{"id":435,"date":"2014-08-15T08:03:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T12:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?p=435"},"modified":"2014-08-15T08:03:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T12:03:25","slug":"blurb-gen-con-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Blurb &#8211; Gen Con First Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of awesome pictures were taken at Gen Con\u00a02014\u00a0first day! I have compiled a few of what caught my eye!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-435 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=446'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/WizardsCastle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-446\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-446'>\n\t\t\t\tWizards of the Coast Castle\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=438'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Drizzt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-438\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-438'>\n\t\t\t\tDrizzt\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=437'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Dice-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-437\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-437'>\n\t\t\t\tNeed I even say it?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=436'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Cardhalla-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-436\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-436'>\n\t\t\t\tCardhalla Charity!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=440'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/GeeksandSundry-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-440\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-440'>\n\t\t\t\tGeek &#038; Sundry\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=439'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Games-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-439\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-439'>\n\t\t\t\tGames oh so many!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=441'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Gloom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-441\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-441'>\n\t\t\t\tGloom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=444'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/PrivateerPressLine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-444\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-444'>\n\t\t\t\tPrivateer Press Line\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=445'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SalvatoreandGreenwood-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-445\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-445'>\n\t\t\t\tSalvatore &#038; Greenwood\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/?attachment_id=442'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/MonteCookGames-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-442\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-442'>\n\t\t\t\tMonte Cook\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Oh and if you forgot\u00a0head over to\u00a0<a title=\"Anti Gen Con\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geeknative.com\/47232\/feeling-missing-gencon-virtually-visit-anti-gencon-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.geeknative.com<\/a>\u00a0and learn about Anti Gen Con. It is pretty awesome\u00a0idea allowing those of us stuck at home to connect to other gamers on Gen Con weekend.\u00a0You can also win great prizes in the <a title=\"Gen Cant Contest\" href=\"http:\/\/gencant.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/13\/gencant2014-contest-details\/\" target=\"_blank\">GenCant2014<\/a> contest!<\/p>\n<p>In the words of Wil Wheaton! &#8220;Play More Games!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of awesome pictures were taken at Gen Con\u00a02014\u00a0first day! I have compiled a few of what caught my eye! Oh and if you forgot\u00a0head over to\u00a0www.geeknative.com\u00a0and learn about Anti Gen Con. It is pretty awesome\u00a0idea allowing those of us stuck at home to connect to other gamers on Gen Con weekend.\u00a0You can also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,5,14,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurb","category-games","category-rpg","category-tabletop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449,"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/talkingnerdy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}