"EXTRA salty". Now I happen to have had my first bag of those chili cheese Fritos in maybe 5 years a couple weeks ago.

And they're salty AF.

Now the questions are -

1) what do I bring!?

2) The kiddo is probably making an appearance, so I need to account for her.

3) seriously what do I bring?!

I'm one of those backers for METUS on KS.

I never heard of it until it was suggested to me by KS (either front page or at the bottom of a campaign I was checking in on, not sure which).

KS knows how to push the $20 and under impulse backs.

GF only pushes the $200+ minis filled dreck of the week.

I did the thing. 🦾

Dude, that sucks.

Not sure what else to say. Sending you good vibes.

I have a couple kids games that are pretty fun.

Loopin' Louie / Loopin' Chewie / Blueys Keepy Uppy game - fun for all ages.

I just picked up Bugs in the Kitchen at the Origins flea market and the hex bug cockroach gives the right amount of unpredictability to make the game feel frenetic.

Flood is such a great album.

Ana Ng is the first one that comes to mind as a non Flood entry.

Update: the kid has the con crud.

It wouldn't be your first convention without a communicable disease I guess.

Doctor appt this afternoon since she can't shake this fever.

Panda Royale - dice drafting, roll and write. It's simple, fast, and plays large groups easily.

Bugs in the Kitchen - this game immediately clicked with my 3 year old hardly and rules reminders. A great flea market pickup.

Riftblade - a pretty fun 2 player duel deck builder.

Kutna Hora - so good

I attended Origins Game Fair and got in a respectable number of games played.

Highlights:

Re;MATCH - the vibe of Bullet and Potion Explosion with an arcade fighter theme.

Quiet House - deductive co-op - rearrange 5 items in a room to meet the 8 random rules, of which each player only knows 4 of.

Me? I got a compliment and a color changing pencil... And a copy of Mork Borg, so that was pretty rad.

We finished the day with lunch at North Market before returning to the convention, but the kid was running on vapors at that point and she road around on my shoulders for the remainder of the con.

Remember the raffle? Yea, the kid won the lightsaber she put 12 or so tickets on.

She then won a $20 gift card to a FLGS

and a set of polyhedral dice with mushrooms in them

and someone run up and just gave her a free game

Also got a miniature

and a mood ring

and a pirate gave her a gold coin.

Sunday I took the kid to all the booths to grab the free swag. But first, she saw a daycare friend and they ran circle around myself and the other kid's dad for a solid four minutes. Apologies to anyone that almost got blast by them running full tilt in the pathway.

We then rounded up a posse and played Panda Royale before I grabbed lunch and then returned home for the day.

Sunday, I would be returning with the little one and let her call the shots.

Shout out to @thac0bell.bsky.social for the assist during the math trade. In the dealer hall, we were pretty quickly pointed toward Riftblade. We did a demo and it is a dueling deckbuilder with the little used chaining mechanic from Nightfall. Will def check it out on KS later this year.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Sonic Roll
Nacht der Magier
Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade
Bugs in the Kitchen
Deathmatch Island (RPG)
Disney: The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits Game
Power Vacuum
Typeset
Solforge Fusion KS Starter set, 5 KS boosters, and 2 neoprene mats

After that marathon I swung through the dealer hall again before heading home for the night.

Saturday was the Math Trade and Virtual Flea Market meetup and it was as chaotic as every.

I came away with

Skulk Hollow
CATsle Builders
Auf Falscher Farhte
The Rail on the Hill
Diced Veggies

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