SYSTEM: Call of Cthulhu 7e DATE: January 25, 2020 Ran this with a really good group at the small game day JustUs runs in Kernersville. This is a fun adventure and every time it ends differently.
Tag: That Con
A Light in the Darkness (MACE 2019)
SYSTEM: Call of Cthulhu 7e DATE: November 7, 2019 Another highlight of my life – gaming with the crafters. This time with Gareth of the DMGInfo Youtube channel, as well as DM Scotty and his family. Also joining hus was Daniel and Miguel, both 3D printing guys from Youtube. THis was exhausting but hilarious. They…
A Light in the Darkness (ConCarolinas 2019)
SYSTEM: Call of Cthulhu 7e DATE: May 31, 2019 This adventure was recommended to me through the author on the CoC Facebook group. I put out a call and two authors posted their adventures. I bought both and picked this one to run first. I will run the other. The scenario is billed as a World…
Fandom Convention Prices not family-friendly (on purpose)
I have been involved with convention fandom since 1989. That’s nearly 30 years of going to conventions as well as running them. The biggest I ever attended was DragonCon and I continued my patronage of that convention until I started having multiple kids and focusing on that part of my life. Through those years, I…
So I am back, but not sure I want to be…
Since 2012, I have often pictures That Con coming back to me and asking me to help dig it out of the hole that they dug themselves into. I imagined the satisfaction I would feel in knowing that in the end I was right. I pictured the smug smile I had when I told them…
ConCarolinas 2018 Results
Things went really well at ConCarolinas 2018 Gaming – partially because I really worked hard on my attitude and partially because people are starting to understand the system. There are a few areas I need to improve on still but for the most part, it works well. Communication to the players continues to be my…
For all the things I built, how quickly they collapse
At one time, I was proud to be at the center of THAT convention. I was proud that I built it from 300 attendees to 1300. I was proud to have hosted the largest attended Deep South Con (2010) since it’s inception. I was pretty proud of my accomplishments until it all came crashing down…
Dead Light (ConCarolinas 2018)
SYSTEM: Call of Cthulhu 7e There is some really good aspects to this adventure but some really difficult parts of it. First off, it does provide a lot of NPCs to keep up with. It’s helps to have a way to represent them on the table so people connect with them in some way. Have…
Savage Worlds Flash Gordon: Dive of Doom (ConCarolinas 2018)
DATE: June 2, 2018 The playtest of this game went a little better than the actual con game but it was still reasonably fun. The session went about the same as the playtest with the end result being guided by the Cliffhanger cards. Savage Worlds Flash Gordon is such a good version of Savage Worlds.
Post-That Con (ConCarolinas) feedback
So we got feedback from That Con because they like to do surveys and all that. While I am sure they have more than enough to deal with on the fandom end, by statistics, we did fine. Out of 66 respondents, about 3 were rather scathing and hurtful. So, cathartically, I am posting them here. It is a realization that if my work with That Con is going to continue, I have to really look inside myself and figure out what is going on. Is it burnout? Or is it something else? Can it change?