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Colorado Dreamin’

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On September 4, 2022

In Cabin Con, Frostgrave, Infinity, Relicblade

Summer is coming to a close and I was able to get the kids up to Colorado before school started. We were supposed to go in June but I got COVID so that derailed things and we pushed it to early August (replacing our pilgrimage to Gen Con). We’re still figuring out how to work out the kinks in getting “back to normal.” At the same time, I got a chance to get in some gaming with friends. With me coming back into town, we tried to pull another Cabin Con together but only three of us were available with the late notice and the normal cabin out of commission for renovations, it was more of a jump start to realign.

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Gen Con 2019: Haul

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On August 19, 2019

In A Song of Ice & Fire, Dropzone Commander, Gen Con, General, The Walking Dead: All Out War

With Gen Con over and my Recaps done, I finally had time to put everything away and get life back to normal. While putting everything back is never the most exciting thing to do, it does give me time to see what all I came home with.

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Gen Con Recap 2019: Day 3

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On August 12, 2019

In A Song of Ice & Fire, Gen Con

After running my events Friday night, Saturday is typically for me and where I stack most of my events. Typically, Saturday is the busiest day in the dealer hall so it works out well. Still… I can’t stay away so I had some time before my 11:00 am event so I went on tour.

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CabinCon 2018 Recap Part 2

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On June 24, 2018

In Cabin Con

see the first part of CabinCon 2018 here

Day 3 of CabinCon 2018 started with a nice game of Patchwork.  I say nice as this was my first play and it is a game with some interesting mechanics. I got thoroughly trounced by Jeremy but would like to try it again to see if I can figure out more of what makes the game tick.

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2018 Game Challenge Update: 10 Weeks In

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On March 12, 2018

In 2018 Game Challenge, General

We just past the 10th week of the year and I thought it’d be a good time to take stock of the game challenges I had planned for the year.  At this point, I’ll be on track or beating the curve if I’m 20 or more games into my respective challenges.

So let’s see how I’m doing, beginning with part 1, my 100 games of the Duke challenge.

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2018 Game Challenge

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On January 5, 2018

In 2018 Game Challenge, Yearly Challenges

I’ve had all week to think about what, if any, game challenge I’d like to try in 2018.  I thought about a doing another 6 x 6 or pushing to a 10 x 10 but the rigidity of the structure seems like it might limit what I try to play all year.  I think the benefit of completing my 6×6 last year is it means I still have momentum to play most of the games on last years list.  I’ll still do Dropzone either casually or at my local gaming store.  My friend and I are still very much into the crunch of the Batman Miniature Game.  I want to see what new thing Championship Formula Racing has in 2018 and might try out one of the PBEM (play by email) sessions.  And Walking Dead is back to consuming a lot of my hobby time.

So the thought was to either do nothing or try something new and since I’m very goal-oriented, I chose the latter.

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Gen Con 50 Recap Day 1

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On August 22, 2017

In A Song of Ice & Fire, Conventions, Dropzone Commander, Gen Con, General, X-wing Miniatures Game

Thursday opened the Con with its typical crush of attendees all vying for position at the main entrances.

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Gen Con 2016, Part 4

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On August 11, 2016

In Conventions, Gen Con

click here to see part 1 of this series.

click here to see part 2 of this series.

click here to see part 3 of this series.

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Sunday was the last official day of Gen Con 2016 and I’m always a little lost on what to do.  The Dealer Hall is a good option to find last minute deals or get in that last demo of a game you’ve been eyeing.  This year, I was trying something a little different- I was running a few events.

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Gen Con 2016, Part 3

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On August 10, 2016

In Conventions, Gen Con

click here to see part 1 of this series.

click here to see part 2 of this series.

My first event on Gen Con 2016’s Friday was a fun little Liar’s Dice Tournament. It was fun but I forgot how quick your luck can swing in those games and Reese and I failed the first round.  Back to the dealer hall we went but then I had to ditch early to go find a run-through of Portal‘s new game Cry Havoc.

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Gen Con 2016 Prep: T-minus 3 days to departure

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On July 31, 2016

In Conventions, Gen Con, Technique

So Gen Con is less than a week away and I have quite a bit of stuff left to do.  This year, I decided to try my hand at running a few events.  Since I feel spiritually responsible for bringing Loopin’ Chewie into this world, I decided to run a fun little Loopin’ Chewie tournament.  The game might not be selling that hot as I was able to pick up quite a few copies for cheap at various big box stores. Regardless, maybe I can, in my small way, help bring some life into it again.

I have quite a few things I need to do to get these games up to snuff.  There is the mundane stickering that will need to be done but I also find the separated paddle arm to be too flimsy to really hold up to the punishment of tournament play.

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