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Dilly Green Bean Games' TotalCon 2016 Cocktail Hour Class Photo depicting some of the incredible industry guests, con staff, vendors, and the only member of the press...your's truly. — Dilly Green Bean Games’ TotalCon 2016 Cocktail Hour Class Photo depicting some of the talented industry guests, con staff, vendors, and your’s truly too.

TotalCon is one of the most exciting, entertaining, and enjoyable tabletop gaming conventions in New England. They successfully combine RPGs, board games, old school RPGs, minis gaming, and live events together for a truly geeky time. This year was the 30th anniversary for the convention. We cover the con in this episode.

Events Attended

Tiny Epic Galaxies with industry guest GM Ben Gerber
Convoy to Malta War at Sea Game with GM Dan Eustace
Writing for RPGs panel with industry guests Michael Curtis, Jeffrey Talanian, and Mike Pondsmith
My wife and daughter visited for the afternoon
Riding the Rocket the First 5 Years at TSR panel with industry guest Tim Kask
Playing 1775 with listeners (and friends) Patrick and Cary
Dilly Green Bean Games Cocktail Party

Problems Encountered

Hotel under renovations despite promising con it’d be finished before Feb 1, 2016
Guests were given wrong rooms
Interior of some rooms were covered with plaster dust (on the bed, TV, etc)
Problems with the water in some bathrooms. Turns off randomly, only gives scaldingly hot water in spurts
Telephones were not hooked up/operational in some rooms
Furniture haphazardly tossed into some rooms
It impacted all rooms but surprisingly it heavily hit suites and rooms for industry guests
More than 60 parking spots are filled with construction debris and tractor trailers storing items
Construction debris could be found in some hallways making it difficult for attendees with limited mobility to get by
The hotel’s restaurant had exceedingly slow service
NONE OF THIS WAS TOTALCON’S FAULT. They did their due diligence but the hotel gave them incorrect information.

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