This Saturday, I’ll be at the Chicago Toy and Game Fair. Oddly enough, it’s to be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Schaumburg rather than Chicago, where it originated a few years ago, but you’re all smart people who can figure your way around that. I’ll be taking part in the inventor’s forum on Saturday morning, just watching from the …

Last night, after the kids’ dance lessons and soccer practice, I drove up to Madison, Wisconsin, for the ACD Games Day. I arrived late at an exhibitor’s dinner that the ever-amazing John Kovalic put together for the poor souls not invited to the retailer’s banquet. I had an excellent meal at the Hong Kong Cafe with folks from Fantasy Flight, …

SlateV has a five-minute feature story about gamers from this summer’s Gen Con. It’s a little heavy on the costumed folks, but since video is a visual medium, I can’t blame them for going with the stuff that looks so interesting. Look for my pal Ken Hite speaking in one part of it. That bit was filmed during the “40 …

I only stuck around until Friday night of the show, so this is the final part in my three-day trip.

The second part of my three-day journey.

I’m trying to catch up with everything, so I’m going back to July for my Comic-Con 2007 report. I had a great time at the show, although I only attended for two and a half days and only made the decision to go a few weeks before the show began. This meant I had no scheduled events, but I still …

At this year’s Gen Con, I had the privilege of sitting on a couple panels with three giants in game design: Mike Gray (VP of new games acquisition for Hasbro), Reiner Knizia (most prolific board game designer in the world), and Richard Garfield (designer of Magic: The Gathering, among other great games). My friend Rob Stone helpfully took notes during …

I rolled in from Gen Con late last night, but I can barely talk about – mostly because I’ve all but lost my voice to the show. In short, I had a wonderful time, saw lots of old friends, and made lots of new ones. More soon.