Council of Five Nations XXX After Action Report

This was my first ever Council, and I was looking forward to it. Really, the only problems that I had was that I didn't get a chance to see much beyond the basement and the Muddy Cup.

Such is the life of an RPGA judge where there's a full track of RPGA/Living Greyhawk events.

I jumped right in on the Friday evening slot and ran 4ish hour sessions of sanctioned LG D&D games for the rest of the time that the convention was open. And similar to other conventions where I've gone as a judge- the games that I signed up to run are not necessarily the same as the ones I end up actually running.

This is actually a result of how the RPGA and Living Greyhawk campaign work. Most RPG DMs at a con are running their own game, or a story that they got from a friend. LG has writers from all over the world and the scenarios/modules (mods) are requested from centralized contacts. If you've played the mod and are a Herald level GM per the RPGA, then you can run that mod. (One can also run a mod without having played it- it's usually referred to as "eating" or "burning" the mod.)

So, with a pool of GMs it's possible that the person who was originally set to run a particular mod gets switched to doing something else (normally running a different mod) depending on the number of players, judges, and what mods the players are eligible to play in.

It can also get a little complicated.

Overall, I liked the location- I had places nearby to run (some times literally) to get food and a good coffee shop. At most cons that I've been to I'm at the mercy of the hotel's coffee and it usually tastes like dirt. Granted, Proctor's is a bit of a maze, it got *very* noisy downstairs, and the lighting wasn't the greatest. But these are things that can be approved upon for next year between a new convention center growing and

But the people were good, my modules went smoothly, and I got next to no sleep.

Sounds like a perfect con to me.