So. John and I attended BayCon this weekend (I was working as staff in the Game Room). We were at the Santa Clara Convention Center for Fri-Sun (only part of Sunday... we had a very busy weekend). BayCon runs through Monday, but we had other plans.
As a note, BayCon is a sci-fi and fan convention, not a game convention, or an anime convention, etc. I mostly go because I have a lot of friends there. I think we may go to Kubla Con next year, which is a gaming convention. If you go to BayCon (and are over 21) check out the party floor! Also, the Klingon Slave Auction (for charity) is awesome!
I got to play some games while I was on shift, including Uno, team cribbage, and Cards Against Humanity (which as both hilarious and nasty at the same time). Cards Against Humanity is like adult Apples to Apples... and then some. I highly recommend it (but only if you have a rather twisted sense of humor, if you are easily offended, steer clear).
John got in a team game of 40k, where each player had 1500 points. It lasted most of a double shift (6 hours). Evil Mike (the head of the gaming department) had a really neat board setup where he had 1 foot square tiles that were a ship's interior. While there was no area terrain, there was plenty of cover and line of sight blockages, it also had a quite distinct science fiction atmosphere, which I feel a lot of the terrain I see generally lacks. (Also, it fit very nicely into a large green tub.)
I think I would like to emulate Evil Mike's design. I don't know how I'll do it yet, but it's an idea that I will put on the back burner. I'll let the idea simmer for a while.
Sunday, we went overt to Game Kastle to hang out with some friends. While we didn't get any 40k games in, we did get to see some pretty good ones. We also got in a nice game of Small World, which is always entertaining. I also got some work done on my Gargoyle Brood. I'll get pictures eventually.
Monday we grabbed a moving truck, packed up my San Jose storage unit, and moved it up to Sac. x_X Tuesday, we unpacked it into another storage unit up here, and now I'm exhausted. Time for more coffee, Diablo III, and food!
Happy Modding!
-Mad Doc Kala
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