#RPGaday Topic 14: Best Convention Purchase - Page 2

Puppetminion · 08-15-2014, 03:03 AM

Best thing I ever bought at a con was GURPS 3rd Edition...
Browsing a dealers table at a time when my group was over AD&D but having no real luck finding a replacement we liked. Had a significant impact on my hobby time ever since :)

My favourite setting is probably Cthulupunk, or rather that book made Cyberworld my favourite. It was my introduction to Cthulhu, and I'm still not a fan of that; but it somehow took the setting from meh to yippee. Did the same for cyberpunk as a genre- I'm prepping another Cyberworld game even now.

derendel · 08-15-2014, 03:31 PM

Best Convention purchase: I've bought a lot of things at conventions and lots of it has seen little to no actual use. I guess A Touch of Evil, the board game is my favorite and most used purchase.

Favorite Setting: I guess Transhuman Space. i think it might be the only one I've run that wasn't my own homebrew.

sir_pudding · 08-15-2014, 09:04 PM

Best thing I ever bought at a con was a signed copy of The Last Unicorn. I don't imagine that Beagle is going to be making many more public appearances. As it is I had a very nice conversation with him where he told me a lovely story about his early career. I eventually had to pry myself away, which I still regret a bit. It isn't everyday that I get to have a conversation with a literary giant. It was one of those con moments were you seem to be the only person around that realizes who this is that you could be talking to. It wasn't an RPG purchase though.

LemmingLord · 08-15-2014, 10:34 PM

Universalis. I haven't had the courage to try it face to face with others but I use it all the time to help create stories and resolve scenarios.

Kalzazz · 08-15-2014, 11:10 PM

Best convention purchase . . . . no particularly cool convention purchases. I did get a really awesome sweet Werewolf LARP poster though

Favorite Setting - RPG setting, Technomancer or Shadowrun maybe, I love magic and firepower blends! Also quite like Earthdawn

Michael Cule · 08-18-2014, 01:34 PM

EVERWAY which I bought at the 1995 Worldcon in Glasgow. It was the summer of its release and I had the pleasure to sit down with Jonathon Tweet and have him explain the game to me before I bought it.

My favourite game setting would have to be Glorantha with Tekumel coming a close second.

08-15-2014, 03:03 AM	#11
Puppetminion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia	Re: #RPGaday Topic 14: Best Convention Purchase Best thing I ever bought at a con was GURPS 3rd Edition... Browsing a dealers table at a time when my group was over AD&D but having no real luck finding a replacement we liked. Had a significant impact on my hobby time ever since :) My favourite setting is probably Cthulupunk, or rather that book made Cyberworld my favourite. It was my introduction to Cthulhu, and I'm still not a fan of that; but it somehow took the setting from meh to yippee. Did the same for cyberpunk as a genre- I'm prepping another Cyberworld game even now.

08-15-2014, 03:31 PM	#12
derendel Join Date: Mar 2006	Re: #RPGaday Topic 14: Best Convention Purchase Best Convention purchase: I've bought a lot of things at conventions and lots of it has seen little to no actual use. I guess A Touch of Evil, the board game is my favorite and most used purchase. Favorite Setting: I guess Transhuman Space. i think it might be the only one I've run that wasn't my own homebrew. __________________ No Ordinary Obsession

08-15-2014, 09:04 PM	#13
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: #RPGaday Topic 14: Best Convention Purchase Best thing I ever bought at a con was a signed copy of The Last Unicorn. I don't imagine that Beagle is going to be making many more public appearances. As it is I had a very nice conversation with him where he told me a lovely story about his early career. I eventually had to pry myself away, which I still regret a bit. It isn't everyday that I get to have a conversation with a literary giant. It was one of those con moments were you seem to be the only person around that realizes who this is that you could be talking to. It wasn't an RPG purchase though.

08-15-2014, 10:34 PM	#14
LemmingLord Join Date: Jul 2005	Re: #RPGaday Topic 14: Best Convention Purchase Universalis. I haven't had the courage to try it face to face with others but I use it all the time to help create stories and resolve scenarios.

08-15-2014, 11:10 PM	#15
Kalzazz Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: #RPGaday Topic 14: Best Convention Purchase Best convention purchase . . . . no particularly cool convention purchases. I did get a really awesome sweet Werewolf LARP poster though Favorite Setting - RPG setting, Technomancer or Shadowrun maybe, I love magic and firepower blends! Also quite like Earthdawn

08-18-2014, 01:34 PM	#16
Michael Cule Join Date: Jul 2005	Re: #RPGaday Topic 14: Best Convention Purchase EVERWAY which I bought at the 1995 Worldcon in Glasgow. It was the summer of its release and I had the pleasure to sit down with Jonathon Tweet and have him explain the game to me before I bought it. My favourite game setting would have to be Glorantha with Tekumel coming a close second. __________________ Michael Cule, Genius for Hire, Gaming Dinosaur Second Class