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An item RPG Item: Against Time and Death has been added to the geeklist 2026 RPGG Challenge: Play Five RPGs You Have Never Played Before (Each At Least Once)

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On GaryCon
by [username=Hunting_Phoenix]Hunting_Phoenix[/username]

I was lucky enough to again attend GaryCon this past weekend, as I write this. It's one of the nearby conventions to me, being from Madison, WI.

I ended up playing a lot of D&D 5e adjacent things this year - 5e, Tales of the Valiant, etc. I got some Shadowdark and OSE in too, and was able to try Riverbank. I had excellent games this year. Zero misses, which might be a convention first for me.

I do have plenty of opportunity to run and play D&D, but I grabbed games on signup weekend that looked fun and interesting and fit my schedule. I took it a bit easier this time, and played two games per day (except Sunday, with one).

Conventions are things that I waffle a bit on. Having done a lot of Organized Play organizing, I have run and played a ton of sessions that don't have a lot of impact. I don't do org play anymore, as I really want to spend time crafting longer, character driven stories with friends. Con games have a similar problem where there isn't a lot of character growth over four hours.

Basically every time I finish up a Con, I go, do I want to come again? It's time off work I could use other ways, and cost and stuff. But I come back to the flow-state that I totally achieve. I spent like 36 hours playing across three and a half days, and it flew by. I was tired, but it was a good tired. So unless something major changes, I'll be back.

One of my focuses has been trying to make some connections. You know that one or two friends who knows everyone? That's not me. I know people, but not everyone. I have trouble with names sometimes, often in pairs. I know, right? Surprise. One of us gaming geeks has some social quirks? Many of us do.

I've had some success with recent Cons. This time I had some folks ask me for contact info, including some other Madison locals. A convention last year my wife and I hit it off with two other couples, and we're planning to all get together the summer of 2027. Every year it feels more and more like "Just roll the dice - try. Go meet people, exchange info. Sometimes you're getting that critical hit!"

So, that's my advice. Get out there. Go to a local convention, or think about starting one if there's nothing close (start small!). Go to a local game night. Ask friendly coworkers over to a game. There's a 20 on every die, and each roll could be a critical success.


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by vestige

sdonohue wrote:

More like a deck of cards cut in half (I didn't ask him if he meant on the long or short edge).

He clearly doesn't know his patient very well. "Deck of cards" is so ambiguous! Playing cards? Tarot cards? Euro cards? Let's hope it's not oversized!

Seriously, glad you are home and have the mutant power to ignore pain! I hope you don't need it though!

by 42Genie

An item Board Game Publisher: Cherry Picked Games has been added to the geeklist The Jack Vasel Memorial Fund Auction 2026 (ends March 28th)

by vestige

It did not take many weeks for me to forget to update my team! I remembered about an hour too late...rejiggered the subs to do as well as I could, but it wasn't a good week. Ugh!

For some reason there are a couple of players on my bench that it won't let me sub in. I don't understand it but am not motivated enough to figure it out!

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by kingofanything

TK_422 wrote:

I saw Lon Chaney walkin' with the Queen.

I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walkin' with the Queen.