Fantasy writing and board games of Gen Con 2016: Game/Life Balance U.S. Podcast Ep. 025

Summary: Cody and Jon discuss the fantasy writing workshops, board games, and other geek culture they experienced at the world’s largest gaming convention: Gen Con 2016!<br> <br> Show Notes:<br> <br> * Jon and Cody discuss sharing a hotel room with 12 adult dudes, and how whiskey pouring can complicate sleep sometimes<br> * Cody gives a high-level overview of the writing seminars offered at Gen Con 2016, some of the interesting takeaways from the authors on the panels he attended, and a little background about his writing interests and his first foray into writing a fantasy novel<br> * Jon describes the huge difference between staying at a hotel directly connected to the Indiana Convention Center and staying at a hotel further away during Gen Con<br> * Some of their favorite board games played at Gen Con 2016 were Eldritch Horror, Legends of Andor, and Seasons<br> * Just as Cody and Jon start to pivot to another subject after their Gen Con 2016 talk, A GAME/LIFE BALANCE U.S. FIRST OCCURS! You won’t want to miss this UNIQUE YET CLICK-BAITY EVENT that, like an RKO, came outta nowhere!<br> * Cody plugs <a href="http://bitbashchicago.com/" target="_blank">BitBash</a>, the indie video game festival that he’s going to attend yet again this year, which you can follow on his Instagram feed at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/codygough/" target="_blank">Instagram.com/CodyGough</a><br> * Learn how to connect with us on the <a href="http://gonnageek.com" target="_blank">GonnaGeek Network</a>, syndication on <a href="http://wgnplus.com/category/gamelife-balance-u-s/" target="_blank">WGN Plus</a>, our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/unqualifiedpodcast" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, and more!<br> * Podcast theme song intro/outro credit: ‘<a href="http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01730" target="_blank">Subterranean Kamikaze</a>‘ by <a href="http://ocremix.org/artist/4685/sixto-sounds" target="_blank">Sixto Sounds</a>,<a href="http://ocremix.org/artist/4628/zircon" target="_blank">zircon</a>, via OverClocked ReMix (<a class="external free" href="http://ocremix.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ocremix.org</a>)<br> * Game/Life Balance AUS official web site: <a href="http://bit.ly/GLBAustralia" target="_blank">http://www.gamelifebalanceaustralia.com</a><br> <br>