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Gearing Up for Gencon

by Bob

Hi all,
Just a quick post today to let you all know I’m still alive!
I’m getting totally geeked for GenCon. We’re less than 40 days, and this year could be awesome. Out of curiosity, who all is going? Also, if you’re going, did you sign up for one of my games? Let me know in the [...]

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Update on GenCon Bankruptcy – Letter from Peter

by Bob

From The GenCon Community Forums:
Friends:
 Today Gen Con is filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.
 Essentially what happened is that we lost a lot of money this year running a licensed non-Gen Con event.  We owe several companies money from this show and it’s going to take time to pay them off.  To protect ourselves from the [...]

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Monday Morning in Iceland

by Bob

Hey all!
Dang, it’s cold here.  And icy.
I will admit it.  I was a bit cranky last Wednesday.  Maybe it was the weather.  Maybe it was the vodka.  Either way, I’m over it.  I think I’m ready to take this gamer contract thing seriously.  The Philippine Gamer has done some excellent legwork on the question, looking [...]

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GenCon Web Site Back Up

by Bob

Here is the link to the press release.
 Chapter 11 doesn’t mean they are going under for certain, like I said before.  But it does make them rather vulnerable in some respects.
Someone on one of the links I sent you earlier made the point that Peter could reach into his back pocket and settle the Lucasfilm on [...]

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GenCon Goes Bankrupt

by Bob

NOT good news.
I discovered this, literally, 2 minutes after I finished my new Squidoo Lens on GenCon.
Friday, Peter announced that GenCon LLC is filing chapter 11 bankruptcy. 
It’s chapter 11, which means restructuring, as opposed to going out of business.  Still, it doesn’t bode well when it happens the same week that Lucasfilm sues GenCon for [...]

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Friday Fantasy Fun – D&D Links to Finish the Work Week: February 8, 2008

by Bob

I’ve got several things today that I’ve been meaning to send your way over the last several weeks, just haven’t taken the time to do so yet.  So, here’s a brain dump for ya ‘all:
 Just found this at StupidRanger.com, though it’s been there for a while.  Funny stuff.
Amy over at Geek Parenting has some cool [...]

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The Superbowl of D&D

by Bob

It’s no coincidence that tickets went on sale for Gencon yesterday.
 Now, I’m not one for conspiracy theories.  For example, I think that “media bias” has little do do with conspiracy, or from people at the top with specific agendas trying to force those things on the common person.  I think it is more the result [...]

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