My 70th Birthday Present (from Myself)

Ah, that's fun when you get to meet designers.

@Cadet Stimpy $322/night for the hotel? Argh.

A nice gesture from the Rocket Fizz manager!

And hopefully Moonshine Empire will receive your famous Cadet Stimpy's 'I like it' seal of approval!

@Zerbique Definitely "Argh!" on the hotel fee. It was 'connected' to the Convention Center, so you didn't have to actually go outside to get there. The Convention Center was big! Over 566,000 sq/ft (52,600 sq/m). Here's the main hallway, early-on, well before things were hoppin'.

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@Cadet Stimpy Moonshine empire? Ok, that sounds entriguing!

Thanks, Athena! Crap, I'm replying to these backwards. I shoulda started here and gone up. Anyway, there was a large eBay 'booth'. "So what?", you say. Black Lotus card, that's what!

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Sorry for the poor lighting, but I was shooting outside of a glass case.

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They (eBay) had one other Black Lotus card before, and at auction, they said it sold for $650,000 (€554,795/C$832,585/£475,111)! They think this one will fetch the same amount.

Thanks, Bro! 😀 Cheers (hopefully at Moe's)!

Thanks, JW! Okay, here's the first pic - the cover of the "Program" (about 90 pages (lots of ads)). Artist: Naomi Vandoren (on her business card, under her name, it said, "artist, storyteller, nomad."). According to her assistant, Gen Con approached Naomi about doing the Cover Art.

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Lots of eye-catching signs and pictures:

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@Cadet Stimpy Wow, I really like that Program cover! If they were to make a board game with that art, it would be hard not to back it!

@Zerbique I really liked it, too.

Thanks, Z! My oldest daughter is over 50% older than you. 😀

Thanks, Derek!