GenCon
exhaustedI won't make this a long post. It's late and I should go to bed soon. Oddly enough, for all that the hotel nickel-and-dimes you, the computers w/internet access in the business center are free of charge. Yet internet from the room racks up $11 a day. So I'm in the business center.
So far the games have all gone well. I actually did not take a single generic ticket this convention - I had full showings for every game. That's unprecedented. My games ran well, and the ones I played in was fun.
I slept in, hit the gym, and wandered the dealer's room Thursday morning. I didn't manage to find the HERO booth, but I have instructions to locate it now. I played the noon slot yesterday, a Call of Cthulhu game. There was no prize, but several players commented they'd been amused. (I was handed a bitchy debutante and hammed it appropriately for a 1920's adventure). I even survived (by the skin of my teeth.) The convention must be looking at table assignments, because my two consecutive games I ran were at the same table/room, and the same happened tonight.
My first game today was run by a teenaged GM running (it was clear) her first convention game ever. Aside from a tendancy to railroad and a little nervousness, she did a good job, and I figure she'll work those problems out with experience. Her father asked me quietly for a critique later. The Bureau 13 game was amusing, and ended early enough I was able to hit the hotel gym, shower, and still get back in time for the 5pm game. That... was a full day of gaming. I should sleep soon.
(Anonymous)
Bureau 13
I saw some Serenity/Firefly games in the booklet and heard people talking about getting the Serentity RPG signed, but haven't seen it in person. There were autograph lines, but I avoid those, as they tend to set off my claustrophobia.