Reply To: [unofficial weekender] con cons

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Pledge: Get on with the Spring Clean Challenge.  I need to finish a unit on Sunday and get the next one started.  I’d really like to get this army finished and on the table before the end of the challenge.

Answer:  Never been, but I do think about going to Spiel Essen.  I think there are some big events in the hobby that should be on a gamer’s bucket list.  Essen is definitly one.  I’d include Salute and UKGE in the UK; GenCon, Historicon and Comicon in the USA as the others but ymmv.  My German is only schoolboy standard unless we are discussing horse conformation or dressage (don’t ask). Fortunately my experience is that many Germans have at least a smattering of English and some like our wonderful host here are bilingual which makes the experience beyond the conference hall very manageable.  As it would be an expensive trip with travel and hotels to factor in I’d like to go with either a group of gaming mates or my sons who I have raised to be very enthusiastic gamers too 😀

I hope you are feeling better soon @sundancer