Gaming

The strangest thing about a pen & paper gaming hobby is that when you go to conventions, you get up hours earlier than you would on a day off and probably before you'd even get up for work.

This year is the nineth annual "New Year's Eve of Loser Fun" convention down in Tacoma. When I moved here, I went to NYEoLF3. It's primarily an RPGA Network convention, which these days means almost exclusively Living Greyhawk. With Wizards of the Coast announcing 4th Edition D&D, they also said they are dropping LG as of mid-2008, with most module production stopping this year. As such the convention attendance is quite a bit smaller this year, and it is not clear how many will stick with the hobby with yet another round of new book purchasing. The newer campaign model is also not appealing to many of the current RPGA membership, just like the last round of purges about 5 years ago. Personally I'm getting close to done with this particular stint of gaming, which has at this point run for 9 going on 10 years. It was a great distraction from my personal situation, a motiviation for some national travel to the "Big 3" conventions, and in the case of a few of the campaigns an amazing storytelling experience. Alas, it doesn't last forever, and I'm pleased with the experience overall.

I wonder. Is this feeling that "closure" thing everyone is always mentioning I should look into?

Arrrgh!

Not even 24 hours after having the furnance guy out here, and it's broken again.

Update: The bad news is that unless I want to blow a few hundred bucks on overtime, they can't fix it until Monday. The good news is I got off my butt and bought a space heater. Much cheaper solution. I actually had to do the same thing last year around the holidays, but borrowed one from loree. More efficient way to heat my bedroom overnight anyhow.

In a bit of good news: Talaricio's brought back their spaghetti & meatballs!