After some discussion on Steve Brust’s blog, I’m wondering if it’s possible to list all the cons in this area. There really are a lot of them, and it’s very easy to lose track. I’ve seen various attempts to concatenate … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Overall, this year’s Convergence was pretty good. It was, very interestingly, slightly smaller than last year’s. This may have been due to the loss of the Sofitel for this year, or because people are staying away due to crowding, or … Continue reading
I didn’t do much actual gaming at Convergence this year, but what I did was good. Thursday night, I played a little Zar. Usually pretty fun, and this was no exception. No idea who won, but that’s rarely the point. … Continue reading
The next, second, and last, panel I was on at Convergence 2014. The topic was pretty similar to last year’s “I’m Getting Too Old to Find Time to Game”, so we were a little worried about repeating territory already trod. … Continue reading
My first of only two panels for this year’s Convergence, this one was Friday at noon-thirty. Not especially gaming-related, but the panel was very meta, and so applicable in a way. The panelists started off listing our qualifications for being … Continue reading
In case you’re interested, Dan has very kindly published the chat log for last night’s IRC session. It was a lot of fun! And it now has me thinking very seriously about running an adventure on IRC. (Hmm, need to … Continue reading
Convergence was, briefly, great. I’ll have more in-depth posts up soon. Also, a reminder: tomorrow night, Tuesday July 8 at 7pm CDT, is the IRC chat with me! I’d love to see you there. … Continue reading
Convergence 2014 is nigh — this coming weekend, in fact. Convergence is getting bigger and bigger. So big that people are avoiding it. As Yogi Berra said, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” So big, too, that it feels … Continue reading
On my way through Duluth yesterday, I stopped at an FLGS I’d heard of: Dungeons End. (No apostrophe.) Seems like the Duluth area has several FLGSs; I think I decided to check this one out more or less at random. … Continue reading