Dragonflight 2004

A look at the main lobby of Campion Hall at Seattle University, once it's been invaded by gamers. This is the board game area, fairly early in the morning. It fills up in the afternoon/evening for the most part.

The lovely accomodations provided me by the convention. Shelly Rial, Dragonflight president, claimed there was a minibar, air conditioning, and color television in the room. I looked for about twenty minutes before deciding she might have been lying. We still haven't resolved that whole issue, but she's not returning my calls. Hm. Maybe she was lying about her phone number too. Ah, the life of a celebrity writer...

The late night Dragonflight gang: me, Scott "I Never Get Stung" Hill, Chris "Li Mei Chen" Kemnow, and Jason "I See Robots" Hill. These guys are one of the main reasons I come to Dragonflight, and definately why I never sleep enough. Oh, and about the nicknames? Don't ask.

Scott tries to look amicable for the camera, but we all know he's just a big Communist whore. (Again, don't ask).

Sunday morning's GURPS Imperial Rome game, run by Devin "Who Needs Sleep?" Ganger (at the far end of the table). That's my pals John "Kong" Kono (on the left, black shirt) and Paul "How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You SANTA BARBARA!" Tevis (standing). I was sitting in the chair Paul has his hand on; that's my cell phone sitting there, next to my character sheet, some dice, a mechanical pencil, and a GURPS 4th Edition bookmark... if anyone even looked that close.

I would normally never put such a repulsive picture on my web site, considering the horrific nightmares I'm sure it will invoke, but this is my friend Chris "Grip Check" Weedin, of Horror Rules fame, striking his "cool" pose. Or, so I assume that's what it's supposed to be. Personally, it scares the crap out of me, but I'm just getting back at him for putting me on his web site two years ago, in neon pink vampire fangs.