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On Vacation 2011

Family on Vacation

I am on vacation this week with my family.  My internet connection in the coming week will range from intermittent to non-existent.  I will have posts for each day I am away on the blog, but if something momentous occurs, for example:  Elvis is discovered working at a Big Boy’s in Tulsa, the Pope issues a Bull against blogging as a complete waste of time, or there is an alarming outbreak of common sense in the government, I trust that this post will explain why I am not discussing it.

Among other activities we will be attending the Gen Con Convention in Indianapolis, a pilgrimage the McClarey clan makes each year to renew our uber-Geek creds.  If any of you are close to Indianapolis and you have never attended, it is worth a drive to see tens of thousands of role players, board gamers and computer gamers in Congress assembled.  If nothing else you will go home reassured as to how comparatively normal you are.  Last year’s attendance was in excess of 30,000 and there are multitudes of gaming related events.  A good overview of Gen Con is here.  Below is a Gen Con video from 2010 which gives a nice feel of the convention.

My wife and daughter participate in the live action dungeon at Gen Con.  Here is a trailer for True Dungeon 2011:

 

 

I do not participate due to my great personal dignity, and because I doubtless would cry in anguish as my character was slain two seconds into the dungeon!

I have been threatened with being tossed in the Klingon jail, a fixture at Gen Con, before but it hasn’t happened yet.  As long as I mind my manners at the convention, I will be back on-line next Sunday.  If not, I hope I will not be sent to Rura Penthe.

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LarryD
Sunday, July 31, AD 2011 12:22pm

We share Geek creds. I play D&D once a month with four other guys. It’s a lot of fun because now we’re old enough to drink beer when we play!

T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Sunday, July 31, AD 2011 12:28pm

Enjoy!

Jasper
Jasper
Sunday, July 31, AD 2011 11:28pm

Don,

did you remove my coments from the Shea/Voris/AG post ?

Have a nice vacation.

Dale Price
Dale Price
Monday, August 1, AD 2011 8:30am

Emerald. Green. Envy.

Still have all of my D&D (and wargaming) stuff, and I hope to go to GenCon one of these years.

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