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The original MarsCon<\/a>MarsCon<\/a> just keeps getting better and better. The dealer’s room and the gaming rooms are just spectacular now. The dealer’s room this year wasn’t the largest I’ve seen, but it was certainly one of the best: the sheer depth and breadth of the stuff available is just amazing. And the gaming room was very large, and just packed with people.<\/p>\n

I remember the first year Susan and I went to MarsCon: there were three tables in the dealer’s room, and we had one of them! I think the other two were a used book seller, and an artist. And the programming was pretty much nonexistent, back then. It’s sure changed a lot. MarsCon has wall-to-wall programming now.<\/p>\n

One thing that hasn’t changed is the excellent con suite. MarsCon always has the best con suite. This year’s theme was “Hogwarts”. I thought the floating candles were an especially nice touch.<\/p>\n

I didn’t wind up running anything at this con, neither a LARP nor a Champions game. I enjoyed the break, but I also felt like I was missing something by not running a game. Next year I’ll definitely run something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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