Adam or other worthies....

Do you guys have a firm idea yet of what you'll have on the table at Gencon? I'm assuming Unwired in dead-tree style, but how about Runner's Companion or anything else?

Thanks.

The street date for Unwired is before GenCon. At the July chat, Vairdic noted that the magic 8-ball thought Runner's Companion would be available for the show.

If RC hardcopy is going to be at GenCon Indy, doesn't that mean the PDF should be appearing something close to right now?

Yes, but the all-important detail the chat failed to clarify, did they mean the PDF, or the deadtree Runner's Companion ????

Don't question the Magic 8 Ball, for it is a fickle and vengeful creature.

My question to Vairdic was about a dead tree version for purchase at GC. The PDF is generally released when they have a drop date for the printed version. Once they know the exact date that the printed version will be available, the PDF availability should be announced.

Yes.

We'll have a "this is what's going on lately" blog post up shortly. Right now most of us are really busy hammering away on company stuff so the time we get to spend face-to-face with each other at GenCon can be well spent ...

If I remember my trip to GenCon properly, "Time well spent" usually involved lots and lots of drunken role playing.

When you work in the game industry, actually gaming at GenCon usually becomes somewhat of a rarity ...

That sucks.

Oh well, I've only been to one. Maybe I should get in the industry, at least then I'd get to see all the fancy things!

Eh, not so much. GenCon is usually about meeting up with people you don't get to see all that often and going out in the evening to have fun. Sure there's wandering round the dealers hall and the odd game but not great amounts of gaming, that's what you generally have groups back home for. At least that's how it usually turns out for most of my circle of friends.

It's actually pretty easy. Just whore yourself to a game company for a badge, a t-shirt, and some hotel money. Then they'll force you to play.

What pimp do I need to talk to about this position?

No, they force you to GM. And while that's fun, it's on a different level than simply playing.

And of course, if you're any good at helping run things, they'll give you additional duties and such

But yeah, this is really the first year I've made a serious effort to do any gaming, and I'll be lucky to get more than a couple games in at Gen Con. There's simply too much to do, too many people to see, to talk to, to go hang out with.

That would be me. Though, this year we're already all full up for GenCon and Dragon*Con. A posting usually goes up in the March-April time frame when we're recruiting GMs.

Well, yes.