Day 3
Wow, talk about tired. The Dead Gentlemen arose Saturday morning early (7am), which was, to say the least, painful. But the reason was noble. Or at least that’s Steve tried to reassure us. Why were we up so early? To attend Tracy and Laura Hickman’s Killer Breakfast, that’s why! Silly. The Killer Breakfast was packed. None of the Gents got a chance to work their magic with the Hickmans, but it was a fun time nonetheless. Margaret Weiss helped the Hickmans kick off the role-playing, sing-a-long event. Good fun, good fun.
The Dead Gents rushed off from the Killer Breakfast to prep the booth before the (theoretically) busy day to follow. After the premiere of Dead Camper Lake and the encore performance of The Gamers, we were expecting a big rush at the booth. And holy business cards, we were right. On at least five different occasions, there was a line from our table. And Chris wasn’t even naked. Yet. At one point, we even stopped traffic along the walkway, which, considering our corner position, was a great feat indeed. I mean, it’s no Power Attack, but it’s still a great feat. Haha…yeah, I’m stretching here.
We had many…er…interesting characters stop by the booth throughout the day. Most notable was Boba Fett (a really cool costume, actually) and a chainmail bikini woman (by all the pictures taken of her, I guess it was a really cool costume, too). During one of their breaks, Phil and David stumbled upon Dead Camper Lake and The Gamers being sold at another booth in the exhibition hall. Other people selling your stuff: that’s a good sign. They also ran into a female Stormtrooper. Again, judging by the amount of photos taken, her costume must’ve been cool too.
After a long, hard-fought day of selling and chatting, the Gents went out to the Ram with Aaron and Cristi Williams, two of the most fantastic people you will ever, ever meet. They are absolutely fabulous. Aaron is the creator of Nodwick, the popular gaming comic. They are great. We love them. Steve ordered a burger that weighed about as much as he did, and Phil bet him he couldn’t eat it all. Steve agreed. Yeah, rather anticlimactic, but understandable. After dinner, the Gents plus Shoe and Cooks participated in the destruction of Card City, the impressive card skyline that had been created to raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation. If only we could have Godzillaed it instead of hucking coins at the structures. Ah well, a boy can hope, can’t he?
The night wrapped up with another game of D&D Minis and Hex Hex with the Cooks and Shoe, followed by beautiful, precious sleep (not with the Cooks and Shoe).