...some of the people I have befriended on here.  People I know that are going this year that I have limited (it is LJ afterall) conversation with on here, and would love to meet in person.  I also missed Dexcon which was actually close (in NJ) due to prior commitments.  A few people I would love to meet.   drivingblind and everyone else from Evil Hat,  flamesrising  who has a very cool...

...this, but for the new people, this explaination is for you.] I just got back from Toronto this morning after hanging out with my friends from the fan fiction writing community at an event dubbed "Dexcon." It's basically an excuse to drink copious amounts of alcohol with people who enjoy dissecting their favorite fandom (mostly with this group, its comic books, and the movie versions of comic book...

I'm home. 'twas a good, if not perfect, con. Had a couple of RPG events that could've been better, one of which was a pretty bad misfire, all things considered. (Probably an acceptable game, run competently...hoping to get a chance to plat D&D 4, but there were only a couple of events, and the session on Sunday afternoon that I signed up for got canceled, and I'm not in the least bit sad about that. :

So the conventions that are coming up sound awesome.  Yet, I will not get to make it to either Dexcon or Gencon for a few different reasons.  Which sucks, since there are people I want to meet and lets face it, I want to do some gaming!  But I cannot make it to Dexcon (which is not even that far from me) because of prior commitments this weekend.  I am ok with that since I had a gaming session scheduled...

Just wondering who is going to Dexcon?

Here's a (very short) list of some cons I know of, mostly for tagging purposes, but also so people can add cons to the list so we can tag 'em up! Comic-Con (July 24-27) Pittsburgh Comicon (going...now) New York Comicon (just over) Dragon*Con (August 29-Sept 1) Philcon (November 21-23) Arisia (January 16-19, 2009) Worldcon (August 6-10) Wiscon (May 23-26)

I believe I left off on Saturday afternoon. After the game of carry, I ran a scheduled game of With Great Power... It was my "Mutant Academy" scenario. I had two players: Duke and Tom, plus Kat played...for the hugs and the driving. As always, the Double Exposure staff was helpful and friendly to the Nth degree. To be honest, I'm not super-excited about GenCon, but I can't wait until Dreamation

Kat, Michele, Don & Joanna Corcoran went out on Wednesday to get the ball rolling. There was a bit of a problem with the hotel stuff, but nobody had to sleep in the car. My part of the con started...spending the next 20 years in a military stockade. What beautiful tragedy. It's NOW time for me to head to work. I will edit this to include the rest of Saturday and alll of Sunday when I get the chance

Dexcon airfare has been achieved. Arrive August 2nd, 5:30pm, leave August 8th, 6pm. Hooray for nothing at seven in the morning. ^.^