Fourth in this series of one-day conventions in bustling metropolitan
Baildon (suburban Bradford). All images are
cc-by-sa.
I set out a bit earlier on the Friday this year, so even though
the drive took over six hours again thanks to multiple lots of
roadworks, I still arrived in time to relax a bit before things got
started.
I stayed in the Ibis again: it may be minimalist and soulless, but at
least it doesn't get things wrong, and the breakfasts are still
excellent.
This decoration near the Boathouse in Saltaire was not put up in our
honour, though it might as well have been. (Image enhanced; it's in
quite a dark place.)
I gave my new GURPS scenario, TRUANT INKWELL, its first public run. It
went pretty well: one dead, one with near-terminal radiation
poisoning, world more or less saved.
In the evening we went off to Pickles, the deli and tea room, for
supper and boardgames and, to be fair, mostly chat. Though I did get
in games of Revolution, Red7 and Coup.
I sometimes think that these things might be an excuse for toys. What
do I mean, sometimes?
Free 3-D glasses for all! (Yes, all.) These interact interestingly
with my new eyes.
The Most Disturbing Likeness of Cthulhu, in Cake, contest.
For the trip back I decided to evade the boring slog around/across
Bradford, and struck out north-east-wards (through heavy fog) for open
country, picking up the A1(M) near Tadcaster. This avoided only some
of the roadworks, and being fifteen miles longer it would probably
have added time to the journey if I hadn't been doing the trip back on
Sunday morning with less traffic (in fact that leg took about an hour
less to get back to M1/J31 than the trip out), but it made the driving
very much more pleasant and I may well use this route again.
The next YSDC Games Day will be on 24 September 2016, and ticket sales
will be announced at yog-sothoth.com.
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