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Scotty’s Brewpub: Gaming, Grog, Grub, and Good Times for Gen Con

July 22, 2011 by guest

There’s a lot going on at Scotty’s during Gen Con. The short, take away is JUST GO, you’ll have fun. That’s enough if this looks like it’s going to be a TL;DR for you.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, gen con, pathfinder, restaurants, wizards of the coast

Save Yourself: Vote For Critical Hits

July 19, 2011 by Vanir

As many of you are aware, Critical Hits is up for an Ennie this year. Dave has already given you all several good reasons to vote for us, but I’m here today to seal the deal. I put myself at great personal risk to reveal this information, but a win this year would shed a lot of light on the truth all gamers need to know. The consequences for not reading could be quite random – and deadly!

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, d10, d12, d20, d30 who uses that, d4, d6, d8, ennies, gen con, gencon, venomous, VENOMOUS D12 OMG, vote

Dave’s Gen Con 2010 Wrap-up

August 14, 2010 by Dave

So you may have seen all the Gen Con schedules posted last week that told you where various Critical Hits staff members were going to be, I am going to buck the trend and tell you where I WAS at Gen Con… or at least the highlights.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: con report, gen con, gen con 2010

Gen Con 2010: Drinking Dungeons & Dragons

August 11, 2010 by Dave

Now years ago, it started as a joke: making a drinking game out of 4e Dungeons & Dragons. After that, it became an annual tradition at Gen Con for some of our closest blogger friends those first two years, run by ChattyDM. I offered to step in and spear-head the DD&D game, if he would collaborate with me and run a second table. An accord was struck and the planning began: a Drinking Dungeons & Dragons event for Gen Con to top all the previous.

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, dd&d, gen con, gen con 2010

Just A Geek (And Forty Thousand Other Geeks)

August 10, 2010 by Vanir

Wil Wheaton and I were both at Gen Con this year. Mysteriously, his deeds were somewhat more celebrated. Read on for the epic account of my dealings with the Wheaton and his eventual defeat at my hands! (Note: I defeat him with a secret technique involving my low CHA score. Also, he may not be aware of his defeat, or that we battled. But we totally did. Epically.)

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Uncategorized Tagged With: gen con, wheaton, wil wheaton

Official Guide to Stalking Vanir at Gen Con, 2010 Edition

August 3, 2010 by Vanir

It’s the most wonderful time of the year once again. No, not Christmas. The Four Days of Gaming, aka RPG Chanukah, aka Nerd Kwanzaa, but known to most muggles simply as Gen Con. I’m particularly excited to make my yearly trek to Indianapolis this year, as I’ve made lots of new friends (and am ecstatic […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: dd&d, Drunken D&D, gen con, gen con 2010, gen con indy, so happy, so very very happy, vanir, wow tcg

Chris Sims’s 2010 Gen Con Schedule

August 2, 2010 by Chris Sims

I’m going to Gen Con for the first time as a civilian, and like Chatty DM, for the first time as part of the Critical-Hits team. Here’s my planned schedule. We’ll see if it survives contact.

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, News, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: dark sun, gen con, schedule

Last Day to Vote in the Ennies / GenCon Contest Winners

July 25, 2010 by Dave

As I write this, there’s only a few hours left to vote for Critical Hits for Best Blog of the 2010 Ennies. We would really appreciate your support voting us as #1 and telling your friends to vote for us as well. When the clock ticks over to midnight EST tonight after Sunday, July 25th, it’ll be too late, so please don’t delay any more, no matter who you’re voting for. And in other Gen Con news, we’ve selected our winners in our Gen Con contest.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: gen con, gencon

Save vs. Misogyny: An Open Letter To Gen Con’s Event Organizers

April 20, 2010 by Vanir

See that ball and chain? That’s how Gen Con is portraying our wives and girlfriends in their event registration system. Activating rant mode.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: ball and chain, conventions, gen con, gencon 2010, husbands, spouses, wife aggro, wives, wtf

Six Months To Four Days

March 16, 2010 by Vanir

Gen Con is six months away, but event registration draws near. Read on to discover almost no information of value whatsoever about Gen Con 2010. But be warned! That one tiny info-morsel could save your life.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Axis & Allies, D&D, gen con, gen con 2010, hotels, nerdwhiff, registration, shenanigans, true dungeon

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