I just got back from gateway. I had a great time, as always. I was able to playtest unWritten 3 times and learned several new games.

Aside from unWritten I played;

Star Wars Saga Edition! It was very disapointing. I thought it would have made some improvements over standard D20 3.5e… nope, it was the same exact game. Oh well.

Burning Wheel, the gift. As expected the scenario created by Luke Crane and presented by Colin J. was a great show. We had a lot of fun, there was fighting, banishment, and treachery! but the game itself just doesn’t sit well with me. though, I can see its value for people that enjoy games with a higher level of complexity.

It Was A Mutual Desicion. This game was facilitated by Jesse B. I had a lot of fun, but there was some miscommunication among the players and it turned out not to be what everyone anticipated. There were some minor issues with the game, but besides that I think its a great con game and I’ll play it again next year.

Shock:, facilitated by Judson L. which was the last game I played. The first time I played this was one of the worst game experiences I’ve had, and it wasn’t the company, because the other players are great! But after Sunday nights game with Judson I found out we played it sooo wrong the first time. Its a great game, too bad we didn’t play for 2 more hours so we could have wrapped it up. Judson did a bang up job showing us the ropes, we created a very intrigueing setting with many compelling characters. You should get it when version 1.3 comes out…

Thanks to all of the GMs and facilitators! You did a spectacular job! And thank you to all of the people who playtested unWritten! I was able to define many refinements that need to happen and there is one major rules change that I’ll definitly be working on.

Anyway, the con was great and I can’t wait until next year?

My faux pas moment was loosing my wallet and forgetting to get reinbursed for GMing at the con during “normal business” hours… oops, I got trapped there and had to beg Paul T. on bended knee for some cash so I could leave the parking structure. Sorry Paul. I’m an ass.

I discovered something very interesting about myself during this con. I don’t like the process of learning new games. I just want to know them. I want to walk in and you (the GM or Facilitator) to give me a magic pill… OK, that was stupid, but I do struggle with learning and I blame the game for me not knowing how to play. Realizing this about myself will definitely change how I approach con games!

Anyway, the con was great and I can’t wait until next year!