A quick shout out to those I talked to on Trade Day. It was great to meet you. Thanks for sharing your ideas and games and time with me.
Kathleen Mercury (www.kathleenmercury.com): great session on teaching game design to middle school students (full semester course in which the students design and build a board game).
Rudolf Kraus (Rhode Island College): great session on teaching game design in an undergraduate, college seminar.
Sean Duncan (Indiana University): Games and education
Chris Hamm (Indianapolis): Game development in Indianapolis & his game Strife.
Beth Koenen-Seelbach (Indianapolis): Games and after-school care programs
Chris Corbett (ACD Distribution): Hospitality room and Meeple Monthly magazine.
Cassidy and Chris (Calliope Games): Nice to meet you in person and lose all your game demos…
Tara (Peaceable Kingdom): With whom it has been proven I have NO telepathic link…
Al and Joe (Out of the Box): Thanks for teaching me a game that had already won a Major Fun Award! Obviously there are too many for me to keep track of…
The folks at Indy Game Developers: Michelle for showing me the story-telling games and the two young folks who taught me Demon Dice. Yours were the only names I did not write down and were therefore forgotten. I will find out when I visit your booth…
Joell Palmer (Amtgard): organized the foam sword fights in Union Station and talked to me as the melee roiled not more than 10 feet away.