#juncon26

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Utah airport national parks store then Denver airport weird gardens.

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Final breakfast at Kaffe Mercantile. Was perusing the menu and saw “B.S.I” as an option. The barista explained that it stood for “Big Sexy Italian.” So of course I got the thing on the menu that was clearly meant for me.

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College/high-school-era friends playing a college/high-school-era D&D campaign setting downstairs, while a half dozen play Thunder Road upstairs, before I tapped out and called it a night / JunCon.

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JunCon26 closing ceremonies.

The inaugural Council of Jeremy Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed on Vinny.

Eldon received the Unluckiest Gamer award, and then we had a presentation for how to solve a 1×1 Rubik's Cube. https://youtu.be/73VNfiUKnbQ

I received the JunCon Boardgame Champion for reasons that might be unsurprising if you've been following along.

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Tacos!

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Star Trek: Ascendancy, but instead of playing I helped coach Mike for his first time playing. After two turns I realized he had figured out the Breen and, thanks to what would normally be a terrible draw of planetary systems, how to use its isolated and dangerous region of space to build an effective resource engine. I realized my coaching was no longer useful. He surprised everyone with an abrupt win.

The student became the master (or at least second-string substitute teacher based on my skill).

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JunCon Pitch Car Cup champion heat. Dan, Eric, and Jeremy were the first three to get to the loop (“It's just the loop!”) and it only took 9 tries before someone (Eric) cleared it.

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Saturday pancake (minus pancake) breakfast!