Origins : Day Four (and Five)
Saturday was a fairly light day for me at the convention - I'd left some open time for shopping, which I didn't much need as it turns out.
From 10AM to Noon I had an event called 'This Game Sucks' - the players of this board game play event cards to try and knock out a number of players from a roleplaying session represented on the board. Very funny little game with a lot of metahumor for those of us familiar with D&D game night. You can also win by driving off the GM.
From 2 to 4PM I was supposed to have a game called Alibi, sort of a more complex version of Clue, without the board element. Unfortunately, only two people showed up, and it was canceled. That sometimes happens, though rarely, in my experience.
From 4 to 5PM, I attended a seminar on collaborative storytelling which wasn't what I had expected from the title - it was about GMs and Players communicating more openly for the betterment of a campaign. Interesting, but I had been hoping for something else.
And at 7PM, the star of the convention. The Smithee Awards. An Awards show for bad movies, where hilariously awful clips are shown in each of 19 categories. The Smithees run for over five hours, and this is my third year attending. (This year was the 17th annual Smithee Awards.) It's my favorite part of the show, and I intend to go every year I can.
The next morning, I did make one more run out to the convention hall to buy one or two items - And I noticed that Ed Greenwood was signing autographs. So I bought a copy of Grand History of the Realms, which I already own, and had him sign it. Really nice guy, I was very happy to meet him. (I actually bumped into him on Friday as well.. and had nothing handy for him to sign, and actually bought a Gary Gygax novel for which he had written the foreword, to sign.. but when I saw him Sunday I figured it was my chance yo get him to sign something more appropriate.)
And that's about it. I left the convention Sunday, driving home and stopping for pizza at Massey's. Had a great time.
From 10AM to Noon I had an event called 'This Game Sucks' - the players of this board game play event cards to try and knock out a number of players from a roleplaying session represented on the board. Very funny little game with a lot of metahumor for those of us familiar with D&D game night. You can also win by driving off the GM.
From 2 to 4PM I was supposed to have a game called Alibi, sort of a more complex version of Clue, without the board element. Unfortunately, only two people showed up, and it was canceled. That sometimes happens, though rarely, in my experience.
From 4 to 5PM, I attended a seminar on collaborative storytelling which wasn't what I had expected from the title - it was about GMs and Players communicating more openly for the betterment of a campaign. Interesting, but I had been hoping for something else.
And at 7PM, the star of the convention. The Smithee Awards. An Awards show for bad movies, where hilariously awful clips are shown in each of 19 categories. The Smithees run for over five hours, and this is my third year attending. (This year was the 17th annual Smithee Awards.) It's my favorite part of the show, and I intend to go every year I can.
The next morning, I did make one more run out to the convention hall to buy one or two items - And I noticed that Ed Greenwood was signing autographs. So I bought a copy of Grand History of the Realms, which I already own, and had him sign it. Really nice guy, I was very happy to meet him. (I actually bumped into him on Friday as well.. and had nothing handy for him to sign, and actually bought a Gary Gygax novel for which he had written the foreword, to sign.. but when I saw him Sunday I figured it was my chance yo get him to sign something more appropriate.)
And that's about it. I left the convention Sunday, driving home and stopping for pizza at Massey's. Had a great time.