I am back from my family vacation, and just 8 days from GenCon.  It has been really crazy around here, with all the vacation logistics and then having to come back to work for one week, and then start my GenCon prep.  On top of that, I am running Iron Heroes this week, and am in the middle of writing my session notes.

I was able to get some gaming done during my vacation, despite the very poor internet connection i was connected to, via a neighbors house.  The first week of my vacation was spent getting the GenCon workbook sections finished, which I did.  I spent the second week answering questions from Vicki, who was editing the whole workbook, and doing our layout.

I was able to write all the notes for my Iron Heroes game that I am running at GenCon.  This is a private game, for some friends, and is a part of my ongoing campaign.  Last year I wrote the notes in Confluence, but this year, I did them in MS One Note.  I will in a future post rave about all the things I love about One Note, but time is quite limited.  The only thing I have left to do for this game, is print some map tiles and counters, but I will do that over the weekend.

I also got to run a few encounters of 4e for my two Brother’s In Law, as well as my 9yr Nephew.  All had a good time, and I have to say that my Nephew had no problem understanding the power system, and loved the flavor text for the various moves.  He was able to use the flavor text in his descriptions of his strikes, which was great.  I am sure the 4e haters will consider that another feather in their cap, about how 4e is too watered down, but as I remember it, I was about 9yr old when I learned D&D, and the game was not that easy to learn.  So any game that is enjoyable to experienced players (like myself) and easy to get into for younger players, is a good system for me.

That is about it for me.  I don’t think there will be any posts this week, as I am swamped with IH writing and GenCon prep.