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<div class="entry-content"> <p>I had a blast at Gary Con 14. </p> <p>Listen to the companion podcast <a href="https://anchor.fm/follow-me-and-die/episodes/Episode-200---My-2022-Gary-Con-Experience-e1gia9n" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Wednesday</h4> <p>I arrived Wednesday about lunchtime and went to The Pub Next Door and had one of the lunch specials – spaghetti.</p> <p>I then made a Walmart run for a couple things I forgot before checking in.</p> <p>My room was about as close as you can get to the lobby. I was on the building closest to the lobby on the Gary Con HQ side of things. My room was the first room next to the stairwell. I was on the top floor, the third floor. </p> <p>The landing at the top of the stairs has a group of gamers that set up for the entire weekend. A group of AD&D players and they had a long game that was a continuation of prior years that they’ve come to Gary Con. I never heard them. This made it easy to just head back to my room to drop off stuff or get stuff if I wasn’t too far away.</p> <p>I then went to see what was what and met up a few friends in the lounge and we then headed to the registration for badge pick up. We got there and the line was already long. We had to wait about ten minutes for the registration to open. It took close to an hour to snake around to the registration window.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" src="blob:https://followmeanddie.com/eb76d23f-d0c6-4f8d-a1b6-41520e51b1fc" alt=""/></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-id="7817" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220323_170917-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7817" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220323_170917-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220323_170917-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220323_170917-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220323_170917-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220323_170917-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></figure> <figcaption class="blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption">Waiting in line. Registration window to left of 1st pitcure. Finally in sight in 2nd picture</figcaption></figure> <p></p> <p>While waiting I discovered that I was right behind a friend – hard to recognize with masks on and we caught up. I saw a few others ahead of me in line and said a quick hello.</p> <p>Wednesday is the weekly OSE game I play in. This is campaign two and it was Session 87, I have made every session. I also played in the first campaign that was about 245 sessions. I never missed a session of that campaign and played a couple times on Wednesday night at Gary Con, and once they moved the game to Tuesday just because, so I wouldn’t have to play from the convention.</p> <p>After the game, I went to the lounge and got in more visiting before turning in.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Thursday</h4> <p>I had a 9 am three hour slot. For Gary Con 12 – the first one to be affected by Covid, I signed up for all wargames and board games, as I wanted to get those in. I got into every game I wanted. Alas, it wasn’t to be.</p> <p>I tried to repeat that this year, but there were not as many wargames, and the ones I wanted in were already full. I did find a board game, Diplomacy. We had a full roster of seven players. Five players, including myself had never played before. The guy running the game played Italy, and the other experienced player had Russia. I had Germany, and the other novices had England, France, Austria, and Turkey. Each of the other newbies were college buddies.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" data-id="7820" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_114826-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7820" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_114826-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_114826-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_114826-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_114826-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_114826-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" data-id="7821" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_115332-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7821" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_115332-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_115332-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_115332-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_115332-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_115332-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figcaption class="blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption">Not much movement mid-game.</figcaption></figure> <p></p> <p>The game is set in 1900 Europe and the idea is to use negotiation and deceit to grow one’s empire.</p> <p>The only random element is determining who plays what country to start. For the rest of the game, the players talk among themselves, either as individuals or groups to discuss plans. We had a blast making alliances then stabbing each other in the back.</p> <p>As Germany, I knew I was surrounded. The other novices decided we should gang up on the experienced players. So we hammered Russia and nearly knocked it off the board. Then we focused on Italy. Austria was wiped off the map.</p> <p>Being surrounded, I had an initial alliance with Russia, but quickly took Warsaw, a control center. Having control centers determines how many units one can have on a one for one basis.</p> <p>I also took Denmark and the Netherlands and made an agreement that I got the Netherlands and they got Belgium. I then mostly sat in place to hold my control centers. I did a bit of movement to the south to keep Italy off my territory. </p> <p>It was only a three hour slot due to a mistake in scheduling so we only had time for four or five turns. At the end of each turn we’d write down our moves. Once all were turned in, the guy running the game would go through them and adjudicate them. Some moves couldn’t be adjudicated until other player’s moves were considered.</p> <p>The last couple of turns are when I backstabbed Italy, when we all ganged up, and then I backstabbed France and took Belgium. England made an alliance with me to break our alliance with France.</p> <p>We then ran out of time and when the score was tallied, I actually won! I wasn’t expecting to win. My use of a strategy to avoid a two front war is what saved me. </p> <p>Diplomacy can never be the same game twice, even if you play with the same players and each end up with the same country. </p> <p>We had the right mix of players and had a great time. I can see where people who take it too seriously could end up with hurt feelings. </p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(game)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Diplomacy was published in the 1959</a>, so it is older than I am. Dave, Gary, and most of the old guard played Diplomacy both in person and by mail. I see how it influenced the emergence of roleplaying. If you’ve never played, this is something you should try.</p> <p>WOTC still sells Diplomacy and you can get a <a href="https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/ah/diplomacy_rules.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PDF of the rules</a> from their website. Since you can get the rules for free, you can use any map. You just need tokens for armies, navies, and territory markers. You’d have to add control points to the map. The Risk Board could work, or a fantasy map, or a map of your own design.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity"/> <p>In the afternoon, I had lunch, then I took a nap, then I visited with friends and took a quick tour of the vendor hall and ran into a few more friends.</p> <p>I ran into Yolanda Frontenay, owner of Gary’s old house where he wrote original D&D. See <a href="https://followmeanddie.com/2022/03/28/help-save-garys-house/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">my prior post</a> about the Indiegogo Campaign and the immediate need to take out two trees.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_131311-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7843" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_131311-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_131311-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_131311-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_131311-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_131311-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>I then dressed up as my character Griswald, the namesake of “Follow Me, And Die!” for the wedding of Satine Phoenix & Jameson Stone. Griswald is the fellow with the raised sword and wolf’s head shield with red eyes that is my social media avatar by Satine. She recognized what I was dressed as.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="771" height="1024" data-id="7825" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-1-771x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7825" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-1-771x1024.jpg 771w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-1-768x1020.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-1-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-1.jpg 1542w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="771" height="1024" data-id="7826" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-2-771x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7826" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-2-771x1024.jpg 771w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-2-226x300.jpg 226w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-2-768x1020.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-2-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/24March2022-SatinesWeddingMe-2.jpg 1542w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px" /></figure> <figcaption class="blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption">Thanks to a friend I have these better pictures than the closet mirror in my hotel room.</figcaption></figure> <p>It was a fun ceremony. There was a vinyl game mat for guests to sign and a stack of various creatures from Figurines of Adorable Power for prty gifts for the guests. </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_200441-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7823" width="493" height="657" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_200441-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_200441-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_200441-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_200441-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_200441-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Satine & Jameson – Officiated by Luke Gygax</figcaption></figure></div> <p>After the ceremony, Satine and Jameson had their picture taken with the wedding party and then the guests. They had two instant copies of each photo. One for the couple immediately placed in a photo album and each guest in the photo signed it. The guests then got a copy of the same photo.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="670" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_214032-1024x670.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7824" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_214032-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_214032-300x196.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_214032-768x503.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_214032-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220324_214032-2048x1341.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>We then had much talking among fellow guests until things wound down late in the evening.</p> <h5 class="wp-block-heading">Friday</h5> <p>From 8 am til Noon I played in “Skull Stack Crater” a Holmes Basic scenario by Zach Howard of <a href="http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Zenopus Archives</a>. I played a lizardfolk warrior. We were all third level, the halfling thief was fourth level.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-id="7829" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_095337-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7829" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_095337-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_095337-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_095337-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_095337-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_095337-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" data-id="7828" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_082102-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7828" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_082102-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_082102-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_082102-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_082102-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_082102-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </figure> <p>The mix of experienced players easily got through some obstacles. I played my character as a fearless warrior who would gladly go first. I think I had the most hit points. </p> <p>It was a fun adventure. </p> <p>I played in Zach’s Return to the Tower of Zenopus at <a href="https://followmeanddie.com/2019/03/11/gary-con-xi-recap/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gary Con 11</a>, the last in person con til now. One of the other players was in that same game and we remembered each other. </p> <p>I then went to a seminar by Jameson Stone, Indie TTRPG Publishing & Kickstarter. He and those attending the seminar mentioned several helpful things for those doing Kickstarter or other crowdsourced fundraising. He mentioned several things I had not heard or read before in all my reading.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_150045-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7831" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_150045-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_150045-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_150045-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_150045-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_150045-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>I then took another nap. I live in the Eastern time zone, so I keep waking up as if it is 7 am, when it is 6 am Central. That made for long days. I also hadn’t slept well the prior days.</p> <p>After supper I attended GM Tips by Satine. I’ve been to several GM Tips presented by Satine, most recently at Gamehole Con last October. She always has something new to say. </p> <p>The main thing is that there is no one size fits all answer anymore. There are three possible applications: live games, online games, and streamed games. Each of them is different, so the answers for the same question is different for each. Very insightful and something to think about.</p> <p>After Satine’s seminar I had a brief moment to tell her something I didn’t get to tell her after her wedding. Then we got our annual Gary Con picture. She and Jameson would fly to England for D&D in a Castle the next day, so it was a whirlwind for them.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_200332-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7830" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_200332-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_200332-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_200332-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_200332-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220325_200332-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>I then visited with friends in the lounge.</p> <p>The next day, I didn’t have anything until 11 am so I was planning to sleep in.</p> <h5 class="wp-block-heading">Saturday</h5> <p><strong>NARRATOR:</strong> “Despite his good intentions, he did not, in fact sleep in. He awoke at the same early hour as every previous morning. He realized this as he looked bleary eyed at his watch.”</p> <p>At 11 am I had the two hour screening of the documentary, “The Dreams in Gary’s Basement” by Pat Kilbane. I saw a <a href="https://followmeanddie.com/2016/03/09/dd-documentary-number-3-rebuilding-trust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">teaser</a> of this at my first Gary Con – Gary Con 8. That was also the first Gary Con for both Satine and I and we kept ending up in the same seminars, and we became Gary Con buddies.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" data-id="7832" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110220-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7832" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110220-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110220-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110220-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110220-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110220-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" data-id="7833" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110058-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7833" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110058-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110058-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110058-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110058-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_110058-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </figure> <p>After the screening I bought Pat lunch so we could catch up. We met up with Dave Wesley and he joined us and regaled us with stories of his father’s WWII service. Near the end of that Grif Morgan of the <em><a href="https://www.secretsofblackmoor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Secrets of Blackmoor</a></em> documentary joined us.</p> <p>I then took another nap.</p> <p>On my way to get supper I talked with a table of younger gamers who liked my denim vest. (I got a LOT of complements about my sleeveless denim jacket with various pins and buttons, and a Death Dealer patch on the back.)</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_171538-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7834" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_171538-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_171538-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_171538-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_171538-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_171538-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>I got the three of them to play my card game. It was the first playtest I got in.</p> <p>I then ran into Zach Howard and we got to talking about Holmes Basic. Pat Kilbane walked by and the three of us talked about how Holmes Basic was the first D&D for each of us.</p> <p>I looked down at the desk with Gary’s books on it and realized that one of the books is the Penguin Atlas of Medieval History. I still have that book from college. I can’t find it to get a comparison picture.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_181437-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7842" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_181437-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_181437-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_181437-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_181437-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_181437-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Gary’s “Penguin Atlas of Medieval History”</figcaption></figure> <p>I made another trip to the vendor hall. I missed the presentation of the Gary Con Lifetime Achievement Award, but figured out that it was Lou Zocchi of Game Science, when I saw the award at his booth.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" data-id="7835" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145635-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7835" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145635-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145635-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145635-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145635-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145635-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-id="7836" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145629-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7836" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145629-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145629-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145629-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145629-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_145629-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></figure> </figure> <p>I bought a 5 die set from Lou. I think that’s my fifth set of Game Science dice.</p> <p>I bought a new dice bag from another vendor.</p> <p>Next I bought a set of dice from <a href="https://role4initiative.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Role 4 Initiative</a>. I didn’t realize that they were a Michigan based company. They are in Portage, MI about 15 minutes from where I live. They are all online sales since they don’t have a storefront.</p> <p>An online friend gave me a 3-D printed mini of Gary Gygax. He said that there were ten around the convention free to whoever found them. He had two.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-id="7840" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084722-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7840" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084722-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084722-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084722-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084722-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084722-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-id="7841" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084715-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7841" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084715-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084715-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084715-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084715-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_084715-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></figure> </figure> <p>I then spent the evening in the lounge visiting. I tried and failed to get any pick up games to try my card game.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Sunday</h4> <p>I sat at a table in the restaurant near the table where Todd Stashwick was having breakfast with someone. When his friend departed someone else walked up about the time I was finished. Todd mentioned he grew up near Lake Geneva (Chicago). I then struck up a conversation with him about old games, like D&D 1e. This was his first Gary Con. He then gave me a card with a Spotify bar code for his gaming/travel playlist. It’s a bunch of songs from late 70s & early 80s and got me all the way home with playlist to spare. He honored me by following me on Instagram.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_091253-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7839" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_091253-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_091253-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_091253-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_091253-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_091253-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>I managed to get in two playtests with two new players and one of the players from Saturday’s card game.</p> <p>I then did a playtest of the original deck and the alternate deck. I was glad to learn that the never before played alternate deck was not broken. I did find some phrasing that was wrong, and I used the wrong term on a card that didn’t match the correct term. </p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" data-id="7838" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_112034-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7838" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_112034-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_112034-300x225.jpg 300w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_112034-768x576.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_112034-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_112034-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" data-id="7837" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_102808-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7837" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_102808-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_102808-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_102808-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_102808-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220327_102808-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></figure> </figure> <p>I had comments that the art is perfect and that they would have bought the game if it were for sale.</p> <p>I think this means that I’m finally ready to put together the final deck. I’m not the one to do layout. I can make it look good enough for a playtest, but I need a layout person who knows cards. If you know someone who won’t cost me an arm and a leg, let me know.</p> <p>I got in a great visit with Steve Winter and we talked about all kinds of things and other gamers joined in.</p> <p>I talked to someone else and they went to follow me on Twitter and found out they were already following me.</p> <p>On previous days of the con, I had several tell me that they read the blog, or follow me on Twitter. I met someone at the lounge bar Saturday night and they said that several people said that he needed to read my blog. That is always a cool ego boost. </p> <p>About 3 pm, I found myself reluctantly ready to head home. I couldn’t afford it, but I could really use another week or two like that. I found my mood lifted, the drudgery induced by Covid isolation eradicated. My spirits were lightened and my creativity renewed. The drive home was easy and not too big of a pain. There weren’t too many drivers that were scary.</p> <p>I made it home safe and after I unpacked I scripted and recorded, edited, and posted <a href="https://anchor.fm/follow-me-and-die/episodes/Episode-199---Help-Save-Garys-House-e1gd3is" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">episode 199 of my podcast</a>. </p> <p>I have ideas ready to flow for more blog posts, podcasts, and more. I don’t have the time or energy to get them done as quickly as I want, but I’m pressing ahead as quick as I can.</p> <p>For those of you who were at Gary Con and we didn’t connect, I’m sorry we missed each other. For those new people I met, it was wonderful to meet you. For all my friends who I did get to see, it was awesome catching up! I hope to see both those I didn’t encounter and those who couldn’t make it next year, or at Gamehole Con or UCon later this year.</p> <p>My only negative is that one evening I left my black zippered hoody with my logo and “Follow Me, And Die!” in red letters. I reported it and gave regular updates via Twitter. No one turned it in. I hope whoever has it was able to keep warm and that they get a lot of use out of it.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_075119-768x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-7844" width="471" height="628" srcset="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_075119-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_075119-225x300.jpg 225w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_075119-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_075119-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220326_075119-scaled.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Crying over my lost hoodie.</figcaption></figure></div> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em><strong>GAME ON!</strong></em></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"><span class="tag-links"><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/tag/garycon/" rel="tag">GaryCon</a><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/tag/the-dreams-in-garys-basement/" rel="tag">The Dreams In Gary's Basement</a></span></footer></article> <article id="post-7800" class="post-7800 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-rpgs tag-gary-con tag-garys-house"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://followmeanddie.com/2022/03/28/help-save-garys-house/" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="1024" height="576" src="https://followmeanddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/HelpSaveGarysHouse-1024x768-1-1024x576.png" class="attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width size-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image" alt="Help Save Gary's House" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/category/rpgs/" rel="category tag">RPGs</a></span> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/2022/03/28/help-save-garys-house/" rel="bookmark">Help Save Gary’s House</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="entry-date"><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/2022/03/28/help-save-garys-house/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2022-03-28T19:30:39-04:00">March 28, 2022</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://followmeanddie.com/author/admin/" rel="author">admin</a></span></span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/2022/03/28/help-save-garys-house/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/preserve-the-birthplace-of-dnd#/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indiegogo Campaign</a></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/follow-me-and-die/episodes/Episode-199---Help-Save-Garys-House-e1gd3is" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Listen to the Companion Podcast Here</a>.</p> <p>I had a great Gary Con 14 in 2022. The con ended yesterday and I got home last night.</p> <p>My Gary Con recap will be in the next episode.</p> <p>For now, I am being laser focused on a place that is at the heart of the Roleplaying hobby’s birth as a commercial venture that was original Dungeons & Dragons.</p> <p>Gary Gygax was a prolific reader, gamer, and writer of war game rules. He was a father of five living in a small house when he typed up rules inspired by the vision of how Dave Arneson developed a fantasy Braunstein from what Dave Wesley did as a game where the players were individuals on the map of a fictional town that would be the center of a battle set in the Napoleonic era.</p> <p>The current owner of the house where Gary Gygax wrote original D&D, Yolanda Frontenay and her husband, have discovered that the two large trees on the property are affecting the plumbing and the limbs overhanging the house are a hazard.</p> <p>The house is also 100 years old and needs a new roof and many other things repaired so that this landmark can endure long into the future.</p> <p>The immediate need is for taking out the trees.</p> <p>I first met Yolanda back in September, 2019 when I was part of an Extra Life event organized by John Gilbert. We had the first 4 streamed games from Gary’s old house. I played in 3 of those games and ran one.</p> <p>There were initial plans to do it again in 2020, but Covid changed everyone’s plans.</p> <p>I learned of the <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/preserve-the-birthplace-of-dnd#/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indigogo campaign</a> a few days before Gary Con and shared it on social media. </p> <p>When I was at Gary Con, I saw Yolanda outside the vendor area. She told me of the challenges of the trees. All the bids she has gotten seem high to me. I had to huge maples taken out of my yard and with nearby power lines they had to use a crane. The low end quotes she has are close to double what I have.</p> <p>I just can’t believe it needs to cost that much.</p> <p>I met her at the house on Saturday to pick up a shirt that is another fundraiser for the house. The trees are much smaller, that is shorter, than my trees. One tree is close enough to one street that it shouldn’t be that hard to take out. They may still use a crane, but it’s not that big.</p> <p>The other tree is between Gary’s house, the neighboring house she also owns and rents out like an AirBnb, and a neighboring house. It is about equidistant from both streets, since Gary’s house is on the corner. It definitely needs a crane. It is further from both streets than the other tree and bigger than the other tree in both height and diameter. It is still shorter than the two trees I had removed.</p> <p>So I’m making an appeal. I’m hoping to help raise funds by getting the word out.</p> <p>If you can’t donate money, please share the link to my podcast and the Indigogo campaign to get the word out.</p> <p>I had a couple of thoughts on how we can use the collective of gamers to source a solution.</p> <p>Other than the obvious of raising a whole lot of money, we can see if we can identify a tree service who has a fair price and not gouge. The other idea is if there is a gamer out there with a tree service that can either give a huge discount or help connect to a tree service with a lower quote.</p> <p>Other than those ideas, we need a lot of small donations, or perhaps someone with a lot of money who’d be happy to help.</p> <p>Please keep this in mind and maybe we can get word to the right person or persons who can make it happen.</p> <p>I told several people with a large social media presence and some famous people about it to help get the word out.</p> <p>I hate taking out trees, but when they are too big for their location or dead or dying, they need to come down for safety’s sake.</p> <p>If you think this is a landmark that should be around for future generations to enjoy, please do what you can.</p> <p>Some just rent the house, those who know about Gary’s house stay there and then play at Gary’s house.</p> <p><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/preserve-the-birthplace-of-dnd#/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Indiegogo Campaign</a></p> <p>If you want more information about playing at Gary’s house or staying in the house next door, check out the website <a href="https://www.birthplaceofdnd.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Birthplace of DND</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"><span class="tag-links"><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/tag/gary-con/" rel="tag">Gary Con</a><a href="https://followmeanddie.com/tag/garys-house/" rel="tag">Gary's House</a></span></footer></article> </div> </section> <div id="secondary"> <h2 class="site-description">Ramblings of an Old Gamer</h2> <nav class="navigation site-navigation secondary-navigation"> <div class="menu-site-badges-container"><ul id="menu-site-badges" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-7984" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7984"><a rel="me" href="https://dice.camp/@FollowMeAndDie">Mastodon</a></li> <li id="menu-item-7985" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7985"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Followmeanddie">You Tube</a></li> <li id="menu-item-7986" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7986"><a href="https://twitter.com/followmeanddie1">Twitter</a></li> <li id="menu-item-7987" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7987"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FollowMeAndDie">Facebook</a></li> <li id="menu-item-7988" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7988"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/followme_anddie/?hl=en">Instagram</a></li> <li id="menu-item-7989" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7989"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@follow.me.and.die?">TikTok</a></li> <li id="menu-item-7990" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7990"><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/followmeanddie">Twitch</a></li> </ul></div> </nav> <div id="primary-sidebar" class="primary-sidebar widget-area" role="complementary"> <aside id="text-35" class="widget widget_text"><h1 class="widget-title">Support My Blog</h1> <div class="textwidget"><p>Links to DriveThruRPG and Game Science are Affiliate links. 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