View From the Bushes

Note: I had this written on Saturday morning, but I wanted to leave the adventure notice up for as long as possible so I didn't post it immediately and then I forgot.

I realize that I have already posted my GenCon report, and even though it was quite long there were still things that I left out. Some were intentional, others were just oversights. One that was an oversight was not mentioning Brannon Hollingsworth (or Ashy), one of the authors of Love of Art. Brannon is something of a DireKobold evangelist. Every time I saw him in the exhibit hall he would yell, "DireKobold Rocks!" You may think he was just trying to get on my good side, but I'm pretty sure he was yelling that even when I wasn't around.

Another potential DireKobold evangelist I forgot to mention is Keith Parkinson. Apparently, Skip Williams talked to him about the idea and he thought that it was insanely cool. I went over to talk to him myself on Saturday afternoon and got the same impression, though he was busy with people trying to make last minute purchases so I didn't get to talk to him for as long as I would have liked. I've been a big fan of Parkinson's art for as long as I can remember so it's great to be able to give something back, as it were.

Most of the stuff I left out of my report I left out for very good editorial reasons. The biggest reason being that giving you short snapshots of the convention can never convey how cool it is to actually be there in person. Nor is it really possible to remember all of the really cool people I talked to. That is perhaps my favorite part of the gaming industry. It's small, everybody knows everybody else, and with a few minor exceptions people are very, very cool, more than willing to take the time to talk to you and helpful to a fault.