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LuiCypher posted:Speaking of GroupMe and plans, since LotR Trivia is NO MORE at the Colts Grille on Wednesday, where will enterprising goons decide to meet on Wednesday night? That had to be the biggest disappointment last year. We had a freakin' sign and everything!
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Anyone looking to form housing pools, or is this something that should be done through groupme?
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Feb 7, 2017 23:43
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I got my housing email. I'll be allowed to access...five hours after selection begins 
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Feb 11, 2017 07:37
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Welp, my hotel is a minimum 16 min drive from the Convention Center. At least I have a car to drive to and from.
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Feb 12, 2017 23:16
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Ilor posted:Event submissions (i.e. GMs saying which events they want to run) are usually due by the end of March or so, then they take a couple of months to draw up the schedule before opening up event registration in May. Where do I submit events?
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Thanks. I submitted two events for late night PRGs.
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Mar 20, 2017 18:19
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Dr. Quarex posted:WHAT'S PRGS PRECIOUS It's my oft-talked about Paranoia conversion of Tomb of Horrors.
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Here are my two events https://www.gencon.com/events/110907 https://www.gencon.com/events/110911 My plan was to run the public games Thursday and Friday evening, then do a private goon game Saturday. I also brought up the possibility of doing a side-by-side private session with NoM, so stayed tuned if something changes
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May 14, 2017 23:33
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What are the pros and cons of being part of a GM network (such as MAMS Gaming as a random example)
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May 18, 2017 15:36
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Going to be making my other annual excursion to Indianapolis (Indy 500). My brother and I are going to be camping out at one of the ancillary race tracks the night before the race, and it got me wondering if anyone has ever tried camping for GenCon.
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May 25, 2017 00:28
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Dr. Quarex posted:There are some great stories in 40 Years of Gen Con about people camping out in their vans in nearby lots and washing up in public bathrooms and stuff, but those stories are also all from the earlier Milwaukee days. I have not really heard of anyone trying for the camping lifestyle for Gen-Con these days, though I do still keep meaning to try to watch this sometime, as it does seemingly cover the subject quite well. I mean tent camping. That documentary looks interesting too.
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Does event registration always happen on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend? EDIT: At least my two games got filled up. SirPhoebos fucked around with this message at 15:11 on May 30, 2017 |
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May 30, 2017 15:06
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Dr. Quarex posted:I want to say this is a first, but I also have never done it before. Certainly seems like a time engineered to be hardest for people to manage. Well, my sign-ups this year was probably hosed because I was at the Indy 500.
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May 30, 2017 15:13
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Alien Rope Burn posted:It'll be great to see you this year, Quarex, you were missed last time (albeit with very good reason). What advice do you have for Pricing?
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Aug 7, 2017 22:47
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Are there good articles on running games? I've done a pretty decent job preparing, but with GenCon around the corner I realized one thing I haven't taken into account is "how do deal with a stranger that's ruining my groove?"
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Aug 10, 2017 15:34
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I got all my stuff, I am all ready for Wednesday.
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Aug 14, 2017 16:50
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Haystack posted:Alright, so at least according to the groupme, nothing has been settled about a Wednesday meetup. If so, I'm going to suggest the Rathskeller Looks like a cool place.
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Aug 14, 2017 22:48
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My schedule is pretty front loaded. I even have some overlapping stuff, which I thought GenCon wouldn't let you sign up for.
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Aug 15, 2017 17:57
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I'll be bringing Vast: The Crystal Cavern.
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Great GenCon, everyone. I can't wait to do it again. On getting home I got probably the best news I've had in a long time, an offer for a second interview. Everyone wish me luck-if it works, I'll be the one buying shots next year.
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This was my second full GenCon. Two things I'd do different next time is space out my events better, and actually make sure I know what my events are before committing to them (where's my breakfast Hickman?  )
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As some of you know, I ran two instances of a Paranoia game that was a recreation of the Tomb of Horrors module. This is my After Action Report: The first game had a full showing, and managed to get through the entire 'dungeon', but there were definitely areas I could have improved on. Part of it was I was still rattled from losing my entire dice bag, but the biggest thing was that keeping all my notes and handouts organized turned out to be a lot harder than I anticipated. When I did my second adventure I was a lot better in this area. My other self-criticism of the first game is that while it didn't take long for the players to galvanize into warring factions, they pretty much stuck to this initial alliance, which was disappointing. For the second game, I made some modifications to what handouts were handed out, and it produced the effect I wanted. While it took longer for troubleshooter-on-troubleshooter violence to get started, when it did it felt much more earned and chaotic. However, despite having a smaller group, the second game only got half-way through the dungeon by the time we hit the four-hour mark. So no one was sad when I just said "okay, Sealab-I mean Alpha Complex just blows up" so we could all In both games, I accidentally handed a player the wrong hand out, and in both cases I decided to roll with it. The first game had the more hilarious consequence, with the Troubleshooter murdering the NPC he was supposed to protect. Ultimately, Paranoia and Tomb of Horrors (or any classic module, really) go together like...well, like bourbon and pop-rocks. It's a fuckin' trip to consume it, but it's going to wreck your body and leave you exhausted. The problem is trying to manage all the various traps and note passing at the same time. If I had a vice-GM that was doing all the secret poo poo, or if I was doing this over pbp, it would probably work a lot better. In fact, I think I'm going to recruit for a game right now.
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8one6 posted:Badges: Acquired! So what's the disadvantage of skipping the lottery system to get a hotel room?
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Got badge, looking to see if anybody's looking to take a room crasher (paying my share as usual, of course). Worried to risk the room lottery and get stuck with something on my own, not quite sure how that works. I think you are free to cancel. Like one of the strategies is for a bunch of people to agree to share a room before the lottery, and whoever has the best reservation gets a room for everyone.
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