things I want to talk about from gencon when I get a chance

In no particular order and with no guarantee whatsoever of completeness...

• games played/demoed/was especially intrigued by (some even bought)
  • Tunnels & Trolls, 30th anniversary edition
  • Under The Bed
  • Polaris
  • With Great Power
  • Death's Door
  • City of Brass
  • SNAP
  • didn't get to demo TSOY! Ed sad.
  • Kayfabe (demo: did not expect it to be as awesome as it was)
  • Breaking The Ice (demo: did not expect it to be as awesome as it was)
  • Sweet Dreams (demo: did not expect it to be as awesome as it was)
• people met/re-met
  • Ken St. Andre
  • mc chris (and joshua newell)
  • P.D. Breeding-Black
  • Paul Czege & Danielle
  • Vincent Baker (tres briefly)
  • The Matt Trifecta:
    • Matt Wilson
    • Matt Snyder
    • Matt Gwinn
  • Ron Edwards
  • Ben Lehman
  • Michael & Kat Miller
  • Malcolm, didn't catch last name, Scottish dude with cool ultra slickly produced game
  • Allan "May Contain Monkeys" Dotson
  • Luke "Made Me Want Burning Wheel thru Sheer Sincere Enthusiasm" Crane
  • Thor Olavsrud
  • Joshua "Ninja Monkey J"
  • Ralph Mazza
  • Mike Holmes
  • Lisa Padol
  • Tim Kleinert
  • Tony Lower-Basch (in passing)
  • Emily Care Boss
  • Gordon Landis
  • Greg Porter
  • Greg Stolze
  • Clinton R. Nixon
  • Andy Kitkowski
  • Jared Sorenson (briefly)
  • Didn't meet Bankuei! sad.
• events/moments
  • HOLY CRAP I PLAYED TUNNELS AND TROLLS WITH KEN ST. ANDRE HIMSELF
  • really kind & thought-provoking words from Ron about my art
  • first playtest of an unpublished Greg Stolze game with a recent law school graduate and a wide eyed Stolze fanboy and two of the Matt Trifecta
  • The Indie RPG Awards (I have some great pictures)
  • art trade with P.D. Breeding-Black
  • chillin late night at the embassy suites bar with Paul Czege, Tim Kleinert, and Gordon Landis, all of whom are top notch cool. Finding out that Gordon's been a T&T man even longer than I have been
• hangin wit my homeboys
  • eating haggis for the first time at the local Scottish bar
  • holy crap I can't believe I almost forgot about the awesome game of Stranger Things we played Thu/Fri nights... loved that
  • almost getting the Pope Room at Buca di Beppo's till the bachelorette party showed up after all and 0wn3d it from us, but anyway had a really incredible conversation with the Droschas
  • "it's not gay if it's funny"
  • some drama best saved fo yo mama
• personal stuff
  • Losing my credit card - ack
  • really enjoyed myself because I was really present/mindful/focused/"there" -- in the moment. Took care of myself, with the exception of walking too much and getting blisters early on which hobbled me the rest of the con. did stuff cause I wanted to and enjoyed it rather than because the crowd was doing it or whatever. Opened up in conversations with people and enjoyed what I got to say and hear. was in a place I wanted to be.