D&D Game Day 2006 Wrapup


For Worldwide D&D Game Day I was a guest of Source Comics and Games in Minneapolis.

First, this is the best game & comics store I've ever visited. Not merely because of the size of the store and its well-organized inventory, but also because of the many in-store games, tournaments, and other events the Source regularly holds. This practice has netted the Source a large following of loyal customers.

... many of whom turned out for Game Day. The Source had 6 game tables set up, which remained filled with D&D players every hour of the day, from 10 AM to 9 PM. That's a lot of games! In addition to the games, I was set up at  mini-booth with Dave Arneson and Larry Elmore, each with our products and signing pens. I figured I wouldn't have much to do during this time, but in fact rarely was I not speaking with a D&D fan or signing a D&D product or novel. It was pretty cool.

We had a Q&A seminar from 5 to 7 (so the games did stop from 5 PM to 7 PM), where Dave, Larry and I fielded questions from a sizable audience. Larry Elmore had many entertaining stories about his dwarf fighter when he used to play at TSR with Keith Parkinson as the DM.

Then I ran a D&D game at 7 PM. Six people were chosen by lottery to be players. Most chosen for this game had already played through the scenario sent along for D&D game day, or had even DMed it, so I opened a random pack of boosters and ran a completely different version on the spot; this worked very wall. Our minis rock.

Overall, a very successful Game Day at the Source. My thanks to Burl, Hans, Chad, John, Nick, and everyone else who went so out of their way to make me feel welcome. Those guys worked really hard before, during, and after the event to make it the successful event it was.

ALSO, the Source runs a podcast out of their store! It's called Your Mother Hates This Show :-). In an upcoming episode (probably episode #15), you'll hear me answer a few questions, along with Dave and Larry: www.ymhts.com.


Posted: Mon - November 6, 2006 at 12:30 PM          

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