PAX East Saturday: Soooper Doooper!

Saturday dawned on digital Boston with pixels of hope. That or maybe I just had a good night sleep. Either way, my mind was buzzing with gaming ideas (I’ll write in another post) and I was ready to take on PAX East. (See my previous post for why I needed confidence.)

I first stopped by A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition. I asked quietly if I could sit and watch a game in progress. I pulled up a chair, and tried to be unobtrusive as I was totally baffled by this long, complex board game based on my current favorite TV series. The man next to me started chatting about everything he was doing. I stayed for a half-hour, still confused and not ready to try.

Then I ran into two people that I had gamed with at a previous convention, and in my opinion, had a great time. They barely acknowledged my presence. I walked away. Becca Ego level hit an all-time low.

I gathered my remaining Strength, realized I had other Skills like Obnoxious Optimism, and sat down at a game testing table for Miskatonic School for Girls. After that PAX was a blast.

Nic and I skipped to the table-top area and we tested Castellan (see pic at top). Then on to Eleminis, where we had a good time with four other random people. One of them was a young guy named CJ, whom Nic and I grabbed because he was so cool. The three of us took out Tsuro from the game library because it only had Spanish directions. Unfortunately we did find the English ones, but it was more interesting to try and translate... Then we found twenty bucks on the table, and decided to treat ourselves to ice-cream. The amount just about covered it, and we went to play an RPG. Becca Fun level was peak!

The panel was streamed live. It was really fun. My son later told me I need to work on letting other people speak more...thanks, Luke. Afterwards a few of us went to dinner and chatted. Absolutely lovely and talented people that I am so proud to work with.

Saturday was so fun, could Sunday top it?