Category: Events

Today I met Felicia Day who I was first introduced to through TableTop, which I may have mentioned once or twice before. She was signing her new book at a local book store and there were over 400 people in line to get a copy signed. Lucky for us, my mother went ahead and signed up as soon as possible, so we were only number 32.

We met a few people, and because we got there early, we ended up standing around, staring at books. Oh, the horrors, right? It helps that my inevitable interest in books was added to the fact that I am an only child. I love books. It helps that at stuff like this and the recent Brandon Sanderson signing we get meet other geeks.

I am looking forward to reading Felicia’s book You’re Never Weird on the Internet [Almost].

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Over last weekend I went to Windycon 42, a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Windycon. On our way there we went to lunch at a wonderful cheese place with my godmother, Marinda, and my cousin, Jesi. I ordered a wonderful cilantro edamame hummus. While we were there, Marinda gave me a Pikachu hat.

Then we went to the actual convention. We had to attend the opening ceremonies because my mother received an honorable mention in the short stories contest. Afterwards, we went to Game Room… for most of the weekend.

At Game Room, I learned how to play Are You A Werewolf. On Saturday, I played a game of Munchkin that took four hours. We were about to play another game of Are You A Werewolf, but we needed more players, so I walked around asking people, “Would you like to play Are You A Werewolf?” Most people were too busy to play. So when I noticed someone standing in the doorway of the Game Room, I walked over and asked him if he would like to play just like I had asked everyone else. It was only after he had accepted the invitation and started walking towards the table where we were setting up when I realized that he was indeed Christopher Moore, the Author Guest of Honor.

After playing a couple rounds of Are You A Werewolf, Chris went off to eat and we went to the Art Auction. I think this is the first time in ages where I haven’t walked out of a convention carrying at least one Cheryl Storm dragon. 🙁

So, to sum up Saturday, I played a four hour game of Munchkin, I accidentally invited the guest author of honor to a game of Are You A Werewolf, and then went to an Art Auction where I failed to buy anything.

On Sunday I went to the Critter Crunch while my mother went to her panel on storytelling. I drove the Spider, the bot I drive every year, and Rat Patrol, which is a tiny little tank that zooms around and is tough to catch. I won one round and got second place in the free for all, both with the Spider. After the Critter Crunch was over, the scorekeeper told me that that was the best she had ever seen the Spider do. I just shrugged and said I had a lot of practice, then asked them to keep the Spider safe until Capricon before leaving the room.

While I waited for my mother to finish her panel, I went to the Looney Labs room and played Color Wheel, Seven Dragons, and Just Desserts. I actually got to play Just Desserts and Seven Dragons with Kristin Looney, one of the creators of Looney Labs.

Overall, I had an unforgettable experience at Windycon 42, a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Windycon.

I just went to board game day at Games Plus. (Board game day is the first Saturday of each month.) There I learned two great games, Coup and Medieval Academy.  We ended up buying both of them. It was hilarious that I learned Coup, because just the day before we watched the TableTop episode about it. I also learned how to play Stanley Cup, which is like a hockey version of Foosball.

Though we only played three of the games, there were several other games being played as well. One of the nice things about Games Plus is the wide variety of games it has. They have some new games, like Evolution Flight, as well as some older games, like Ogre. They also have a wide variety of role-playing games and miniatures.

Our goal in our trip to Games Plus was to try new games, to see if we liked them. We enjoyed all of the games listed above greatly, and I highly encourage you to play them.