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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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 Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 04:31:41
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Yes, it's at the Convention Center. 
For those new to GenCon: the connecting, "walking around" areas of the con are strung out along the northern face of the Convention Center (which "flows into" the off-limits RCA Dome to the south, and to the north looks out onto an east-west street called Maryland through rows of glass windows). The skywalk bridges to all of the hotels are second-storey (-story to you Americans) crossovers above Maryland, and the cafeteria referred to is immediately west of the bottom of the escalator that leads down (inside the Convention Center) from the skywalk bridge over to the Marriott, which is the westernmost of all the skywalk bridges over Maryland. (So if you're walking along the street outside the con, and you look west [away from the Circle Center mall, and towards a distant park that runs along a river, (there's also a steel mill, railway shunting yard, and A-ball baseball stadium clustered there, but I'm not sure how "high up" you have to be to see all of those)] and still see a skywalk bridge crossing over, go to it, and through the glass entrance doors adjacent to it, and you'll be in the right place.)
The cafeteria looks out onto Maryland to the north, and the main entrance doors to the con exhibit hall to the south. It's usually a busy, busy place.
love to all,
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 05:01:14
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| Thanks THO. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Mr. Wilson
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 08:21:28
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Alas, I probably won't be able to attend Gen Con this year, as I went to Origins (where I was underwhelmed by the dealer room, but had a blast with the seminars and games I played).
Perhaps, next year I'll make the three hour drive to Gen Con. |
"I've got a plan..."- Dan
"Nothing good has ever come after those four words." - Jesse |
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EytanBernstein
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
704 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 09:16:40
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| Assuming it still ends up happening, I am running Silven Idol from 2-5:30, so I may be a few minutes late. How long will you guys be sticking around for stragglers? |
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Kes_Alanadel
Learned Scribe
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 13:40:08
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*Sigh* This sounds like so much fun....Kinda wish now that we had decided to go to this for our vacation instead of visiting Tifus' family in KY this year.  |
Ack! I seem to have too much blood in my coffee stream!
When did 'common sense' cease to be common? |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 17:04:55
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Originally posted by EytanBernstein
Assuming it still ends up happening, I am running Silven Idol from 2-5:30, so I may be a few minutes late. How long will you guys be sticking around for stragglers?
If you are for sure that you are going to try to make it, I'll stick around for another hour or two or longer. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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EytanBernstein
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
704 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 21:16:08
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by EytanBernstein
Assuming it still ends up happening, I am running Silven Idol from 2-5:30, so I may be a few minutes late. How long will you guys be sticking around for stragglers?
If you are for sure that you are going to try to make it, I'll stick around for another hour or two or longer.
I'll definitely try and make it. My event gets out at 5:30, so all I have to do is make it from wherever it is to the meetup site. |
http://eytanbernstein.com - the official website of Eytan Bernstein |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2006 : 03:30:34
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Originally posted by EytanBernstein
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by EytanBernstein
Assuming it still ends up happening, I am running Silven Idol from 2-5:30, so I may be a few minutes late. How long will you guys be sticking around for stragglers?
If you are for sure that you are going to try to make it, I'll stick around for another hour or two or longer.
I'll definitely try and make it. My event gets out at 5:30, so all I have to do is make it from wherever it is to the meetup site.
Then I'll be around. I believe we are meeting, hopefully, near that spot near the dealers room. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2006 : 04:04:27
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| I dont see why you couldn't make it, hell we're gonna be there for four days lol, we're all bound to encounter and stay around each other to some degree those days. |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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EytanBernstein
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
704 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2006 : 07:38:28
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Originally posted by Neriandal Freit
I dont see why you couldn't make it, hell we're gonna be there for four days lol, we're all bound to encounter and stay around each other to some degree those days.
Unfortunately, my Gen Con is packed from end to end with press coverage, signings, running a tournament, seminars, dealer's room circulation and such, so it's better to try and make things when people will definitely be there. I do have a few slots of time in the evenings saved for some RPG games, but otherwise, I am pretty much swamped. |
http://eytanbernstein.com - the official website of Eytan Bernstein |
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2006 : 13:33:42
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| Ah, right right. Well, I dont see why all of us wont hang around a bit none the less, wouldn't be fair to anyone if we didnt. |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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EytanBernstein
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
704 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2006 : 22:12:40
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Originally posted by Neriandal Freit
Ah, right right. Well, I dont see why all of us wont hang around a bit none the less, wouldn't be fair to anyone if we didnt.
Great. Odds are that I'll be on time, if not early, but just in case the location of my event ends up being farther than what I thought, it will be at most 10-15 minutes. |
http://eytanbernstein.com - the official website of Eytan Bernstein |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jul 2006 : 22:20:39
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Originally posted by EytanBernstein
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Originally posted by Neriandal Freit
Ah, right right. Well, I dont see why all of us wont hang around a bit none the less, wouldn't be fair to anyone if we didnt.
Great. Odds are that I'll be on time, if not early, but just in case the location of my event ends up being farther than what I thought, it will be at most 10-15 minutes.
Snds good. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jul 2006 : 20:34:12
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Alas, I've finally done it...I've purchased my 4-Day badge just moments ago and it should be mailed to me.
Go me :P |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jul 2006 : 15:41:23
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Oh, to go to GenCon! Some day....some day. You all have fun this August.  |
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2006 : 04:38:33
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| Well isn't this nice? APpearntly I have to pick up my badge at the "Will Call" kiosk when I go there, even tho I didn't get the http://www.gencon.com/2006/indy/registration/default.aspx page. I had the option of having it mailed to me and I think it should, but I wont argue with them..gah. |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2006 : 15:34:22
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N-F, I think that happened to your badge because you registered after their mailing deadline (GenCon DOESN'T want your badge to arrive after you've left to travel to GenCon).
So, welcome to the hellish "Will Call" lines. Yet consider this: EVERYONE attending from outside the continental USA (yes, including Alaska, and of course Canada in between) ALWAYS has to line up: GenCon won't even attempt to mail their badges to them. (Welcome to the army, boy! Now get in that line!)
Hint: bring a paperback book to read while in line. Although they sometimes put the con booklet out in large "dumps" by the ceiling support pillars, for people to scoop and read while they're standing in line.
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EytanBernstein
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
704 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 07:10:44
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| This is one of the reasons I always find some way to get a press badge. That way, all I have to do (other than that press stuff of course :) is go to the nice press badge room and show my ID. It also comes with a big pack of free stuff. Who doesn't like swag? |
http://eytanbernstein.com - the official website of Eytan Bernstein |
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 13:44:42
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Alright, well I'm just extactic then THO :P
Anyone have a suggested "Get in line at this time" time? |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jul 2006 : 00:23:44
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Q: What are the Show Hours of Gen Con Indy 2006?
Badge/Event Registration Hours
Wednesday 5pm-9pm August 9th
Thursday-Friday 7am-9pm August 10th-12th
Sunday 7am-2pm August 13th
Customer Service/Will Call Hours
Wednesday 2pm-9pm August 9th
Thursday-Friday 7am-9pm August 10th-12th
Sunday 7am-5pm August 13th
Remote Event Registration Hours
Thursday-Saturday 7am-4:30am August 10th-12th
Sunday 7am-2pm August 13th
Exhibit Hall/Gift Shop/Art Show Hours
Thursday-Saturday 10am-6pm August 10th
Sunday 10am-4pm August 13th
GM HQ hours
Wednesday 5pm-9pm August 9th
Thursday-Friday 7am-9pm August 10th-12th
Sunday 7am-5pm August 13th |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 19:41:41
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I'm jealous of you all! I hope you have fun there.
I also hope that someone with a sound-recording device will be able to bring the Realms events to the rest of us... |
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 20:22:26
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Was, I was just mailed about the Opening Doors question I mailed gencon, yes, again I was mailed. Here is what she told me..
The doors open on Thursday at 7 am and close on Sunday at 5 pm. Our convention is opened 24 hours
Badge/Event Registration Hours:
Wednesday 5 pm - 9 pm
Thursday 7 am - 9 pm
Friday 7 am - 9 pm
Saturday 7 am - 9 pm
Sunday 7 am - 2 pm
Customer Service/Will Call Hours:
Wednesday 2 pm - 9 pm
Thursday 7 am - 9 pm
Friday 7 am - 9 pm
Saturday 7 am - 9 pm
Sunday 7 am - 5 pm
Remote Event Reg Hours:
Thursday - Saturday 7 am – 4:30 am
Sunday 7 am - 2 pm
Exhibit Hall/Gift Shop/Art Show Hours:
Thursday 10 am - 6 pm
Friday 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday 10 am - 4 pm
GM HQ hours:
Wednesday 5 pm - 9 pm
Thursday 7 am - 9 pm
Friday 7 am - 9 pm
Saturday 7 am - 9 pm
Sunday 7 am - 5 pm
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Can anyone tell me what the GM HQ is? |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 20:44:06
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Originally posted by Neriandal Freit
Can anyone tell me what the GM HQ is?
Game Master Head Quarters..... sounds like the place where many of the games are going to be hosted. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 20:45:18
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| So then I ponder what if going to exactly be open for 24 Hours for 4 days in a row? |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2006 : 20:53:08
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Originally posted by Neriandal Freit
So then I ponder what if going to exactly be open for 24 Hours for 4 days in a row?
Probably the Convention Center itself. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Neriandal Freit
Senior Scribe
USA
396 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2006 : 18:23:02
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Alright, after looking through the pages in our last week of waiting, here who is coming so far for sure...
Kuje
Neriandal Freit
EvilKnight (Saturday Only)
EytanBernstein (if enough time is avaiable of course)
Erik Scott de Bie (again, if time allows)
Dhomal
Steven Schend (who'll be there 2.5 days but not Sunday)
EdGentry
If you plan on coming just post here or Mail Me at Char9er@gmail.com and I'll edit this post here, or a mod can if I haven't got the time.
And, as for the meet up time in one giant post rather then having them spread out in four pages, here is the following. I presume most of of us have enough time to wait on others such as Eytan, for Eytan is going to be a very busy person 
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OK - since we are thinking about Thu eve - we should not have too much 'other' stuff going on to cause problems with wherever we choose.
I would say 5:30 PM at the cafeteria exit/enterance near the main dealers room enterance.
Backup - 6 PM at the bottom of the escalators in the Marriott lobby
And, from the lovely THO, we have this infomation to assit 
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For those new to GenCon: the connecting, "walking around" areas of the con are strung out along the northern face of the Convention Center (which "flows into" the off-limits RCA Dome to the south, and to the north looks out onto an east-west street called Maryland through rows of glass windows). The skywalk bridges to all of the hotels are second-storey (-story to you Americans) crossovers above Maryland, and the cafeteria referred to is immediately west of the bottom of the escalator that leads down (inside the Convention Center) from the skywalk bridge over to the Marriott, which is the westernmost of all the skywalk bridges over Maryland. (So if you're walking along the street outside the con, and you look west [away from the Circle Center mall, and towards a distant park that runs along a river, (there's also a steel mill, railway shunting yard, and A-ball baseball stadium clustered there, but I'm not sure how "high up" you have to be to see all of those)] and still see a skywalk bridge crossing over, go to it, and through the glass entrance doors adjacent to it, and you'll be in the right place.)
The cafeteria looks out onto Maryland to the north, and the main entrance doors to the con exhibit hall to the south. It's usually a busy, busy place.
love to all,
THO
Which makes me wonder if shes spied on me before knowing Indy so well  , not that I'll complain, I've been spied on by people before  |
"Eating people is wrong...unless it's on the first date." - Ed Greenwood, GenCon Indy 2006 |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 05:54:40
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| Talking this over with someone over IM, he gave me a good idea. I'll be bringing a sign that says something like, "Candlekeep posters." |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1715 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 12:15:14
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Originally posted by Kuje
Talking this over with someone over IM, he gave me a good idea. I'll be bringing a sign that says something like, "Candlekeep posters."
Good. That'll make it easier to find you.
Steven
Who'll be there at least 2.5 days of the show but not Sunday |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 16:43:10
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
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Originally posted by Kuje
Talking this over with someone over IM, he gave me a good idea. I'll be bringing a sign that says something like, "Candlekeep posters."
Good. That'll make it easier to find you.
Steven
Who'll be there at least 2.5 days of the show but not Sunday
Cool. :)
I alrdy had plans to finally come meet you and get Blackstaff signed. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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EdGentry
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 16:44:57
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I'll be attending all four days. I'll be doing the two Young Dragon signings in Author's Alley. I tend to spend a fair bit of time at or around the WotC sales booth as well (of course, most people do because it's so huge!). I'll also be attending the Secrets of the Forgotten Realms and Spin a Yarn.
Actually, the first YD signing ends a half hour before Secrets of the Realms starts. If folks are attending the seminar, we could convoy from the signing over to the seminar. |
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