Our group has a long history of playing board games, and an equally long history of saying we need to play more of them. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, our Board Game Night seems to fall through the crack[…]
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Radio Active #55: After GenCon, Podcamp Philly, MacQuest, Too Many Games
On this edition of Radio Active I’ve got some thoughts on GenCon 2007 and Podcamp Philly, catch folks up on what’s happening at Nuketown, try and figure out what it takes for me to buy a Mac, discover the BioShock[…]
Read moreGenCon 2007: The Big Pile of Loot
GenCon is over. And now I’ve got a huge pile of loot sitting in my gaming room, just waiting to be read. Amazingly, there’s not a single Dungeons & Dragons book to be found among the stack, not even the[…]
Read moreGenCon 2007, Day 4: Sundered Skies and Chessex Dice
As the morning sun shone on the final day of GenCon I arrived at my last game of the convention, a Savage Worlds game taking place in a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting called Sundered Skies. After liberating a dragon from the[…]
Read moreGenCon 2007, Day 3: Star Wars, Exhibit Hall, Savage Pirates, RPG Podcast Party, Mall Zombies
I woke up far too early on Saturday to get to an 8 a.m. Star Wars d20 game. The game let out early, which gave me time to wander the exhibit hall until exhaustion sent me retreating to my hotel[…]
Read moreGenCon 2007, Day 2: Battlestar Galactica, RPG Podcasters, Solomon Kane
Thursday’s D&D 4E buzz subsided by Friday morning, though a bunch of the special 4E t-shirts could be found in the convention hall. I will say there weren’t nearly as many as when 3E was announced in 1999, though admittedly[…]
Read moreGen Con, Day 1: Spirit of the Century, Godlike, D&D 4E
The big buzz around the con today is the anticipated announcement of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, when the game will arrive, how it will be different from 3E, and what this means for the hobby. And that’s just what[…]
Read more4th Edition is Coming?
Looks like Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition is coming; there’s an GenCon event at 6:30 p.m., Aug. 167 in the Sagamore Ballroom. In the meantime, the Dungeons & Dragons home page is a countdown clock labeled “4Dventure”. I was at[…]
Read moreGenCon: Day 0
Sue dropped me off in Indianapolis at 1 p.m. after deftly navigating around “Janitors for Justice” protest just next to the Indy Hilton. They were protesting someone — not exactly sure who — for higher wages and healthcare benefits. After[…]
Read moreThe GenCon Survival Pack
It’s been five years since I’ve been to GenCon. A lot has happened since then — the convention’s moved from Milwaukee to Indianapolis. I’ve had two kids. I’ve changed jobs. And I’ve found myself wanting to play games that aren’t[…]
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