I'd love to see what Chaosium has going on at their booth.  Similarly for the Savage Worlds folks.

Yes... SJGames... No one over there is selling Car Wars in a baggie just yet, are they?

Also, the Artisan dice look simply awesome!

The Armada stuff looks great, I guess Itll take a while to get reduced to the scale its played it. How good were the actual models? Well detailed?

Thats always been the greatest boon of the X Wing game, the attention they pay to the modelling.

I second the need for fewer of the hentai stuff. I know that some of those vendors disappear or cover things up a bit on Sunday, but really that's one aspect of the hobby that always bothered me.

Flyerfan: What hobby? Hentai/Anime isnt part of the roleplayer hobby is it? I know we may have some anime based rpgs but Anime itself is pretty peripheral to roleplaying in general. As for Hentai, well thats not even close.

Quote from: flyerfan1991;779775I second the need for fewer of the hentai stuff. I know that some of those vendors disappear or cover things up a bit on Sunday, but really that's one aspect of the hobby that always bothered me.

Uh what aspect?

Have you ever been to Gen Con? They have people there selling BDSM gear, real swords, costuming supplies, videos, videos and more videos, etc.

Remember Design Mechanism - Mythic Britain!

Quote from: Sutekh;779763The Armada stuff looks great, I guess Itll take a while to get reduced to the scale its played it. How good were the actual models? Well detailed?

Thats always been the greatest boon of the X Wing game, the attention they pay to the modelling.

Oh, they were beautiful. Just really, really cool up close.

Quote from: jcfiala;779746I'd love to see what Chaosium has going on at their booth.  Similarly for the Savage Worlds folks.

OK, so I had planned for a bunch of Savage Worlds pics, but most of the SavWo stuff was on about 3 shelves, with a bunch of boxes blocking half of it, no good photo angles, and annoyingly back-and-forth browsers. That's just how it happens, sometimes. I'll try again tomorrow.

On the bright side, the Chaosium booth was cool. It's always great to see them still plugging along, and Sandy Petersen was totally in his element, you could tell. Perhaps the best part of the Chaosium booth was off to the side, where the Cthulhu Wars models and sculpts were on display, including a few upcoming supplemental ones. That game is going to be amazing, and they had a show special for people who missed the buy-in. Check this out:








Oh, and here's another photo I forgot on D&D Attack Wing. These models look pretty sharp, too!



Back to RPGs for a moment, Pelgrane Press had a crowded but lively booth, with demos running in the middle and some nice displays of their 13th Age RPG and other products:



Tracy Hickman was really working for his new Sojourner Tales product. He was talking and really engaging with everyone who came up to the booth. I'll admit, I was never a big Dragonlance fan, but it's easy to see why he remains such a popular figure here:



More dice, this time the animal dice bins over at Koplow Games. These just make me happy--the kids love them, too. Koplow makes dice with alligators on them, while Artisan Dice makes dice out of alligator.



I'll try to hit as many of the suggestions tomorrow as I can. I'll have my daughter with me, so I'm sure there will be some My Little Pony time, but I won't subject you to that.

Have a great night, and we'll be back to it in the AM!

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Quote from: CRKrueger;779781Remember Design Mechanism - Mythic Britain!

You know it! Went by today, but Loz was away when I passed by. Will try again tomorrow!

Quote from: Omega;779779Uh what aspect?

Have you ever been to Gen Con? They have people there selling BDSM gear, real swords, costuming supplies, videos, videos and more videos, etc.

Yes, I've been for several years now, and on Sunday the vendors tone things down a bit.  But really, are they part of geekdom or gaming?

Costuming supplies, yes. After all, LARPers are gamers. But the other stuff? Not quite so much, although the videos by groups such as The Gamers dovetail with the hobby nicely.

But I'm with Zach about certain aspects of Gen Con needing to tone it down a bit.

Quote from: Sutekh;779778Flyerfan: What hobby? Hentai/Anime isnt part of the roleplayer hobby is it? I know we may have some anime based rpgs but Anime itself is pretty peripheral to roleplaying in general. As for Hentai, well thats not even close.

I meant geekery in general.  But yeah, it's only peripheral to gaming at best.

Does Black Dragon Press or Susan Van Camp have a spot at Gen Con this year? Just found out a few days ago that everything pertaining to Dragon Storm and Crypt Crawlers is gone. Susan hasnt posted on her site in around 2 years.

weird.

I'm enjoying GenCon as always. Mostly wandered around and looked at stuff today. Will demo at Academy Games tomorrow. True Dungeon was lots fun. Successful with no deaths. Dinner at Adobo was fantastic!

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Quote from: Sutekh;779763The Armada stuff looks great, I guess Itll take a while to get reduced to the scale its played it. How good were the actual models? Well detailed?

Thats always been the greatest boon of the X Wing game, the attention they pay to the modelling.

Our homebrewed Space combat game way way better, using extendable car aerials and a steel sheet base and magnets it was genuine 3D

Quote from: CRKrueger;779781Remember Design Mechanism - Mythic Britain!

Quote from: Zachary The First;779783You know it! Went by today, but Loz was away when I passed by. Will try again tomorrow!

I didn't know that Mythic Britain would be available in GenCon. Color me interested.

Zachary, thank you very much for this thread, as usual, it's a pleasure.