Miscellany: Dragon Con 2019 - Simon, you are getting older

For our gaming group, this year's Dragon Con was a low-key affair. Maybe we're slowing down with age, but we didn't have the time to make the elaborate costumes of years past, nor the wherewithal to spend 10 hours playing our usual D&D pickup game. Still, it's always nice seeing old friends, and the convention itself is bigger than ever.

The big panel we attended was for "Good Omens," a novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman that was recently adapted into an Amazon/BBC TV series. Pretty much everyone there was dressed as either Aziraphale or Crowley, which made for a delightful photo op:

If cosplay pictures are your priority, the glass walls of Aviva make it a great place for people-watching. The restaurant is located in the Hub at the Peachtree Center, Dragon Con's unofficial cafeteria.

As far as gaming goes, while we didn't play our own campaign, we did try out a Pathfinder Second Edition playtest and the Pathfinder Adventure "Skull & Shackles" card game. Both games were fun, but they had some definite balance issues and maddening rules.

The highlight of the weekend was a stripped-down performance by The Slants, an Asian-American band most famous for winning a First Amendment case in front of the Supreme Court.

Continuing with the Asian-American theme, I only wore a single costume at this year's con: Bruce Lee's famous yellow jumpsuit from "Game of Death."

Well, that's it for this year's Con - see you guys next year...