Well, sufficed to say, things haven't worked out the way I planned this week. I was hoping to use my time at home to write a couple of game reviews, do numerous updates to these pages and basically wallow in all things gaming. But as is, I was pretty sick and uncomfortable the first part of the week, and now I am just tired and trying to get through the last bit of this. My hope is to be back to normal and back to work at the beginning of next week. We'll see how that plays out.

But this doesn't mean I haven't been working on gaming-related projects this week. I've sent out e-mails to several game companies and even gotten a few replies. I exchanged e-mails with Andy Hopp, coordinator of Con on the Cob, a uniquely-named gaming convention in Akron, Ohio, a little more than 2 hours from here. I hope to write an article on the con as we get a little closer to November when the con is held, and I plan to do updates from the convention using my blog and CU.

Now, Con on the Cob may not sound like much compared with GenCon Indy and Origins, two of the biggest gaming conventions in the United States, but I have high hopes for this event. First off, they have booked some really good guests, including Steve Kenson, designer of Green Ronin's "Mutants & Masterminds" roleplaying game. I am really looking forward to meeting him, and hope to drop him an e-mail sometime soon asking for an interview. I haven't had much luck getting review copies from Green Ronin, but I have played M&M, and would love to review the second edition of the game which came out last year. M&M 2e might very well be one of the best super hero roleplaying  games on the market today, and I am a big fan of super hero games.

The convention also will feature as the guest of honor artist Larry Elmore, who is a bit of a legend in the roleplaying community, especially those of us who grew up on Dungeons & Dragons. 

On top of that, the convention looks like a lot of fun. Lots of games and gamers. I am eager to learn a little bit more about the convention and to meet Andy and the other convention-goers.

I will write a little more on my gaming convention plans as we get closer to the season, and hopefully do a lot of show floor reporting wherever I attend. I already know Origins in Columbus, Ohio, CharCon in Charleston, W.Va., and Mid-Ohio Comic Con, also in Columbus, are on my list.

Should be a great year.

ME