I finished prepping Match Game SF last night, which took some hours as I sorted through what prizes we still have and picked out the questions I want to use. Our show is only 1 h 15 m, so I'll be surprised if we get more than three games, but it should be entertaining. Also, as it has now been more than two years since our last show, if we are ( Read more... )

Lisa and I will be at Loscon 47/Westercon 73 this coming Thanksgiving weekend, and we've been asked to stage Match Game SF. It's going to be a little scaled down because the room to which we've been assigned isn't that large. (It looks to be about two-thirds the size of one of the Evergreen rooms at the Sea-Tac Doubletree, which was heretofore the ( Read more... )

We were at the auto shop as soon as they opened (it's right next door to the hotel). As we rather expected, they didn't think they could look at it until later in the day, so we had to switch to Plan B. After confirming online that they had a small (10') truck available, we walked the 3 km or so to the U-Haul dealership and paid $700 to rent the ( Read more... )

It's been quite a while since I printed any new Match Game SF questions, and we have a lot of games planned for SpikeCon. There are two shows planned: the first on "preview night" (Wednesday before the official start of the convention), where we expect to have up to four games, and the second on Friday night, where we have up to six games planned. ( Read more... )

Westercon 70 in Tempe next month has confirmed that we'll be doing Match Game SF at Westercon this year. We're currently scheduled for one evening show on the final night of the convention, Monday, July 3. Panelists are still being arranged ( Read more... )

We are scheduled to do two shows of Match Game SF at Westercon 69 in Portland, Oregon, July 1-4 at the Doubletree Lloyd Center. The two shows are Friday and Sunday nights, both at 9 PM. At the moment, I only see four panelist of the needed six, so if you're going to Westercon and want to be a panelist, you should contact Westercon programming and ( Read more... )

One of the hassles of having the rear door on the Astro jammed (as it has been since last December when something broke inside as I tried to open it in deeply sub-freezing weather in Tonopah) has been grocery shopping, as access via the side door is mildly tricky when the middle seat is installed, as we normally configure the minivan. Last weekend ( Read more... )

We did two shows of Match Game SF yesterday, which was logistically challenging for various reasons. Although it was a lot of work for us, and there were some glitches along the way for set up, in both cases the shows themselves ran well, and everyone seemed to have a good time. But it's very wearing. It's a good thing that we don't have much ( Read more... )

I'm pleased to announce that it looks like we'll be able to do one show of Match Game SF at this year's Worldcon in Spokane after all.

( Behind the Scenes )

After a lot of thought between me and Lisa, we've decided that we're going to have to withdraw from doing Match Game SF at Worldcon this year. In an ordinary Worldcon year, even chairing the Business Meeting (and Lisa recording it) would not be a barrier to us also doing one or two shows at Worldcon; however, this is not an ordinary year. We think ( Read more... )