Flametoad

 I don’t think I’ve mentioned this here yet, but this coming weekend I’m one of the RPG guests for AggieCon. This isn’t a particularly amazing feat, since A) I’ve been publishing RPGs with 12 to Midnight for 5 years now, B) the convention is practically out my back door, and C) it’s a regional con [...]

Read parts II and III first. Saturday at Origins I slept in until 7 am, then the country boy in me took over and insisted I get up. Another shower, and I was ready to face the world. Neal and I headed down to the food court for breakfast while we waited for the rest [...]

Read part II. Friday was my first “real” day at Origins, since the previous day I spent from 7 am to 2 pm in travel and the rest of the afternoon getting settled in, having dinner, and gaming in Sean’s suite. You can read all about that in my previous post. I grew up a [...]

While my partners in crime were resting their dainty heads in their hotel rooms, I got up at 4 am on July 5 for a quick shave and tooth brushing prior to giving my sleeping wife a quick kiss on the forehead and slipping out the door into the darkness. My flight left from Austin, [...]

Origins was both wonderful and incredibly exhausting. I met a blur of fantastic people, and I’m going to do my best to write up a trip report before too many of the details fade away. I returned on Sunday utterly spent, then used Monday–my planned day to recover from the trip–building the tadpoles’ swingset. Tomorrow [...]