Category: Gaming Conventions
| August 19, 2011 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
I am likely the last blogger on the Internet to get their Gen Con recap posted, but a combination of work deadlines, Con Crud, generating some spousal karma, and my regularly scheduled game conspired against me. Overall it was a very good Gen Con, and I had a great time seeing old friends, meeting new friends, and doing some needed shopping. So here is my 2011 Gen Con recap. The Year of Seconds This year was marked by repeats of two very special events from…
| August 9, 2011 | Posted by Walt Ciechanowski |
2011 proved to be an interesting year for me at GenCon. Normally, I have large blocks of time to hit the dealer hall or meet people. This year, my schedule was crammed, not the least because I only chose to attend 3 days without cutting back on my usual number of events. As a Gnomie, this was a special con. We won our second silver ENnie (I have it on pretty good authority that we were going to take the gold before a Halfling voting…
| July 29, 2011 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
Once again some of the Gnomes will be rolling into Indy next week, and today’s article is about where we will be and how you can find us. Despite the bad press 4e has been giving us Gnomes, we are a social bunch, and nothing gives us more of a thrill than getting to meet the people who read Gnome Stew, and write the comments that spark the discussions that make this blog great. So lets see who is going and how you can find…
| July 22, 2011 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
For those long-time readers of the Stew, this is a tradition that I have had a lot of fun doing the past two Gen Con’s. It is the 3rd annual You Pick It, I Review It event. This is where you get to put the last item on my Gen Con shopping list before I pack up and head to Indy for the best 4 days in gaming. In years past you have picked out some great games to review: Hackmaster Basic [here and here],…
| June 21, 2011 | Posted by Scott Martin |
This weekend, we organized and threw our first minicon. It was immensely easier than running a “real” con in many ways–but it also telegraphed some of what goes into planning and executing a con of whatever size. If you’re looking at organizing a house con, or want to see what goes on behind the scenes, read on! I was inspired by an Endgame mini-con that I’d been fortunate enough to attend. It was a great day of gaming, and I really wanted to try out…
| April 29, 2011 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
This coming Sunday (May 1st) after you have gotten over your Royal Wedding hangover, is Gen Con Event Registration. For those attending, this is the time for the mad scramble to get into events before your fellow dice monkeys grab all the free seats. For some there will be the sweet taste of victory and for others just a fist full of Generic tickets and a mass of frustration. So while you are sitting with your Excel spreadsheet plotting out five levels of event picks,…
| November 15, 2010 | Posted by Patrick Benson |
This year at Con on the Cob the gnomes Phil Vecchione, Kurt Schneider, and myself played in a Savage Worlds game ran by Sean Patrick Fannon who opened his game to anyone who wanted to participate. No one was turned away, and Sean ran a game for at least a dozen people where everyone at all of the tables (yes, there were two tables) had an amazing time. Sean is the type of GM that I cannot say enough good things about. The word "no”…
