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Dreamation 2024: Post-Pandemic, All Fun

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Last weekend we went to the first Dreamation since February 2020, just a few short weeks before the world shut down. It was great to be back. It was great to see old friends and make new ones. It’s been a difficult few years for the Double Exposure team, but they still always present a … Read more

Summer Daze 2023

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What a weekend at Summer Daze 2023! It was such a great time to see old friends, meet new people, and play games all weekend. Thanks to all of you who came to the Poconos, facilitated games, helped with chores, hung out, shared food, played games, and navigated an unreliable sceptic system with us. On … Read more

DEXLITE 2023: Return to Morristown

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I had a great time at DEXLITE 2023, the first in-person Double Exposure convention since February 2020. It was so good to see old friends and meet some new ones. Thanks to Avie, Vinny, and the whole Double Exposure team for taking the chance on this convention and making it happen. And thanks to our … Read more

IGX Spring Role – April 2023

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It was a great weekend to get together in central Pennsylvania with a group of gaming friends, new and old, for Spring Role 2023. This semi-regular house-con is one of the highlights of my gaming calendar, and this one may have been the best one yet! Thursday was a day for packing, travel, reunions, and … Read more

MEPACON: Spring 2023: Back in Public

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This past weekend, Kat and I went to our first public game convention since Dreamation in February of 2020. A small-but-growing convention called MEPACON had been located in the Poconos pre-pandemic, but has moved to a hotel 15 minutes from our front door. We offered some indie RPGs to the convention at-large, and invited some … Read more

IGX Summer Daze 2022

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What a weekend! IGX Summer Daze went so very well. I can’t overstate how great it was to see so many friends, both old and new, in such a relaxed, open, and fun atmosphere. We chatted, we ate, we celebrated birthdays, we ate, and we gamed! Thursday night I played For the Queen as the … Read more

Gaming in the Waning(?) Days of the Pandemic

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So, I recall an article that came across my feed in the spring with a title of “It Just Might Be a Wonderful Summer,” about how the widely-available vaccine and the lower transmission rates of outdoor activities would help Summer 2021 feel almost like Summer 2019. Well, my gaming life is a bit of living … Read more

#10RPGs Hilarity: InSpectres

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The original no-prep game of hilarious workaday horror. Whenever I need to offer another game at a convention, there’s always InSpectres. Everyday people in bizarre situations never cease to amuse. The confessional allows everyone that ironic distance that makes it even funnier. A true gem.