Looks like i won't be going to Dexcon this weekend, after all. I had originally planned on it, but with it coming so close to my surprise attendence at Origins i don't think i'll be able to make it. Maybe next year i'll finally get to Jersey in the summer!

 I'm back from Origins today (or really, late last night), which means i'm also back from my first real con. Not that the DEXcons aren't real cons, but i've only day tripped out to them - this was a week!

It was a great experience, all told, and i'd be glad of having the opportunity to do it again. I bought games, I played games, I taught games, and ( Read more... )

 ...courtesy of Ad Astra Games, the makers of Squadron Strike, SITS, & Attack Vector. I'm working for them as a volunteer GM and general game/demo minion - which is pretty much the only way i could ever get to go to one of these big industry cons. Should be quite the experience! (I'm a little nervous!)

There is a bunch of other game-related stuff i ( Read more... )

 Two weekends ago i finally made it to the annual Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention, which is held every year in downtown Lancaster. This is a small convention - far less than a hundred participants - dedicated to celebrating the three tactical combat miniatures games produced by Jon Tuffley's GZG - Full Thrust (2D spaceships), Dirtside (6mm ( Read more... )

My second time at Dreamation was even more fun than the first. Doing a good job of scheduling in advance really helped!

Now, the con's still going on as i type this, but i couldn't make it back for Saturday or Sunday this year. Maybe for the next one - Dexcon - i should look into taking the bus; the registration fee pales in comparison to the travel ( Read more... )