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I spent the weekend with a couple hundred gamers at Ubercon VI. I had a great time, so I shall have to do it again in the future (but the next Ubercon is the same weekend as the Mead Fest).
I was on my own for the weekend, which has it's pros and cons. Leading the list of the cons is simply not having friends to hang out and play games with. As it turns out I did know a few people at the convention, but they were mostly doing their own thing. Playing with strangers is ok, and after a game or two they aren't quite strangers, but playing with friends is far better. Being on my own also meant that I had to foot the entire bill for the weekend. I can afford to do that from time to time, but there would be more money to buy games with if I was splitting it with two or three (or six) people. On the plus side, I wasn't tied to anyone else's schedule, nor did I have anyone suggesting/requesting we leave the con to go get food or something silly like that (I had a total of two "meals" all weekend, with lots of snacks in between).
( What I did and saw... [part 1 - games] )
I was on my own for the weekend, which has it's pros and cons. Leading the list of the cons is simply not having friends to hang out and play games with. As it turns out I did know a few people at the convention, but they were mostly doing their own thing. Playing with strangers is ok, and after a game or two they aren't quite strangers, but playing with friends is far better. Being on my own also meant that I had to foot the entire bill for the weekend. I can afford to do that from time to time, but there would be more money to buy games with if I was splitting it with two or three (or six) people. On the plus side, I wasn't tied to anyone else's schedule, nor did I have anyone suggesting/requesting we leave the con to go get food or something silly like that (I had a total of two "meals" all weekend, with lots of snacks in between).
( What I did and saw... [part 1 - games] )
