I hope you’ve all recovered from the last post not being about Gen Con.I could have put Gen Con references in it as after all it’s about posting daily about RPGs in August which is when Gen Con happens but I decided to make it all about RPGaDay instead. Anyway,...
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Gen Con – My Itinerary (The Friday)
Before I continue with the perfect guide to stalking me at Gen Con I need to reflect back on my post for the Wednesday. One of the events that I planned to attend has been cancelled – Every School Should Have a Games Club. This made me sad as I was...
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- 02/08/2014
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Gen Con – My Itinerary (The Thursday)
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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- 22/07/2014
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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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Tabletop Tech
So, I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 + Bluetooth keyboard that doubles as a hard case for it. The main reason for this sounds a bit silly and a bit of an extravagance but…I wanted a tablet which I could take to Gen Con with me so that I...
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- 14/06/2014
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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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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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Planning for GenCon on a jet plane.
As I continue to prepare (save) for GenCon 2014 I have set up various alerts on the price of flights to Indianapolis. So far the price from Edinburgh is varying between £862 and £926 return with Glasgow being that little bit cheaper but a much longer drive to the airport...
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- 04/11/2013
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GenCon UK
In my planning and thinking about going to GenCon in Indianapolis next year I’m reminded of having attended 3 different GenCon UKs over the years. There is no real comparison between GenCon Indy and GenCon UK. Other than it’s all formats tabletop gaming in 1 venue for a 4 day...
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- 08/10/2013
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