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Zack's 2009 Gen Con Liveblog

Started by Zachary The First, August 12, 2009, 08:12:16 PM

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Highmoon

Demon would be my guess from that as well.

Good night.

Caesar Slaad

Quote from: Zachary The First;320346Talked to Erik Mona briefly, but he was slammed with requests:

I talked to Erik for a good while today. Other than recounting the monster line to get Pathfinder this morning, I talked with him about, of all things, Fantasycraft.
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Running: Pathfinder Scarred Lands, Mutants & Masterminds, Masks, Starfinder, Bulldogs!
Playing: Sigh. Nothing.
Planning: Some Cyberpunk thing, system TBD.

Hackmaster

Great job Zach, keep it up. Really made my day today, checking in and seeing pics of all the action. Thanks.
 

GameDaddy

Here's a link to a shot of Zach hard at work delivering the latest and greatest from GenCon:

http://www.bonescroll.net/node/327

I have always wondered what he looked like, and had wanted to know in case I ran into him at the show, or while visiting gamestores in Indy!

In other news, I dropped off Koltar on Wednesday. This year he'll be in full Klingon Regalia for most of the show as the Klingon Jail'n'Bail has returned to GenCon.

Thanks Zach, for the great pix and commentary! I'll be in tomorrow as my work schedule allows for a few rounds of gaming!
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Fifth Element

Quote from: RPGPundit;320436Zach, you need to post pics of the FFG guys getting gang-raped with broomhandles and then chain-dragged with golf-carts for the atrocity that is WFRP 3e.
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Seanchai

Zach, any word on that cheeseburger?

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Quote from: Seanchai;320595Zach, any word on that cheeseburger?

Seanchai

Sadly, no.  May not get to that.  Man has been living on Slim Jims alone, until this morning.
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Zachary The First

Hello, and Greetings from Gen Con Indy! We'll be updating with news and pics through the day! You're welcome to comment and request coverage of various products and booths--after all, this is for you! If you missed our Day 1 coverage of the convention, check out all the news and pics right here!

Check back throughout the day as this article is updated.  You can also follow RPG Blog 2's updates on theRPGsite and Twitter.  Enjoy!

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The first day of Gen Con is in many ways the toughest. People are jetlagged, they're still setting up, scouting around, and they haven't quite got the knack of convention life down yet. By Day 2, people are more settled, know their way around a bit better, and get into that rhythm. Of course, plenty of people didn't sleep due to gaming and/or have hangovers, so it all sort of balances out.

I had a great time with Jeff over at The Bone Scroll yesterday, hanging out for a while. With any luck, some of us are meeting up for a quiet, light breakfast, to discuss gaming, geek stuff, and the convention thus far. I'm hoping the cafe I'm thinking of is still off the beaten path!

This afternoon will see "the Friday Rush", as people get off work and flood in for the weekend. Also, the D&D new setting announcement is at noon. I'm sure we'll all know soon after just what it's going to be.

More from the floor in a bit!

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 Great, great breakfast at Cafe Patachou.  Organic--after so many Slim Jims the past 24 hours, my body didn't quite know what to do.

Took some pics of costumes on my way in.









Luke Crane ran into me, or vice-versa.  He did get copies of the newest Burning Empires book in this morning, so I'll be checking that out in a bit.

For West End Games, Eric Gibson told me they should have Septimus in by the end of today!  So we'll finally get to see this puppy.  Talked author to Bill Coffin, told him how much I admired his Palladium Fantasy work.  Forgot to charge my camera last night, so those I'll have to be careful with photo updates until I get home tonight.  I should still be able to get some more for you.

Q-Workshop is busy this morning.  Those dice are gorgeous, but they aren't cheap.

And...there's the TARDIS, at the Who North America booth.



On the Who crowd, I'm still being told October for the Dr. Who RPG.  We'll see if I can get more in a bit!

For some reason, Blackmoor doesn't feel right with that logo.  Probably just me, being a crappy neo-grognard.


 
Strong crowd for the second day.  I'm going to try to hit the next setting D&D announcement, but we'll see.  There's a lot of booths still to hit!
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Seanchai

Hey, Zach, when is WotC supposed to announce their announced announcement?

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estar

THanks for the Points of Light II pick. On table wide shot I see copies of the first one as well. Hopefully it does well.

Balbinus

First off, thanks for the thread Zach, very cool.

On another note, when you get back I'd be very interested in a thread on your thoughts on running/playing Microlite, it's caught my attention slightly of late.

Zachary The First

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Just in--the next setting for D&D 4e will be Dark Sun for 2010.  This was just announced at the D&D Extravaganza.



Back in a bit.
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Ich habe mir schon sehr lange keine Gedanken mehr über Bleistifte gemacht.--Settembrini

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Man, Luke Crane makes a pretty book.  The new Burning Empires book does exist:

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