Holmes Basic & friends, from the collection of Bill Meinhardt(stratochamp on the Acaeum).

Holmes Basic & friends, from the collection of Bill Meinhardt (stratochamp on the Acaeum). Photo posted by Luke Gygax to the Gary Con group on FB. The Basic set is in shrink and there's a full shot of it in my Gary Con IX photos. #garycon #gcix

David Wesely running one of his Braunstein scenarios, a pre-D&DRPG. #garycon #gcix

David Wesely running one of his Braunstein scenarios, a pre-D&D RPG. #garycon #gcix

Tom Wham explaining his Dragon Lairds card game earlier thismorning. #garycon #gcix

Tom Wham explaining his Dragon Lairds card game earlier this morning. #garycon #gcix

The forces of Law. Our wizard is currently invisible. Figure byElastolin. #garycon #gcix

The forces of Law. Our wizard is currently invisible. Figure by Elastolin. #garycon #gcix

Chainmail with Paul Stormberg. The scenario is Battle of the BrownHills by Gygax. #garycon #gcix

Chainmail with Paul Stormberg. The scenario is Battle of the Brown Hills by Gygax. #garycon #gcix

Currently at Gary Con Charity Auction for Jim Ward.

Currently at Gary Con Charity Auction for Jim Ward. This pic shows Frank Mentzer in action on one of the auctions. #garycon #gcix

David Megarry showing us his original prototype board for Dungeon.

David Megarry showing us his original prototype board for Dungeon. Afterwards we played the game using 1st edition prints of the game. My Wizard lost badly. #garycon #gcix

First game of the day.

First game of the day. Orc's Drift, a Chainmail scenario run by Kevin Cabai. My first ever game of Chainmail. #garycon #gcix

The Lake of Unknown Depths...

The Lake of Unknown Depths...
My first view of the actual Lake Geneva. This is right next to the library. Most beautiful setting for a public library I've ever seen #garycon #gcix

My first Garycon game was playtesting the new version of Top Secretwith Merle Rasmussen, who designed the original.

My first Garycon game was playtesting the new version of Top Secret with Merle Rasmussen, who designed the original. To start the game, he gave us each a bag of Legos to build a Pre-Egyptian ruin, which he then connected to a central building he had prebuilt. #garycon #gcix

Just pulled into Lake Geneva, got lost looking for Starbucks, pulledover and realized I was in the same block as...

Just pulled into Lake Geneva, got lost looking for Starbucks, pulled over and realized I was in the same block as the old Gygax house, 330 Center St. This where Castle Greyhawk was first explored. #garycon #gcix