Flashback Convention Report - Spiel 2003

I recently read about Rick Thornquist's creation of Terminal City Gamers' website and The Game Wire in Counter Magazine, which was eventually to become the Board Game News blog that was taken over by our own W. Eric Martin. I always enjoyed Rick's Spiel reports, and I asked him if I could repost the content of those blogs for others to enjoy - thank you Rick for graciously allowing me to repost these reports. Here is Rick's report from Spiel 2003 in its entirety.
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