After Action Report: Midsouthcon 41 in Memphis TN

Midsouthcon 41 is in the books. ActionMan and I headed out Friday afternoon to get settled and be ready ahead of time. Since, the con took place in a new, different, hotel. We settled, and headed to the con.

Friday evening, I participated in two panels: one about horror RPGs and one on character background, and I sat in on a few others.

The Horror panel went really well as we discussed how to succeed at doing horror in RPGs, and noted several types of horror that does not work on the tabletop. Freddy Krueger comes to mind.

My "Background" panel didn't happen since no one came. Sad. However, I talked with my fellow panelists about my Four Questions background.

Before the panels, I realized that I lost my notebook. The one where I put in all my notes (for the panels) but also in which I practiced my maps drawings and adventure making. I was in something of a panic, but following my panels, I ran to Con Operations and some kind soul had returned it. Wooo!

At the end of the evening, I spent time on Pro-Row and got to speak with Buddy Katie from Star Pod Trek and the USS Athena. Always a pleasure to talk to them and about potential projects. We keep meeting at cons and it is always a pleasure.

Meanwhile, ActionMan played a game of Vaesen. He seemed to have a great time of it. He didn't tell me much, other than he made "a few bad rolls" and things went bad for him.

We slept.

Well HE slept. His freight-train snoring kept me up most of the night!

Saturday morning, we got a quick McD breakfast and headed to the RPG room. I ran the Gencon Ozaka adventure, then the Gencon Tarsyn adventure, this time to finalize them (I had play-tested them previously). This play-test confirmed how my changes were real good. I found a few oddities that requires clarifying, but the flow issue I had were now resolved!

ActionMan played some 5e and Call of Cthulhu (IIRC) during the day.

After that, both ActionMan and I played more Vaesen. I played one and he played another. The game is fun, definitely something I would be willing to play one-shots or at cons. I'm not sure if I'd be interested in playing this in a campaign or even less likely: run it myself.

We hit the room, he snored, I kept waking.

Sunday, we hit the road, stopped at a Waffle House in Dickson TN before making it home.

We both had a great time at MSC and plan on going back next year.