Pipes, Pints, and Polyhedrons

Ancalagon wrote: ↑February 15th, 2020, 10:34 pm Having seen none of the Scooby Doo films, I would never have known who Matthew Lillard is had you not mentioned it. That's pretty cool that he's showing up to actually roll the bones.

He was also in Wing Commander and The Groomsmen... so yeah you probably don't know him. Seriously he's been in a lot of stupid comedies too. The kind you laugh at but probably don't watch more than once. If you saw his face you'd likely recognize him. I bet he'd be a fun guy to roll dice with!

rredmond wrote: ↑February 16th, 2020, 12:17 pm

Ancalagon wrote: ↑February 15th, 2020, 10:34 pm Having seen none of the Scooby Doo films, I would never have known who Matthew Lillard is had you not mentioned it. That's pretty cool that he's showing up to actually roll the bones.

He was also in Wing Commander and The Groomsmen... so yeah you probably don't know him. Seriously he's been in a lot of stupid comedies too. The kind you laugh at but probably don't watch more than once. If you saw his face you'd likely recognize him. I bet he'd be a fun guy to roll dice with!

I actually chatted with him last year on some random D&D forum, mentioned to him that he should really check out GaryCon. Looks like he's finally making the move this year. I agree, he's really into D&D, I bet he's a blast to play with.

I have no events in the Forums this year.

The Skull of Tamoachan sessions are in the Galewood. The games I signed up to play are in Evergreen and Galewood. It hit me this morning that I wonder what the noise levels will be in those rooms from Thursday - Saturday....

It will be much less noisy than the Forums, that's for sure. It looks like someone may have taken some of my advise/criticism from last year and actually applied it. One of the things I emphasized was the lack of having the old-school gaming in the rooms that they were in prior, within the main area of the resort (i.e. Evergreen and Galewood. I had noticed that many of the AD&D and D&D games were being shoved into the forums because the 5e games were taking up the major part of the areas upstairs.

Whether that was a factor or as they say, the 5e and AL games outgrew those rooms, idk, but i noticed a lot of the old-school games were back this year, which is perfectly fine by me. I remember a year or so back, someone mentioned putting the 5E and AL folks in the Forums and the guy for Garycon who manages all of the WotC stuff had a hissy fit about being shoved into there, away from the main part of the resort and refused to move events there. Funny how suddenly, it's not a big deal any more.

Something we've discussed more than once is the eventual need for a cap on attendance for GC due to growth and space limitations. Luke addressed this on the GC Forums today with:

Yes, there is a cap already we just haven't hit it. If we go over 3000 we will be looking at ceasing sales of on site badges.

Luke
On one hand Its good to see a cap is being considered. OTOH it states "we will be looking at ceasing sales" which is quite different than a hard cap at 3000. It will be interesting to see how this plays out with the attendance numbers for GCXII.

Posting my event attendance list for the con, now that Gold badge registration is over. Changed up a few events since my initial schedule.

Thu:
Dark Tower (board game), 8:00am - 9:30am
The Valley of the Dead (OD&D), 12:00pm - 4:00pm
The Lands of Ice and Snow (AD&D), 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Fri:
Fate of the Norns: Chapter 1, (FotN) 8:00am to 12:00pm
Dark Trails: A Westward Journey Part 1 (DCC), 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Dark Trails: A Westward Journey Part 2(DCC), 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Sat:
Hyperborea: Lost Cairns of the Savages (AS&SH), 9:00am - 1:00pm
Legends: Battle for Blumville (Boot Hill), 2:00pm - 6:00pm
LEGIO V: The Warped Caverns of Tsojconth (AD&D), 6:00pm - 12:00am

Sun:
The Skull of Tamoachan (AD&D), 11:00am - 3:00pm

Since you reposted, I figured I'd also repost after trimming some fat so schedules are located near each other.

Ancalagon wrote: ↑February 4th, 2020, 11:56 pm
THURSDAY
Hitting the Dealer's Room @ 1000 to say hi to folks (grodog, tacojohn, The Trolls, Jeff T., et al) and, yes, believe it or not, probably pick up a set of dice.

Running The Skull of Tamoachan (AD&D) from 1200 - 1600.
Open from 1600 - 1800 for early dinner and Spotted Cow.
From 1800 - 2200 The Lands of Ice and Snow (AD&D)

FRIDAY
0900 - 1200 Secrets of the Hidden Temple (C&C)
1400 - 1800 LEGIO V: Under Kalric's Tower (AD&D)
Open 1800 - 2000 for dinner and Spotted Cow.
2000 - Midnight The Wreck of the Bellerophon (GURPS)

SATURDAY - this will be my busy day!
1000 - 1400 The Skull of Vruna (OD&D)
1400 - 1800 LEGIO V: Into the Demon-sieged Crypt-town (Stormbringer)
1800 - 2200 LEGIO V: The Hyqueous Vaults (AD&D / OSRIC)
2200+ open for conversation and Spotted Cow.

SUNDAY
1100 - 1500+/- I'm running The Skull of Tamoachan.

That's some Old School goodness right there!

Necron 99 wrote: ↑February 17th, 2020, 11:03 pmSat:
LEGIO V: The Warped Caverns of Tsojconth (AD&D), 6:00pm - 12:00am

Looks like we should have a good crew of players for my version of S4, Jay!---thanks for signing up!

Allan.

grodog wrote: ↑February 19th, 2020, 10:11 pm

Necron 99 wrote: ↑February 17th, 2020, 11:03 pmSat:
LEGIO V: The Warped Caverns of Tsojconth (AD&D), 6:00pm - 12:00am

Looks like we should have a good crew of players for my version of S4, Jay!---thanks for signing up!

Allan.

For sure! I saw the list of attendees the other day after talking with Michael. I'm looking forward to it, should be a blast..and a hack...and a splat...and a claw...and a bite...and a...

Sounds like Silver registration was borked today. Not surprised

Allan.