Won't get to partake in FCBD on FCBD

Saturday, May 1st is Free Comic Book Day 2010. Alas, this year I decided not to attend my LCS for the event. One, other priorities preclude my attendance. Two, unlike last year there is no PointCon this year so one less reason to have the weekend clear. Three, the LCS said that it would pull one or more of the offerings for me. So even though I won't be able to attend the actual event, I'll get to enjoy some of the free comics at least.

Perhaps in another entry I'll discuss the pros and cons of FCBD at my LCS.

My abbreviation for PointCon

Since I plan to make several posts concerning PointCon, I figured I'd make an abbreviation for it. The abbreviation is simply PC##. The symbol ## represents the year. For example, PC99 is PointCon '99. Just don't want to type PointCon ad nauseum.

The next game I'll run (due to PointCon '09)

A while ago, I commented that I was itching to run a game. My choices were either D&D 4E, Palladium Fantasy, and Other. Before and shortly after I spent a lot of time following D&D 4E. Purchased the books and considered running a game. Either a 'sandbox' H1-H3 campaign or a Punjar-based campain are my choices for a 4E game. Problem is that one of the fellows at the Tuesday night game would be a definate no. So that makes a 4E game doubtful. Palladium Fantasy is one of my favorite settings. I ran my Rifts game instead because of two reasons. One, I didn't want to mess the setting up. Two, Palladium Fantasy is another fantasy setting. Unfortunately, when I have brought the topic up at PointCon to a couple individuals, I received a lukewarm response. Other is a various games and settings.

This last weekend at PointCon '09 I decided to finally purchase a copy of the Serenity game along with the three other books available for it. After displaying my purchase, at least two from my Tuesday game expressed interest. Therefore, the Serenity RPG is the next game I run.

FCBD and PointCon this weekend

Its going to be a busy weekend. Saturday is Free Comic Book Day. Also, a local gaming convention ran by local campus club called PointCon is happening this weekend. Saturday is going to be a juggling act between going to the convention and the local comics shop. Ought to be interesting which is busier the con or LCGS since Saturday is also the day of the Magic prerelease.

Looking at the schedule I am now disappointed that I won't be able to attend tonight. There's a choice between two Palladium games that I would really like to play. Alas, I have other plans.

I do plan on commenting on both events. Curious as to how much gaming I actually do...