The first day of GenCon was fantastic. Amazingly, I still retain my ability to separate discomfort and pain from enjoyment, so I actually had a lot of fun. I played in a new game, Eclipse something where I got to play an uplifted octopus. I even got to use my ink blast attack. :) But, I think that storyteller will never let someone use corpses as distraction maneuvers like that again. It seemed like a fun game, basically Shadowrun in space, but they had some stupid "only 30 sold a day!" which means, I won't touch it for the year. I don't know why, but I really, really hate those type of promotions. Yes, they are because of printing problems and everything, but they always make them the first 30 people which means people who don't zerg rush the dealer hall never have a chance.

My second game was with Quest Cards. Pretty fun, in a Warhammer Quest type of way. Basically, a game you don't need a storyteller but you can keep levels and equipment between levels. Warmhammer Quest might be more fun if I can make the boards out of LEGO, but still fun. The DM running it had no pre-regs for the next session, so I got four hours out of a two hour ticket.

My final game was a HERO system based on Sky High. Half the players were regulars with each other, but I still had fun. Not as much as I could, since it was a mostly roleplying game and I didn't have the rapport the others did. Still, I love HERO.

Speaking of HERO, 6th edition came out at GenCon. I couldn't find it for three days (they weren't on the map), but I ordered the books and got a CD of the game. Oh, and got a chance to thank Steve Long for doing a wonderful job. I've been waiting for this for quite a while now, mainly because I'm going to develop my steampunk world in HERO 6 as I write in it. HERO Games also had printing problems, but they made some CD's to get around it which is a far better way of handling it and why I happily handed over $75 when I wouldn't even try with Eclipse.

I also got a chance to chat with authors, but they deserve their own post.