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Message no. 1
From: Bitrunner@***.COM
Subject: Denver Redux
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 08:13:39 EDT
one thing Granite forgot to mention about his Gencon experience is that we
did finally find out what is supposed to be in the box set:

1 players book
1 gm book
1 poster downtown map
1 denver sector map
2 sector passes (random)
ass't flyers and catalogs

if you got more than this, count your blessings; if less, take it back to
where you bought it and get a new one...

also, for those lucky enough to go to the con, you could get the other passes
from Tom as he was walking around with them in his pockets...i have a full
set now (especially since during one of the seminars i bitched about the
denver box set introducing the new Shadowrun:The Awakening card game -
refering to the passes)

yep, Granite and I (along with a couple others on this list) did have fun
harrassing players in the mile high city during the FASA tournament...i also
had three teams go through the Virtual Seattle adventure, which was ok, but
nowhere near as challenging as Denver!
Message no. 2
From: "C. Paul Douglas" <granite@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Denver Redux
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 12:28:55 -0400
On Tue, 23 Aug 1994
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> one thing Granite forgot to mention about his Gencon experience is that w=
e
> did finally find out what is supposed to be in the box set:
>
> 1 players book
> 1 gm book
> 1 poster downtown map
> 1 denver sector map
> 2 sector passes (random)
> ass't flyers and catalogs
>
> if you got more than this, count your blessings; if less, take it back to
> where you bought it and get a new one...
>
Actually Bitrunner..I didn't forget I simply had not said yet..[Evil
taunters grin]

> also, for those lucky enough to go to the con, you could get the other pa=
sses
> from Tom as he was walking around with them in his pockets..

Yes I too acosted the Dark Lord for a full set of cards as well..[happy
grin]..And also have a full set of those little plastic devils..Even
though..well I won't go on a tangent just yet...

Well I did promise a little run down of the whos and the whats I
encountered at GenCon..So I suppose I should start..Oh and by the
way..This will also be the place I rip to shredds the GMs at GenCon that
had their heads shoved in places where they will never see sunlight...I
will break this post up with headings so that you guys can skip ahead to
the parts you are interested in If you don't really want to hear me
ramble on..
PRE-CON
CON FIRST DAY
IN GENERAL
WHO I SAW
WHICH GAMES I PLAYED AND MY RATING OF THE GMs
and those will be the headings...

PRE-CON
We drove to the Con from Maryland..A long drive but not too bad..We
stopped off in Chicago to put in some time at the BattleTechÆfI’dç˜=
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after about 9 games and 50-60 dollars [not counting stuff like T-shirts
and patches] later [this took all day] we
staggered out of the center and with battle bleary eyes jumped back in
the car and finished the trip to the Gamers' Mecca..and the next morning
began the GenCon experiance..

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on the first day when Pre-registered participants were allowed to attempt
to acquire their Official programs and such so we could all see if the
events we had signed up for had been canceled or moved to a different
table..Well does the term Cluster-Fuck mean anything to any of you?? They
had several hundered people playing musical doors and to follow what I am
told is GenCon tradition the door opened 30-45 minutes late..So everyone
gets to start the experience with a bad taste in their mouth...Then of
course the lines moved so slow I was passed by 2 turtles and a flock of
snails on my way to pick up my Official Program and a free Promo card for
the Card Game Spellfire...That was pretty much all that could be done on
that particular day... IN GENERAL I could take up page after page with
details of the Con and the events but I won't do that...The Con itself was
HUGE tons of people..some of whom had gotten kinda ripe after a few
days..there were exhibits of just about every discription..Booths that
were selling exery gaming system out there new and old..People selling
computer programs that once mastered would make the GM's job as simple as
pushing a button..[sniff..sniff..is that snake oil I smell??]..To tell the
truth all of the programs had some redeaming values..the best I saw [for
my needs] was the Campeign Cartographer..this one put out some VERY nice
maps..I did not buy it since it was full priced and I can wait to make the
purchase...If it were a special price I might have picked it up...Most of
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on the first day when Pre-registered participants were allowed to attempt
to acquire their Official programs and such so we could all see if the
events we had signed up for had been canceled or moved to a different
table..Well does the term Cluster-Fuck mean anything to any of you?? They
had several hundered people playing musical doors and to follow what I am
told is GenCon tradition the door opened 30-45 minutes late..So everyone
gets to start the experience with a bad taste in their mouth...Then of
course the lines moved so slow I was passed by 2 turtles and a flock of
snails on my way to pick up my Official Program and a free Promo card for
the Card Game Spellfire...That was pretty much all that could be done on
that particular day...
IN GENERAL
I could take up page after page with details of the Con and the events
but I won't do that...The Con itself was HUGE tons of people..some of
whom had gotten kinda ripe after a few days..there were exhibits of just
about every discription..Booths that were selling exery gaming system out=

there new and old..People selling computer programs that once mastered
would make the GM's job as simple as pushing a button..[sniff..sniff..is
that snake oil I smell??]..To tell the truth all of the programs had some=

redeaming values..the best I saw [for my needs] was the Campeign
Cartographer..this one put out some VERY nice maps..I did not buy it
since it was full priced and I can wait to make the purchase...If it were=

a special price I might have picked it up...Most of the Vendors did not
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took a
flyer or catalog and kept going..And there were places that sold every
king of weird new age crystal laces piece of jewelry and doodad
imaginable..And of course there were the gaming areas as well which were
full of gamers playing every game out there and all making all kinds of
noise and generally having a good time...
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Well the most noteworthy Television people I was able to see but not
really talk to were ...
John de Lancie ["Q" from Star Trek: TNG] I have had the good fortune of
meeting a few other famous people and none of the others really looked the=

way they did in person like they did in the screen..This man looks the
same in person..He seemed a friendly kind of guy that had something to
say to all of the individuals that thronged to the autograph line...I was=

also suprised at how tall this guy is..

Majel Barrett ["Lwaxana Troi" from ST: TNG] also a friendly sort who
seemed to have something to say to those flocked to the booth she was
signing autographs at...although I almost didn't recognise her..There was=

SO MUCH at GenCon I was just sort of scanning the booths and it too a
couple of seconds for it to sink in who she was..

Hillbilly Jim [WWF wresteler] Now this is a BIG guy...He seened kind of
bored or tired of all the hoopla..

Margeret Weis and Richard Knaak [fantasy writers] as well as miriad other=

authors and artist that are too many to mention not to mention I cannot
remember their names..

And of course I was able to meet our own DLoH Tom Dowd as well as Lou
Prosperi [I was able to game with his wife - a very nice person] as well
as the Publishers of Shadis Magazine Jolly Backburn

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