#GenCon 2015 Day 2a: Swag & Autographs

Have spent most of the day in the Vendor's Hall, wandering around, getting autographs, picking up 'needs' and a few 'wants', and chatting w/ as many people as possible.

 Kevin Siembieda from Palladium books.  Spend quite awhile talking with him about systems, players, GM'ing, trolls, etc.  he did answer one burning question for me.  W/ the 'Earth Defenders' minis coming out, I asked him why he went w/ the T-55 tank instead of the more modern T-72 or T-90.  His response?  Because it looked the coolest.    Works for me.

The KS/Con exclusives assembled and mostly painted.  They are really nice minis.

Jolly Blackburn of Kenzerco w/ my signed copy of the 25th Anniv. of KODT. I asked him if there was any more in the drama over the KODT Live Action and he told me the KS organizer has 'gone silent'.

And my gamers/Zombie Orpheus Entertainment bonanza:

 Maggie Ferguson-Wagstaffe from Gemers Live and Sarah Sanders-Ode from House Rulez

 Christian Doyle and Steve Wolbrecht w/ a special message for a friend.

Carol Roscoe, Brian Lewis, Nathan Rice, Steven Wolbrecht, Christian Doyle.

From Steve Jackson Games:

I got a personal demo of the OGRE card game prototype which is being finalized now.  This is going to be one of my purchases when it hits the shelves.

 Phil Reed and Andrew Hackard

Howard Taylor drawing in Schlock Mercenary #11

 John Kovalic signing the T-shirt verboten at the local elementary school:

Swag:

some Cosplay:

More after I get some food in me and my feet stop hurting as much.

GenCon2015 Day 1: YOUR Bell Sucks!!

#GenCon2015 Day2b: Wait? Who Are You?

#GenCon2015 Day 3: The Ugly, Bald One

GenCon2015 Day 1: YOUR Bell Sucks!!

I have arrived.  Made good time on the road but almost forgot about the time difference again. A quick refresher shower and some organization then a short trip to the floor before one of two main events for the evening.

With only a little while, two tables were closest to the door.

The Chaldea booth w/ Jen Page (I have tickets for tomorrow night):

And the guys from Dog Might Games.  Makes of some sweet wood gaming accessories:

 I picked up that monocromatic blue beauty in the middle.  More pics later.

 We chatted for a bitbefore I had to run off and get in line for Gamers Live: Curse of the Blind Swordsman.  The title of the post is a reference to a line in it.  It was fully videoed w/ sound effects and crowd participation.  A few very short clips from it:

 Couldn't get my camera to take any decent pics w/o flash so I did these instead. Next up is the 'Late Night Puppet Slam' which I went to last year and had an absolute blast at.  I'll update later w/ hopefully some more video.

Update:  Only a little video.  They didn't allow video or pics so I shut it off.  Honestly I was really disappointed in the show this year.  Nowhere near as entertaining as last year and they threw in a bunch of politics. Really soured the evening.  Short clip before I shut the camera off.

Some pics of my new dice tower:

Really nice woodworking, paint, and felting.  The drawbridge is removable and stays in place using a few small magnets as shown above. I'm looking forward to breaking this in at the next game session.

#GenCon 2015 Day 2a: Swag & Autographs

#GenCon2015 Day2b: Wait? Who Are You?

#GenCon2015 Day 3: The Ugly, Bald One

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A Package Full Of Gamer Hate

Just in time to hand them out at GenCon

I only had 5 left of my original order from years ago, three of which autographed.  At least one of which is promised to try and divert my painter friend from his evil hobby. I went to look to see if they were still in print.  Lo and behold they were.

Today in the mail I received an envelope w/ this return address:

My true gamer friends now probably have confirmed their suspicions of what I'm talking about.

I opened the envelope and true joy fell out. THE holy grail of 80's era gamer hatred.  Of course I'm speaking of:

DARK DUNGEONS

Yes, 100 brand new copies although they are subtly different from the 2nd ed. ones (yeah, I did that intentionally) that were the same as 1st Ed. w/ the exception of removing references to Tolkein and C.S. Lewis as occult figures.

If you have never read or heard of 'Dark Dungeons' before, that means that #1, you don't read my site often enough, and #2, that you absolutely must. Here is the first panel:




Then go here and read the rest. As a friendly warning, do NOT be drinking anything while you're reading it.

They also have made a movie of it which is insanely true to the comic.  Here's the trailer:



Then go here and buy the digital full version.  It is entirely worth it, especially if you watch it w/ subtitles on.

Methinks this weekend is going to be a little Gamer history lesson for the spawnlings as well as some presents to my regular group.

1-800-432-5059

So, I decided to test out Oregon’s new background check system. The phone number is available to individuals so my buddy came over and we decided to have some fun.

Ring…ring…ring

The fuzz: Hello, OSP here, what can I do for you?
Kaveman: Just need to temporarily transfer a firearm to my buddy.

The fuzz: So you’re not selling the gun to him?
Kaveman: No, he just wants to see if it fits his hand and test the trigger pull and then go buy a new one if he likes it.

The fuzz: Well………….you don’t really need to do a background check for that.
Kaveman: Oh, yes I do. I’ve read the legislation, have you?

The fuzz: “sigh”……….ya, but, oh never mind, let’s get started.
Kaveman: This is my first time going through this process so be gentle with me.

The fuzz: What’s the recipient’s name and address?
Kaveman: His name is Mike Hawk and he’s homeless.

The fuzz: I need an address.
Kaveman: Well, he has a P.O. Box, will that work?
The fuzz: Uhh………..yeah sure.

The fuzz: I also need your name and address.
Kaveman: My name is kaveman and I own more than one property and live in both an equal amount of time each year.
The fuzz: Where do you receive your mail at?
Kaveman: A P.O. Box.
The: “sigh”…………OK, give me that.

The fuzz: What’s the make, model and serial number of the firearm? Also need the caliber.
Kaveman: It’s a blued steel revolver and holds 6 rounds. Long skinny ones.
The fuzz: No, I need the name of the company who makes it, the model designation, the serial number and the caliber of the ammunition it uses.
Kaveman: Oh, OK…Wal-Mart, it’s called a “blue light special,” and it says “Single-six” on the receiver. The ammunition is the exact same size as my penis, which I’m posting a picture of on your face-book page now.

The fuzz: “sigh” Sir, I understand what you’re doing and I can’t say I blame you. I disagree with this stupid law just as much as you do, possibly even more so since this is now my job instead of working in the community doing something positive which is why I became a police officer to begin with. Having said that, the law is in place, no one is going to actually enforce it and making prank phone calls which ties up police services is a prosecutable offense which we are inclined and motivated to pursue.
Kaveman: So, are saying that I have permission from OSP to ignore “941” in its entirety?
The fuzz: No, I’m saying we won’t enforce the law.
Kaveman: What’s the difference?

The fuzz: The difference is that some pieces of paper make some very ignorant people feel safer while nothing actually changes in the meat world.
Kaveman: Will you click the “like” button on my penis picture?
The fuzz: That’s a picture of half an earthworm, sir, and this phone call is being recorded.
Kaveman: Cool, I’m recording it as well. Now I’m going to send a copy to every member of Oregon’s legislature, thanks for playing along.