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killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:24 pm

my daughter loves getting involved in games, so she is going to be your official map-drawer etc. she loves doing that.

and she does other little things like finding a page in a book, rolling dice etc shes pretty cool. and of course, shes been told to look sinister at mike, so he can begin to wonder whats around the next corner

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:24 pm

Okay, I'm registered. Now to get my hotel lined up ....oh wait that's right I live in Indianapolis. Some of us are just lucky I guess. :twisted:

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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:45 pm

I'm booked into Embassy Suites with my wife (non-gamer) and a friend (gamer). I'm really looking forward to this!

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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:29 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:Wow...signed in at noon sharp and five minutes later I am booked at the Westin. They must have done some serious upgrades this year. Last year it took me about 30 minutes to get my room.

Just booked my flight as well (I love the internet!). Only thing that sucks about that is I cant fly Southwest Airlines. They dont fly non-stop to Indy. I would have to change planes in either Atlanta, Houston, Kansas City, or Memphis. :scratch:

KC or Memphis wouldnt be too bad if the layover was a few hours....at least then I could get some good BBQ. :wink:

But I would rather just get there and be done with it. So I gotta fly the unfriendly skies (American Airlines) and deal with the small, cramped, uncomfortable seats.

Only 191 more days to go!

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:56 am

martin, mike and john....can you please do me a favour?

did i take the character sheets back at GenCon from the game, or did you guys keep them?

if you have them, could you scan the front and bank for me and e-mail them to me, as soon as?

many thanks

Al

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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:23 am

killjoy32 wrote:martin, mike and john....can you please do me a favour?

did i take the character sheets back at GenCon from the game, or did you guys keep them?

if you have them, could you scan the front and bank for me and e-mail them to me, as soon as?

many thanks

Al

I have mine....I'll have to find it...needle in a haystack!!!!!

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Prufrock
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:08 am

I will take a look for mine. Chances are it has been lost.

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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:09 am

Badge/Passes are booked and paid for !!

Woo Hooo!!

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:40 am

Prufrock wrote:I will take a look for mine. Chances are it has been lost.

Martin

Martin/Mike...

it actually doesnt matter if you can't find/place your hands on them. i will simply pre-gen some new characters, with outlines of the old ones, as this adventure is taking place some years after your initial foray into the Manor.

Al

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:41 am

AdderMcOne wrote:Badge/Passes are booked and paid for !!

Woo Hooo!!

nice one bren!

i am right behind you. paying my card off tonight, so will wait for the balance to appear as zero (wow) and then i will book everything in one go.

Al

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:30 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
Martin/Mike...

it actually doesnt matter if you can't find/place your hands on them. i will simply pre-gen some new characters, with outlines of the old ones, as this adventure is taking place some years after your initial foray into the Manor.

Al

Al, I have mine but they are in a box somewhere in the garage. I had to pack everything in my house up and move it out there in preparation for our carpet to be replaced this weekend. I also don't have a working scanner either at home or at work. But once I get my hands on them I can always PM you the stats or whatever you need.

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killjoy32
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:43 pm

john

doesnt really matter chummer. dont trouble yourself. would have been cool if y'all had them to hand, so i will just create new pre-gens and just use an outline of the old characters. as its some years on anyway, a lot has changed and all that anyhow.

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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:20 pm

Air flights booked, got them on points this year

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:50 pm

And... Gen Con LLC just announced that it's filing for bankruptcy.

But they say that Gen Con Indy is still on.

Still, I hope you guys got refundable plane tickets.

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:08 pm

Contrarian wrote:And... Gen Con LLC just announced that it's filing for bankruptcy.

But they say that Gen Con Indy is still on.

Still, I hope you guys got refundable plane tickets.

Bah....chapter 11 means next to nothing anymore. Probably half the companies on the planet have filed bankruptcy at one time or another and are still viable entities. Even if Gen Con was cancelled I would still be going to Indy. The lot of us can hang out at Prufrock's house eating pizza, drinking beer, and playing through Tegel Manor for a few days. Maybe Frank and Tim can drive down and hang with us. Just have to make sure he brings a kringle or two.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:09 pm

Contrarian wrote:And... Gen Con LLC just announced that it's filing for bankruptcy.

But they say that Gen Con Indy is still on.

Still, I hope you guys got refundable plane tickets.

Gen Con LLC and THE Gen Con are two different animals entirely. I wonder if this is more fallout from the cancellation of Gen Con So Cal. I always thought the dilution of the brand name was not a good idea, the model of the multiple Gen Cons really didn't seem to fit the brand name very well. Apparantly this strategy left the company in the red and the bankruptcy was a more expediant way of dealing with it.

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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:44 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:Bah....chapter 11 means next to nothing anymore.

Yeah, I know. I'm just being a smart-ass. Gen Con Indy 2008 is probably fine. (Heck, they're probably already put down deposits on everything.) It's Gen Con 2009 that I'd be a little worried about, if Gen Con LLC doesn't get its act together moneywise.

Badmike wrote:I wonder if this is more fallout from the cancellation of Gen Con So Cal.

Their press release seems to be blaming the Star Wars Celebration that they've been running. (In fact, Lucasfilm is suing them for a million dollars over proceeds from a charity auction.) So it sounds like the plan is to drop outside projects and focus on the guaranteed money-maker. Let's hope it makes enough money to pay the old bills and still fund the next Gen Con.

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:50 pm

Contrarian wrote:
Their press release seems to be blaming the Star Wars Celebration that they've been running. (In fact, Lucasfilm is suing them for a million dollars over proceeds from a charity auction.) So it sounds like the plan is to drop outside projects and focus on the guaranteed money-maker. Let's hope it makes enough money to pay the old bills and still fund the next Gen Con.

Go figure....like Lucas needs more money. I oughta sue that prick for the debacle that was Episodes 1-3. I cried for days after seeing Revenge of the Sith. :wink:

Someone oughta hunt down and break Hayden Christensen's legs for the awful acting job that he did.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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