JimK wrote in Gencon 2014:Let me also add...We stay at the Omni and have gotten into the habit of bringing a fairly large selection of microbrews and having a bit of a beer garden in the lobby in the evenings. If this interests some of you I would be glad to have you there.
Bracton wrote in Gencon 2014: (And I warned them about the multiple possible pronunciations; though I still prefer "ah-kay-um".)
nev wrote in Gencon 2014:I've always pronounced it a-see-um - is that wrong?
How do you pronounce "Acaeum"?uh-SAY-um. Or at least, that's how we pronounce it.
benjoshua wrote in Gencon 2014:nev wrote in Gencon 2014:I've always pronounced it a-see-um - is that wrong?According the FAQ on this web-site:How do you pronounce "Acaeum"?uh-SAY-um. Or at least, that's how we pronounce it.
increment wrote in Gencon 2014:At the auction this year, many reserves were a bit high - but then again, many items without reserves went for way too low. Some kind of happy medium is needed.
bbarsh wrote in Gencon 2014:increment wrote in Gencon 2014:At the auction this year, many reserves were a bit high - but then again, many items without reserves went for way too low. Some kind of happy medium is needed.I agree completely with this. If I were someone building a collection, I could have done extremely well. Specifically with the more common items. They were selling for next to nothing or not at all. But this seemed to be consistent with just about everything. SPI S&T magazines with unpunched games were going for $6 or less. Issues pre-#10 were not selling at all with insanely low prices. I think Blackmoor scored a S&T #1 for a song.The rare auction, while having a significantly better selection than the last two years combined, was also lackluster. I think Stratochamp had several nice pieces in the rares auction, but there were no bidders to be had. A few items did sell, but in general, it was slow going. When I get some time, I will set a photo album on photobucket. Again, the most glaring thing for me was the complete lack of D&D presence in the dealer's hall - which was massively expanded from last year (It is huge to begin with). WotC had a single little counter with a pathetic little display in the main gaming hall for 5e. It was really disappointing. I had to ask directions to find the damn thing. I brought my 16-year-old son with me and told him of the old days when TSR had their giant castle at the head of the dealer hall. He looked at me and said sarcastically, "Well, dad. They replaced it with the tower of T-shirts." That is Gen Con in a nutshell.
