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Hi -- I'm a late addtion to the Gen Con program, but wanted to introduce myself. I'm a Boston-based gamer and writer for the New York Times and Boston Globe with a new book that's coming out September 1 from Globe Pequot/The Lyons Press. Called "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic...

Enough 'evidence' has been gathered by various people on this board for me to submit my opinion on GenCon and WOTC. First, I'll talk a bit about Hasbro's problem with GenCon being in Bankruptcy and trying to do business. Hasbro's problem with GenCon being in Bankruptcy is that GenCon...

Another heads-up about the event catalog preview - TCGs and miniatures games submitted during cycle 1 have been placed and should be active now. You can view them in the previews available here . And please - keep in mind that the event listing is by no means complete . So far we've only gone through...

The Wednesday event program is something I love, but it'll have to be ironed out after all the events over the core 4 days of the show. It's really hard to give any kind of hard timeline on when that will happen. If anyone is concerned about the status of their events, just sign into your account...

Another week, another batch of events. This time we've added all the cycle 1 board games and LARPs to the event catalogs . The independent RPGs are also listed now. Everyone have a party

I just put up a new blog post talking a bit more about the event charts - as well as the coolest event I've seen so far.

i am all for the mass roll, but i had a few other tribute ideas. my first thought was a candle carving competition event in memory of Gygax. sign ups on thurs. then on sunday the contestants get judged and light them in his honor. or going with the dice theme gencon could collect d20's outside exhibition...