My Gen Con 2014 loot

From left to right, top to bottom:

• Gen Con Program Guide (filled with articles, maps, mini-modules, etc.) from Goodman Games
• Caroline Munro, First Lady of Fantasy and Peter Cushing, The Gentle Man of Horror and His 91 Films, both from McFarland Publishing (35% off two or more books on Sunday!)
• Metal Gods of Ur-Hadad zines #1 and 2, and Wayne Snyder's Dark Ruins art-zines #1 and 2
• From Chimera Hobby Shop's "Buy One, Get Three Free" deal: Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor, Fantastic Treasures (still in shrink-wrap), The Valdorian Age sword-and-sorcery sourcebook for Hero System, and Planet Stories' The Outlaws of Mars by Otis Kline.
• Shadowrun 5e quick-start booklet from Free RPG Day (Battletech on the flip-side)
• 13th Age module "Make Your Own Luck" from Free RPG Day (for running Timewatch for Pelgrane Press)
• Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters by various authors for Engine Publishing

Not pictured: Pelgrane Press t-shirt, Gen Con 2014 die from Crystal Caste, and Friday's blue d6 from Scotty's Brewhouse.


Now to carve out time to read all these books...

Not going dark yet

This spring and summer have been challenging. The end of one school semester, the passing of a close family member, then the start of another semester with a changed curriculum, have sapped my creative energies and then months go by without any posts.

I have volunteered for several gaming-related events this fall, so maybe putting many irons into the fire will help kick up the creative spark I am missing at the moment. Expect a Gen Con post and more to come after.