Blog Entry

April 29, 2007

(PDR) Finally back from a few days in Las Vegas for GAMA Trade Show (GTS). This was our second year setting up at the show and we had a great time. Met lots of new retailers, and re-acquainted ourselves with others.

Had a great show hanging out with Greg from Big League Manager, Greg & Tim from XIG and Doug from Funmaker Games (makers of Mimic). Among the highlights were watching the Canucks-Ducks game at the ESPN Zone, taking a ride on the Manhattan Express roller-coaster – both at the New York, New York Hotel/Casino – and catching Game 1 of the Sens-Devils series at the Mirage Casino sports book (which just so happened to be one of the last sports books on the strip that still provides complimentary adult beverages – sweet!). There was a decent little Ottawa contingent on hand, including our Ottawa native/Vegas realtor buddy Dave.

Special thanks to the XIG boys for bringing along the nearly-world famous Human Slot Machine. Helluva way to draw a crowd. Looking forward to doing it all again at Origins.

Caught the red eye (12:00AM PT) home from Vegas, but we had a layover in Winnipeg (not exactly the best airport I’ve ever been to, by the way). Couple of our bags didn’t make it on the plane either. Anyway, finally got home at about 12:30PM ET and slept for the rest of the day. Bags were delivered the following afternoon, by the way.