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Random Thoughts: Gen Con, Job Posting for ZeStuff, Mearls joins network!

August 13, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m off to Gen Con.

I just finished packing my suitcases and I’m done doing all the prep work for my games, seminars and other fun stuff.

I don’t plan to live blog because I’m already so overbooked that I fear I won’t enjoy Gen Con as much as I should. Between DMing 13 hours for Paizo, my own game of Drunken D&D, my 2 hour Mastering your GM-FU Seminar, the RPGbloggers unite panel, Stupid Ranger’s Out of the Box D&D game (I’m playing Gloom Darkendusk, Halfing Cleric of Cheerfulness!), a White Wolf party and DNAPhil’s Iron Heroes game, I’m not sure I’ll make it out alive!

For those looking for me at Gen Con, I look like this (I’m the guy in the Hawaiian shirt, not the R2D2 mailbox) and I’ll be wearing my Chatty DM cartoon in my Gen Con Badge.

When I return, I plan to post my thoughts on the Pathfinder Society organized play, the Ascension of the Drow 126 player adventure, Drunken D&D as well as any cool encounters I make during my stay.

ZeStuff looking for help

My good friend Pierre at Zestuff is looking to hire someone in the Montreal region to work in the Laval store, being in charge of tabletop gaming stuff. If you’re bilingual and would like to work in a very cool and dynamic environment, have a look at his posting here.

RPGbloggers news.

After one week, our network has more than 50 member blogs and Dave’s inbox is still full of requests for adhesion.  This is so cool. Our last addition before we closed everything down for Gen Con, Mike Mearls!

Have a look at his new blog called The Keep on the Gaming Land.

I was blown away to have  Mike join us!

After Gen Con, we’ll come back to adding new members and helping those with feed issues whenever possible.

Wish me luck!

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Comments

  1. greywulf says

    August 13, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    I hope you and all the other ‘conners have a terrific time. Kick back and enjoy it, y’all 🙂

    Quick suggestion as an alternative to non-blogging: write notes (as in, with pen and notepad, pure retro!) then scan ’em and post up when you get back.

    We’ll be waiting for you!

    greywulfs last blog post..The Bandaged Man

  2. Reverend Mike says

    August 13, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    Pen and paper is definitely the best place for unblogged thoughts…it’s where all my brain excrement goes…

  3. ChattyDM says

    August 13, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Good idea… although I’m a terrible note taker.. and I lose papers all the time (all my Gen Con documents are in a 3 ring binder)

    I’ll keep a Word file open on Laptop.

    Thanks!

  4. Elliot Wilen says

    August 13, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Are we sure that’s really Mike Mearls? I mean, the name is there of course, but (a) Mike already has a perfectly good, highly gaming-focused Livejournal account, and (b) the first and only post, on wandering monsters, is…how shall I put this…well, it’s got its heart in the right place, but declaring you never understood why Gygax used wandering monsters is kind of naive for someone who ought to be plugged into a wealth of knowledge on D&D history and RPG craft.

    Elliot Wilens last blog post..RPG Bloggers Network

  5. geekgazette says

    August 13, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Have a great time.
    I always carry a camera and notepad to Gen Con. I usually spend at least one day taking pictures, asking questions and taking notes. I may not use 95% of it, but it does help give me ideas to write about and it definitely helped last year when 4e was announced.
    Nothing like a little old school.

    geekgazettes last blog post..4e is perfect! Well, except for the mistakes…

  6. Diane says

    August 16, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    All kinds of jealous over you going. I was in IN last week for a vacation and saw all kinds of GenCon signs. One of these years I WILL!!! go.

    Dianes last blog post..Robin Hood: We Are Robin Hood Episode

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