The Culture: Dunder Moose Does The ArneCon Post-Mortem

Last night Dunder did another panel show.

For your convenience, here's the Kickstarter page link.

This turned out to be a nice small convention. I should pay attention to the con's page to see about going next year since it was so close that I may be able to commute.

I concur with the comments of the merits for a small convention, especially for creatives, as it permits real-life contact with friends, associates, and colleagues that larger conventions--often far more oriented towards the business side of the hobby--do not; this mirrors comments I've heard from professional and semi-pro creatives in adjacent entertainment media (and my own experience).

This is the sort of convention that is for the hobby, not the big corporate ones. (Mostly) local hobbyists assembling to partake in events that otherwise are impractical; this is a good way to link up local or regional Clubhouses on a regular (if not frequent) basis while allowing for far-traveling hobbyists to play the role of the foreign merchant from that exotic Elsewhere. It was how Car Wars did its annual tournament series: from Clubhouse champion to regionals to The Big Show at GenCon.

I maintain that the future of the hobby is to return to a non-commercial basis. Small conventions play into that. Consider this.