Hold on just a second while I dust off my keyboard and clear the cobwebs over here in the Prospero House office. We have precious little time before reality bleeds back into my fevered brain and the wake-work cycle resumes. This was my fourth consecutive Chaosium Con, and though I have been absent around here of late, I could not count this experience complete without one of these rambling recollections. If you don’t have the patience for my purple prose, my thesis is this: come next year, play games, meet people, and you will have the time of your life. And if you haven’t tired of me yet, read on! Hello Again: Eagerly out of

Read on…Chaosium Con IV: The Voyage Home

Morale has been low. Thanks to the intensity of work commitments and important family obligations, I have been subject to a gaming embargo since the end of June. The restrictions were lifted at the beginning of October when I ran “Deliver Us From Evil” at Miskatonic Repository Con and hosted some work friends for their first Call of Cthulhu game. In typical Doc fashion, I ran these two games back-to-back and the experience reignited my excitement for my upcoming trip to Madison, WI for Gamehole Con.  This would be my Gamehole Con, and I’d been dying to go for several years after continued and growing praise about the quality of the event and games from

Read on…A Trip to Mad Town: Gamehole Con Recap

The horror of reality looms large on the horizon. I departed Phoenix last Sunday for a short work trip in Milwaukee before arriving at Origins on Wednesday afternoon. The plaintive cries of obligation now issue forth from my inbox that managed to seal with a protective ward (read out-of-office message) over a week ago. My time is running short to sketch an outline of my most recent journey through the halls of the Columbus Convention Center and surrounding environs. In haste, I shall not wax poetic and lengthy about these adventures but, rest assured, a good time was had and many good companions encountered. Wednesday Early check-in before noon allowed me to drop my luggage,

Read on…Origins 2024 – Alpha and Omega

For more cogent and/or lucid recollections from Chaosium Con 2024,  please refer to the excellent accounts written by JR, Bucho, and Evan. In the words of veteran Detroit beat reporter Morrie Perlman: “It’s better to be fast than good.” With this axiom in mind, I’m trying to bang out this brief after-action report as I settle into my seat outside gate D31 of DTW’s North Terminal. I haven’t much time, but we’ll see what I can manage to recall from Chaosium Con III. Rest assured; it shall not be as long as my wandering recaps from prior conventions.   Pre-Con I spent months debating what I wanted to run. I had some Grindhouse scenarios set aside.

Read on…Chaosium Con III: The Extended Cut