Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;321051Sorry, my remark was not meant as a lecture.

No offense taken. I was genuinely in the dark there!

Evening

There was an evacuation over a burning smell from Gen Con this evening, but thankfully it was after the exhibit hall closed.  By then, I had taken my daughter home for the evening, so I can't say much more on that.

My daughter and I had a wonderful time.  She helped me pick out some new uninked dice at the Gamescience Booth, and Lou Zocchi engaged her in some back-and-forth banter.  She thought he was hilarious.  The Colonel and I discussed inking dice for a bit (he said put clear nail polish over the number when done inking).  We also saw the dEverything, which is daunting, but oh so very cool:



The boffer area always cracks me up.  There are some hilarious photos to be had.  It seems like a lot of fun.  You need a waiver, though!



That's right, it wouldn't be Gen Con without a giant booth full of hentai!  Please identify the culprits in this picture, and ban them from future Gen Cons:



That's right, it wouldn't be Gen Con without the Forge booth!  Please identify the culprits in this picture and...(kidding, kidding!):



As you can see, Saturday is PACKED at Gen Con.



Good to see Giant in the Playground here!



Another fun day, with lots of great friends and great events.  This has been a strange year, but the more folks I hang out with, the more fun I have.  And this year has been great for meeting people I really esteem.

It's been nice to have a couple of people tell me they picked up this game or that due to something I wrote.  I know there are a lot of blogs dialed in to a single game or pretty much in the pocket of a single company, and I certainly think there's room for all of them out there.  But there are just too many great games for me to only blog about just a single one.  Yeah, I've got my favorites.  But I hope you can count on me to continue to provide you with a pretty diverse range of RPGs you might wish to check out.

Day 4 is tomorrow.  Even if it's all ending, don't be too sad.  We've got enough to talk about for a long time, and plenty to look forward to next year.  I'll be doing a little update at some point tomorrow, to be followed by some closing notes.

The dEverything is AWESOME! How can we get one of those outside GenCon?

Quote from: Benoist;321094The dEverything is AWESOME! How can we get one of those outside GenCon?

It's actually called the D-Total.  DEverything is just what we were calling it.

Try here!

Quote from: Zachary The First;321095It's actually called the D-Total.  DEverything is just what we were calling it.

Try here!

Excellent! Thanks for the tip!

Quote from: Zachary The First;321090

If you would, identify the girl in the flight cap...

yeah, I said it!

Quote from: KrakaJak;321134If you would, identify the girl in the flight cap...

yeah, I said it!

LOL You never know...

Forgot to post this yesterday, but here's a shot of Rick Loomis at Flying Buffalo, still doing his thing.  Definitely part of the Old Guard.



Also, Q-Workshop was totally slammed on Saturday!  They make some of the most eye-catching dice out there, even if they are insanely expensive.  Their Pathfinder and Earthdawn sets were fantastic, but I couldn't get a good shot.



Lots of folks packing up and heading out or getting ready to today, but there's still time for a bit more gaming.  There are a lot of tourneys finishing up or announcing winners today.  I really, really wish I'd had the time to do the Castles & Crusades tourney--I'm interested to hear how it went.

QuoteMy daughter and I had a wonderful time. She helped me pick out some new uninked dice at the Gamescience Booth, and Lou Zocchi engaged her in some back-and-forth banter. She thought he was hilarious. The Colonel and I discussed inking dice for a bit (he said put clear nail polish over the number when done inking).

I'd been wondering about using some clear fixative ove the inked surface.

Someone steal me a copy of Rogue Trader!

Quote from: jrients;321157I'd been wondering about using some clear fixative ove the inked surface.

I have some that I inked the way you describe in your blog back in '89, and the numbers haven't worn off there yet. When I realized I was wearing the shields and skulls off my Heroscape dice, I immediately sprayed them with clear polyurethane, and they're fine. They will probably be fine when evolved cockroach archaeologists discover them in the fossilized remains of my game room, and reintroduce Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes to a new generation of gamers.

Just a few more photos:

Imperial Troops have entered the base!  Imperial Troops have--(static)



Alderac had a much larger booth this year, and was really cranking out the demos.  Good to see:



That Arcana game looked/sounded pretty cool.

The Steve Jackson/Atlas Games booth is perpetually busy, and perpetually cluttered:



My daughter was pleased to see Wonder Woman:



Hey! Kobold Quarterly was was making the rounds, kissing babies, shaking hands, and pimping the mag!



It isn't Gen Con without weapons dealers:



Number of low-quality katanas shipped home from Indy, non-Gen Con calendar year: 3

Number of low-quality katanas shipped home from Indy, Gen Con calendar dates: 682

Well, for me and many others, another Gen Con is again in the books.  A strange year, as far as product releases go, but honestly, it was still a blast in just about every way.  Quality gaming, entertaining seminars, meeting folks from our online communities, making new friends, and doing my best to ensure that folks who aren't here see a glimpse of the awesomeness make Gen Con for me.  

In a lot of ways, I feel that the advent and popularization of Twitter has made this type of coverage somewhat of a dinosaur.  People can get their Gen Con news much faster on Twitter than I can on this blog.  I use Twitter as well, but I'm going to have to really look at how I cover Gen Con next year.  If there's one sour note for me from Gen Con, it's a sense of not really knowing how this coverage fits in, or how much it is needed any more.  In any case, thanks to those of you who've commented and read the past few days.  It's all for you, after all.

Our Gen Con coverage isn't quite over, however.  Check back tomorrow as I hand out some Gen Con Grades for some of the various company booths.

Oh weird. I know the guy looking away from the camera in the Privateer Press Booth photo IRL. I hope he's having a good time there.

What the Cliff are AEG flogging these days?

Nice to see the usual selection of SJG non-roleplaying tat Munchkin has to be the worst card game i've ever played.

Great coverage, very much appreciated.  Particularly all the cool photos.