OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Thanks for the event, hentzau.
It was good to see so many people after so long, and especially Bad Demographic and Bob!
Games played:
Friday
Expeditions
After the Empire
maskmen (3-4 games) - Bob Wins!
Saturday
Nemisis - Aliens Win!
Watergate - Nixon Wins!
Earth
Jolly Inn (the meat-ening)
Mosaic - Story of Civilizations
It was good to see so many people after so long, and especially Bad Demographic and Bob!
Games played:
Friday
Expeditions
After the Empire
maskmen (3-4 games) - Bob Wins!
Saturday
Nemisis - Aliens Win!
Watergate - Nixon Wins!
Earth
Jolly Inn (the meat-ening)
Mosaic - Story of Civilizations
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Couldn't make it this weekend but glad (and somewhat whistful) to see it went well!
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Glad we were able to get this up and running again. It was great catching up with everyone and getting some games on the table. As you may have been able to tell, I'm really leaning more to the minis skirmish games these days, but still had a great time with the boardgames I was able to get into.
Thanks to everyone that donated to the church and brought food and helped to clean up! Really appreciated it!
Spring is right around the corner (he says on the last day of October when we are getting our first snowfall of the season...)
Thanks to everyone that donated to the church and brought food and helped to clean up! Really appreciated it!
Spring is right around the corner (he says on the last day of October when we are getting our first snowfall of the season...)
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Pick churs.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
I didn’t take many…I was too busy having fun. But here are a couple.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Yep. Think April time frame.
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Really? I might be able to make a trip in April.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
That humping camels game looks interesting in a perverse kind of way.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Woah, Camel Up!
Its a great betting based game.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
12 hour drive to meet semi-strangers and play skirmish games and maybe boardgames? Tempting but man that's a long drive. Flights aren't too bad though if I could get to and from OctoCon via public transit.hentzau wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:08 pm Glad we were able to get this up and running again. It was great catching up with everyone and getting some games on the table. As you may have been able to tell, I'm really leaning more to the minis skirmish games these days, but still had a great time with the boardgames I was able to get into.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
I’m pretty sure someone could get you to a hotel nearby.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
The location of OctoCon is on the NW side of Chicago, about 15-20 minutes from O'Hare. So Uber is definitely an option. There are hotels right off of the Blue Line train, so that could work.Madmarcus wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:43 am12 hour drive to meet semi-strangers and play skirmish games and maybe boardgames? Tempting but man that's a long drive. Flights aren't too bad though if I could get to and from OctoCon via public transit.hentzau wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:08 pm Glad we were able to get this up and running again. It was great catching up with everyone and getting some games on the table. As you may have been able to tell, I'm really leaning more to the minis skirmish games these days, but still had a great time with the boardgames I was able to get into.
You could do public transportation, but it would be a couple of bus transfers. But as Zarathud said, I'm sure you could find rides from other folks.
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You guys are making it seem viable. We'll see next year.
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hentzau wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:04 amThe location of OctoCon is on the NW side of Chicago, about 15-20 minutes from O'Hare. So Uber is definitely an option. There are hotels right off of the Blue Line train, so that could work.Madmarcus wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:43 am12 hour drive to meet semi-strangers and play skirmish games and maybe boardgames? Tempting but man that's a long drive. Flights aren't too bad though if I could get to and from OctoCon via public transit.hentzau wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:08 pm Glad we were able to get this up and running again. It was great catching up with everyone and getting some games on the table. As you may have been able to tell, I'm really leaning more to the minis skirmish games these days, but still had a great time with the boardgames I was able to get into.
You could do public transportation, but it would be a couple of bus transfers. But as Zarathud said, I'm sure you could find rides from other folks.
If you're just gaming, the Motel 6 halfway between the Airport and church was fine and inexpensive (in the before times). That's where I've always stayed. Others have stayed there as well, so maybe even commuting to/fro the hotel could be arranged if others are staying there.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Is there a timeframe in April that is 'Thud-approved?
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Um. What?Isgrimnur wrote:Is there a timeframe in April that is 'Thud-approved?
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Hentzau knows I’ve rescheduled wedding anniversaries to make Octocon. After 4/15 is easier, but most people are extending lately anyway.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Right after I posted that I figured it out. Duh.Zarathud wrote:Hentzau knows I’ve rescheduled wedding anniversaries to make Octocon. After 4/15 is easier, but most people are extending lately anyway.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
I have no idea if I can make it - I have been trying for a while, and there are a few OOers that I'd love to meet in person. But while I am sure I can get whatever date it is free, getting the money together is a big unknown.
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Yeah, I’ve been trying to find a hole in my schedule for the spring. My April is TERRIBLE.Isgrimnur wrote:
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May is also acceptable.
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Agreed. I present at a conference downstate Illinois in June. Just signed the papers and to get them written materials by April 15. I could use some fun between the crunch stress.
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Re: OctoCon Returns!!! OctoCon XXVII, October 27-28, 2023 - Chicago
Sticking with the theme from last year, "Gotta Dance, Sing and Do My Extensive Estate Tax and Inheritance Planning!"?
Now depoliticized.
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Even better — drafting documents to avoid disputes. Presenting with an attorney at a law firm who represents someone fighting documents I’ve prepared. There will be singing, dancing, and some shuffle stepping.
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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I can only say that we did run into Hentzau at Adepticon today.
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“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
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“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” - John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address Delivered to the University of St Andrews, 2/1/1867
“It is the impractical things in this tumultuous hell-scape of a world that matter most. A book, a name, chicken soup. They help us remember that, even in our darkest hour, life is still to be savored.” - Poe, Altered Carbon
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Alright. Let me look at my calendar. I’ll see if I can get a date locked down by next week.
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The only hole I have in my calendar is May 10-11, so if the church is free then, that’s when it’s going to happen. Pencil it in.
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