GenCon Archives - Neitherworld Stories

August 25, 2008

Spirit of the Century

I didn’t pick up much at Gen Con this year. One thing I did buy, though, was a copy of Spirit of the Century. I’d almost bought it last year. In the meantime, I’d heard only good things about it and had developed a potential use for it. So, yeah. I read the book over this weekend. It is awesome....

August 18, 2008

A Weekend in Indianapolis

I have come to believe that Indianapolis doesn’t believe in signage. This is unfortunate. Really, it only interfered once. Finding our way in and out of the Embassy Suites to attend the Goodman Games seminar on adventure design was an adventure in itself. It was like we got to attend the True Dungeon for free! …except not fun. Other than...

August 14, 2008

Gen Con Plans

It looks like we’ll probably head over to Indy late Friday night, hit Gen Con on Saturday, and take in the Indianapolis zoo on Sunday. Seminar-things I want to make sure I attend at Gen Con:RPG Bloggers Unite! 1PM SatHow to Write Adventures Modules that Don’t Suck 9pm Sat If convenient, I might go to the Freelancing for Dungeons &...

August 8, 2008

Joiner

I’m not so much a joiner, usually (I still don’t have a Facebook page, much less a ::shudder:: MySpace one), but I linked up with this here RPG Bloggers Network thingie. I even made a button for the blog:See? We’ll see what difference the PRG Bloggers Network makes. I suspect it will be nice for organizing things like the RPG...

October 3, 2007

Something to keep an eye on…

The Writer’s Symposium is a group of 20 science fiction/fantasy-type writers who hold seminars and such at Gen Con designed to help writers write. I attended one of these… and, to be honest, I wasn’t terribly impressed. It quickly devolved into “why I like to write sex scenes.” On the other hand, these are writers – not professional public speakers...

August 23, 2007

GenCon Report Part IV: other random stuff

I forgot to mention that I also picked up a copy of Fractal Mapper 8.0 – hopefully the learning curve won’t be too rough. Overall, GenCon looked to be very well organized in advance… but not so much on the ground. Fortunately, when I got there, the line was negligible. When I checked in, no one provided me with any...

August 22, 2007

GenCon Report Part III: Loot

Stuff I got at GenCon: Some pretty d20s (gift from Angela): Some ‘practical’ dice from the Chessex booth: A d6 from the Hinterwelt guy:An ugly d12 from Zach (I tried to pick his ugliest die): (and, for Jeff, the die that Zach identified as his most “metal”:) Squirrel Attack (free from the Hinterwelt guy – William? – at the Ennies)...

August 20, 2007

GenCon Report Part II

I spent more time in the exhibit hall than anywhere else. There were a few reasons for this. First, Angela’s booth was in the art show and, you know, I wanted to spend some time with her. Second, the place was huge and filled with cool stuff. I easily get entranced by books as it is. Add in swords, cool...

August 20, 2007

GenCon Report Part I

I got back from GenCon last night. It was my first, and I think I took it to be a learning experience. Initial impressions: Damn. This thing is huge. I kept feeling like I was probably in the room with people I knew online… but I didn’t know who they were… There needs to be a Beginner’s Guide to GenCon....

August 14, 2007

GenCon

Current plan: Leaving work early on Friday. Going to GenCon. Coming back Sunday night. I have no idea what I will do once I am there. Have fun, hopefully.

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