Allan's comments on GenCon

Allan mentioned it's hard for GZG to make it at a convention. This is 
possibly true in that they either get stuck with the WarHamster crowd 
or the Historical (stop-please-yes-you-do-know-every-minute-detail-of-
the-entire-civil-war-please-stop-the-hurting!) crowd. But Allan 
hasn't been to an ECC or WCC! (IIRC)

East Coast Con (haven't been to a WCC, but waiting for info on the 
next one to see if I can make it!) is a hoot. Lots of great listers 
present (names to faces and all that), lots of great games, a good 
ration of games/players (lots of people willing to put on an event, 
especially if Jon nudges them...*grin*), and an excellent organizing 
staff (hats off many times over to Jon Davis, Mark "Indy" Kochte, 
Jerry "Papers? I don't have no stinkin' papers!" Han, and a few other 
folks who help out like Nick C. and Erik K. (I've surely missed 
someone but consider yourself patted on the back). 

I've attended CanGames in Ottawa, GenCon 20 in Milwaukee (huge 
miniatures events at the time - the year I was there, a MicroArmour 
Fall of West Germany scenario was being run that took an entire 
gymnasium!), A bunch of RedCons (historicals and future hist at Royal 
Military College, Con now renamed to something else), etc. and to all 
but one of the ECCs (work got in the way). The most generally 
interesting was GenCon, but the best ones for gaming were the ECCs. I 
found the people polite, easy to game with, and among the best 
sportsmen I've had the pleasure of meeting. And the glee of watching 
Mr. Bell Sr. shooting Brian was pretty special too! 

So, if you want to do GZG: Go ECC or WCC. You'll meet a good class of 
gamer, play the games you love, and have a ball. 

No, this was NOT a paid testimonial. And rumors of Jon D slipping me 
a healthy "honorarium" are clearly fabricated..... *grin*

Tomb