At Indiecon at the weekend I ran my first game of Dead of Night II, as I'm affectionately calling the second edition of my horror game. I watched the Host the other week, and whilst writing up my thoughts on how you'd run it as a game (which you can see here) it struck me how similar the basic premise and Tension circumstances were to Beowulf. I decided to see if I could run a monster movie in Dead of Night, based on a modern retelling of the saga of Beowulf.

Hi folks,

Finally managed to get sat down in front of a computer long enough to sum up my feelings about my first Indiecon. I had been to Conception a couple of times and was persuaded by Mr. Stokes that Indiecon would be right up my alley and a great place to get some playtesting in.

Gregor posted the sales figures for Indiecon in his live blogging thread, but I thought they deserved a thread of their own.

a|state 1
B-Movie 2
Cold City 2 (sold out)
Contenders 1
Duty & Honour 4
Hot War 4
Play Unsafe 2
Three Sixteen 11

What does everyone want to do at IndieCon, then? And when are you arriving?

Andy, Iain and I talked at Furnace, and thought playtesting might be in order. I have A Taste For Murder and Bleakworlds. Iain has Reel Adventures. Andy has Six Bollocks For Vengeance.

I may well arrive on Thursday. Will anyone else be there? If so, would you fancy a mini-playtesting day?

Thinking about the weekend generally, what would you like to play and run?