it so much that I will keep secret which hotel and floor it was, because I want it again.Sunday1. Much like the previous days. I finished out one more PFS and LFR scenario, keeping me at the con longer than I have ever stayed before. They were that fun.</blockquote>

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