GenCon Day 1: “I married Wil Wheaton, didn’t I?”

You’ve seen Bridget’s post, now here’s my perspective.

Waking up at 5am is never fun, except on one day: The day of GenCon.

Yes, that Wil Wheaton.

We woke up bright and early and hit the road for a three-and-a-half hour trip down to Indy. Arriving around 10:30, we moved to find parking, and I was stopped at a red light. Who should walk across the street right in front of me? Wil Wheaton himself! If I wanted to, I could have hit him with my car! Sheldon would appreciate that.

This was both a geek-out moment, as well as ironic, since once we parked, we went straight to the GenCon Mainstage to see Mr. Wheaton. He talked all about gaming, and I related to more and more of what he said as the talk went on. Finally, at one point, Bridget turned to me and said, “I married Wil Wheaton, didn’t I?” Yes, honey. Yes, you did.

I made character sheets in photoshop for all the characters. This is one of them. Click to enbiggen.

After that, we went downstairs and met up with Zach and Jeff, who I’m co-hosts with on RPG Circus, as well as Michael from Stargazer’s World. Nick “Necronomitron” from the FTB Forums showed up, and Jeff, Bridget and Nick joined me for Mouse Guard! The game began simply enough, but got out of hand as they began investigating some thievery in the town of Wildseed. The game got wildly out of hand, with me completely running things on the fly, ignoring checks and how the players turn is supposed to work in Mouse Guard, and just ran with it. I tried to get Michael to play, but as he stated in his wonderful german accent, “I am a man, not a mouse!” I’ll post up a full report on the game after GenCon.

After that, which the players enjoyed (I’m glad, because once again, I felt like I was fumbling along), we met back up with Michael (who had left because he was sure he was going to murder the piano player nearby) and found a quiet spot to play Warhammer Fantasy 3e.

Bridget played a Dwarf Troll Slayer (yes, you heard me right), Michael played the Human Roadwarden, and Jeff played the Elven Envoy. The game went well, mostly a big fight with some beastmen, and everyone seemed to have a good time. I think Jeff is ready to accept it’s not a board game. We did discover that the rumors are true: the Troll Slayer is very overpowered. Wow! Bridget’s character could practically look at a beastman and it would disintegrate.

After that, we went for a brief stop in the Dealer’s hall to see Tricia, our sister-in-law who works at Fantasy Flight, then off to dinner and a late showing of Inception.

Blew. My. Mind.

And that was all! We got to bed around 3am, and have since hit the dealer hall to hob-nob with the rich and famous of gaming!