Podcast Episode Summary
Chris, Fraser, Brett and Rob drive through Indiana and Michigan, and talk about our trip to Gen Con, what we liked, what we didn't like, and what we may have liked. Also, Brett gets sprayed in the face by a sticky mess.
What we talk about;
We met a metric shit ton of cool people and ran into some old friends
Gears of War board game
Blood Bowl Team Manager gets sold out
Penny Arcade CCG
Ross Watson from FFG is a robot
Meeting cool people and gaming with strangers
ENnie-award winning Kirin Robinson (@koboldstyle) ran a Old School Hack game for us with Cory Reid (@barsoomcore) and Victor Wyatt (@vjwyatt)
Rob bought Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games and played it with Rob Justice from The Bear Swarm (@bs_rob)
Brett commissioned artwork of naked cat girls
Kiss My Axe and Sword Noir at Games on Demand rocked hard
What Happens in Indianapolis stays in Indianapolis, unless it's VD
Brett recommends Game of War (or The War Game)
Chris recommends the Five-Hour Energy Drink ("It's good stuff. I can't blink.")
Spoke with Gareth-Michael Skarka re; Far West (http://www.intothefarwest.com) and the upcoming Buckaroo Banzai RPG
We got to see Conan (1982) on the big screen, with a near gunfight in the theater
Rob played a press-only 4E game with @jennisodes and @Squach, among others, and got a bit of the scoop on the new Neverwinter Campaign Setting and new Encounters Season
Rob spoke with the guys from Smiteworks about Fantasy Grounds 2
Chris and Rob spoke with Nancy from TableTTop Games about their wicked-cool iGM iPad app (http://tablettopgames.com/)
Got to drool over GeekChique's Sultan gaming table, complete with IR-sensitive touch-screen display running D20Pro (http://www.geekchichq.com/)
Taking our families to GenCon in the future, and GenCon's family-friendly options
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