Mike Shea

They helped, they got a hotel room for me and they helped get badges and everything for me. So keep that in mind. I got to put disclaimers all over the show. Thank you to all the nice people. Thank you in particular to Ron who ran the convention and Phil who brought us in for running a fantastic show. It was really, really fun. I had not been, I think it's only been around one time before.

They helped, they got a hotel room for me and they helped get badges and everything for me. So keep that in mind. I got to put disclaimers all over the show. Thank you to all the nice people. Thank you in particular to Ron who ran the convention and Phil who brought us in for running a fantastic show. It was really, really fun. I had not been, I think it's only been around one time before.

They helped, they got a hotel room for me and they helped get badges and everything for me. So keep that in mind. I got to put disclaimers all over the show. Thank you to all the nice people. Thank you in particular to Ron who ran the convention and Phil who brought us in for running a fantastic show. It was really, really fun. I had not been, I think it's only been around one time before.

They call it page two. So I presume that it was missed. Oh, hey, look, who's that? Is that Ron or Phil? That's Philly Gaming Expo is here. It says, good morning, Mike. Love having you. Great. What did you, who are you? Phil. Hey, Phil. Great. So Phil was here. So thank you, Phil, directly for inviting me to the show. It was absolutely fantastic.

They call it page two. So I presume that it was missed. Oh, hey, look, who's that? Is that Ron or Phil? That's Philly Gaming Expo is here. It says, good morning, Mike. Love having you. Great. What did you, who are you? Phil. Hey, Phil. Great. So Phil was here. So thank you, Phil, directly for inviting me to the show. It was absolutely fantastic.

They call it page two. So I presume that it was missed. Oh, hey, look, who's that? Is that Ron or Phil? That's Philly Gaming Expo is here. It says, good morning, Mike. Love having you. Great. What did you, who are you? Phil. Hey, Phil. Great. So Phil was here. So thank you, Phil, directly for inviting me to the show. It was absolutely fantastic.

And I want to talk about some of my experiences and hopefully share some useful tidbits with you that are also going to lead into my next little segment of the show. I get to play a bunch of different games and a bunch of games that I wanted to play. I got to play Crown and Skull, which is really fun. I played Castles and Crusades, which I'd never played before.

And I want to talk about some of my experiences and hopefully share some useful tidbits with you that are also going to lead into my next little segment of the show. I get to play a bunch of different games and a bunch of games that I wanted to play. I got to play Crown and Skull, which is really fun. I played Castles and Crusades, which I'd never played before.

And I want to talk about some of my experiences and hopefully share some useful tidbits with you that are also going to lead into my next little segment of the show. I get to play a bunch of different games and a bunch of games that I wanted to play. I got to play Crown and Skull, which is really fun. I played Castles and Crusades, which I'd never played before.

I ran a Shadow Dark game and I played in a Shadow Dark game and that was really good. And I played in my first 20th level D&D 2024 game. We're going to talk about that one in a minute. Phil, I have a funny story. So I also got a really cool Philadelphia area gaming expo t-shirt. And I was like, oh, that's cool. It's like a t-shirt with a mimic on it.

I ran a Shadow Dark game and I played in a Shadow Dark game and that was really good. And I played in my first 20th level D&D 2024 game. We're going to talk about that one in a minute. Phil, I have a funny story. So I also got a really cool Philadelphia area gaming expo t-shirt. And I was like, oh, that's cool. It's like a t-shirt with a mimic on it.

I ran a Shadow Dark game and I played in a Shadow Dark game and that was really good. And I played in my first 20th level D&D 2024 game. We're going to talk about that one in a minute. Phil, I have a funny story. So I also got a really cool Philadelphia area gaming expo t-shirt. And I was like, oh, that's cool. It's like a t-shirt with a mimic on it.

And it wasn't until my wife was wearing it after we got home. I go, oh, look, it's a cheesesteak mimic. I didn't realize that the mascot was a cheesesteak mimic. I mean, I must have seen that shirt 50 times. Clearly, I have some kind of issue looking at imagery because I didn't realize it was a cheesesteak mimic on the shirt. But I thought that was really cute.

And it wasn't until my wife was wearing it after we got home. I go, oh, look, it's a cheesesteak mimic. I didn't realize that the mascot was a cheesesteak mimic. I mean, I must have seen that shirt 50 times. Clearly, I have some kind of issue looking at imagery because I didn't realize it was a cheesesteak mimic on the shirt. But I thought that was really cute.

And it wasn't until my wife was wearing it after we got home. I go, oh, look, it's a cheesesteak mimic. I didn't realize that the mascot was a cheesesteak mimic. I mean, I must have seen that shirt 50 times. Clearly, I have some kind of issue looking at imagery because I didn't realize it was a cheesesteak mimic on the shirt. But I thought that was really cute.

So one of the things that I picked up from having been to other conventions where I played a lot of independent games is just how similar these games really are. And we get so bent out of shape about mechanics and talking about compatibility and talking about all this stuff. And there are definite differences.

So one of the things that I picked up from having been to other conventions where I played a lot of independent games is just how similar these games really are. And we get so bent out of shape about mechanics and talking about compatibility and talking about all this stuff. And there are definite differences.

So one of the things that I picked up from having been to other conventions where I played a lot of independent games is just how similar these games really are. And we get so bent out of shape about mechanics and talking about compatibility and talking about all this stuff. And there are definite differences.

Like if you play Shadow Dark and you play D&D 5e and you play Pathfinder 2, they definitely are different games, right? And maybe you throw in like a Powered by the Apocalypse game in there. You play Monsters of the Week. I think if you play like those games, there's definitely like a difference in them.

Like if you play Shadow Dark and you play D&D 5e and you play Pathfinder 2, they definitely are different games, right? And maybe you throw in like a Powered by the Apocalypse game in there. You play Monsters of the Week. I think if you play like those games, there's definitely like a difference in them.