Went on the roommate's extra guest membership again this year, the I only managed one of the days.  On Sunday I was just exhausted and fell back asleep in the morning.  A small pity, as I'd signed up for a session of Kobolds Ate My Baby! and to try out the board game Abyss.  But Saturday was good.  Played in the GURPS: Trollhunters ongoing again.  ( Read more... )

The roommate had Kickstarter-ed this small (probably somewhere between 100-200 participants) 2-day gaming convention.  And he had an extra pass and I have bunches of vacation hours to burn off before year's end.  Played a few card games;For Sale, Pick that Dog and Sentinels of the Multiverse; in between longer gaming sessions.  I'd played For Sale ( Read more... )

Decided to use the light rail today, as a $3.5 all day pass makes for a much better deal then the $12 or more for parking downtown. Took about a 1/2 hour to go from the park&ride lot to the stop next to the convention...

Killed some time watching some short movies, with the live-action version of the first part of Street Angel standing out. ( Read more... )

So today I ended up at the Comic Book Trivia panel and made it the finals, winning many crappy free comics in the process. I didn't get the Frazetta drawn book since I could only remember three colors of kryptonite and their properties (Green, Red and Gold). But one of those free comics is the first issue of the Samuel L. Jackson as a space ( Read more... )

So I'm doing the local Comicon this weekend, but after checking tonight's Preview Events I didn't see anything I really was interested in. So I think I'll just enjoy the night off...

If you're like me then you didn't get to go to San Diego Comic Con this year. Either because of time or money or both. Luckily a little stuffed bull can blog about it for you. Its almost like you were there!

Counter Monkey: With mockery of LARPers, otaku and other assorted nerd-spawn

I only lasted an hour today. The one game I wanted was already full. The anime room wasn't showing anything I was interested in. And looking at all the games I thought about signing up for (all boardgames) were ones either I or spoonyone owned. Which meant I would have been PAYING for the opportunity to play games I could do for free if I just put some ( Read more... )

It was Thursday, so not much happened. I sat in on a game of Railroad Tycoon. Then I went looking for food (since the Mesa Convention Centrer doesn't allow any kind of outside food/drink. If you get caught with it, apparantly the con gets fined). Anyway, since there wasn't really anything I was really wanting to do I decided to just call it a ( Read more... )

Well I'm back and done. Technically theres more on Sunday, but I'm not driving all the way back to Tempe for a half-days worth of events. Especially not after getting in after 1AM ( Read more... )