View From the Bushes

Well, I'm back from GenCon. In years past I've done a pretty complete report of the convention, but I'm horribly behind as it is, so I don't think I can spare the time to be exhaustive. As usual, it was ridiculously enjoyable. I particularly enjoy seeing people I only get to see once a year. I played some really fun games, partcipated in some killer demos, and basically closed a deal I've been working on since last GenCon. I'm still not at liberty to say much about it, but that should change by the end of the month, and I couldn't be more excited.

The must-attend event at GenCon is True Dungeon. They had two tracks this year and I did both (back to back, I might add). The True Dungeon treasure tokens were some of the hottest items at the con and I managed to snag two ultra-rares, one during each pass. Unfortunately, I did the dungeons right near the end so I didn't have time to sell them at the con, but I'm going to see if I can find a buyer on line. The first ultra-rare I managed to grab I got because of greed. The second I got because of cleverness, but I'll take them any way I can get them. I didn't survive the first section, but my party beat the second with like five seconds left. The mortality rate was really high, so I felt lucky to beat even one.

I guess the big difference between this con and last was that I met a lot more people, which I think I'd like to do more of next time. Of course, next year GenCon is going to be the week after the family reunion I'm in charge of, so hopefully I won't have to miss it. I think actually the nearness of the Con to the reunion serves as a justification, since I'm sure I'm going to need another vacation to recover from running the reunion. Hopefully next year will be like this year and I won't have to do much preperation for the con. Tomorrow hopefully I'll have enough time to track down a link or something similar; for now, I better get back to the ~4000 e-mails that were waiting for me this morning.

On a Gen Con high
Ross