Eat hard, sit hard

Cancon 2012 factoids:
- 34th year of the convention
- 4000m^2 of wargame/boardgame/CCG tournaments
- 1100 competitors (approximately)
- 10,000 attendees overall (estimated by organisers)

We played:
- Serious "D&D" (my illusionist died 3/4 of the way through, but the others completed the quest)
- Light-hearted "D&D" (total party kill)
- "Battlestar Galactica" boardgame (awesome prior to the Cylons being revealed, then...not so much)
- "Game Of Thrones 2E" bg (significant changes from first edition)
- "Evo: The Last Gasp Of The Dinosaurs" bg (a fun balancing act)
- "Circus Maximus" bg ("normal" chariots suck. Will be going heavy next time we race)

Cuisine highlight:
- Ethiopian

Random things that caught my eye at the con:
- Miniatures-painting service based in Sri Lanka (cheap!)
- CCG where you are the "master of the house", keeping cute anime maids in line
- The cityscapes used for sci-fi skirmish "Infinity", with their cool homemade billboards for products real and imaginary

Loot:
- Assorted wacky dice (e.g. d24 for determining time of day)
- Signed, numbered prints by friendly guest artist Rob Alexander (who also autographed a few "Magic" cards for me)
- Presents for two nieces