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Con Report: Egypt Wars 1

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Although some of our Ohio folks have already been to BashCon this year, the con season really kicked off this past weekend, with the Hex staff attending not one but two conventions. Ian and Colin Thomas (cult hero) went to Louisville for Conglomeration (Ian's posted a brief summary on the Hex forums--hopefully he'll go into more detail either on the forums or in a con report here [hint, hint]). Meanwhile, I headed to scenic Carbondale, Illinois for Egypt Wars. I arrived around noon Saturday, just in time to register and catch the end of the pony-themed Pathfinder game that one of the Quilt City Ogres was running.

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GenCon 2009 Report

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This year’s GenCon, which most Death Cookie readers know is the world’s biggest (non-computer) gaming convention, was held August 13-17 in downtown Indianapolis. As you’d probably expect, a few members of the Hex staff made our way to the land of Johnny Cougar for a few days of game demos and shameless self-promotion. In addition to Hex staffers Ian Engle, Leighton Connor, and myself, we were once again joined by last year’s Knome of the Year (and author of the upcoming Sex, Lies, and Ultraspies supplement) Robert “Ruckusmanager” McCabe.

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Re:GenCon 2009 Report
Aug 28 2009 21:29:53
Regarding the Humor in Gaming panel: I took the line offered by Timothy Ferris in his book "The Mind's Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context" and tried to apply this to the games I've seen at conventions.
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