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The Kraken was a whole lot of fun. That bit more relaxed than the standard three-day sprint of a con, rather cosy in size, but with plenty of stuff going on. For now I'm just going to comment on some of the games I played: doubtless I'll miss some, or want to comment more broadly, so I'll probably revisit later (still).

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We stayed, I think ultimately, for the friendship.

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No actual gaming geekery within: saving that for another post.

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I can report that I've survived my first music festival, even at my advanced age, and the advanced temperature in southern Germany. First of all, thanks to Laura-of-no-LJ-account for providing the camping expertise, for pooling brainpower on musical research (and brains really were in a pool, believe me), and above all for giving me the social ( Read more... )