[[A guard clad in ostentatious armor stands blocking three travelers from crossing a bridge.]]
Guard: HALT! None shall pass! To cross this bridge, you must answer my set of seventeen riddles.
[[The travelers seem bemused.]]
Guard: If you get more than five of them right, you earn the chance to try the remainder a second time.
Guard: If you get eight or more right in a row, that's a straight, and the total number that must be answered correctly drops from seventeen to sixteen.
Guard: This essentially gives you one free bonus point. You may use it to pass on any riddle or take back one incorrect answer.
Guard: This allows you to retry the incorrect riddle, and if you are correct, the bonus persists.
[[A banner with the text "AND SO" appears at the top of the page. It is now dark.]]
Guard: ...select a topical subgroup. Or, you may waive this choice, and earn a handicap of one-half point per triad of riddles.
Guard: Any questions on subgroups?
[[The view turns back to the travelers, who are now skeletons, long dead.]]
[[The guard squints his eyes in an expression of satisfaction.]]
Guard: None shall pass
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The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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