Verner Entrekin
Celebrating tabletop games, great stories, and the geek culture that brings us together. A lifelong geek’s adventures in tabletop gaming, science fiction, fantasy, and fandom.
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A Forty-Year Journey to Gen Con
Some trips take months to plan. This one has been over forty years in the making. Ever since I was a kid in the 1980s, I've wanted to go to Gen Con. Back then, I'd pore over the pages of Dragon magazine, dreaming about all the games I wanted to play and lingering over...
Who Am I
I’m a lifelong gamer, Game Master, reader, and unapologetic geek who has been exploring fantasy and science fiction since the early days of Dungeons & Dragons in the 1980s. I love tabletop RPGs, board games, speculative fiction, conventions, and the communities that grow around shared stories.
As a Game Master, I believe the best adventures are collaborative, with players helping shape the narrative as much as the person behind the screen. Whether I’m running Dungeon Crawl Classics, Call of Cthulhu, Shadowdark, or introducing friends to a new board game, I’m always looking for memorable stories and meaningful moments around the table.
Here you’ll find discussions about games, books, movies, television, convention adventures, Game Master tips, and whatever other corner of geek culture has captured my attention. My goal is simple: celebrate great storytelling, spark interesting conversations, and help people discover something new to love.
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