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Clanpot Shake posted:Is there anything for a teetotaler goon to do with goons? I went in 2016 and also didn't see any goons and most of what I saw discussed was barhopping with some games involved. Either way I'll be there. You will know me by my No Fun shirt. If you want to stand out you're going to have to do more than wear the same shirt everyday like everyone else will be doing.
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Deviant posted:I mean aside from some wednesday shenanigans, no one gets *that* drunk... Hahahaha what? I'm annihilated every night while gaming in a hotel lounge with my college buddies and it owns.
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Clanpot Shake posted:Is there anything for a teetotaler goon to do with goons? I went in 2016 and also didn't see any goons and most of what I saw discussed was barhopping with some games involved. Either way I'll be there. You will know me by my No Fun shirt. You could hang out with the goons who drink? Unless you don’t want to be around booze. We don’t get rowdy, its more casual and the barhopping is more only hanging out at one bar because its pretty quiet and they don’t mind us playing games there. People even played AFFO there, so its not just light stuff. Like Deviant said, nobody throws down gencon money to just get drunk with goons. Except wednesday when we get irresponsible with buying shots, but even that was pretty sedate last year. Elephant Ambush posted:Hahahaha what? I'm annihilated every night while gaming in a hotel lounge with my college buddies and it owns. He’s talking about the goon group Fellis fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Apr 19, 2018 |
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Admiral Joeslop posted:As a second time goer, what does everyone budget for food? The hotel my girlfriend and I have this year doesn't offer free breakfast but does have room service. I always suggest that nobody waste their time on lunch when at Gen-Con, given that you will likely miss at least an hour of Precious Precious Afternoon Time if you do so. Which means obviously carrying a handful of granola bars and/or mixed nuts and/or the Blood of the Host or whatever you consume on "hikes" Then be like Toshimo and spend all your saved money on Harry & Izzy's for dinner. Pricier than many things but way cheaper than St. Elmo Steakhouse which it is basically the same thing as. nesbit37 posted:This makes me sad, but for different reasons than those wargamers. I hope they still let me download a CSV of the entire catalog for future updates to https://www.best50yearsingaming.com Trustworthy posted:Last year, due to a weird/busy schedule, I managed to not see a single goon for the entire duration of Gen Con. I was pretty bummed. May tYoOL 2018 offer me a reversal of fortune. That is all. AND WE CAN CONFIRM YOU ARE WHO I THINK YOU ARE Clanpot Shake posted:Is there anything for a teetotaler goon to do with goons? I went in 2016 and also didn't see any goons and most of what I saw discussed was barhopping with some games involved. Either way I'll be there. You will know me by my No Fun shirt.
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Elephant Ambush posted:Hahahaha what? I'm annihilated every night while gaming in a hotel lounge with my college buddies and it owns.
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I also don't drink and consider my time with goons to be the highlight of GenCon. It's all good
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Elephant Ambush posted:Please enjoy Gen Con in whatever ways make you the happiest Instructions unclear. Purchased 50 lb box of piss-soaked miniatures at auction.
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Toshimo posted:Instructions unclear. Purchased 50 lb box of piss-soaked miniatures at auction. shouting down someone in the charity auction is still one of my favorite memories "90, 100, 110...120..." "gently caress it. TWO HUNDRED!"" it's spiteful AND for a good cause, everyone wins! but mostly me!
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I love the auction so much, I really need to spend some more time there but I doubt its going to happen at all this year.
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No need for me to endlessly yammer about the Auction, but, yes. Yes. Oh, I love it so. Plus I get to find out this year how much behind-the-scenes politicking goes into auctioneer selection; apparently someone was upset last year when they put me and Josh on for most of the Charity Auction (and needless to say, nobody could be mad about Josh being on stage, so it had to be about me), but hey, results speak for themselves (also whatever, if I get to be on stage during T.O.V.A. I am pretty much happy no matter what else happens) As always I will be sure to post the schedules here and on the GroupMe as soon as I know them; they threatened last year to actually have the schedules finalized before the show begins, so that would be nice.
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Do you know if Frank is coming back to the auction this year, Quarex? He hasn't had much luck with cons since his major social media and suave old man fail last year.
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My group carries around a camelbak full of vodka for topping off flasks, and we've brought IV bags in the past in case anyone needs to recover quick. Gencon is serious business. There's a few drinking-themed events too. The brewery tour around Indy is pretty neat, you hit up 3-4 places and sample the goods. The drunkass gaming event is a hoot too, they rent out the back of the Ram and you get dinner and 1-2 drinks with the event ticket.
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ritorix posted:My group carries around a camelbak full of vodka for topping off flasks, and we've brought IV bags in the past in case anyone needs to recover quick. Gencon is serious business. We did a Drunkass Gaming event last year where we got to play a game called DeathCup. It should have been dumb (it was basically a more frantic version of quarters) but it was insanely fun after a long day.
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Clanpot Shake posted:Is that the big room that had that kind of library of games you could pull out and play? No, the ballrooms in the JW are used for events during the day, but in the evening they are just space to play in. We had 3 tables of Goons playing various games and RPGs until the early hours of the morning. Highlight included the table of non goons on the other side of the room giving us their bottle of booze because they had an early fight and didn't want to just dump them.
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Backno posted:No, the ballrooms in the JW are used for events during the day, but in the evening they are just space to play in. We had 3 tables of Goons playing various games and RPGs until the early hours of the morning. Highlight included the table of non goons on the other side of the room giving us their bottle of booze because they had an early fight and didn't want to just dump them. I'm staying at the JW this year. Where are these ballrooms? We usually leave the convention hall early to try to stake out a spot at the lounge but if there are ballrooms I'd imagine those are somewhat quieter.
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Elephant Ambush posted:I'm staying at the JW this year. Where are these ballrooms? 2nd or 3rd floor can't remember which.
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Elephant Ambush posted:I'm staying at the JW this year. Where are these ballrooms? The ballroom that we were in last year was on the 2nd floor down the hallway near the Starbucks (to the left as you face it). It was either the first or second set of doors, can't remember which.
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We often squatted rooms in the JW after hours. I had no idea that this was a Goon tradition!
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Backno posted:No, the ballrooms in the JW are used for events during the day, but in the evening they are just space to play in. We had 3 tables of Goons playing various games and RPGs until the early hours of the morning. Highlight included the table of non goons on the other side of the room giving us their bottle of booze because they had an early fight and didn't want to just dump them. oh hey i remember that
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Event listing is up. https://www.gencon.com/event_finder
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Only two of my three events made it in, but if anything wants to play an early draft of the recently kickstarted Flying Circus, the stretch goal for our podcast's jokey Blimpleggers setting was hit and we'll have new playbooks and everything there for a good (and first) time. It's RPG18132891, or Blimpleggers - The Ridgelands Rendezvous. The Blimpleggers setting is a fantasy 1920's not-America where Prohibition is in full swing, but the booze is potions (and yet still booze) and the rumrunners are running that hooch in various forms of semi-rigid airship instead of cars (which don't even exist, everyone just flies everywhere). The villains are the Fuzz, a police force of inscrutable mushroom people that just hate the heck out of alcohol.
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Excited to take a look at the events this year. I wonder how much ita grown from years past and when I can do some data analysis with the past years on http://best50yearsingaming.com
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My Dungeons Dragons Drive-ins Diners and Dives game got in https://www.gencon.com/events/128179 It's gonna be a blast, and it's basically designed for the yearly high-death revolving cast Goon Game we do
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I don't know if any of you do trade day but if so I have an event: https://www.gencon.com/events/125989
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There will be, in csv , if years past hold true (I certainly hope so at least).
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I should have checked before I typed my last post, here is a downloadable version of the current event catalog. http://www.gencon.com/downloads/events.zip
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:My Dungeons Dragons Drive-ins Diners and Dives game got in Gen Con catalog posted:Special Category: Gen Con found this event interesting. You might too.
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Does anyone know if there's going to be a couple more dumps of event listings before registration, or is this everything?
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They've put this on every event I've run cause I'm The Best 
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SirPhoebos posted:Oh nice I really hope to- Man's got a baby to feed 
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I let my network boss set the prices. Had no idea what was appropriate. Did we go way too high? Dammit!
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For reference, the vast majority of RPG events are like $2 per 2 hour slot. Some events that give out copies of the games or have a celebrity guest ask for more but I've never seen a basic 4 hour game go that high. Ya'll are pretty popular these days though so who knows
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:For reference, the vast majority of RPG events are like $2 per 2 hour slot. Some events that give out copies of the games or have a celebrity guest ask for more but I've never seen a basic 4 hour game go that high. Ya'll are pretty popular these days though so who knows Well maybe it's not too late to change it. Who knows.
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