Another successful MidSouthCon in Memphis. Inigo and Lamarr made it again from St. Louis with new editions Meikser and Toger. We also brought along Connor and Phillip. Unfortunately, Meiksie and Toger had to jet back before the con, but the rest of us managed to have a great time anyway. Our Memphis friend David was missing, but most everyone else was there. We got some great games of "Are You a Werewolf?". It's very hard to do normally, since you have to have a minimum of 7, but it's much better to have around 15. We had 8 in our party, so it was easy to start, and we were able to get lots more people to join in.
I got to meet James Ernest who is the creator of Cheapass Games. I went to a panel where he was going to discuss his upcoming game release "Casino" and generally about game design. There were only 4 of us to listen in on the panel, so we just played the pre-release version of the game he had with him, while we asked him questions. That was really cool.
I have had many people tell me about the BBQ place Rendezvous in the past when I talked about going to Memphis to eat BBQ. This time I made the guys go with me there so we could try it. This was only an issue because we have been going to Cozy Corner every time we go to Memphis. Now I can say unequivocally that those guys and the FoodTV guys that rave on Rendezvous have really not done their homework. Rendezvous was good, but not really in the same class as Cozy Corner. I guess it is on Beale Street, so it's easy for tourists to access, but it's not as good as Cozy Corner.
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