Tag: Gen Con

  • 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…

  • It’s Been a While

    The annual nerd festival I run is over for another year, and a number of other impediments have fallen by the wayside. So this is me getting back in the saddle. Sorry for the long silence, but expect to see more from me more often. I haven’t been entirely idle, of course. I wrote some…

  • Uncaged Volume One: Updates

    I was just going to add this to my previous post regarding Uncaged Volume One, but there was just too much! The hardcover version is now available through Drivethru’s print-on-demand. And there is a special bundle price if you want the PDF and print copies together. Which is what I did; the PDF is easier…

  • 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…

  • RPGaDay #28: Most Memorable Encounter

    I was stumped on this one, until I decided to broaden my interpretation. In 2010 I attended Gen Con for the first time in over a decade. I travelled down from Edmonton with a group of friends, and since it was my first time back in a while, chose to get the VIG, or ‘Very…

  • RPGaDay Roundup, Part 2

    The RPGaDay Roundup continues! If you’re just joing us, Part 1 is here. Let’s continue: Day 13: Most Memorable Character Death When I was in high school, I had a Paladin I had managed to get up to 16th level. I started that guy in junior high school, and at that time it was my…

  • The State of the Tabletop Industry, and Why It Really Doesn’t Matter

    Maybe it’s because fall is coming, and the threat of winter right behind; maybe it’s because the latest burst of game releases are behind us. But this is the time of year, it seems, when every game blogger and vlogger wants to speculate on that age-old (in this case, age-old would be defined as 39…

  • Super Late Gen Con Wrap Up!

    I think the title says it all, really. Three and a half days home on a bus combined with multi-stage con crud equals me not posting about Gen Con until a week later. Since you’ve likely heard all the reviews already, I’m just going to hit my high (and low) points of the world’s biggest…