Runester

The con got off to a great start. There was a lot of energy, and it only took a little while for everyone to dive in and get to some serious gaming. The dealer room is carrying a lot of stuff, and I’ve already made a purchase! The food is great (I finally got my chili fix) and thanks to Fear the Fruit I’ve already eaten more fresh fruit today then I have all year.

My morning game was “Savage Saturday Morning Cartoons” which was a great, and funny mash-up of Saturday Morning Cartoons from the 80’s. I played Scrooge McDuck and the other players got to play Loves-a-lot (a carebear), Scooby-Doo, Cringely (from He-Man), Lion-O (from Thundercats), Snake Eyes (from G.I. Joe), and Donatello (from Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles). It was a wildly mixed group, and the adventure pitted us against cartoon bad guys like Solomon Grundy (from the Super Friends), Wile E. Coyote (from Loony Tunes), Yosemite Sam (from Loony Tunes), and others. Of course, the big bad guy at the end … was Ron Popeil, of RonCo fame! Crazy!

After the morning session, there was a thirty minute stand-up routine by Mikey Mason, and it was absolutely great. The audience ate it up and Mikey really killed. I was able to film it on my flip camera, so when I figure out a way to get the whole thirty minutes uploaded, I’ll get a link added to this post. Until then, here are a few photo’s taken this morning.

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