Finished

I will no longer post on this blog since PointCon as we knew it is dead.

Pointcon 2010

I have no idea if PointCon will be happening this year, I gave it my all last year and people didn't show up; apparently there were like 7 other events going on in the area. All I can say is that we need to advertise, advertise, advertise.

PointCon 09 ramblings

"Congratulations, you have successfully beaten the crap out of a 75 year old man." -- TS

"No, he bought a horse instead, remember?" -- Mort de Magus played by me.

"I make it, right on the nuts." -- Matt C.

"That's what she said!" -- Brian M.

"The only food that's good the second time around, raddishes." -- TS

"You have a pointy hat; I got distracted." -- Zevryk Shadowbourne played by TS

"The head-slap signifies dissapointment. The gnomw is worth five." -- Mort de Magus played by me.

"Headbutt 'em with your sword." -- Defender played by Brian M.

"Wait, your eating them, they must be good." -- James
"Yeah, that's a test!" -- TS

"I rolled a 5, take it wherever you want it." -- Ray

Bugbear accidentally slips and slits his own throat.
"See; I told you I wasn't going to kill him." -- Druid played by TS

"You feel pleasure when you put the glove on and the rod feels like an extension of yourself." -- Dungeon Master

"Go to the glowing balls and bust a rod." -- Ray

"Before he does that, I am putting the shield on my head." -- Ray

"Take 5 everyone, some of you feel free to take more." -- TS

"Oh my God, he's approaching slowly; kill him." -- TS

"The only damage I've taken so far was by my own hand." -- the cleric played by Ray
"I stab him!" -- the druid played by TS

"I use my spear to break his fall." -- the druid played by TS

"You hear screaming coming from inside." -- DM(Dungeon Master, James)
"Good screaming or bad screaming?" -- the druid played by TS
"Good screaming, good screaming!" -- the gnome played by me

"Which one is his lazy eye?" -- Chris N.
"The right one." -- Brian M.
"Good, then he wasn't talking to me." -- Chris N.

These were just some of the random quotes I picked up while attending Pointcon and playing in a Castle and Crusades game.

PointCon 2009: Battle the Gods

Well, what can I say, PointCon happened and it didn't at the same time. I was really dissappointed with the turnout, but can't blame anyone. I was to blame just as much as anyone else. We advertised, but apparently not enough. Besides the other ten events going on in town the same weekend, it went well. Next year will be better.

For those who did show up, we had a lot of fun. The Settler's of Catan tournament was awesome. I even won my own copy, didn't win the tournament, but the winner, Carl, already had like 6 different copies of it and he asked me if I wanted it. I greedily said yes, I didn't have a copy and wanted one; plus it was free and I only lost by one point. Anyways, I enjoyed playing it and we had lots of fun doing it. I think it is definitely going to be a mainstay.

I also learned a fun game named Ra. Yes, it's named after the Egyptian Sun God, so don't think it's some kind of Pagan, Devil-worshipping, You're-all-going-to-hell kind of game, it isn't. The game is mostly about collecting certain game pieces and who has the most usually has the most points and wins at the end. It is about as long as a Settlers' game. It is fun, definitely play again.

I was disappointed that nobody showed up to my Rifts game, but oddly enough, I was expecting as much, especially when it was going on 7:30pm and hardly anyone was there. I was praying that the Con would go great and we'd have like 200 people in attendence per day. Nope, we like had 50 all weekend. I was sad.

We also had alot of DMs back out and all but two venders. Some of the absences were convincing, others; not so much. Yeah, I got this big project and I have to work on it this weekend. That's fine, but really, you didn't know about more than two days in advance. I don't know, maybe, but it just pisses me off.

Anyways, I hopefully can help make this Convention a success next year with the help of everyone we had this year. We took notes and we can only get better. Thanks to everyone who did show up. See you next year.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to comment them underneath.

PointCon is coming

I figured that I should start a blog about PointCon. I thought that it would be nice if there was someone who wrote about what happens there and maybe put some pictures up on its Facebook account.

Pointcon is coming, it is scheduled to begin on Friday May 1st, 2009 and runs through Sunday May 3rd. It starts at 7pm on Friday night and ends on Sunday afternoon. It does end each day at 11pm except on Sunday. You will need to book a hotel if you haven't already. We will have a World of Darkness 2.0 Larp using the new rules. We want to see if it will work. We have Rifts, Castles and Crusades, Living Forgotten Realms, and more slated to run.

If you have any questions, just post them below.