Back to work
Back to work after 7 days of toil-and-fun-soaked bliss. It feels like switching off my soul.
Back to work after 7 days of toil-and-fun-soaked bliss. It feels like switching off my soul.
Well … I’m back. I played hard. I worked hard. I had a great show. I’ve got to do this brain-dump before I head back to work tomorrow and Real Life seizes me by the throat. Here’s what I did.
I’ve got 200 freshly-printed copies of With Great Power… in the trunk of my car. I’ve got between 2 and 3 dozen boxes of IPR game books in my garage. I’ve got a reservation for a rental minivan to pick up tomorrow evening. I’ve got an feeling in my gut that’s a mix of excitement … Read more
Thor Olavsrud has taken a week to chronicle the 9 month birthing process of Burning Empires: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Go forth, read it, and stare slack-jawed at the grit, vision, and hard work that went into this game.
It’s that time of year again. Let’s cut right to the ugly-colored bar graph (the true mark of the amateur):
Just got home from DexCon. The con was hectic, but good. And there was a creeping tide of silliness in sundry places. I wasn’t able to get any time off work, so I didn’t arrive until 7:50pm on Friday. I was scheduled to run With Great Power… at eight. I had three players hungry for … Read more
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It’s Sunday night and I’m beat. Origins was quite an enjoyable show. Much less busy, less pressured, less like work than GenCon. There was a bit of time to play, a bit of time to eat (the North Market rules!), a bit of time to shop, a bit of time to chat. Turn, turn, turn. … Read more
Hey, I’m at Origins in Columbus, Ohio. This is my first time at Origins, after trying to get here for more-or-less nine years. The drive went fine on Wednesday. I arrived before any of the other IPR folks (Brennan, Alexander, Clinton) and moved all the stuff from my car to the booth. Had dinner w/ … Read more
It’s the last day of May. I logged more than 200 billable hours this month (which means I was here longer than that). As far as most things I would choose to do with my life, May was pretty much a lost month. My embryonic games are just as embryonic as they were 3 weeks … Read more