This is a new SF/fantasy/media convention near San Francisco. I'm going to be one of the Guests of Honor . . . and I'm bringing the Steampunk Chaos Machine! Right now I expect Malcolm Kudra, the most techinical of the Chaos Wranglers, to be there as well. This should be a very good iteration of the Machine.

I'm especially excited about two of my fellow GoHs:

• Howard Tayler, creator of Schlock Mercenary, one of my very favorite webcomics (and a fellow Chaos Machine fan, so I hope he gets the chance to do a bit of gadgeteering). I am very proud to call Howard a friend, and I'm grinning out loud right now because I'm going to get some actual random conversation time with him.

• Steven Brust, author of, among other things, the Vlad Taltos stories that started with Jhereg. Steven is one of the good guys, and I have not seen him for years, so I'm really looking forward to a bit of catching up.

Report-like stuff goes here.

SJ and the MIBs will demo Munchkin Apocalypse, Ogre, Revolution, and GURPS. Plus a panel Friday night about the Ogre Kickstarter.