I spent the beginning of the con doing the last-minute prep for my RPG. This included sitting in on the Firefly episode so I could get myself in the proper mindset. I announced the game at the end, since the gaming track at Fencon had zero publicity. Okay, there were a few 8.5x11 signs saying "Gaming here" but nothing in the convention schedule and no schedule posted in the gaming area. Still got a few players including
Steve Stirling's Guest of Honor speech was interesting. He talked about his original background as a lawyer, apprenticed to one of the most evil lawyers there ever were. This guy had a collegue who was the lawyer for the mafia: "It's interesting work, but you can't quit." So Stiring has spent the decades since trying to work the evil of lawyerdom out of his system by writing books. This explains a lot about some of his books, actually.
At one point Stirling was going on about how when he was a neo the GoH was someone who got respected by all and was brought drinks, etc. He asked if were we taking notes with a hopeful look on his face. Then a bit later he made a comment about how he was going to hand this over to questions now, as he was running dry. So
A fantasy I share, but then we got even more dressed up to attend the Cabaret. The bellydancers were dancing with spears in Xena-esque getups, which didn't add to the appeal for me. The costumes were good, the Tribble one cracked me up with the Starfleet guy cleaning up the baby tribbles.
I got to finally meet
And they've already updated the website for 2006. I'm looking forward to it.