[OT] Quiet

Wow. GenCon starts and the list goes silent.

Makes you sort of wish you were there...

"Bell, Brian K" <Brian_Bell@dscc.dla.mil> on 08/11/2000 10:33:09 AM

Please respond to gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU

Yes and no. Mark Seifert's comments about chainmail "undergarments" at GenCon
evoke a negative reaction. But the new game releases...

I prefer smaller conventions. That way I can beat up Tom Barclay in multiple
events.

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Chainmail "undergarments" at GenCon?  I miss all the fun stuff.....  ;-)
Then again, maybe there were some of these floating around ECC III.....

So, what conventions on the East Coast (Preferrably very close to central PA)
have games for GZG systems? Or should I keep pining away for ECC IV?

Mike Hudak hudak.mike@dep.state.pa.us

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believes in you.....

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> "Davis, Jonathan E (CRD)" wrote:

> I prefer smaller conventions.

Smaller conventions have a great appeal to me, as well. I have had
no better time gaming than the time spent at GZG-ECC.  GenCon sounds
like fun, but for the same budget, I can attend GZG-ECC, Cold Wars,
MonCon, Historicon, Shorecon, and Fall In.  That's just a no-brainer for
me.

-Mike

> "Hudak, Mike" wrote:

> Chainmail "undergarments" at GenCon? I miss all the fun stuff.....
;-)
> Then again, maybe there were some of these floating around ECC

Personally, I was wearing chainmail panties the whole time.

> So, what conventions on the East Coast (Preferrably very close to

Check out the following cons:

MonCon, Tinton Fall, NJ <http://gameconvention.com/moncon/index.html> 31
Mar
- 2 Apr 2000 (30 Mar - 1 Apr 2001?)
    Lots of sci-fi gaming.  I'm not sure if there's any GZG planned for
next year, but we could always run something.

Shorecon, Cherry Hill NJ <http://gameconvention.com/shorecon/index.html>
29
Sep - 1 Oct 2000
    Lots more sci-fi gaming.  I'm not running any GZG events this year,
but I may next year. BTW, I'll be running 2 different Star Trek RPG (TOS)
scenarios, a tank minis game, a Vietnam skirmish game, an 8-hour Men in
Black LARP, and the traditional Battle Masters at midnight campaign.

Philcon, Philadelphia, PA <http://www.philcon.org/> 17-19 Nov 2000
They haven't sent the forms yet, but I'm planning on running SG2, DS2,
and FT/FB at the convention.  I may even playtest "Carnage con Queso"
and "Fool Me Once."

-Mike

> > Chainmail "undergarments" at GenCon? I miss all the fun

In the <semi> interest of good taste, I'll let this go. But maybe we can
talk Jon into having ECC again with the lingerie show.  :-)

> > So, what conventions on the East Coast (Preferrably very

I wasn't aware that there was as much gaming at this as there actually is.
<Well, that sounded wierd>. I'll have to look into this next year.

> Shorecon, Cherry Hill NJ

I was going to go to this, but house repairs ate up all of my money this
year.  :-(  And the 30th is my B-day.  Was planning on a good night that
night....

> Philcon, Philadelphia, PA <http://www.philcon.org/> 17-19 Nov 2000

Now, this looks interesting. I looked at the website once, and didn't really
see a lot of games. Looks like more are cropping up. And I wouldn't
mind getting in on another FT/FB game.  I'll definitely have to look
further at this. And perhaps I can talk my wife into taking the bellydancing
classes.......  :-)

How many others on the list attend these cons?

> -Mike

> "Hudak, Mike" wrote:

> In the <semi> interest of good taste, I'll let this go. But maybe we

In the interest of good taste, they should get some good looking women to wear
the lingerie.

> > MonCon, Tinton Fall, NJ

I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

> > Philcon, Philadelphia, PA <http://www.philcon.org/> 17-19 Nov 2000

You're right; there have been very few games at Philcon in the past. However,
they have been actively seeking GMs for this convention. Like I said, I'll be
there and running at least three games.

> And perhaps I can talk my wife into taking the bellydancing

Sounds good. Let me know if she needs to borrow the chainmail panties. <g>

-Mike

> At 02:44 PM 8/11/00 -0400, you wrote:

I'm planning on being there, so I can promise you at least one player. I
should warn you, though: my group ran SGII and FT at Philcon a few years back,
and had very few takers. We did better with FT...we had two players
for our Stargrunt game.  If nothing else, I'd love to do some pick-up
games of Full Thrust.

> "Hudak, Mike" wrote:

> "Davis, Jonathan E (CRD)" wrote:

All I said that there are some women who can wear chainmail bikinis and there
are some who shouldn't. This year we've been lucky. I've only seen one young
woman and chainmail knickers and she definitely fit into the first category.

So far the con has been going well. I've run my first two FT games and I've
got two more Saturday evening. Before that I plan on doing a little more
shopping and get in a game of Heavy Gear, Gear Krieg, or Lightning Strike.

Everyone is having fun. Allen, Dean, Mike M., Schoon, Doug, et al. have been
great company.

        Must log off... must sleep... must dream of shapely red-head who
danced with me at Thursday's party.

> At 1:11 AM -0500 8/12/00, Mark A. Siefert wrote:

DP9 must be doing well. I've got Gear Krieg on order, and I'd love a preview.
And I think you'd liek LS.

Hudak, Mike wrote in reply to Mike Sarno:

> Personally, I was wearing chainmail panties the whole time.

You probably don't need to worry about good or bad taste - the
chainmail panty men's fashion tends to be fairly short-lived. There's
no "next generation" to perpetuate the... ideas <g>

Later,

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Forgive me, but...

Two off-topic items:

1--I have a new addition to the family--my wife gave birth to a
wonderful baby daughter last evening. I've been told I need to start
practicing with
a shotgun (weird, I know, but this is the SOUTH--U.S., that is).

2--We still plan on making our annual family pilgrimage to Maryland
Renfest in October, but this time there'll be four of us instead of three! So,
Nyrath, which booth are you in?

<Engage Cloak>

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Congrats, my #3 is due here in the next few weeks.

Michael Brown NORTHern California

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> "Robert W. Hofrichter" wrote:
So,

The local gaming store here has the Athena from DP9, which looks really cool.

> The local gaming store here has the Athena from DP9, which looks really

How big is it? I've seen the website pics, but they give no impression of
the size of the mini. I also understand that they are in resin - any
idea what sort?

> I saw the Hachiman destroyer yesterday. It was in resin and roughly

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> Michael Llaneza wrote:

I was able to play my first game of GK yesterday. It plays just like
Heavy Gear.  If your expecting high-octane mecha combat, don't.  The
walkers at this stage of the game are clunky, lightly armed, and will go BOOM
very easily. If weren't expecting to see Nazi "kamphers" do back flips while
disgorging a hail of auto cannon fire ala HG, then it's
fantastic.  The storyline is very pulp sci-fi (I didn't know that Tesla
sold directed energy weapons to the French for the Maginot Line.) with lots of
wild technology, but it doesn't go too far over the top.

I wasn't able to get in that game of LS. So sad. However, Robert Dubouis at
the DP9 both was able to get me a fantastic deal on new HG and JC figs this
afternoon. Five bucks (American) a pop if I bought more than one. I loaded up
on Vindicators and Strike Jaguars.

        Humorous DP9 at GenCon story:  I was watching a pick-up game of
Heavy Gear between two teams made up of DP9 and Agents of Gaming employees.
During the course of the game, this drop dead gorgeous woman in a silky loin
cloth and not much else comes walking into the miniatures area. The game
suddenly stops as all eyes (including my own) start to track this beauty
through the hall. The game progresses for a few seconds more until it ceases
again so we could watch the women make her way out.

After this lovely apparition left, a DP9 employee was quoted as saying "I love
GenCon!"

It mostly float horizontally, and about 2-2.5"  in height and about 2"
in length

Corey wrote, in response to my question about the DP9 JC ships...

> It mostly float horizontally, and about 2-2.5" in height and about 2"
in
> length

Hmmm. If they are no bigger than this, I wonder why they decided to go for
resin rather than metal? I'd expected them to be quite a bit larger, where
resin would have made sense.

The claim is that DP9's miniatures are "eco-friendly", hence made of
resin. And I quote, "This product is cast in plastic resin to meet the
requirements of removing lead from our environment".

Some how chemically produced resin doesn't sound any friendlier than lead
(pewter). I guess we'll never really know until enough wargamers get rid of
their miniatures collections by burying them in the back yard.

> Ground Zero Games wrote:

> Corey wrote, in response to my question about the DP9 JC ships...

G'day Mark,

> Humorous DP9 at GenCon story: I was watching a pick-up game of

At which point the only female player in the room sweeps through and knocks
you all out right (paying off her good looking friend with half the proceeds)?
;)

Actually Jon's gentlemen's collectibles work quite well for that too....

Have fun

Beth

> At 08:59 AM 8/14/00 +0100, Jon wrote:
in
> length

I suspect that DP9 went with the resin to keep production in-house and
under their control (Fusion models, etc.), since they had a *heck* of a
time lining up outside work for the Heavy Gear metal minis -- a big
reason for the delays in their release. To my knowledge, they don't have (but
are
looking to get, I *think*) in-house metal casting ability.