On Farewells, Breaking down the Booth, and Duct Tape
Jean Sexton reports:
The bittersweet part of the Origins Game Fair is its end. For a few glorious days, we are with friends, laughing and swapping tales of battles past and friendships gained, sharing our love of the games in the Star Fleet Universe. However, this cannot go on indefinitely and today was the day it all drew to a close.
At the SFU Seminar today, awards were distributed for the Federation Commander tournament. (Federation & Empire players did theirs last night; the Star Fleet Battles tournament has not yet concluded.) Shortly thereafter, the Steves arrived at the sales booth as did many of our friends and customers. Farewells were said, and when the time came, the Steves, Colleen and Dan Knipfer, and I packed everything to go back to Amarillo, including seven completely empty boxes with some others holding "stuff" picked up at the convention.
On the way back towards Amarillo, the Steves hit a strong storm. They were driving the old van and it (of course) decided to have broken windshield wipers after raising the Steves' hopes after a few swipes. Luckily, SVC knew exactly where the tool box was and "sorta fixed" the wipers while he stood in ankle-deep water during a driving storm.
When they pulled into a truck stop, they met fellow travelers from Origins. In the truck stop they found duct tape. For now, the wipers are working correctly!
The bittersweet part of the Origins Game Fair is its end. For a few glorious days, we are with friends, laughing and swapping tales of battles past and friendships gained, sharing our love of the games in the Star Fleet Universe. However, this cannot go on indefinitely and today was the day it all drew to a close.
At the SFU Seminar today, awards were distributed for the Federation Commander tournament. (Federation & Empire players did theirs last night; the Star Fleet Battles tournament has not yet concluded.) Shortly thereafter, the Steves arrived at the sales booth as did many of our friends and customers. Farewells were said, and when the time came, the Steves, Colleen and Dan Knipfer, and I packed everything to go back to Amarillo, including seven completely empty boxes with some others holding "stuff" picked up at the convention.
On the way back towards Amarillo, the Steves hit a strong storm. They were driving the old van and it (of course) decided to have broken windshield wipers after raising the Steves' hopes after a few swipes. Luckily, SVC knew exactly where the tool box was and "sorta fixed" the wipers while he stood in ankle-deep water during a driving storm.
When they pulled into a truck stop, they met fellow travelers from Origins. In the truck stop they found duct tape. For now, the wipers are working correctly!
posted by Federation Commander at 9:08 PM
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