So almost 2 weeks ago (really?!) I posted about the Wednesday at Gen Con. It’s now 3 weeks til we fly out to Gen Con and my excitement level increases on a daily basis. Unfortunately it also means that I’m working harder and thus having less time to create content...
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Gen Con – My Itinerary (The Wednesday)
Not that I’m encouraging any would be stalkers or anything but… With Gen Con less than 5 weeks away (how did that happen?!!??) the event booking system has gone into lock down with respect to returning tickets so my itinerary is pretty much as done as it can be. So,...
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- 10/07/2014
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Building a Tabletop Games Convention
This post has changed format a couple of times in the past few weeks largely down to technical issues (not the fault of my new tablet I’m sure!). Anyway, I’ve had some feedback on my recent posts (more wanted) on what constitutes a tabletop games convention and the current position...
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- 29/06/2014
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The Scottish Tabletop Games Convention Scene
Off the back of my post(s) about Conpulsion and indeed the multiple references to conventions throughout the blog of late I figured I should share my thoughts on “The Scottish Tabletop Games Convention Scene”. To do that I need to be clear about what I mean when I say Tabletop...
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- 12/06/2014
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Gen Con 2014 – Event Booking
Given the experience of booking accommodation that we had for Gen Con I felt I should do one on the Event Booking. This was a multi step process – What To Do? The event catalogue is a monstrous spreadsheet (that could do with some data refinement but that’s me being...
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- 08/06/2014
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Conpulsion 2014 – The negatives.
This post has taken a wee bit longer than I had originally thought it would, in part because of “real life” but also I wanted to make sure I wasn’t just coming across as a moaner. No guarantees on that front though! Couple of scene settings comments before we leap...
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- 07/06/2014
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Frankenstein’s Bodies – A Demo At Conpulsion
The gaming highlight of Conpulsion for me was taking part in the “Kickstarter Launch” demo of Frankenstein’s Bodies. Ok so it was also the only game I actually played but it was still the gaming highlight! After all if I hadn’t enjoyed it then it wouldn’t have been a highlight,...
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- 30/04/2014
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Conpulsion 2014 – The positives.
Having just spent the weekend at Conpulsion 2014 in Edinburgh and having very mixed emotions and a wide range of thoughts I felt it best to compartmentalise those various elements and do a series of posts. This is the first of those posts. So, the positives. Actually before we dig into...
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- 29/04/2014
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GenCon 2014 – The Detail (So far!)
I had planned to do these as different posts but in the interest of actually making a post alongside the interest of there being other things I want to blog I’m going to condense all of this together. More after this break!1) The booking experience.Gen Con Tickets – that was...
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- 14/03/2014
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GenCon 2014 – The planning.
So as I said in my Tumbleweed post – tickets, accommodation and travel for Gen Con Indy are all booked. What I plan to do in the next few posts (which might not be consecutive) is cover off some of the planning I’ve done and will be doing in the...
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- 23/02/2014
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