SCARAB, Part 1: How I Came To Attend

A short post, today, as I'm still in pre-SCARAB preparation mode.

I first heard about the convention from my friend Geoff Heintzelman.  Those of you who have been reading this for a while will remember Geoff as the other North American member of the LIDT Board of Directors.

He mentioned that there was a local convention starting up.  "I think," he told me, "that I'd like to run a Dungeon Twister tournament there."

I looked at the site.  If only, I thought, I had any vacation time left after GenCon.  I mentioned it to my wife in passing.

"Well," she asked, "Why can't you go?"

I forgot that I accrue vacation time year-round.  And GenCon only uses up about half of my annual allotment. Meaning that I will have time.  If I can afford hotel and airfare ...

Geoff didn't help. "You do know," he said, "that there is a Chick-Fil-A less than half a mile from the hotel, right?"

I have a weakness for Chick-Fil-A, and the nearest branch that I have access to is in Utah. For those who don't know already, I'm Seattle.

Geoff took the initiative on the DT tournament - he e-mailed Ludically, who contacted Asmodee, who sent prize support. Quite a bit of it, actually.

In August, we ran the numbers and realized that SCARAB was a possibility for us. We started actively planning to attend the convention.

We ran the numbers several times.  It's cheaper for us to fly into Raleigh-Durham than directly into Columbia for the convention.  And yes, I know it's the wrong state. But Geoff lives in North Carolina and he will give us a lift to the show.

I'm not expecting it to be big. It's the first one.  But I expect to have a good time.

Of course, as long as I get to have Chick-Fil-A, I'll have a good time.

Next week, I'm going to talk a bit about creative commons. It's a little rantish, but it's just for one week.