this was my first open house, it will not be the last. I have seen my share of conventions but this one is really special. To say that the Open House was fun would be saying far too little. It was awesome. It is in a nutshell really as simple as that: awesome.
I could meet most of the people I know and like from the boards, so I could put face and voice to them.
Everyone has been approachable, was open minded and easy going. The atmosphere was very friendly and personal. The open house is more like a family meeting (one of the good ones without the boring and obnoxious parts) than anything else.
On top of that I got to game with fine, fine game masters. I played in games of Kevin, Julius, Brandon Aten and James Browne and, my, was that fun!
- + James ran a Beyond the Supernatural game on the backdrop of the Battle of the Buldge. I played Staff Sergeant Warren. Man, am I glad I played that game – the thing had a “script” (mind you, no railroading there) worthy of an Indy movie. Kudos!
+ Brandon ran Splicers; I played a Packmaster called Ferd Eisenmann with his two gore hounds, dear Rowlf and Lucille. If you haven’t looked at Splicers so far, here’s my advise: get it. I did
. I am very proud to say with due humility and gratefulness that the party (THANK YOU!) in Brandon’s Splicers game even deemed my gaming of that day worthy of the MVP (YAY!!!) which got me one of the great pictures of the wonderful artist Chuck Walton (double-Yay!!!).+ Julius let us run as members of the infamous Walker family, I was a superhero (at least once in my life I could be that
) by the name of Cheyenne, a true bow master the like of Hawkeye and Green Arrow; a cross-genre game (and I still think I should have used those Claymores but walking down the street as the 7 Magnificent Walkers +3 was more fun, less explosive though) the memories of which I shall also not forget. + What can I say about Kevin’s game? I have never seen a game master run a game with such nonchalant ease and make a simple plot such immense fun to play. The game and my dwarven character Hurin truly made my day ("now, let us talk steel")!
What am I sorry about? I really missed the chance to play in Carmen’s astounding-amazing-stupefying-ly beautifully laid out massive robotech game. Eryk Strombright’s games (any and all of them) would have been great to see. Actually, I could have played 24 hours and would still have missed great games. Yet, there was so much to do, see and there was so much to talk. I would have loved to play in so many more games and I could have talked to y’all for days more.
I have laughed often; I had fun and interesting conversations. I made friends. Good times all around!
A very warm thank you to you Kevin, Julius, Alex, Wayne, Kathy, Joe and everyone of the Palladium crew for hosting this fantastic meeting! Likewise a very warm thank you to anyone I met. I am honoured to have met y’all!
I have enjoyed this immensely!
Kindest regards
Hendrik
I went looking for you sunday morning, but you were in several conversations everytime I saw you. Hopefully we'll catch up next time 
Hendrik' posts we've had so far. Don't want you getting a big head! Unfortunately, though, they're all right - Hendrik is indeed a great guy - it was really good to have met you, and thanks for the lift from the park. Hopefully, we'll meet again!
-N
... just doing my best.
. I must be there and I must see y'all latest there! Eryk, it was great to see you a couple of days ago! I know we will keep in touch for the sake of our project and anyways!
- signed Hurin, dwarven warrior who rather talks steel than anything else - Great gaming with you!