Gencon - day 4

Neglected to mention in the day 3 entry that I'd strolled through the LAN gaming and an FPS final - four headphones-wearing sharpshooters frantically manipulating their keyboards and mice, a crowd of teens in trendy T-shirts around them. That wasn't the surprising part. There was a bloke on a mic doing dead serious play-by-play commentary! So, today. Human-sized "Jenga" with bright orange cardboard blocks (actually, that's been present every day, but I just remembered to tell youse now). My seventh and last session was "Supervillains!", which utilised the "Mutants And Masterminds" rules. In hindsight, White Scorpion wasn't the optimal choice - 10th dan chop-socky and impervious to normal weapons, but pizz-poor at pursuing flying or teleporting foes. We spent a fun 2.5 hours arguing, over-planning and accidentally tipping off the heroes as evil-doers should. When the inevitable combat began, it was (a) extremely difficult, and (b) something of a letdown. No-one's fault. Caught the "Dragonlance" flick in the screening room. A faithful adaptation of "Dragons Of Autumn Twilight" that preserves the adult concepts. Shoddy animation, however; an uneasy mix of traditional and CGI. Celebrity voices, if that turns you on. Worth it for the nostalgia. When Mum advanced me the pocket money for an air-freight copy of the novel at Mainly Military in 1984, it was an "AD&D" fan's dream made print. On the slim chance any informed lurker's wondering, I ignored the special guest seminars/signings by folk like Tracy and Laura Hickman and Alan Tudyk because, well, you can't do everything. Washed my dirty clothes. Loaded essential provisions at Borders (discount paperback) and Coles (muesli bars) for the next stage of the journey...