Origins 2019 – Getting Ready

Next week we’ll be heading off to Columbus, OH for the Origins Game Fair, the one larger convention I attend every year, and the only convention Kit attends. Unlike previous years, I haven’t been keeping up with release announcements thanks to work and travel craziness, so I’m going in fairly uninformed and hoping to enjoy…

SALTCon – Day Four

Sunday at SALTCon is a startlingly quiet day, likely due to many locals having commitments on the Sabbath. Mike was wrangling his kids that morning too, so after packing up and checking out of the hotel, I had to time to rest and write in the sunshine. I’d stopped by hoping to buy some of…

SALTCon – Day Two

Day two of the con was a slower start as I lay in bed and wrote up day one. Eventually however I had to get myself going, grab coffee, and head for the convention. I was on my own for the morning so I decided to wander the Exhibitor hall again now that people were…

SALTCon – Day One

I woke up bright and early on Thursday for Day One for SALTCon, well, I say “bright and early.” In all fairness, it was early due to my being on Eastern time and I will never be described as bright is it’s before noon; but I was awake. After some time chilling in bed with…

SALTCon – Day Zero

It’s Wednesday evening and I’m crammed into an airplane seat trying to find a way to be comfortable without invading the personal space of those around me. Which given that the seat back in front of me is fully reclined and thus preventing me from even opening my laptop fully in order to type, well…

Whose Turn 2019: In Summary

I may not have been able to attend the first day of Whose Turn but that doesn’t mean I didn’t make the most of this local gaming weekend. here’s how it all shook out for me: 3 days involving 17 plays of 16 games With 15 different players, consisting of 6 new-to-me titles, and 7…

Whose Turn 2019 – Preparing

2019’s convention gaming is starting up next weekend with Whose Turn Is It Anyway, a super local event for me given that it’s held 10 minutes from me at the Durham Convention Center. As it draws closer, I’ve been making some lists of what games to take and which to look out for chances to…

Origins 2018 – The Board Games

Another Origins is over and I find myself laying on the couch with coffee, my laptop, and a hefty dose of Con Crud. I normally only get sick after cons where I flew so wasn’t expecting this, but given that I had a nasty cold shortly before leaving for Ohio, I guess the odds were…

Getting Ready for Origins 2018

It’s June and that means it’s time to start thinking about the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH. This year’s convention runs from Wednesday, June 13th through Sunday, June 17th which means I have just a couple of days left to gather together my stuff, pack some games (and clothes), and get ready for one…

UnPub 8: A Mixed Bag

Last week I attended UnPub 8, four days dedicated to improving currently unpublished games through playtesting in Baltimore, MD. Games can be in any state of “unpublished” from an initial prototype to games that while under contract are still in a stage of development where playtester feedback is still valuable (ie. not already in production/on…

Granite Game Summit: In Review

Awesome photo from Sunday night dinner courtesy of Kimberly Well, I had grand plans to recap my time at the Granite Game Summit in a blog post full of stories and my impressions of the games played. However, the day I traveled back was well, hellish and then the days after that were spent getting…

Whose Turn January 2018 – Event Recap

I spent a very enjoyable Friday through Saturday at the Durham Convention Center playing games with a ton of great friends at the latest Whose Turn Is It Anyway. This is a smallish but ever-growing convention where the focus is purely on playing games – there’s a local NC game FLGS, Cape Fear Games, that…