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Future Road Trip
July 25, 2025July 25, 2025by Ellie Coral

Future Road Trip

Panel 1: A screenshot of a website announcing the Board Game Academics Conference happening at The Strong National Museum of Play. Off-panel, Elllie says, 'Holy! This is in my wheelhouse!' - Panel 2: Ellie looks at her phone. 'Wait,' she says, 'Rochester... where is that exactly?' - Panel 3: A stylized map of the eastern coast of the United States shows the areas of Hampton Roads and Rochester, New York, highlighted in glowing gold. Hampton Roads is labeled Hereabouts and Rochester is labeled Thereabouts. To the left, the rest of the US is labeled The Rest Of This Can Be Left Alone. To the right, the ocean is labeled Ocean Here, Leave Alone. - Panel 4: Ellie stares in horror at her phone. Above her head, a caption done in glitchy aberration says 10+ Hours. In the background is a closeup of the Rochester area on Google Maps, complete with road work and accident indicators, done in a tasteful, nerve-wracking, bloody red tone. Ellie says, 'Well. Crap.' In the bottom right corner is a smaller caption that reads, Too far away for a homebody.

This conference takes place in October, so I have plenty of time to psyche myself up.

I’m having a harder time doing the same for a trip to Florida next month.

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