#RPGChat Archive, 23 August 2012: Gencon Afterthoughts
#RPGChat Archive, 23 August 2012: Gencon Afterthoughts
Aug 23The topic for the August 23 #RPGChat was: after GenCon, lessons learned, games played and enjoyed, and people met..
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Tweets of Note:
We started with new games that were played and bought:
@DarthJerod
@Alpharalpha Hello #RPGChat while not knew I am more excited about #dndnext. Finding the Beta of the new #FFG #SWRPG got me excited as well
@EricMPaq
@Alpharalpha I played in @Theothertracy ‘s School Daze game. A fun game for my last day of #Gencon We laughed alot. 
@DarthJerod
@Alpharalpha The game #Zombiecide looks really cool as well it is on my want list that I will buy from my store
@mandarific
@Alpharalpha @Bruxistential I had a GREAT time trying the Warmachine demo! I’ll definitely be trying out a “real” game soon.
@rodrigothebard
Picked up ‘Broken Rooms’ — parallel words RPG – which looks pretty cool. And the Star Wars beta. #rpgchat
Quite a few people noted the absence of some long standing game companies:
@Bruxistential
Was surprised by some of the companies that weren’t there
@ir0nwolf
@Bruxistential yeah, would have liked to have seen Goodman Games there. #rpgchat
Some lessons learned, and things to do differently next time:
@GlimmTheGnome
this year was my first #GenCon and there are definitely things that I’ll do differently next time #rpgchat
@GlimmTheGnome
next time I go, I’ll sign up for more games in advance rather than relying on generic tickets
@mandarific
@xPeregrine I really thought coming in Weds would be a good idea, but since we had plans Weds night it just made me more tired!
@mandarific
@GlimmTheGnome Me too! I think the biggest thing I’d do differently would be arrive on Tuesday instead of Wednesday…ha!
@GlimmTheGnome
I’d also try to arrange meetups in advance rather than relying on twitter during the con
@Bruxistential
If you see someone in the dealer hall you want to talk to, don’t wait, b/c it is really easy to lose someone in there! Happened 2x
@DarthJerod
#gencon 2013 tip for #rpgchat people. You want an event, get an actual ticket. better off hitting Vegas that some events with generics
@rodrigothebard
Everyone knows #GenCon begins on Tuesday.
@xPeregrine
@rodrigothebard And ends on Monday
@DoubleDMGGaming
One day is not enough
@RyanMacklin
My lesson from this year’s Gen Con: bring some breakfast bars and whatnot to curb morning hunger before leaving hotel room.
@BrianLiberge
Yes! Foodtrucks and hotel breakfasts were both great. I also always packed granola bars and trail mix for inbetween meals!
People met:
@xPeregrine
I loved the random interactions with people who recognize you from Twitter and have never met you IRL.
@DarthJerod
@Alpharalpha I met and roomed with @ArcaneSpringbrd got to meet@brianrjames and was introduced to Ed Greenwood!
@GlimmTheGnome
@Alpharalpha my #GenCon high point was 3 hours of @CAH with@ArcaneSpringbrd @TheAngryDM @GenCon4James@WastexGames and @DrumBumRM #rpgchat
@mandarific
@Alpharalpha I already knew lots of folks from this group, but man the @GreenRoninPub guys were some of the nicest dudes ever.
@RDNottingham
@Alpharalpha Had several ninja meets like with @d20Blonde@TheUniverseGM @GeekyLyndsay and found @xPeregrine in the dealer hall
@ir0nwolf
@Alpharalpha also met Dave Gross, who I have interviewed in the past for a blog, but not met face to face.
@8one6
#RPGChat #GenCon was fantastic this year! Played some#GamesOnDemand, ran a podcasting seminar, met some great folks!
And some news that came from the 2012 Gencon Keynote:
@DarthJerod
Another nice piece of news was that the back catalog of #dnd library would start coming out in 2013 in electronic format
@DarthJerod
@Bruxistential @ir0nwolf if they can reprint the original AD&D books they can do a digital product of the old back catalog
The full archive of the chat is here, in spreadsheet form.
Alpharalpha
