Stanley Travels: “Abracadabra” at GenCon 2017

I’ve been dreaming of going to GenCon for nearly as long as I’ve been gaming. And I started gaming in 5th grade, way back in 1982! But… for various reasons (I was 10?) I just ever made it priority. By the time I was old enough to go as a grownup, I hadn’t been involved in gaming for a while.

Well, with the release of 5th Edition D&D and my daughter finally bein old enough to convince her that running around dungeons as an elf was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, I began to game again.

Simultatiously, my buddy Patrick has been going to GenCon for, like a hundred years (okay, maybe not 100). And every year he hits me up to see it’s the year I finally bite the bullet and go.

And finally, this year, I was able to say yes!

So, I packed up my dice and smallest ukulele and hopped on a plane to Indianapolis and… had an AMAZING time! Four days of nothing but eating and playing games. And a little sleeping.

To make the weekend even better – the musical guests this year were They Might Be Giants – heroes of mine for nearly 30 years.

So here is my video from the weekend. My take on a song that was popular way back when I started gaming, and who’s magical references seems pretty appropriate.

I hope you enjoy it!

You can keep up with all the Stanley Travels videos here!