Gen Con Bingo 33
An anonymous reader writes "Gen Con begins this week in Indianapolis. This convocation of the geek is epic in its scope, encompassing all aspects of the gaming subculture. Rabbit over at GamersWithJobs kicks off their coverage with a hilarious little game of their own called "Gen Con Bingo." From the list of potential Bingo squares: The Inappropriate Card Game - Ever see 12 year old boys playing Magic in a public bathroom? It's not pretty. Ever since I've been going to Gen Con (not forever, but long enough that I consider myself a veteran) there has been an entire subculture of teenage boys who will play Magic, or whatever the collectible card game of the moment is, anywhere, anytime. Their therapists say they have 'boundary issues.'" I got that square at my very first Con. I actually thought they were dealing crack in the stall at first, but the mention of a 'Mox' quickly dispelled my imagination of normalcy.
Behind Closed Stalls (Score:1)
Re:Behind Closed Stalls (Score:2)
Less to pack! (Score:2)
It's good to know that I can leave the shampoo and deodorant at home.
More room for dice!
Woot.
Good times (Score:2)
I'm looking to get into the Living Greyhawk tourney on Saturday. We'll see how that goes.
Re:1 Corinthians 13:11 (Score:4, Funny)
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I remember going t a gaming convention in Canberra (Australia) the year that Magic the Gathering was released. There was a charity auction with a carton of magic packs as the main draw. A group of hardcore (context is important in all things) roleplayers grouped together, won the auction and held a ritual burning of the unopened cards.
It seemed witty at the time.
From memory it was the same convention which saw the one and only sanctioned RPGA Master's Tournament that I'm aware of ever being run in Austral
Re:1 Corinthians 13:11 (Score:1)
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There is no age limit on having a good time, particuarly if part of that good time is laughing at all the half-naked girls in fairy outfits.
Of course, I just stick to DragonCon, so maybe you guys don't get the half-nekkids as much...
Re:1 Corinthians 13:11 (Score:1, Offtopic)
Another first-timer (Score:2)
One thing that he didn't mention in the article: take extraordinary precautions with your wallet. Big gatherings like fairs, festivals, conventions, and so on draw the criminal element, and that wallet poking out of your back pocket ma
Re:Another first-timer (Score:2)
Re:Another first-timer (Score:2)
Yessiree, "extraordinary precautions with your wallet" are mandatory. Don't learn like I did, the hard way.
Re:Another first-timer (Score:2)
Keep it in the inside breast pocket of your jacket, or deep in your front pocket with seomthing (like keys or cell phone) on top of it.
Finally, I suggest studding it with staples or tacks points-outward. Not only does this deter pickpocketers, but you'll be able to tell as soon as someone's lifted it, due to the sudden lack
Depressing (Score:2)
That's the most depressing thing I've heard in the gaming community in I don't know how long.
Magic ruined GenCon, for my money - it was vastly cooler before the hordes of "gamers" whose only exposure to fantasy gaming was M:tG took the con over. Not that I'm innoc
Re:Depressing (Score:1)
I have to agree with this statement about GenCon. But Origins does not seem to suffer from this same problem. I believe this is because Origins [originsgames.com] appears to be more of a gamers game convention than GenCon is. Origins even has the Origins Awards [originsgames.com] which are internationally recognized awards along with Spiel des Jahres [wikipedia.org].
I was extremely happy with by Origins visit this year and am actually bowing out of GenCon this year.
This year Origins introduced the "Board Room" which was a nice place to find pick up boa
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I won't even touch the topic of them moving to Indy. I haven't gone since the move as it was only a 30 minute drive b
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Gen Con ftw! (Score:3, Insightful)
Magic in an elevator (Score:2)