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1196 days, 10 hours, 29 minutes ago
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Greetings Nu Community,

I am organizing PlanetsCON NA1 for this coming October in Springfield, OH.

I have been reaching out today to experienced players asking if they would be interested in attending and most importantly presenting.

Please check your PM contact information if you are within 500 miles of Springfield, OH and are an experienced player (Rear Admiral and up).

I do not want to exclude anyone based on geography or experience, however, this is just my effort to build out an agenda for the CON.

If you are planing on attending PlanetsCON-NA1 in Springfield, OH (September 30, October 1-2) and are willing to present on a topic, please send me a private message and follow up on this thread if I do not contact you with 72 hours.

The physical space is in place, but I need skilled and willing presenters to make this a valuable event for the community.

This is your opportunity to give back to the community in a big way.

Thanks!

Tom
1196 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes ago
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1196 days, 7 hours, 0 minutes ago
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1195 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes ago
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1195 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes ago
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Awesome Tom. Are presentations going to be made available online somewhere?
1195 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes ago
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Awesome Tom. Are presentations going to be made available online somewhere?
1195 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago
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Yes, i am hoping to live stream, but if not we will find a place for them to be housed online.

Perhaps our friends over at Planets Magazine youtube channel could house them?
1195 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes ago
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I won't presume to speak for Space or Thin, but they've always been eager to do that sort of thing in the past.
1195 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes ago
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Tom, I may not be able to attend in person, but will happily do a live broadcast to the con for 2016. You've got our full support.
1195 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes ago
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Incidentally: I thought Springfield OH was out of the way, but the conference I'm missing the week of the second is in Ponca, NE.
1195 days, 22 hours, 5 minutes ago
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Gnerphk, are you a professional writer? You have quite a an extensive blog (I clicked on the link in your profile) about a wide variety of interesting topics. And you certainly don't seem to stay away from the more controversial ones. You definitely should attend this gathering and present a topic.
1195 days, 21 hours, 46 minutes ago
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I plan to attend and may present -- but on what subject?

Topics I've considered:
- "Chasing The Wild Troll" -- complete with pictures of fewmets, details on tracing their tracks, and possibly a mounted head (if I can get Glyn to hold still long enough)
- "Lost In The Weeds: Documentation, Year Three"
- "How To Win The Damn Game"
- "Let's Meet At The Bar So We Can Skip The Capricorn Update"
- "The Impact Of President Clinton's Anti-Planets Policies On The Nu Generation"

If things shape up as I hope, I might be able to present some tiny bits of Planets fiction by that point, but building the framework for that has proven to be such a vast time-sink that it's possible I'll have to give that a miss.
1195 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes ago
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Definitely the one on chasing the troll!!


1195 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes ago
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> I plan to attend and may present -- but on what subject?

The state of the documentation, and the plans for the future.

:)
1195 days, 19 hours, 10 minutes ago
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"Gnerphk: A Guide To Pronunciation"
1195 days, 10 hours, 31 minutes ago
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I am pleased to have received immediate and positive responses both on this thread and by email.

More is always better than less, so check your schedules for September 30 to Oct 2 and let me know by PM or post in this thread and I will reach out to you with an email and phone number for me.

Whisperer I am PMing you now.
1195 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes ago
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Thanks for hosting this, Tom. I wish I could attend.
1195 days, 7 hours, 50 minutes ago
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For what it's worth, I'll certainly be there.

And Gnerphk, we can absolutely meet at the bar rather and skip a Capricorn update. =)
1195 days, 7 hours, 25 minutes ago
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I will be heading down to Springfield soon to gather up some pricing information. They have a nice BBQ joint were we can get dinner, there is a private club nearby that is open to convention attendees, I'll see if we can't get a private room there for some casual conversations about Capricorn (if it is still going on) :-).

It is located at a museum, so you also have that option and there is very nice hipster cafe that is part of the museum that can provide some 'as needed' food. Overall, a very nice venue. Hotel right across the street.

Look for ticket prices mid to late June. Remember I will also schedule some open time to give everyone a chance to play historical miniatures as we will be at the flagship con for the Great Lakes Historical Miniatures Gaming Society (HMGS). So lots of great games will be available.

I also want to touch base again with the organizers of the first PlanetCON conventions to get their help and insight on what went well and what was challenging.

I hope we have a great turn out! Here is a link to the HMGS-GL web page about the Advance The Colors (ATC) convention.

http://www.hmgsgl.org/conventions/advance-the-colors/


Tom
1195 days, 5 hours, 55 minutes ago
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@Gnerphk: Seeing as you brought myself up first, how are you not the troll? I guess I should present a collection of everything being excluded on purpose from Documentation.
1195 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes ago
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I appreciate the NA Con ... good job until now :)

For all these hunchbacked germans that cannot leave the country for this exciting event ... I will try to allocate a cosy location to watch the live stream as group. Suggestions as PM are welcome :O

I will start an own thread to keep this one clean (don't want to be the hunted troll).
1195 days, 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
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> I guess I should present a collection of everything being excluded on purpose from Documentation.

It would probably be better if you stuck to something you had a clue about.
1195 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes ago
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I've put together the videos from the previous PlanetsCons, and was wondering if anyone still knows the order of the presentations. Please PM me if you do.

I think it's time we started keeping better track of these.
1195 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes ago
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@Whisperer: It is really easy to prove what is being excluded from Documentation when I submit it to the Documentation Editing thread and you bend over backwards telling lies to exclude it from Documentation. The fact it has grown from a few items to an entire list is not my fault.
1195 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes ago
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glyn
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Also... @Gnerphk & @Whisperer: I suggest not going on about how you two think you should be paid 100K a year for taking years to complete Documentation. You can't see people cringe and the disgust on their face in the Activity Feed, but you will as such an event. And also keep the genius claims to a minimum.

I'm not saying this to poke fun, I'm dead serious... don't do that stuff on video.
1195 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes ago
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Very interested in attending, subject to the needs of... well everybody else. Please update frequently!
1194 days, 23 hours, 19 minutes ago
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I have a reasonable interest in attending - just a little more than a hop over from the Indy area. However, I'd be very interested in the agenda. Doubt I'd present since I'm rather new to nu - though I played back in the day.
1194 days, 23 hours, 5 minutes ago
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"And here we have the wild troll in its natural habitat. Please note the elongated jaw, the cavernous nostrils, the dim glint of intelligence hidden deep within the eyes. Do not be fooled! It can inflict severe damage on its prey, and even the most skilled hunter can fall to it if he's careless.

"One item not often documented is the traditional neckbeard, mainly due to its presence on juveniles only, and mostly only on the males. In this instance, we can clearly see -- next slide, please -- its absence. This, combined with the lack of basement pallor, permits us to determine the age of the creature without inspecting otoliths. This last is vital because, whatever we do, we must not deprive the wild troll of its hearing ability lest it lose its sanity entirely. Next slide."
1194 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes ago
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I hope to attend; potential work conflict but I'll see what I can do.

I will plan to bring along a wargame to run for ATC as well, and would welcome VGAP folks new to miniatures wargaming to join. It should be a fun time.
1194 days, 22 hours, 1 minutes ago
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@Tom+Graves,

If you're interested in starting points for your agenda, here are the two links I received:

PlanetsCon Agenda 2014 - http://www.planetsmagazine.com/newsandstories/news/planetscon-2014-official-invitation

PlanetsCon Agenda 2015 - http://www.planetsmagazine.com/newsandstories/news/planetscon-program/

Perhaps these experiences can help you to put this one together.
1194 days, 14 hours, 49 minutes ago
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@Gnerphk: Neckbeard... all the genius intellect and all you can muster is a stereotypical Millennials insult? Congratulations on achieving Reddit level trolling, I'm sure your next witty response will be about fedoras.

Why did you summon me to this thread in the first place? And you might as well stop sending me private messages... you can save that for our face to face.
1194 days, 13 hours, 52 minutes ago
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Also, probably not a wise move to insult all men who grow neckbeards before attending a miniature-gaming / VGAP event in Ohio... for Anime cons men will clean-up because they know there will be women... kinda doubt that incentive exists for miniature-gaming events.
1194 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes ago
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"Now, here we can see one with the barbs of the trap fully sunk in its tough hide. Don't make the mistake of thinking it can't feel pain; trolls are formidable yet quite sensitive.

"You may also notice from this next side that it does have a sense of humor, but never about itself. Watch as it buries the baithook deeply in the side of the tree, and scans the area for observers. And here -- next slide please -- here we can see its expression as it sees the camera.

"The following three shots are the last we have. Watch as it brushes aside these two full-grown trees in an effort to get to the camera. And here, we see it tearing down the rockface on which the camera was mounted. And this final shot -- it's difficult to make out, but the feed was broadcast from within the creature's mouth. That yellowish blur is actually a molar, and these fragments are bits of camera casing.

"Questions?"
1194 days, 13 hours, 20 minutes ago
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Glyn, Whisperer, Gnerphk,

I fully appreciate what you do to support the community and what you have offered to do to help with PlanetsCON NA, but

...of all the threads on all the activity feeds on all the internet please stop hijacking this one with your witty repartee.
1194 days, 13 hours, 19 minutes ago
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glyn
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@Gnerphk: "Questions?"

Why aren't you rich and funny if you are a genius?

Real life news from Ohio: http://kotaku.com/5797945/three-men-arrested-after-fisticuffs-at-nerd-convention
1194 days, 13 hours, 11 minutes ago
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@Tom+Graves: I was summoned here by Gnerphk... I had no reason to be in this thread until he decided to start flinging dung at me completely unprovoked... trolls gonna troll I guess.

I agree completely with you Tom... and I don't understand why Gnerphk does this and I feel bad I have to detract so many threads in response to his endless trolling.
1194 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes ago
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I hope that wasnt one of our gatherings ,was it?
1194 days, 13 hours, 3 minutes ago
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I shall cease my attempts to be witty. Alas, it seems once again I've been unsuccessful at my chosen profession. I shall weep in the dark here and leave you in peace.
1194 days, 13 hours, 3 minutes ago
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Back on topic...

@Tom+Graves - thank you so much for spearheading this! I'm hoping to attend if I can arrange my schedule to do so.
1191 days, 23 hours, 53 minutes ago
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Just wondering: How are we doing at getting presenters signed up?
1191 days, 22 hours, 40 minutes ago
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Actually quite well. A number of folks have volunteered and we are working out details.
1191 days, 22 hours, 35 minutes ago
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...and I'm staying quiet.


Oh. Oops.
1191 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes ago
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Great job getting this pulled together! I look forward to attending and meeting some of my fellow commanders!

For those not able to attend, you will be missed as we plot your demise :)
1191 days, 12 hours, 26 minutes ago
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Just a side note, everyone relax... @Gnerphk: I'd grow a neckbeard just for a laugh for this PlanetsCon, but I have to wear a breathing mask due to chemicals I work with and also Alberta law forbids anyone on construction sites to have facial hair. Although I've never managed to get past 3/4 inch length facial hair before the itching drove me up the wall anyhow.

@Tom+Graves: I don't know if you recall, but I suggested finding out last time if there will be a 3d printer at the miniatures event, or possibly a Planets Nu member could bring theirs?

Also Larry likes stickers, and all that takes is a printer.
1191 days, 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
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[stops weeping]
1191 days, 5 hours, 37 minutes ago
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> we are working out details

Any teasers?
1191 days, 5 hours, 8 minutes ago
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We bounced some thoughts back and forth and the presenters have headed back to their mad scientist labs to think about what they want to present on.

Joshua will definitely give State of the Nuniverse, probably remotely.

I tried to get Tim W to come as a special guest to talk about the origins of VGA, but he demurred (I am still hoping Tim! Perhaps remote link, too?).

We have talked about a documentation update, pirate diplomacy, Rebel economics and economic destruction, plug ins and what the perfect AI for Planets Nu would look like, but nothing is definite.

If anyone has something they would like to see. Please make a request perhaps that will jostle one of presenters toward a decision.
1191 days, 3 hours, 8 minutes ago
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I might attend if time and money allows me. If so I'd like to give a small presentation on Gemini called "the war everyone forgets because those Capricorn guys keep hogging the spotlight".

Title could use some work though.
1191 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes ago
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> We bounced some thoughts back and forth and the presenters have headed back to their mad scientist labs to think about what they want to present on.

That sounds good. If it turns out that you need something from me, please feel free to send me a PM.
1190 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes ago
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I think I'll give a talk on "How To Just Win The Freaking Game Already".

That should cover all needed discussion points and I can get through it in about half an hour. Then we can adjourn to the bar and tell war stories.

...there's a bar, right?
1190 days, 23 hours, 12 minutes ago
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It's a horrible thing to do at a Miniature gamer's convention, but I'll plan to have a copy or two of Axis & Allies in the trunk. Or Iron Dragon is always fun. I have Diplomacy, but that's too much like Planets.

Anyone in need of some lovely classic yellow-spined DAW sci-fi paperbacks can also come to me. I... may know a guy.

Before and during gaming, my beverage of choice is root beer. Be warned: I am merciless and deadly. Even at Monopoly.
1190 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes ago
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How about Strat-o-Matic Baseball? I might jump in the car and drive from California for that! :-)
1190 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes ago
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Heh. That actually does sound like fun. I don't have it in my collection, I fear...

Battlestar Galactica, however, I do have. And about fifty others.
1190 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes ago
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@Gnerphk I believe it is gauche to bring board games to a miniatures convention, but c'est la vie.

There will definitely be a bar!
1190 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes ago
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For some reason my mail is not working and emails from NU are not being sent to me no matter how much I try. I will try a new email. The first I heard about this was a few days ago when Bondservant told me about this. I will see if I can clear my schedule and attend... ahem, truthfully, it is completely wife/family dependent ;-) Sounds like fun and and I look forward to the agenda.

I have not been to a planetscon before. However, for those of you who have also not been to one, I have been to an old "Rebel Space/ NetSpace" con before from and old Prodigy strategy space game and it was a blast. Well worth it.

Thanks Tom for working hard on this!
1190 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes ago
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I PM'd you about presenting. Any interest?
1190 days, 0 hours, 41 minutes ago
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emailed you back
1188 days, 7 hours, 57 minutes ago
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whisperer
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The 2014 and 2015 PlanetsCon pages are done and waiting for authorization from the authors of the agenda I used as a basis (we need to keep the Copyright clean). It should be noted that SMN's presentation wasn't on the agenda I was working from. If anyone knows where it was in the order, I'll insert it at the proper location.

If any of the presenters are willing to send their slide decks to me (please either PM a link a request for my email address), I'll post them and link them in to the appropriate page. Additionally, if SMN has any additional information on his presentation, it would be greatly appreciated.
1188 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago
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@Whisperer the 2014 or 2015 presentation?
1188 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
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@SMN,

Sorry. The 2015 presentation. The agenda I worked from is at http://www.planetsmagazine.com/newsandstories/news/planetscon-program


@Tom+Graves,

As I'm sure you can see, I'd like to see the Editors to work closely with you on this project to avoid the long delay in documenting the presentations (recordings and/or slide decks). I believe this will be helpful to the Planets.nu community.
1188 days, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago
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@Tom+Graves,

The documentation for this PlanetsCon has been started. If you want something added, please either post it or PM me.

http://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/contrib-planetscon-NA-2016
1188 days, 6 hours, 1 minutes ago
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Hi,

I would like to attract your attention to my very special VGA PLANETS Rap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW9ln4Gkss0&feature=youtu.be

That might be a nice feature for the PlanetsCon.
Unfortunately, I live in Germany and cannot make it to the CON in person.

Bests,

Legbreaker
1188 days, 5 hours, 45 minutes ago
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Fresh!
1188 days, 4 hours, 46 minutes ago
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@Whisperer try if you can DL this: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6vw4MVax890X2tuWklkN19mUGs
1188 days, 4 hours, 26 minutes ago
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@SMN,

I was able to download it. Do I have your permission to post this at Planets.nu, as a PDF?

Also, which presentation were you after?
1188 days, 4 hours, 19 minutes ago
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@Whisperer sure, you have permission to do that.

I have no idea how the order went in the end, we were late with the schedule and kind of improvised a lot there. I tried to see if the video recordings at the PlanetsCon hangouts site would carry some metadata. But then I got stuck checking out Emorks 'Stealing Ships for Birds' presentation.

The automatic English transcript is interesting :)
1188 days, 3 hours, 28 minutes ago
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@SMN, forget that presentation! That's all nonsense and especially the Borg is a bad target to apply it.

@Whisperer, as far as I am concerned you're certainly welcome to link all my presentations at the two PlanetsCons. Additionally here is a good quality Godzilla introduction with synchronous sound and image.

https://youtu.be/BEkVAnA4xGo
1188 days, 2 hours, 45 minutes ago
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@Emork,

Thanks. I linked in the provided Godzilla Promo video. The presentations that I could find on YouTube have already been linked in.

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I hope we get approval for these pages soon. I think they'll be well received.


@Tom+Graves,

If you'd like, I'll move this discussion to another thread. I was hoping to generate additional anticipation and excitement in this PlanetsCon by bringing up previous PlanetsCons.
1188 days, 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
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It's fine. I am in a holding pattern at the moment. We can let the thread drift a bit.
1184 days, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago
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Bump, just to keep people interested in the Con.
1172 days, 5 hours, 4 minutes ago
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I've never been much for Miniatures, but I do like Axis & Allies and the Mayfair train games. And I'm too old to be concerned about gauche :)
1172 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes ago
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Sounds like a plan, then.
1171 days, 4 hours, 37 minutes ago
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...Hmm. All things being equal, I may just arrive early and stay late for board games. Games are games, after all, and life is all about priorities. What's more important than a good game?

Thoughts, gentlemen?
1171 days, 0 hours, 30 minutes ago
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"Gnerphk: What's more important than a good game?"

One related to Planets Nu?

Planets Super Trump; http://www.planetsmagazine.com/2842-2/

Never tried it so, might also be a good game... but I'd feel guilty at least not trying it at a PlanetsCon!
1151 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes ago
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Links for PlanetsCon 2014 and 2015 videos have been assembled, and are available:

http://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/contrib-planetscon-2014
http://planets.nu/#/howtoplay/contrib-planetscon-2015

If any of the presenters wish to add anything to their presentation (slide deck or an additional video), please either post it here or PM me.
1151 days, 1 hours, 43 minutes ago
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RE: Greetings Nu Community, I am organizing PlanetsCON NA1 for...Write Reply
Aye; any further intel on presentations? I'm very eager to hear, if only so I can determine what not to present on.