Ed Greenwood on Chainmail Bikinis

New this week is an excerpt from Robin's interview with Ed Greenwood for the 40 Years of Gen Con coffee table book, in which Ed tells a slightly disturbing tale of the first chainmail bikini girls at Gen Con.

INTERVIEW AUDIO CLIP: Ed Greenwood on Chainmail Bikinis

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Posted by Michelle Nephew
4/30/2007 04:50:00 PM
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Dan McDonagh on Classification

We just put up an excerpt from Robin's interview with Dan McDonagh for the 40 Years of Gen Con coffee table book. In this clip, Dan McDonagh -- designer of the National Security Decision Making Game -- discusses possibly prescient play results from this geopolitical seminar game, and talks about how he declassifies it from the version played at the War College so that civilians can play it.

INTERVIEW AUDIO CLIP: Dan McDonagh on Classification

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Posted by Michelle Nephew
4/20/2007 12:03:00 PM
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Words of Wisdom from Ken Hite

New on GenConHistory.com ... an excerpt from Robin's interview with Ken Hite for the 40 Years of Gen Con coffee table book, in which Ken describes that most disturbing of panels ... "Your PC, Hot or Not."

INTERVIEW AUDIO CLIP: Ken Hite on "Your PC, Hot or Not"

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Posted by Michelle Nephew
4/16/2007 10:59:00 AM
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Larry Elmore on Advances in Art

The free badges contest is over, Robin's manscript is finished, and "40 Years of Gen Con" is into layout now ... on schedule for its August release at Gen Con Indy. So what can we do to keep you interested until then? Here's what ...

In the course of writing the book, Robin interviewed over 75 of the most influential people in the hobby games industry ... we're talking BIG names like Margaret Weis, Larry Elmore, Ed Greenwood, R. A. Salvatore, Tracy Hickman, and many many more. We've decided to give you all a taste of what's to come by posting audio clips of some of the best interviews here at GenConHistory.com.

Our first exclusive clip comes from Larry Elmore, and it appears in the book in a condensed form. In it, he talks about how fantasy art has changed since he started attending Gen Con. Click the link below to listen!

INTERVIEW AUDIO CLIP: Larry Elmore on Advances in Art

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Posted by Michelle Nephew
4/06/2007 01:11:00 PM
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FREE Gen Con Badge Promo WRAP-UP

That's it, everybody! After 14 weeks, 98 story contributions, and 560 photo submissions, the Gen Con FREE Badges promo has come to a close. Congratulations to our last batch of winners at www.GenConHistory.com , who received FREE 4-day badges to Gen Con Indy! They include ...

Kim Wesley's story about attending Gen Con via phone while on bed rest ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=380

Terry O'Brien's story about some unhappy Ranma 1/2 animae fans ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=341

Matthew Caron's photo of a lighter that was the result of a draw-off between Brom and Tony DiTerlizzi (Brom's side is on the left, Tony's on the right) ...



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We had quite a turnout in our very last "Miscellaneous" categories, so we decided to go all out and award badges for 4 stories and 4 photos! Here are those winners ...

David Chen's story about Bobba Fett and Darth Maul being shot down by local girls ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=350

davester64's story about his dinner with Lou Zocchi ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=313

Randy Miller's love story called "When Geeks Marry" ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=322

Vic Polites' story about a phone call from Farscape's Virginia Hey to his wife ...
http://www.genconhistory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=333

Sonja Proffit's Rikku costume photo ...


Charlotte Ruck's photo of fun at Rogue Judges night before the training session ...


Julie Truesdell's photo of a Car Wars demo ...



Bryon A. Petrie's photo of the Lord of the Ring's Sean Astin at the Decipher booth ...


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And congratulations again to ALL of our 50 winners! They include:

Bob Derme, Zen Faulkes, Bill Dunn, Ryan Tackett, Erica King, Jeff Harkness, Tandora, Ronnie Rex, Oldgrognard, Ron Purvis, Jason R. Griffith, Robert Armstrong, Michael Yates, genconjunkie, ValentineW, Robert Peter Derme II, Anastasia Becker, Michael Dockery, Henchman213, Sidney Blumenthal, Cynthia Hart, Bart Miller, Dan Adams, Balthor, Mike Hawkins, Henry Chi, Jeff Thetford, Josiah Jenson, mortice, mjbrown111, GnomeNose, Leah Hand, Nicol Buckley, Shawna McCormick, Patrick Seymour, Jeremy Zimmerman, Tom Wesley, alycia, Jae Walker, Terry O'Brien, Kim Wesley, Matthew Caron, David Chen, davester64, Randy Miller, Vic Polites, Sonja Proffit, Charlotte Rucks, Julie Truesdell, Byron A. Petrie

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Didn't win a badge? Remember that we'll be selecting stories and photos to include in the 40 Years of Gen Con coffee table book in the next month or so. This selection is completely separate from the free badge promo ... so there's still a chance you could end up in the book and get a free copy, too, whether you won a badge or not! We'll announce those names sometime in May, so stay tuned!

Also, GenCon.com will be accepting pre-orders for the 40 Years of Gen Con coffee table book through their website, and the Gen Con Indy gift shop will be THE exclusive place to buy it on its release in August ... if you can wait, it should also be available through your friendly local retail store a few weeks after the convention.

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Posted by Michelle Nephew
4/02/2007 05:59:00 PM
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