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It's me, your thread/convention social deduction game shill. If you're not in the discord (get in the discord, nerd) or are in the discord but don't go into the spooky social deduction channel(s), here's a survey/poll I made about playing Blood on the Clocktower at Gen Con. https://forms.gle/MNjdT8iKSRmFcka46 There's not gonna be like a strict schedule or anything (obviously), but if people overwhelmingly are like "nah, I don't wanna" for something, then I won't go hog wild in terms of finding/writing scripts to bring. I'm not gonna run the game like constantly (oh, but given the opportunity, I just might) but I'll pencil some games in for certain days/times and schedule certain scripts for certain times or there's more interest. (Or set one or more times up as the "pseudo-live action twitch streams" where I'll try to set up in a way where the storyteller (me and/or someone else if people wanna do it) can talk to spectators about what they're doing and why.) In the discord, there's also a place for people to talk about running other sorts of "events". I know the con is pretty freeform, but for example, if you wanna play a game of Fiasco (and who doesn't?!) you can post something like "I think I wanna do that after groverlunch" and see if you have takers. (And also whoever wants to do like a magic cube draft can know that if there's an overlap in who wants to do those things, then they won't be able to do it at that time.) Basically, building our own gen con events system inside of gen con, but with
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Sweet, my Sentinels and Dallas games both sold out immediately. Now I just need to entice people to the live show. But instead of trying that in here may I suggest that if you have some spare time Friday you should consider our $2 RPG Quiz show where I'll be asking trivia questions and handing out prizes along with Jon from my shows, James D'Amato from One Shot and Campaign and stuff, and somehow Linda Codega from Gizmodo. Get copies of our books and random other stuff! And it's free: https://www.gencon.com/events/221455?fbclid=IwAR1qnqTTF-tdPZteVQELJEuvYs-IAdkbX95OI78Exh0YFOgdwAYoPsDTl64 theironjef fucked around with this message at 03:26 on May 23, 2023 |
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May 22, 2023 19:05
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Officially going to be at GenCon!!!! Just got my exhibitor badge today 
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May 22, 2023 23:15
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Frozen Peach posted:Officially going to be at GenCon!!!! Just got my exhibitor badge today Also theironjef posted:Sweet, my Sentinels and Dallas games both sold out immediately. Now I just need to entice people to the live show. But even more intrigued by the RPG Trivia session. Might have to consider....purchasing an event ticket after all???
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May 22, 2023 23:20
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[quote="Dr. Quarex" post="532024335"] YOU DID IT Also I saw people excited about the Dallas game, so good work there. I mean heck I am pretty excited myself But even more intrigued by the RPG Trivia session. Might have to consider....purchasing an event ticket after all??? Apparently two bucks! It's being put on by our publisher, a chance to push a couple of our books. The room is probably too big, so here's hoping we get some butts in those seats! theironjef fucked around with this message at 03:26 on May 23, 2023 |
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May 22, 2023 23:27
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theironjef posted:Totally free! https://www.gencon.com/events/221455?fbclid=IwAR1qnqTTF-tdPZteVQELJEuvYs-IAdkbX95OI78Exh0YFOgdwAYoPsDTl64 The event page says tickets are $2 though? Am I missing something?
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May 23, 2023 01:06
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Wait what? Okay, I guess it's two buck then. Our publisher scheduled it. I hope I'm getting that money, then. Money I didn't even know about. That should have been free. I'll edit that.
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May 23, 2023 02:59
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If its a $2 charge all that money goes to Gen Con. It’s the minimum fee for an event. They do let some events be free of charge but you have to ask and I am not sure what the criteria is for them to allow it.
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nesbit37 posted:If its a $2 charge all that money goes to Gen Con. It’s the minimum fee for an event. They do let some events be free of charge but you have to ask and I am not sure what the criteria is for them to allow it. Yeah, that's what I was wondering. The only event I'm not hosting or helping at that I signed up for was free, but I think it's held by GenCon itself so I was briefly confused. So yeah, let's say it's two bucks but I don't make any money (unless you buy my books).
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theironjef posted:Yeah, that's what I was wondering. The only event I'm not hosting or helping at that I signed up for was free, but I think it's held by GenCon itself so I was briefly confused. So yeah, let's say it's two bucks but I don't make any money (unless you buy my books). Join the discord, nerd. You won't make any money there either but there are plenty of goons playing board games and RPGs, unless your schedule is super packed I guess.
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May 23, 2023 06:50
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Join the discord, nerd. You won't make any money there either but there are plenty of goons playing board games and RPGs, unless your schedule is super packed I guess. The front page links are all busted!
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May 23, 2023 15:57
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NOT AGAIN https://discord.gg/w5M97Fa8 Wow links expire after 7 days now? I could have sworn they were, you know, useful before
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https://discord.gg/RRmdxt6 This is a non-expiring invite link, feel free to update the main post Quarex
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May 23, 2023 17:04
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Shadragul posted:https://discord.gg/RRmdxt6
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gently caress YES, the Gencon Hotels site paid off and my group are now all Skywalk connected, wooo! GENCON BABY!
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They really should connect the skywalks to more hotels. Including a miles long tunnel to the airport hotels.
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May 30, 2023 12:01
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I'm sure an insane South African billionaire would say that'd be a snap.
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BlackIronHeart posted:gently caress YES, the Gencon Hotels site paid off and my group are now all Skywalk connected, wooo! GENCON BABY! 100% GOON SKYWALK ACCESS IN OUR TIME 8one6 posted:They really should connect the skywalks to more hotels. Including a miles long tunnel to the airport hotels.
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BlackIronHeart posted:I'm sure an insane South African billionaire would say that'd be a snap. But the tweets
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I made a human so unfortunately, for her, I will be breaking my however many eons now GenCon streak GroverLunch will still happen, watch the discord for it, and think of me when you order the bread pudding my dears
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Mudcrab Merchant posted:I made a human so unfortunately, for her, I will be breaking my however many eons now GenCon streak No matter how big a Gen-Con fan you may be, babies will one day arrive and disrupt streaks for us all. Every one of you reading this will have a baby by next year's Gen-Con Speaking of my own 2016 Gen-Con babby, he finally spoke the magic words in order to me the other day, "can I go to Gen-Con with you next time*?" so I suspect my ~2024-2030 Gens-Con will look very different while I wait until I feel like he is old enough to not need to be accompanied at all times Also I got some of the goddamn ICC carpet, if you for some reason are not on the Discord and want some let me know and I can undoubtedly hand you a square on-site in August for a reasonable fee (I am going to put it all in a storage container until the convention and I do not actually live in Indianapolis) *Yes I realize technically speaking this year is "next time," but we discussed it in the context of the fun trip he was going on while I was attending this year, so I think everyone involved is reading things accurately
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31 days
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Gen Con!!! Looking forward to seeing a bunch of old friends and trying to make some new ones, and play some games in the process.
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Shadragul posted:Gen Con!!! Looking forward to seeing a bunch of old friends and trying to make some new ones, and play some games in the process. We are all clearly going to get super into Lorcana
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Dr. Quarex posted:This all checks out. Pretty sure everyone here who actually goes to Goon hangs at some point during the convention cannot help but end up with new friends for the next year. I cut one goon from the friend list every year. You're next.
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Bottom Liner posted:I cut one goon from the friend list every year. You're next. I have always wanted to be struck from a list
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I'm already in Indiana! Two weeks early! Gen Con has begun in my heart.
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Dr. Quarex posted:😍 Best I can do is struck.
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It's been a good 5-7 years since my last Gen Con, excited to go this time around. I am in the stage of buying board games and never playing them part of my collecting career and hoping to get back to grass roots. I checked the interactive map and didn't see where the auction will be this year.
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Mr.Trifecta posted:It's been a good 5-7 years since my last Gen Con, excited to go this time around. I am in the stage of buying board games and never playing them part of my collecting career and hoping to get back to grass roots. I checked the interactive map and didn't see where the auction will be this year. I think my phase of buying things and never playing them ended without me really noticing in 2019, and related to the Auction I am also finishing up selling the other half of my tabletop things I did not sell last year in this year's!
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One of these years I'll bring in a bunch of board games for the auction since I'm never going to play them.
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djfooboo posted:
drat that is early, even I am not leaving until Friday  Admiral Joeslop posted:One of these years I'll bring in a bunch of board games for the auction since I'm never going to play them.
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Dr. Quarex posted:HE IS GOIN' NOW This sounds way more complicated than waiting a year so I can not do it then either.
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Dr. Quarex posted:They moved it, the maniacs, they exiled us to the second floor of the Marriott across the street from the convention center. Between the surely reduced crowds and expanding the space ~33% it is definitely going to be the best year to spend time looking at the Consignment Store though. Wider aisles AND less guilt that you are holding up the line! What the heck, you got sent to exile island? I will still stop in and visit and perhaps drool at some things. I see there is online registration, how good is the calendar of items? I'd like to know when I should be in when certain things sell.
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Jul 25, 2023 04:23
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Is the consignment shop also moving?
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Bottom Liner posted:Is the consignment shop also moving? Yes, it'll be in the same ballroom as the auction, just like before, but now with 6' wide walkways!
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Mr.Trifecta posted:I see there is online registration, how good is the calendar of items? I'd like to know when I should be in when certain things sell. The tentative schedule is available at https://livegameauctions.com/
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Admiral Joeslop posted:This sounds way more complicated than waiting a year so I can not do it then either. Not sure if I feel seen or attacked
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Mr.Trifecta posted:What the heck, you got sent to exile island? I will still stop in and visit and perhaps drool at some things. I see there is online registration, how good is the calendar of items? I'd like to know when I should be in when certain things sell. And in addition to the list on the webpage, the individual sections actually have entries in the Gen-Con event list for the first time ever, so you can always check what is currently happening against whatever else you might want to do. The answer is always to come to the Auction of course
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