Misfirings from my Neurons

Today was Belgian Waffle day at the Hampton Inn. Well, for us at least. After that tasty feast we headed over to the convention center for two seminars. The first (see photo) was about the merits of Kickstarter and Patronage for launch of game products. It was quite well attended and very interesting. The panelists included Wolfgang Bauer (of Kobold Quarterly, whose products I am a patron of), Daniel Solis (who uses Kickstarter regularly) and two others (whose names I will edit into this post later). In the audience was the fellow doing the Kickstart of Far West (A wuxia, western FRP mashup that I am considering Kickstarting as well).

We went from that enjoyable hour to a disappointment as the host of the World-Building seminar no-showed (apparently he had no-showed yesterday as well, perhaps didn't make the event?). With free time before lunch, we took a swing through the dealer room to check out all the booths who had provided coupons in the Coupon Book. Picked up a copy of Dominion Prosperity for a song.

From there to one of our favorite yearly dining destinations, Bucca diBeppo, for lunch. The food was quite good (especially the antipasto) and we ended up with a lot of leftovers (including cannoli due to a delay in our appetizer). Heleen and I noted the staff there has invariably been quiet friendly and accommodating. Four out of four forks (or whatever food-associated scale you choose to use).

Coming Next: Flame and Dust