Derek's Rantings and Ravings 2.0

It’s that time of year again. Tomorrow, I start the drive to Indianapolis for four days of gaming.
Unlike past years, I’ll be running an event a couple times this week. When I was a teenager, I attended a local D&D con, and played in a “consolation round” event that was basically a barroom brawl scenario. I tracked it down from the magazine it was printed in (nearly 20 years ago), updated it to 3.5 edition rules, et voila, Barroom Blitz was born. It’s a 16-player melee with plenty of conflict guaranteed. Last I heard, of the 48 maximum spots, there was 1 available, in the Thursday night slot (and that must be a cancellation, because it originally was completely sold out for all three sessions). I’m looking forward to it.
The iPod is loaded with tunes, the bags are packed, and showtime begins tomorrow morning bright and early as I head out on the open road where (hopefully) it’ll be somewhat decent weather and I can make good time. I’m not holding my breath, though, given the weather forecasts.
As I type this, George’s wife is in enduced labor, so she can pop out her kid in time for him to accompany me on the trip. (Why he is willing to leave his wife and newborn child less than six hours after birth is a story for a completely different blog entry I suspect).
If you’re going to be at GenCon, give me a shout!