...is always a little stressful. Am I going to forget anything? Do I have all the books I need? Probably not... My dice? The right minis? Too many minis? The right clothes?

Also annoying: forgetting to cast Magic Circle against Evil before going into combat with a master Bard, and getting Dominated in the first round... being told to stand down for the entire fight means the run's over, go home. But at least it turned into more packing time :)

I was even looking at the spell on my list right beforehand, wondering "do I have time to get this off?" The answer, apparently, became 'no'.