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Deer Sculpture
I parked in the garage of the Eiteljorg Museum, which wasn't too far away from the event. This sculpture of dancing deer was just outside of the museum.
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Gaming Room
I got to the Con too late for the first day of wandering the dealer floor, but the gaming room was impressive enough.
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Batman Sculpture
Before I started playing any games, I got some musing pictures around the rest of the convention center.
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Colosseum
I spotted Darren playing this game with Brian and Bryan, and it was the first sign of anybody I knew.
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Huge Twilight Imperium
A standard game of Twilight Imperium takes ~8-10 hours. This game was made up of 8 copies of the main game, had 14 players, and... well, I don't know how long it took. But it was impressive!
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Connected Twilight Imperium
This was an alternate map for Twilight, where all races were within three hexes of each other. This changed things quite a bit. (I like Twilight, if you couldn't guess.)
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Stack'O'Games
That's a lot of games! And they were available to borrow. Whoo!
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Gaming Room, Again
I'm just trying to show off a sense of how big this place was.
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Betrayal at House on the Hill, II
...and it was fun, even if it was mainly Betrayal.
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Clans
Darren, Brian and I played Clans as well, which I didn't quite get but it was at least fun.
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Princess Toadstool
As the place started clearing out, I was able to go harass this girl into pulling out her parasol for a picture. (This was probably one of my favorite costumes of the event.)
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Random Angel Guy
On the floor the next day were a whole lot more picture opportunities.
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Autograph Area
I wasn't really supposed to get pictures here, but I couldn't help myself.
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Master Chief
I should have brought out the 50mm lens in the first place, it would have done a better job with this shot.
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Booth Babes
Hark, people I know!
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Angela and Grace
Two friends were running a booth at the show.
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Necropolis Studios
They lived at the Necropolis until lately. Hopefully it doesn't collapse on the new residents.
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Starcraft: the Board Game
This was the highlight of the convention for many. Man, those minis rule!
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Night Elf Statue
On a pedestal, with a guy kneeling. Go WoW.
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Conan Babe
They hired a bunch of models to carry swords and wear leather. It was cute. They felt better when I finally asked for their pictures. (It was a video game section, so I didn't really care that much.)
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Barbarian Battles
These guys looked a lot better and were having more fun.
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Starcraft II
They had a playable demo of Starcraft II at the show. We are all doomed.
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Battletech Map
I should have tried to play out the battle. It looked *excellent*.
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Catan Boxed Set
I doubt I'll ever own this, but it's a really nifty set, and at least I can say I've seen one in person.
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Sword Battles, IV
See if you can guess why people were hanging out to watch this one?
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Captain Jack
Guys have costumes too!
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Anime Figure Collection
No, I didn't want to touch, just be amused by the creepiness.
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Tifa
I'm not sure why she was looking so un-enthusiastic. If you're going to go in costume, at least have fun with it!
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Batue
I found Darren and Brian trying out this odd wargame. It looks like it might suit me okay, but they weren't that impressed...
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Beholder Costume
Very clever. The mobile eyes were a great touch.
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Girl and FillerBunny
It amused me to see a girl reading and laughing at FillerBunny, one of the most depraved and funny comics that I can remember. She didn't seem too upset when she figured out why I was taking her picture.
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Angel Outfit
The guy was probably something too, but again, I'm not enough up on my anime.
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Darth Vader
Leaning down to talk to a kid. Now that's leadership!
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Ghostbusters
The proton packs looked nice and heavy.
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Naruto Army
Again, I at least *think* it's Naruto.
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Magazine Lady
An outfit made out of bits of the program is pretty nifty.
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Darren and Starcraft
Darren had to playtest this game too...
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Arthur
Or at least I think it's Arthur. The sword makes that less likely.
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T-Shirts
I couldn't afford all of them, even though I would have worn them all. Sadly.
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Weis Babe
Margaret Weis' booth had the lost scantily clad lady of all. Oddly.
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Free-Roaming Fighters
I think they were heading back to their booth, because they looked too professional.
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Dropship
It beeped, and it had little aerospace fighters inside! So cute... I want it.
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Elves
One Drow, one High Elf. From WoW? Maybe.
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AT-ATs
They were doing a full version of the AT-AT attack from Empire Strikes Back with minis, which was pretty cool.
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Swinging Spider-Man
Sadly, it was a statue, but he was still connected to the ceiling.
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Miscellaneous Costume
After a while it wasn't obvious whether some outfits were even costumes. I think this one was.
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Card Towers
This was a cute area, where people sacrificed their Collectible Card Game cards to the greater good of making buildings.
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Ninja Clan Showdown
Go Ninjas! (This was some kind of random protest thing, but it was fun to watch.)
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Steampunk Outfits
Definitely costumes this time.
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Barnes and Thornburg
Only amusing because it was connected to a Borders. I'm sure it had nothing to do with B&N, but it was cute.
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Brian
I needed a good shot of him, here it is!
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Starcraft Minis
You can kindof see the minis here, and the gameboard layout... I'm glad that Darren's going to pick it up.
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Starfleet Battles Board
Behold the complicated game! That's way out of my league...
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Indy Lion
The only other picture I got outside during the event.
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Pirate Lady
More video game advertising, the flash would have helped here too.
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Beholder Box
The coolest item at Angela and Grace's booth, it did sell.
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Stilts Guy
He seemed dangerous to me, so I kept my distance.
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More Darren Gaming
I don't remember what game he and Brian were playing, but I don't think he picked it up yet.
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Mira Furlan
She played Delenn from Babylon 5, and she came to sign stuff. I got to sneak in a picture as she was signing over a picture for me.
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World's Biggest Invader Zim Fan
That's what she said, anyway, when she stopped me to ask about my Zim shirt.
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