Delegate profile

Robert Paterson

Patman: the Roguelike Delegate. Likes dice, game ideas and the possibility of continuing alone after group collapse. Prefers his own room, rejects communal sofa-bed degradation, and can drop a line like 'If he dies, he dies'.

Trips: 7
Recent posts: 0

Trips attended

2026 / Yerevan, Armenia
The next official matter before the General Secretariat: mountains, monasteries, brandy, border ambiguity, and enough Caucasus energy to restore institutional morale.
2025 / Oslo, Norway and Longyearbyen, Svalbard
The Arctic edition: seed vault mythology, Pyramiden, Barentsburg, polar-bear-adjacent caution, and the northernmost version of almost everything.
2024 / Sarajevo and Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A Bosnia conference with real historical weight, mountain roads, Ottoman bridges, concrete textures, and enough weather risk to satisfy the movement.
2019 / Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan
The Uzbekistan edition paired Silk Road architecture with plov, trains, courtyards, and a more beautiful form of bleakness than the word usually suggests.
2007 / Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest added grand boulevards, huge buildings, post-communist texture, and early confidence that this annual habit had a specific flavour.
2006 / Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius continued the Baltic opening era with old-town streets, cold-weather credibility, and the beginnings of ICOM as a repeat institution.
2005 / Riga, Latvia
The opening entry in the institutional record. Riga begins the sequence that later becomes delegates, sanctions, white smoke, and the annual avoidance of normal holidays.