I actually had a vision of a hall with branching tables. Of course the tables would need to be based on triangular patterns, to fit the basically rhombus shape of the boards, like these:
Actually, I was just thinking that it would be interesting to have a single game with multiple islands and some (possibly costly) way for spirits to jump their presence from one island to the next.
That sounds a little more practical. You wouldn't necessarily have to coordinate all the tables.
checks if there's any difficult terrain between Dallas and St Louis, like mountains or deserts or big lakes or anything - nope, fine
Well, that's do-able. ~665 miles, 9 days 3 hours of continuous walking. I don't need to sleep or rest, right? I can sleep when I get to St Louis - the >GTG guys won't even notice me bedding down in a box of Mr Chomps plushies, and I can sustain myself on leftover Taco Bell office lunches and sneaky sips of Christopher's Ardbeg, stolen after everyone's gone home for the night.
I totally didn't "walk" the route via Google Maps.* Oh my goodness, I know I should be grateful for my BGG.CON trip, but my only regret is that I won't get to see anything more of the country than Dallas Fort Worth airport and a bit of Dallas. I continue to curse my lack of money.
Woo, this whole thread has sprung up since I last logged on yesterday :D. I'm interested - it's been ages since the last >G Kickstarter so I've forgotten. What do I do, back the Kickstarter and add a note saying it needs to be sent to Mezike rather than me or something?
I mostly agree about Arkansas, but the Ozarks are rather pretty. Much of the rest of your trip would likely be through the plains, which are called that for a reason. (You are aware of the Annals of Improbable Research study from a decade or so ago demonstrating that "Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake" right?)
If you were going to be here a month or two earlier than you really are, I'd endorse trying to go to what is often referred to as northern lower Michigan. The stretch between Traverse City and the Mackinac Bridge is some of the most beautiful country I've ever been privileged to witness, especially when the fall colors are in full swing. I've been to more of the country than many citizens of the US, so I think I come by that opinion honestly, although I am perhaps biased from having grown up farther south in Michigan. (The official forecasts for this year are peak colors the weekends of 10/10 and 17/10.)
