Brief overview of Friday night at GloranthaCon VII as I experienced it:
Favorite Quote
Roderic, I believe, commenting on the accuracy of the convention booklet:
"An Orlanthi wrote this convention booklet. 85% of it is true."
Beer
First thing first; get the alcohol. Within a half-hour of my arrival I am going along on a beer run with some of the MegaCorp luminaries. David Cheng is at the wheel and we succeed in our quest to acquire inebrating fluids. At least for one evening. We also learned that Canadian beer does not come in 12-packs in S. Calif. supermarkets.
The mobbing of MOB by the Next Generation
The first Gloranthan event was 'Meeting the MegaCorp' seminar. Of interest was the next generation of fans (the youngest was 8) who were enthusiastically devouring the words of the attending luminaries from the MegaCorp. The youngest wanted to see Greg Stafford himself, but Greg did not attend this seminar. His enthusiasm was reminiscent of the fans of Elvis. (Greg has left the building.) Since these youngsters enjoy their campaigns in Prax, they were very happy to meet MOB and in fact surrounded him after the seminar as if he was a rock star (pictures and autographs were taken). I am glad to see that there is hope for a future of Gloranthan gaming! Even if it is lead by MOB. ;-)
The presence of Nick Brooke
The luminaries were informed by their legal advisor, Jeff Richards, that they had a contractual obligation to Nick Brooke to perform the traditional sing-along. The 7 page "Songs of the Reaching Moon" was handed out (or thrown out) to all, and various tunes and semblances of tunes were belted out. The Y-E-L-M song was performed with the appropriate arm signals by the luminaries. A fun time for all! I won't say we did you proud, Nick, but we did something.
Glorantha RPG
A group of six or seven people played in a demo game of the new RPG, in its current form. This group will run the demo games for the convention on Saturday and Sunday. This group was given a short and brief copy of the rules and some characters.
The MegaCorp luminaries had no comment on the Glorantha RPG.
GloranthaCon IV Conpendium
Andrew Joelson was selling copies of this GloranthaCon IV'Conpendium.'
Fridiric, and the rest of the readers, I will try to report back on Saturday's events Saturday evening when I get home.
Take care, all.
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