ConCarolinas was a blast! (late post)
June 6, 2009
Yep, I’m a little late posting about the con, but it’s taken me this long to recover! I really did have a blast. The Con Com did an excellent job, and the new hotel was very nice. I didn’t particularly like driving to the UNC-side of Charlotte, but one makes sacrifices.
So, I did the gaming track this year, appearing as a gaming guest and running two sessions of Castles & Crusades. This was the first time that I have ever run any games at a convention. I think the first session went over well, and I had the pleasure of having a very energetic group who kept me laughing (Hey, Franck, Ahreada, Dawson, and Katie!). But my second one on Saturday night kind of lagged. I’m hoping it was because everyone was tired and not bored; I know I was dead in my tracks that night, but I pushed onward.
As a gaming guest, I sat on five panels. Faith Hunter and I did one on the fiction/rpg crossovers, which highlighted the upcoming Rogue Mage game. We had only four people in attendance, but we got some really good questions, and we gave out some copies of Bloodring to hopefully gain new fans. The other panels were about the 21st century game publishing, worldbuilding, gaming now (though we really skipped that one and had an extended worldbuilding session). I hosted with folks like Sean Patrick Fannon (Shaintar’s creator) and Clint Black (Savage Worlds Brand Manager). The final panel was about how to break into the gaming industry. Overall, we had good attendance, and I really enjoyed talking to everyone.
Of course, doing the gaming track this year, I didn’t get to spend much time talking to the fiction writers. I did get to catch up with Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, and David B. Coe; I also briefly talked to J.F. Lews, who writes vampire novels set in the Void. The bummer part was I didn’t get a chance to talk to the Midnight Muses (Dahlia Rose, Sabrina Luna, Crymsyn Hart) or meet Marcia Colette and Dorian Wallace –I’ve since talked to many of them through Facebook. I missed all the author panels because I was on gaming panels, gaming, or running games. It’s hard to be torn between two passions, sometimes. It sounded like they had some great discussions. And I missed Katherine Kurtz, too! I would have liked to have met her.
But…I did have great fun, and it was good talking to the gaming industry folks and the gamers. I gave out some copies of SpirosBlaak at the con. This property will be expanding to Savage Worlds soon! I’m excited. I’m also hoping to hear if we can do a Castles & Crusades license.
That’s why I wouldn’t mind in the least they wanted to extend this convention by one day or more. A weekend just wasn’t enough. This was my first ConCarolinas and I had a blast!
Next year, we make a plan to meet up at the bar or in the lobby. That way we’re guaranteed not to miss each other.
Sign me up for a copy of C&C SpirosBlaak. That would be great.
I was a player in the first C&C session (Franck) and I had absolutely a blast. We had a really good group! It was really good to talk to you Christina and to exchange some ideas. Hope to see you around soon!
F.
Marcia, I’m not sure if I could last at the con if it were longer. It wore me out!
Frost, I’m hopeful that I will hear from Steve. So far, no word.
Hey, Franck! It was indeed a good group. You guys made my first session go very well. I do appreciate that.
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