GenCon 2005

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I had a nother great time at GenCon - this makes 5 years straight. Kent, Ed, and Ted (Ed's son - age 8) came along, and we all seemed to go our own ways, and meet up occasionally. I gamed, Kent DM'd, and Ed and Ted demoed and pulled in a monster sized pile of swagg.

For me the high points were advancing in the DnD Open for the first time, and demoing Iron Heroes and Serenity. It was also great fun to play Living Forca all day Friday, but my group picked up a "character" for rounds 2 & 3, who was a little annoying. OK, very annoying in round 3. Kudos to Rob our judge for round 3, he kept us going, and gave me an extra force point for my speach to the little fury aliens (we were made members of the tribe).

I had fun playing True Dungean, but not enough to cover the cost, and the tavern and magic trading really wasn't my thing. Imagine that a tavern not my thing. Just goes to show that beer cant make all better all the time.

I also had another great time meeting up with Matt and Connie - they made sure we all survived the open someting only about 10% of the people/groups did.

Anyway, I'll be back next year. My impression was very positive this year. It seemed that most vendors were doing well, and the dealers hall was pcked as always. My only complaint was that GenCon seems to have filled all the available space that Indy has to offer, and some of the gaming areas were pretty noisy. I think the contract with Indy is up either next year or the year after, so GenCon could potentially move again. Hopefully it will make it's way to the Twin Cities!

Well a guy could hope.