Second session of the 'Blitz ran this evening...
"In all the years I've been coming to GenCon, I have not had as much fun as I had here tonight doing this."
Now, I know I didn't come up with the idea for the Brawl, but hearing that still makes me feel pretty damned spiffy.
Now I just wish the Westin had a better late-night room-service menu. Ah, well, I don't get to order from Papa Johns in New York anyway.
Walter Koenig is staying in the Westin as well. I bumped into him as he was coming across the skybridge from his autograph session. Nice guy. :-)
The first event this morning for me was Holy Smackdown with about a dozen people playing demigods trying to take on some minor deities. Scarily enough, it worked out pretty well for everyone concerned. I died twice (but it's tough to kill a demigod) and finally managed to be the guy who laid down the "killing blow" such as it was.
In the afternoon, I went to a Battletech Boot Camp, which is designed to be either (a) an introduction to the game for newbies, or (b) a cheap refresher course to refresh someone's memory on how to play the game. It's been a while since I played BattleTech, but I figured since I'm scheduled for a real BattleTech session tomorrow, I ought to familiarize myself with the rules again.
But then again, considering my record for making it to my 8 a.m. sessions (1-for-3, and the "1" was the first day when I hadn't been out all night), I think it may not even become a factor.
Tomorrow at noon is the last running of the Blitz. Brian is coming down from ... ah, wherever the hell in Corn Land it is that he lives, and will be participating in the afternoon session. Should be fun.
OK, time to relax, watch some TV, and wait for the 'za to show up.