There, at the preshow, I saw Ken Hite, Robin D. Laws, and Mike Selinker (bookended by those two gentlemen whom I am afraid have had their names blotted out by the combination of scotch and dayquil I'd been mainlining). Then we watched the movie, and I decided it was more polite to take Glass off during the show.
Afterwards, there was a panel which included Peter Adkison, the CEO of Gencon (a lovely woman whose name I can't find now), Jen Page, and Luke Crane (creator of the Burning Wheel, and the man who will become the Aleph of all games-- mark my words). I believe there was a fifth gentleman there, too...perhaps the operations manager for Gencon, Derek Guder, iirc.
They had a good, humorous Q&A session, and then reopened the bar and reception area. I got to say hello to Matt Forbeck (in the blue polo) whom I've gotten to know over the last few years at Gencon. He's a great guy and a bang-up designer. He recently completed a series of novels, some of them even set at Gencon.
Then I said hello to Jen Page-- she and I went to the Ennies together with Rone Barton of Atomic Array two years ago. She was very friendly and remembered me as the "dream date" who didn't know who she was. What can I say? I had been doing a lot of writing.
I gave a few demonstrations of Glass and then headed home with what was left of my voice, around 1am. I passed the monument in the Circle and then got a shot of the faux Toynbee tile that's across from the Hardrock Cafe-- there's a real tile beneath it, I saw it on google maps and found this one as a result two years ago. If you don't know what Toynbee tiles are, go google them. (I think they're secret, modern day Elder Signs, but that's the conspiracy in me talking.)
I finally arrived back at the hotel, where I found a couple of guys sorting a *ridiculous* number of _Game of Thrones_ cards on the tables in the dining area. Seriously, the whole week is like this.
And so closed the first full day of Gencon 2013. The next day? Jedi Jawas!