One of the things I really spent a lot of time thinking about while traveling to and from DDXP was some of the frustrations I have with the way our current game plays. We seem to be playing only a part of the game, not really enjoying the full, deep experience of playing D&D.
This is the first time doing the Battle Interactive. I'm going to make some notes as we go along.
We are playing with a DM we have played with before -- he uses candy for minis, which is isn't always my favorite, but we know Penn is good, so it's all cool.
The format is pretty cool -- a massive, thirty table collaborative paralell adventure.
Today I am going to be playing all day, which is cool.
To begin with, I'm playing the middle heroic special. My table is fun -- a good , capable group with a ton of healing-- two warlords and a pacifist priest.
Later today, I'm playing something called the battle interactive, a double round special event that is apparently very cool.
Playing the first Convention special adventure -- I *might* not have the name of the adventure quite right. The word Scourge was in there somewhere.
This is a fun table. Playing with a human fighter named Benedict, played by a guy whose laugh I know ..... Trying to remember which podcast I remember it from.
The parade of the geeks has started -- we're trickling down from our hotel rooms and in off the street to kick off the convention. I was surprised, walking up to the registration table, to see that only a few of the games are sold out yet. I hope that just means people are coming to the con without having preregistered.
Is it a bad sign that Tom and I were the first ones to register this morning? Are we desperate nerds, or just early rising nerds?
This time next week, I'll be getting on a plane to fly to scenic Fort Wayne, indiana for D&D Experience. This will be my second time at this particular show -- I went a couple of years ago as a preview judge for 4e.
This year I'm going to be splitting my time -- I'll be judging the Delve for four sessions, and playing for five. I don't get to be player very much. I'm looking forward to dusting off Fathom, my 4th level gnome rogue, and even trying out a couple new characters at the con.
So, my site's old theme got hosed, and I had to quickly find something that would work in the short term, while I try to get something else cooking.
I"m working on a couple of different drupal projects, as usual -- using Drupal in a couple of different extreme ends of the spectrum. I'll post more about them on my new Drupal blog site, drupaleverything.com -- so look for it there.
This is the first time doing the Battle Interactive. I'm going to make some notes as we go along. 
Today I am going to be playing all day, which is cool. 
The dark sun preview adventure is pretty cool. I never played DS back in the day, so it's all pretty new to me. 
Playing the first Convention special adventure -- I *might* not have the name of the adventure quite right. The word Scourge was in there somewhere. 
First session of Tom's minicampaign, Giant Problems. More notes later.....