Category: Conventions

  • Gen Gone, Part Two

    This is Part Two, you can get the context over in Part One. Much like in Part One, I’m going to start with a couple of points that, if they make you mad (because you disagree, not because you should rightfully be mad at our capitalist trash fire), the rest of this and probably Part…

  • Gen Gone, Part One

    Let me state two things off the top that might save you some reading: Zionism=/=Jewishness. What Israel is carrying out in Palestine is genocide and their Jewishness in no way excuses anything. I one hundred percent support the CRIT Awards in general and there decisions around this year’s awards in particular. If either of those…

  • GLYPHcon, or “Zut Alors, I Meesed One!”

    I recently posted about fall cons coming up in Edmonton, and because I didn’t have all the information on it at the time I left one off. So get comfortable, kiddies, and let me talk to you about GLYPHcon (October 6-8)! Now in its third year, GLYPHcon (or Games and Lore of Yearly Pathfinder Heroics…

  • Out and About: Local Cons

    Fall is coming, and that means the local gaming convention season is upon us once again. While GOBFest is the delightful outlier, running in May, the other gaming cons have clustered in September and October. This means you can pack in a bunch of gaming before the temperatures drop, and enjoy your gaming convention purchases…

  • Gone Expoing!

    This is a light week for me, blog-wise. I’m the Team Lead for the Tabletop Games area at the Edmonton Expo, which runs this weekend. I’ve been busy sorting out my volunteers and events, then I’ll be busy setting up the gaming area and preparing for the weekend which starts at 3pm Friday. If you’re…

  • Get in the Con Game!

    Gen Con started today, with tens of thousands of gaming nerds gathering in Indianapolis to celebrate the hobby they love. Sadly, I am not among them this year, though I have made the pilgrimage to gamer mardi gras in the past. If you have the means, I highly recommend attending Gen Con at least once…

  • Convention Time, Part Deux!

    A longish while back I wrote a post about going to conventions, with some tips and tricks I use when conning around. Since then I’ve written a few posts on subjects touching on gaming conventions; if you search the convention tag I’m sure they’ll pop up. Since the Grand Daddy of all gaming cons, Gen…

  • IntrigueCon is Coming!

    If you’re a role-player here in Edmonton, you really need to get on-board with IntrigueCon, running October 16-18. For those that have attended in years past, you’ll notice they’ve expanded to a third full day, running all day Sunday as well. With weekend passes at just $20 if you pre-register, that works out to less…

  • On Being a Better Con Gamer

    Here in the snowy wilds of Canada, winter is loosening its grip on the land. Which means all the introverted nerds like me can come out of our winter hibernation and start taking in that most glorious of gaming activities: the gaming convention. Locally, GOBFest was just this past weekend, a mighty collection of board…

  • 3 Games to Kill Long Lines

    Anyone who attends cons knows about the scourge of long line-ups. They can plague any convention, no matter how well organized it may be. The negative side of long lines is…well, you’re stuck in a long line for an indeterminate length of time. The positive side of long lines at cons? You’re stuck in that…