Gencon this year

I meant to do a post about this sooner but things just got away from me. But in case it needs to be said, I'll be at Gencon this year with my roommate Sean, from Wednesday to (probably) Monday. I'm already scheduled to run a Monster of the Week game on Friday evening (game ID RPG17110659), and I'm looking at doing a late submission for one on Saturday. The Friday game's already sold out, but maybe keep an eye on it if you want a spot, see if something opens up. I'll keep folks updated regarding the game I'll likely run on Saturday. (Though to be fair, the Venn diagram of 'people who read this blog' and 'people who have the time/inclination to hang out with me at Gencon' has very little overlap, so I'm not holding my breath.)

Of course, if anyone does want to hang out, feel free to reach out to me on the blog comments or via Twitter or anyplace else you know how to find me.


On a related note, this will probably be my last 'regular' Gencon for a while. As much as I love the convention and visiting downtown Indianapolis, it's becoming harder and harder to get an affordable hotel room within walking distance (yes, yes, there are many affordable hotel rooms out by the airport, but I'm of the opinion that I should enjoy my trip rather than spend an hour+ each day just on traffic and parking). I'd honestly love to see numbers on just how many rooms the hotels actually have on the room block before people have to go to the non-block rooms where the prices are jacked up such that each night costs more than a weekend's stay in some places. I might show up in future years for special events/releases, but after this year it's not going to be a given that I'll be attending as a regular thing.

War Orphans: Out of the Wreckage (Doctor Who)

Okay, so, I really need to get caught up on blog posts. Also, I should have mentioned this in its own post sooner, but I'm running a Monster of the Week game at Gencon this year. This is last-minute, I know, and by the time you see this it might be too late. But if you want to get in on it, just go to the Event database and search for RPG17110659. I may or may not add another game as a late entry before the convention, I dunno.

Anyhow, we've got another adventure for my Doctor Who group! Geronimo!

Cave of Secrets: Moot Points (WtA)

Whoops, this should have gone up sooner, but after doing about 95% of the write-up I set it aside because I couldn't do the rest right away and forgot to come back to it.

War Orphans: After the War (Doctor Who)

So this should get me caught up on my gaming blog posts for a couple of weeks, since it'll be that long before I'll have something else to post. I really can't think of any sort of clever intro for this one, so let's just get to it.

(Warning, there will be discussion of the Time War that mildly spoils bits of the Big Finish War Doctor audio plays.)

Cave of Secrets: Crinos-Sized Post (WtA)

Okay, folks, this is gonna be a big 'un. As you may or may not recall, the next-to-most-recent session of Werewolf ended in the middle of a combat scene because sometimes the realities of RPG pacing don't line exactly up with the realities of players' night shift work schedules. And while I've dealt with that before, this time didn't have a clear 'fade to commercial moment' where it left off like it did when Francis Stump showed up so I decided to wait until things were resolved before I posted any updates.
(That said, given how many details I've had to reconstruct from memory, I probably should have still written the first half down in a timely manner for good measure. Live and learn.)

By the way, for those of you who've been following these, there's kind of an announcement at the end of the write-up about a few things.

And awaaaayyyy we go!

War Orphans: Descent (Doctor Who)

Okay, so a little behind schedule but here we are with another Doctor Who session. Not sure what really needs to be added, commentary-wise.

Cave of Secrets: Burn It All Down (WtA)

So after over a month of not being able to play Werewolf (due to scheduling issues, as I've mentioned before), we finally got the chance to sit down this past Sunday for an extended (and rather bloody) session. And I can't think of any more clever preamble, so here we go.