GenCon Blog (pics)
Hey all, this post is coming to you straight from Indianapolis in the lovely Embassy Suites hotel. It is yet early in our GenCon adventure (two days remain), but I wanted to let you know about the highlights so far.
First, I am very pleased to announce that the World of Farland won the silver ENnie for best fan site!!! Whoo-hoo! Farland staff and friends (ryator, etothemft, Valanduil, Galadwen, Malcall, Mrs. Malcall) and I attended the ENnie awards ceremony in the Westin Ballroom. We all wore Farland t-shirts and you can be sure the crew raised a rousing cheer when we heard that we took silver, which I was ecstatic about. However, then I had to give a speech, which I didn't know I would have to do, and being the first award of the evening, I was flustered and stuttered through it. Oh well. I forgot to say thanks to everybody, so let me do that now: thanks to all the Farland staff, contributors, and supporters! You guys rock. Also, thanks to Rodrigo and Myth Weavers for being Farland's development grounds.
During the ceremony, we raised a toast to those who couldn't be with us, especially Squeak ad Kanavel.
We sat at a table with publishers from the Inner Circle, Pencil Pushers, and Malhavoc Press. Later we got to schmooze with Rich Burlew from Order of the Stick, and with Sue and Monte Cook.
Afterwards we headed over to the Ram, a microbrewery, for a few beverages. The place was decked out for GenCon, and they offered such items on the menu as the Tarrasque Burger and Troll Fingers.
Today we're going to start of the day by venturing into the True Dungeon, then its back to the main area of the convention to wander around, demo some games, and check out all the cool stuff. I am also going to try to meet up with Medesha, and hey, maybe I will bump into my good buddy Krowout.
Hopefully we can get a DnD game in also. So much to do! Well, if I can, i will post more later. Time to get a move on.
NOTE: Mrs. Malcall took many pictures, and I will post those to this thread when she gives them to me.
First, I am very pleased to announce that the World of Farland won the silver ENnie for best fan site!!! Whoo-hoo! Farland staff and friends (ryator, etothemft, Valanduil, Galadwen, Malcall, Mrs. Malcall) and I attended the ENnie awards ceremony in the Westin Ballroom. We all wore Farland t-shirts and you can be sure the crew raised a rousing cheer when we heard that we took silver, which I was ecstatic about. However, then I had to give a speech, which I didn't know I would have to do, and being the first award of the evening, I was flustered and stuttered through it. Oh well. I forgot to say thanks to everybody, so let me do that now: thanks to all the Farland staff, contributors, and supporters! You guys rock. Also, thanks to Rodrigo and Myth Weavers for being Farland's development grounds.
During the ceremony, we raised a toast to those who couldn't be with us, especially Squeak ad Kanavel.
We sat at a table with publishers from the Inner Circle, Pencil Pushers, and Malhavoc Press. Later we got to schmooze with Rich Burlew from Order of the Stick, and with Sue and Monte Cook.
Afterwards we headed over to the Ram, a microbrewery, for a few beverages. The place was decked out for GenCon, and they offered such items on the menu as the Tarrasque Burger and Troll Fingers.
Today we're going to start of the day by venturing into the True Dungeon, then its back to the main area of the convention to wander around, demo some games, and check out all the cool stuff. I am also going to try to meet up with Medesha, and hey, maybe I will bump into my good buddy Krowout.
Hopefully we can get a DnD game in also. So much to do! Well, if I can, i will post more later. Time to get a move on.
NOTE: Mrs. Malcall took many pictures, and I will post those to this thread when she gives them to me.