RECENT
Hiro Clix: Naruto
Clix Craves: Star Wars
Quintessential Winter Soldier
Quintessential Ninjak
The Quintessential Alien
Quintessential Mad Pierrot
Quintessential Zombie Spider-Man
Quintessential Zombie Wolverine

OTHER
The Quintessential Leeroy Jenkins
The Quintessential Joker
Quintessential Iron Patriot
Quintessential Flash
Hiro Clix: Golgo 13
Quintessential Taskmaster
The Quintessential Kung Fury
Hiro Clix: Fifth Kazekage
The Quintessential Silver Surfer
The Quintessential Deadpool
Quintessential Daredevil
The Quintessential Jimmy Olsen
Hiro Clix: Sokka
Quintessential Arrow
The Quintessential Superior Iron Man
Quintessential Batman Beyond
Quintessential Invisible Woman
The Quintessential Punisher
Critical Miss: Sponsored Teams
Hiro Clix: Sailor Scouts
ClixCraves: Buffy TVS
Quintessential Sunfire
Worst Clix Ever - Abomination
Quintessential Superior Spider-Man MK2
Hiro Clix: Attack on Titan
Quintessential Deathstroke
Worst Clix Ever - Iron Man Mk 15
Worst Clix Ever - Element Lad
Quintessential Ash Williams
Quintessential Freddy Krueger
Quintessential Jason (Double Feature!)
Hiro Clix: Goku
Quintessential Juggernaut
Worst Clix Ever - Wrecker
Quintessential Spider-Man
Worst Clix Ever - Hound
Hiro Clix: OROCHIMARU
Quintessential Doomsday
Worst Clix Ever - Parasite
Bystander Party! (Colleen Wing)
Quintessential Dr. Doom
ClixCraves: D&D
Bystander Party! (Val Cooper)
Quintessential Spawn
ClixCraves: TMNT
Quintessential Aquaman
Quintessential Hulk
Quintessential Batman
ClixCraves: G.I. Joe
ClixCraves: Superman
ClixCraves: Captain America
Clix Addict #2
ClixCraves: Godzilla
HeroClix World Evolution
Joe Kubert, RIP 08-12-2012
arrowGen Con: I wish I Was Going
HeroClix Podcast: Starting Over
Critical Clix: Star Trek Tactics
Of Dice and Plastic Men: Gandalf and Superman, Rep
Of Dice and Plastic Men: The Super-est of Sets
Of Dice and Plastic Men:Nightcrawler User's Guide
Karl Confidential: A Wizkids Moment
How to Build a Successful Venue
Of Dice and Plastic Men: Sweet Release
Masterpiece HeroClix
Of Dice and Plastic Men: X Marks the Spot
Clix Addict #1
Bin Laden: Dead
Critical Clix: PAC Powers
The Borders Effect
Happy Pi Day!
DreamClix: Zombie Apocalypse
ClixCraves Vol 02
Economy, Trolls, & HeroClixs
Robert's Dial Maker
ClixCraves Vol 01
DreamClix: The Transformers
Batman on My Baby
Critical Miss: Injustice League
DreamClix: Star Trek
Critical Miss: Giants
HeroClix World Baby!
Critical Miss: Print and Play
HeroClix: For Profit
Black History Month
Fixing HeroClix


Gen Con: I wish I Was Going
Mark Charke (08/09/2012)
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Gen Con: I Wish I Was Going...The weather is funny. It's boiling outside but you can almost get around the entire convention, which is like five blocks from one side to the other, by staying indoors and using catwalks. There is always a swarm of taxi's waiting to take you where ever. We had a speaker cancel her event because she got the wrong room and ended up five whole blocks away from where she was supposed to be.
 
If you've just had too much, there is a movie theatre nearby and a mall with a decent food court. Or you can vegetate in one of the movie rooms or sneak into talks or seminars and just listen. There is always live chess or some other live character event. A LARP group comes in and does the basics of LARP and then foam weapon combat. I'm a big fan of the paint and take where you get free miniatures after painting them. The charity card pile is hilarious because by the end there are tens of thousands of cards making up crazy castles and walls and other structures and they knock it all down at the end.
 
The end is always a shame. There are always people just hanging on with red eyes to that last D&D game or card game or event, trying to ignore everyone taking down the tents and flags and banners. Everything is dying. It's over and it's time for the normal folk to come out and the nerds to hide again. They lock the dealer room doors and finally the massive set of information kiosks go down and you know it's actually, completely over. The crowds thin and even the heard of taxis vanish and finally, everything is just normal again. Until next year.
 

I wish I was going.

Mark Charke is a freelance writer and ownere of Charke Publishing. Additional information can be found at www.Charke.ca


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Your Comments:
Jennar, I've been looking to see if they improved it but I don't think so. I was there last year as well. If there are more people which I've hear there will be, good luck and patience to those going. And bring a book-OR TWO.

Posted by: cwally on 8/16/2012 11:29:50 AM
Let us know what clix stuff is there!!

Posted by: blackjack on 8/11/2012 8:24:33 PM
I surely hope they have the clix venue more vetted. Long lines, hours of hurry up and wait,and a world champ match last year that looked like it was held in the back of a BP station.

Posted by: jennar on 8/11/2012 6:45:39 PM
Some day I'll get to go to Gen Con and Comic Con. I'm afraid if I do I'll max out me credit card and be jonesing for next year's cons.

Posted by: Major Havok on 8/11/2012 7:53:56 AM
=( i wish i was going!

Posted by: mario on 8/10/2012 4:33:11 PM
oh man i wish i was going...

Posted by: deadpool on 8/10/2012 12:20:29 PM