So Steve and I are off and running to CotC and I thought I’d post about how not to prepare for a convention!
First, it’s important to know that Steve and I have so much gaming stuff, we can’t fit it all at our houses (because we also have too much non-gaming stuff). So, our friend Ben has volunteered his basement and garage for storing our terrain and odds and ends. Ben also builds and repairs our terrain. And we also play Savage Worlds at his house now so it all works out well.
Anyway, as usual, I waited until the last minute to think about what I’d need. I grabbed everything I thought I’d need at the last game night at Ben’s but realized on Tuesday that I didn’t have everything. So I went to Ben’s that night and picked up my combat cases (large reinforced bags to carry miniatures and terrain).
Then Wednesday, as I’m typing up my game (herein lies the problem) and putting all my minis together, I couldn’t find a mini that was kind of critical for my game. I could always use a substitute, but I knew I had the perfect mini somewhere and I really wanted to use it. Anyway, I called up Ben to have him check to see if I’d left it at his house somehow and sure enough it was there. Well, that was like 8pm on Wednesday and I didn’t want to get dressed and go out, so I was just going to live without it.
On Thursday morning, I got up early and while in the shower, I thought I should call Ben and have him put those minis out on his porch and I would swing by and get them. Unfortunately, Ben’s house is in the opposite direction of I-70. In order to get to Norm’s game at CotC on time, we figured we had to leave no later than 8am and we wanted to leave earlier to make sure we had time for lunch. But with the detour to Ben’s it’s looking like we will be late to Norm’s game. Sorry Norm! It’s all my fault!