Gen Con 2012
I did Gen Con in Indianapolis for the first time since I attended as a writer for Palladium Books in 2008. It was me, my lovely wife Karen who celebrated her birthday on the last day of the convention, and my oldest and youngest sons (Josh & Alex). We met up with some of our best friends while we were there. We saw but did not get to spend nearly enough time with our friends who are more like family Bill & Jessi, Tammy, and Mikey and his daughter in-law Christina (sorry we missed you Justin). We also had the opportunity to hang with and game with my friend Lonnie and my friend and fellow writer Jason Marker. We played in Jason’s awesome Robotech game using Savage Worlds Rules as opposed to Palladium Rules. I got to talk to Brandon Aten and Mark Oberle, tow of my best friends from the Palladium days and I got to meet Brandon’s beautiful wife Sarah who is pregnant with their first child.
A highlight for me was that I finally got to meet the Publisher of Third Eye Games and the man that I still say saved my writing career, Mr. Eloy Lasanta. Eloy is one of the nicest and hardest working men in the business. As an extra surprise I got to talk to his wonderful wife Kristen via phone.
Karen and I attended several panels and seminars about the gaming industry and working in it. We listened to George from Eden Studios along with Ken Hite talk about Zombies in gaming, a panel that I thought maybe I should have been on.
:-P
We listened to Monte Cook talk about his new game Numenera. This game looks amazing and I have backed the Kickstarter even though he has more than met his goals. But maybe the best thing we did was a panel that I had signed up for at the last minute. There is a group of film makers doing a documentary about Dungeons and Dragons. They showed fifteen minutes of footage and then took questions. What little I saw looked amazing and I became so enamored with the project that when we got back to the hotel that night I braved the crappy and suspect Wi-Fi to back the projects Kickstarter.
I really hope they get their funding.
Gen Con was amazing and I am sorry that I have let some bitter memories keep me from attending in the last few years. We are already making plans for next year.
I already can’t wait.
A highlight for me was that I finally got to meet the Publisher of Third Eye Games and the man that I still say saved my writing career, Mr. Eloy Lasanta. Eloy is one of the nicest and hardest working men in the business. As an extra surprise I got to talk to his wonderful wife Kristen via phone.
Karen and I attended several panels and seminars about the gaming industry and working in it. We listened to George from Eden Studios along with Ken Hite talk about Zombies in gaming, a panel that I thought maybe I should have been on.
:-P
We listened to Monte Cook talk about his new game Numenera. This game looks amazing and I have backed the Kickstarter even though he has more than met his goals. But maybe the best thing we did was a panel that I had signed up for at the last minute. There is a group of film makers doing a documentary about Dungeons and Dragons. They showed fifteen minutes of footage and then took questions. What little I saw looked amazing and I became so enamored with the project that when we got back to the hotel that night I braved the crappy and suspect Wi-Fi to back the projects Kickstarter.
I really hope they get their funding.
Gen Con was amazing and I am sorry that I have let some bitter memories keep me from attending in the last few years. We are already making plans for next year.
I already can’t wait.
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Stephen
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Dec 04, 2012 06:08AM
Josh, I played that game with Jason Marker at Gen Con along with you and Lonnie. I had a blast and cant wait for Jason to release some of his notes so my group can get into some Savage Robotech.
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