So, random thoughts. Outside the con happening in Texas. Is there anything for someone from the UK (who will have to take precious leave ex-Young Children) to come that you'd travel to the states for?

Im looking for something aspirational to put in the calendar at the tail end of this awful pandemic.

Some extra info: am in the US 2-3 times a year usually for work (mainly midwest/NYC). have never spent much time on the west coast or in Texas.

Just thinking it would be great to have plans to meet other people

shadeun wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:So, random thoughts. Outside the con happening in Texas. Is there anything for someone from the UK (who will have to take precious leave ex-Young Children) to come that you'd travel to the states for?

Im looking for something aspirational to put in the calendar at the tail end of this awful pandemic.

Some extra info: am in the US 2-3 times a year usually for work (mainly midwest/NYC). have never spent much time on the west coast or in Texas.

Just thinking it would be great to have plans to meet other people

There's also Gamehole Con in Madison, Wisconsin, October 21 to 24 this year. Alex Kammer runs one of the best organized conventions I've ever been to. More info at www.gameholecon.com.

There is also GenCon (normally held late July, but this year 09/16-9/19) held in Indianapolis, IN and GaryCon, lately held at the end of March in Lake Geneva WI. So two more upper midwest cons for you to attend.

I don't think there are any notable RPG Cons in the UK anymore. They mostly died when GW went their own way, because GW was the backbone of RPGs in the UK.

There are dozens of Wargames conventions every year in the UK though, and most of those have retail stalls, RPGs in the bring and buy sections, 5E and PF games, and a whole slew of other stuff. They are also good for unusual small manufacturer minis. Here in Scotland we have Claymore each year, usually 1st weekend in August I think, in Edinburgh, and around this time a large wargames con in Falkirk (Carronade or Cannonade). There's maybe a dozen in total in Scotland alone, but those are the two bigger ones that are close enough to me to not be inconvenient.

So if you're looking for conventions down in Englandshire, maybe Google 'Wargames Conventions Diary UK' or some variation, and go see what pops up.
The UK also have a few notable writers in the OSR, and I'd expect them to be relatively active in pushing their physical products if they get the chance local to them.

All that said.... But Covid. Who knows what is and isn't happening on the ground these days.

I  saw it at least twice bitd.

Gaming buddy rented it first time. He was disappointed it wasn't better, something more like Deathstalker. I thought it was going to have Bruce in it, so I didn't even give it a chance lol.

Second time, I was still kind of meh about it.

The thing I think about now - it's a hard to classify movie. It was pitched to a whole bunch of different niche audiences trying to find a place for it. Never really did succeed I guess.

Definitely not a bad movie though.

mbassoc2003 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:I don't think there are any notable RPG Cons in the UK anymore. They mostly died when GW went their own way, because GW was the backbone of RPGs in the UK.

There are dozens of Wargames conventions every year in the UK though, and most of those have retail stalls, RPGs in the bring and buy sections, 5E and PF games, and a whole slew of other stuff. They are also good for unusual small manufacturer minis. Here in Scotland we have Claymore each year, usually 1st weekend in August I think, in Edinburgh, and around this time a large wargames con in Falkirk (Carronade or Cannonade). There's maybe a dozen in total in Scotland alone, but those are the two bigger ones that are close enough to me to not be inconvenient.

So if you're looking for conventions down in Englandshire, maybe Google 'Wargames Conventions Diary UK' or some variation, and go see what pops up.
The UK also have a few notable writers in the OSR, and I'd expect them to be relatively active in pushing their physical products if they get the chance local to them.

All that said.... But Covid. Who knows what is and isn't happening on the ground these days.

The big UK one is UK Games Expo at the NEC in Birmingham. It’s going ahead this year.
https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/

Sir Kill Alot wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
Mr Yuk, its been awhile. Glad to see you back.

-SKA

Thank you SKA. Had myself a little adventure glad to be back. Don't worry, nothing too daring, well I did bid on some stuff using White Castle's public wifi so there is that.

rhynne wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Hey all,

I haven't been on for a very long time.

Still in Hong Kong.

I was curious as to everyones thoughts on the Magic the Gathering set coming out this summer set in the Forgotten Realms.

Some of the art looks quite nice.

Ronald

Hey, I play a lot of MTG. Im pretty excited but its only replacing the core set so its a bit of a bummer as that makes it intrinsically less special.

I'll probably buy a box and draft it in the UK at some point. Probably not worth collecting except for fun.

My pre-order included a case of set boxes, 2 collectors boxes, six bundles and four starter packs. So, you could say I am excited for it.

I only played for a bout a year during 4th edition and Ice age. I have a few collectables, but not many. I just think its going to be a cool set. I also think its going to get DnD in a lot of folks heads, which I think is the idea.