As I understand it, this GenCon will feature the launch of D&D Next.

Anyone planning on going?

I am on the fence. I'd love to attend the 5E release. But I'm pretty sure none of my group will be up to it and I have no idea if people on here are going. Would be a good excuse to meet Ahtman, however, who I believe lives close enough to "casually" attend. Alfndrate, how about you? Anybody else?

I imagine I will be going in some capacity, what with it being in my backyard. This may be the year I actually register for events early *gasp*.

This is usually in the midwest somewhere? Not that it matters, my ability to travel is basically nonexistant at this point.

 streamdragon wrote:
This is usually in the midwest somewhere? Not that it matters, my ability to travel is basically nonexistant at this point.

Gencon is always in the same place: Indianapolis.

I'm going. My wife wants to do the Catan tourneys, I'm going to try to snatch up the third IKRPG book and play a bunch of Iron Arena, maybe try and get in on the Who's The Boss and Tiers for Fears events.

I will at least be attending Friday through Saturday.

 kronk wrote:
I will at least be attending Friday through Saturday.

Excellent. That narrows down the timeline for when we begin The Hunt.

I was going to recommend a Dakka meetup, but on second thoughts...

Yep, my best friend and I decided to make the pilgrimage in honor of DnD Next., even though we never progressed past AD&D 2E.

Even booked my flight and got a room already.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 streamdragon wrote:
This is usually in the midwest somewhere? Not that it matters, my ability to travel is basically nonexistant at this point.

Gencon is always in the same place: Indianapolis.

Ah, right! I knew it was always in the same place but couldn't think of exactly where.

My wife and I are attending.. I will probably be running mini demos and she will (possibly) be in the board game area..

 Ahtman wrote:
I imagine I will be going in some capacity, what with it being in my backyard.

Well my good fellow, I will see you there. We should coordinate some RPGing.

And then ... (carefully avoids looking in Kronk's direction) ... The Hunt shall begin.

any 40K stuff at gencon? I am tempted to make the trip up from Louisville

The only official presence I'd bank on is FFG hocking the 40k RPGs, especially Dark Heresy 2E, and 40k-themed boardgames such as Relic. GW does not attend this or any independent convention. There have been 40k tourneys there in the past, I'm told, and people sell 40k stuff including custom terrain.

 Manchu wrote:
The only official presence I'd bank on is FFG hocking the 40k RPGs, especially Dark Heresy 2E, and 40k-themed boardgames such as Relic. GW does not attend this or any independent convention. There have been 40k tourneys there in the past, I'm told, and people sell 40k stuff including custom terrain.

I guess I could leave stuff in the car or the room, not sure how I would feel about it, but I do like custom stuff. I will give this more thought, I got a ton of Amtgard bros who do a big demo here yearly.

I don't know if you want to go to GenCon on the strength of the 40k scene. Ahtman, who is also posting ITT, will be able to tell you more as he has actually been before.

Kavik_Whitescar wrote:
any 40K stuff at gencon? I am tempted to make the trip up from Louisville

GW has had a booth the last 2 years. They sold the LE black library compilation books, some forge world models, and all of the IA books. Last year they also brought of their super heavy stuff (new necron thingy, + other stuff) as it wasn't long after the Apocalypse release.

I don't recall there being any big names (authors, designers, artists, whatever). I would have recognized Alan Bligh, for example.

My club (40kOrigins) sent 2 guys to GenCon last year to run "Intro to 40k" style games in the hall..

They got sold out and overwhelmed with requests to run more, with the result that a couple more people might go this year (like me)..

We won't be running a tournament, but might run some of our "mission specific" events with all miniatures provided, as well as the "Learn to play" events..

-Porkuslime

That's pretty cool, Porkus!

 streamdragon wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:

 streamdragon wrote:
This is usually in the midwest somewhere? Not that it matters, my ability to travel is basically nonexistant at this point.

Gencon is always in the same place: Indianapolis.

Ah, right! I knew it was always in the same place but couldn't think of exactly where.

Well, it used to be in WIsconsin, but that was years ago. From what I've heard, Indianapolis has been much cooler to the event. Local businesses prepare and are ready fro the crowds of gamers.

I'll be attending, most likely with friends this year so time at the DP9 booth will be limited, especially compared to last year when I worked the show.


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Kavik_Whitescar wrote:
any 40K stuff at gencon? I am tempted to make the trip up from Louisville

As has been said, GW does run a booth under the Black Library and Forge World banner. I've heard FW supply is limited, so if you want something from them, get it the morning of the first day.

Event-wise there's a huge minis hall. I don't remember seeing a lot of 40k stuff going on, but there's certainly room for it if someone wanted to organize something.

Someone in my Pathfinder group goes every year. He runs a Pathfinder Society thing I believe. I won't be going personally.

Pathfinder Society is ALL over the place. Huge showing at GenCon.

I would really like to go but definitely can't afford it! I look forward to hearing about it from those of you who go though- especially interested in the new D'n'D edition!

Wow getting a hotel this afternoon was super stressful.

It always is. They need to improve that part.

We got our 2 room block at the Hilton.

I'll be taking the red route shuttle. :C

I had booked a room directly with Hyatt the day they became available (late-Aug I believe). Went in today in hopes of seeing if I could get a better deal.

Tried getting in at noon and it took 5 minutes for me to even get into the waiting room. 45 minutes of the waiting room and by the time I could even check, closest hotels with availability for Fri-Sun were about 10 miles out. On the bright side, the Gencon rate for the Hyatt was only a couple bucks different than what I had booked.

As has already been stated GW doesn't have much of an official presence but BL and FW tend to have a little booth. There is usually at least one decent sized tournament going on and other little events that sell out quickly as well. I don't recall much in the way of Fantasy, but 40k is certainly present. Privateer Press has filled the vacuum and has a big presence at GenCon with Warmachine and Hordes. There is a restaurant around the corner from the convention hall that has a special Warmahordes themed menu every year. At lunch time they have been blocking off the road next to the convention center and lining it with food trucks of all types, so you don't need to go far to eat.

I'm hoping to partake in any Next festivities and get some Hackmaster (newest edition) in.

 Manchu wrote:
Wow getting a hotel this afternoon was super stressful.

Yeah, we had multiple people trying to get a room and it did not go well. Ended up with four rooms at three different hotels scattered over the area, and not particularly convenient.

It was very annoying as there was a lot of rooms unavailable after 2-3 minutes with all the Friday reservations tied up for some reason.

So what do you guys usually do all day?

 Manchu wrote:
So what do you guys usually do all day?

Last time I went, I ran demos for Rackham all day.

We made our reservation a couple weeks ago with a hotel a few minutes out because they have a government employee rate.

 Manchu wrote:
So what do you guys usually do all day?

Lots of gak, but my reasons for going has changed over the years.

2003?-2007?, Played HackMaster RPG tournaments as a member of the HMPA. Decided that spending 3 days playing 1 thing was a drag and stopped doing that.

2008-present: spend time in the Dealers room playing demo games. Usually buy 1 or 2 new board games.

2012: Attended FFG's In-Flight report seminar for what's coming out from them in the next year. 2013 sold out in 2 hours, so I couldn't go and do my report again. You can find my 2012 somewhere here or in the DCM area. Also to meet the peeps working on their projects.

2012-2013: Attend the Paizo seminar for upcoming Pathfinder and other releases. Also to meet the peeps working on their projects.

2012-2013: Drop about $150 at the Forgeworld/GW booth.

2003-present: play a bunch of fething board games and/or RPGs all night, every night in our Hotel.

2004-2011: Play 10-20 person Nuclear War with buddies and buddies of buddies that have moved away over the years but meet up at GenCon.

2004-present: Reaper Miniatures Speed Painting event: I never progress pass the first round, but at least I finished my mini the last 3 times!

Also: Booth babes.

 Manchu wrote:
So what do you guys usually do all day?

I've gone a couple times as primarily a 'friends' trip, and once as a 'work' trip.

For the work trips, I expect to be doing something 'work' related for the majority of the day, but there's some time to grab stuff from other booths at the hall and such. There's some early morning and late afternoon weirdness with moving stuff around for events and such, but really the 'work' part is done by around 6 or so. Bigger companies certainly have more events in the evening, btu I'm pretty much toast after doing demos for most of an 8 hour shift. We did grab 3/4 of the BT Pods for an hour one evening, which was awesome.

For the friend trips it's a bit more loose and social of course. My group finds that scheduling more than one game in the morning, one in the afternoon is about the most you can do unless they're short events. There's a lot of stuff to see and do between scheduled games and such.The exhibit hall is gigantic, and there's stuff to buy (ranging from new 'hot' games (X-Wing was the big one last year I believe) to some people selling D&D modules from the 80s.), demos at many booths, stuff to gawk at, etc.

There's some 'scavenger hunt' type events you can play. One or two cards you need to get punched at various booths, and a big puzzle-hunt event all over the convention center. never done these personally.

If I go this year* I am definitely interested in looking at some evening activities and want to check out the seminar/lecture type events offered that I've never really looked into. We had a lot of fun two years ago playing Artemis (a Star Trek-style starship bridge simulator computer game for 6 players) with the neat setup they have there, and might do more RPG-style events than previous.

* My groups plans are currently in flux as housing was weird yesterday, and we ended up with four rooms scattered over three hotels, most of which are nowhere near the convention center.

Also: lots of nice restaurants in the area. The convention center is in walking distance of a lot of interesting places. If you want to drop some $$$, St. Elmo's Steak House is one of the best eateries you'll ever visit. Bucco de Beppo is a fun Italian place where you order 2-3 dishes and everyone shares.

The Ram has good beer and usually has a gamer themed menu (or I'm thinking of something else).

I may be attending. Two years ago, I whored myself out to Wyrd by running demos all Saturday to attend the show, and then last year I went with On the Lamb Games. So I've yet to actually "purchase" a badge for myself . I haven't talked to my buddy yet, but we are probably going, and if we can convince 2 more people to go with us this year, it'll make everything cheaper simply because our hotel costs will be split 4 ways instead of 2.

Also if you go this year, I won't have to visit the WizKids booth for Star Trek Attack Wing

 kronk wrote:
The Ram has good beer and usually has a gamer themed menu (or I'm thinking of something else).

Ram is OK... Very Warmachine-themed. I thought it was, perhaps, a bit overrated from what I heard. Lots of good restaurants around, though.

I am going this year! But if you're there, maybe I'll still have you go to the WizKidz booth for me. I can't be seen around that mess!

As far as gaming goes, I'm interested in RPGs over board games. I am wondering if you guys know who's games are worth getting into, for example.

Similarly, what kind of lectures/events are worth attending. FFG's In Flight deal is a good example but there are also non-commercial workshops &etc.

 Manchu wrote:

Similarly, what kind of lectures/events are worth attending. FFG's In Flight deal is a good example but there are also non-commercial workshops &etc.

What are you interested in? I've attended seminars on painting (excellent), terrain modeling (good), and GMing for Pathfinder (lame).

My old group plays Pathfinder RPGs. I'm still looking for a group to get into that with, now that I'm in Northern IL. I'm going to try to get into a Deathwatch RPG this year, just to see what it's like. They sell out the first week.

There are workshops on writing for RPGs, modeling miniatures, and so on. There are hundreds of seminars, man.

Yeah, I was looking at the events catalogue from 2013 and it was pretty overwhelming. Not so much because of all the topics covered but more because I think the topic is not so determinative as the person involved. I'm not interested in attending a lame panel on DMing but I am interested in attending a thoughtful panel on DMing. I just don't know who's who in that world.

The Dakkanauts attending should get together for a RPG session. I would be happy to run any edition of D&D (including PF and retroclones), CoC, or even something like Paranoia.

I also don't know who is good and who is lame, sadly. You just find something you're interested in, there is usually a bio on the presenter, and go for it!

I wouldn't be against attending a dakkanaught session, but I'm usually pretty booked with my own group.

Edit: The Pathfinder seminar was lame because it was Pathfinder Society only, and not general Pathfinder GMing. It was how to keep the pacing up in a Pathfinder Society session, how to keep track of gak the society cares about, how to advertise for PS events, and so on. Nothing I give a darn about...

 Manchu wrote:
I am going this year! But if you're there, maybe I'll still have you go to the WizKidz booth for me. I can't be seen around that mess!

As far as gaming goes, I'm interested in RPGs over board games. I am wondering if you guys know who's games are worth getting into, for example.

Similarly, what kind of lectures/events are worth attending. FFG's In Flight deal is a good example but there are also non-commercial workshops &etc.

I've seen some good and bad events.

Two years ago we did a D&DNext preview that was interesting, but underwhelming. Also a bit weird as I'm not sure the extent to which it was a 'playtest' of value to anyone, or even how much it represents the actual game to be released this year... We had a fill-in player who was already familiar with a lot of the released material and I think went for a deliberately 'broken' character class for whatever reason (The Sorcerer was known to be very powerful at that point in time.) while my gang went for 'fun, iconic' characters. (Can you get more stereotypical than a Halfling Thief, a Dwarf Fighter, a Human Cleric, and an Elf @Wizard, as I remember?). Still a good event... WotC and the RPGA usually run events in several ballrooms where you can play a brief combat-heavy scenario (a 'Tournament' module) as well as other events. If you like D&D, it's worth checking out, and I expect this year they'll be in overdrive due to the D&DNext release.

Demos of upcoming games can be risky. If it's pretty finished you might get a chance, but if it's in beta you might see something pretty rough. On the plus side, the game's developer might be running it.

We did a 'Drunken D&D' event a few years ago that was amusing, but not really D&D. I think the guys running it might have been asked not to run it again.

Some friends had a great time with a sort of LARP group called Terrorworx that does airsoft-based scenarios inspired by zombies and aliens. I think they canceled and may have some people working under a different name.

I've heard that Tracey Hickman's Killer Breakfast is a great event, if you can get into it.

Thinking about it, I've only played few RPG sessions at Gen Con... Probably because I'm mostly into longer RPG campaigns. I'd like to do some if I go this year, though.

Terror works was fun as hell. We did that in 2011 and 2012. They weren't there in 2013. Sad.

The Live D&D Dungeon Crawl thingy is fun, once. After the second year, we were all bored with it. Also, the DMs in the rooms can make or break it. We had so many frustrating encounters where we weren't given enough information or a gakky description that we said "feth this noise, especially after paying $12 a person" or whatever the price is.

 kronk wrote:
Terror works was fun as hell. We did that in 2011 and 2012. They weren't there in 2013. Sad.

My friends had a great time with them, and I kind of regret not doing their events when I had a chance. I think I heard some of their crew had job-related issues that made it impossible to go for a year or two... Not sure if these have been worked out.

I know some people that love the True Dungeon and do it multiple times a year. I might do it once if I go this year, but I can't see paying or enjoying running ti multiple times.

True Dungeon! Thanks for the name! If you have never done it, I do recommend it. However, I found the replay value to be wanting, as I mentioned before.

Terror works was great! I was the CEO both times. I have being a bossy jerk down pat! "Shield me, minion! I hired you to catch bullets and shine my boots, so pick one and get after it!"

Tracy Hickman's Killer Breakfast is a lot of fun, but as stated, can be pretty tough to get into.

Last year I wasn't sure if I was going to make it and got a pass at the last minute so it was mostly seminars, wandering the showroom floors, and meeting friends at restaurants. Still had a good time.

My friends and I usually go every year. The dealer hall always steals the show, it's overwhelming.

Indy is a great city with fantastic food and lodging. I really can't brag on it enough.

I will say this though True Dungeon was my biggest waste of time and money on the trip. Their combat system makes no sense even on 18s and 19s on their shuffle board you will hurt nothing, and if you get killed off in the first room like I was you just get to stand in the corner and not do anything until they let you out. So yeah, if you're lucky you'll get your money's worth, if not, prepare to stand around not doing much while you fume over that $60 bucks you'll never see again.

I'd say sign up for a bunch of other events and avoid the sinkhole of True Dungeon.

Seconding the True Waste of Money experience. I believe if they ran smaller groups things would be more enjoyable. Having 10 people line up at a shuffle board, and then only five get to shoot sucks.

Dealer hall in the morning, events in the evening is usually my thing. Thursday is dedicated solely to the Dealer Hall. I've had good experience with painting and terrain making classes. Sadly the one I enjoyed most didn't make it last year(Blood and something something).

They are constantly running magic drafts and win-a-box tournaments if you're into that. I hear the 12-6am ones are usually the best ones. Also they are running demos for many other card games didn't the day. Netrunner is a good one.

Badge bought, rooms reserved, flights booked.

Blimey, I guess this is really happening.

have fun! My group is cancelling as our rooms were split over so many hotels and were lousy. I might attend if the guys at DP9 need people, but I might just skip and save the cash.

Perhaps a meeting of some sort is in order. We can all bring 500 points of 40k (or something like that) and play a Dakka game one evening. I'll have Myth if anyone wants to play and willing to join up for any RP events like a D&D Next game. I want to get some modelling events in, but outside of that I am up for just about anything.

I'm going. On the Lamb is going but no booth, so I'm going to have fun this year

 Ahtman wrote:
Perhaps a meeting of some sort is in order. We can all bring 500 points of 40k (or something like that) and play a Dakka game one evening. I'll have Myth if anyone wants to play and willing to join up for any RP events like a D&D Next game. I want to get some modelling events in, but outside of that I am up for just about anything.

I would be down! It would be fun meeting some people from Dakka.

Kill Teams seems like an appropriate 40k game for a dakka meet-up. Not asking anyone to bring a whole lot, and it would still be convenient to carry around.

Alfndrate wrote:I'm going. On the Lamb is going but no booth, so I'm going to have fun this year

I'll track you guys down and force you to give me a demo so I can get the rules down better.

Ahtman wrote:Perhaps a meeting of some sort is in order. We can all bring 500 points of 40k (or something like that) and play a Dakka game one evening. I'll have Myth if anyone wants to play and willing to join up for any RP events like a D&D Next game. I want to get some modelling events in, but outside of that I am up for just about anything.

Between 150 points of Warmachine, some Brushfire stuff, and some Magic decks, I've no room for 40K.

Also, I don't play that anymore.

I'd still love a Dakka meetup, though.

 Alfndrate wrote:
I'm going. On the Lamb is going but no booth, so I'm going to have fun this year

If you want to work I can make that happen.

I'll be working for either CMoN or thewarstore during the day, and getting drunk, eating food, and smoking cigars at Nicky Blaine's at night.

Canceled my crappy room today, so it'll be up for anyone on the wait list that wants it. :( I'm hoping to go in 2015, but probably skipping this year.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
I'm going. On the Lamb is going but no booth, so I'm going to have fun this year

If you want to work I can make that happen.

I'll be working for either CMoN or thewarstore during the day, and getting drunk, eating food, and smoking cigars at Nicky Blaine's at night.

Usually I work so I can get a free badge, but if my hotel costs are taken care of already (they are if I crash with the rest of OTL), then my 'costs' are 70 bucks and gas too and from the show. So I'll pass on working this year

Also Platuan4th, I might be persuaded to bring my Brushfire models with me, by then I might have enough models for the "Last Ride of the Lem Han" or (Bugs eat lemmings riding chickens).

 Ahtman wrote:
Perhaps a meeting of some sort is in order. We can all bring 500 points of 40k (or something like that) and play a Dakka game one evening. I'll have Myth if anyone wants to play and willing to join up for any RP events like a D&D Next game. I want to get some modelling events in, but outside of that I am up for just about anything.

I'd be up for 500 points of 40k. Split into 2 sides, or break up into a few doubles games, depending on # of people?

I'll be trying to slip into some of the 40k RPG games, but those sell out day 1. At least, they have the last 2 years. I'd really like to try Deathwatch.

GenCon Dealers Room Map is up: http://images.gencon.com/GenCon2014-ExhibitHallmapwithlinks.pdf

I'm not sure if you can look at it if you're not logged in.

What's interesting is that I don't see WotC on this map. Do they have their own hall somewhere this year? Did they last year? I always remember them taking up a bunch of room in the dealer's hall. Odd if they've moved elsewhere. Or am I blind and not seeing it?

They take up most of their own hall now. The magic section has it's own store, and I believe the D&D section has it's own store as well. With fifth debuting this year, maybe they'll pull some of the crowd away from the main dealer hall. Make it much easier to grab FFG's Conquest.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
They take up most of their own hall now. The magic section has it's own store, and I believe the D&D section has it's own store as well. With fifth debuting this year, maybe they'll pull some of the crowd away from the main dealer hall. Make it much easier to grab FFG's Conquest.

Having their own hall makes a lot of sense, and I hope it works out for them! They are a huge sponsor, after all.

I'm also happy to see that the main dealer's room is still full despite WotC moving out!

Palladium. Zing!

 kronk wrote:
GenCon Dealers Room Map is up: http://images.gencon.com/GenCon2014-ExhibitHallmapwithlinks.pdf

I'm not sure if you can look at it if you're not logged in.

What's interesting is that I don't see WotC on this map. Do they have their own hall somewhere this year? Did they last year? I always remember them taking up a bunch of room in the dealer's hall. Odd if they've moved elsewhere. Or am I blind and not seeing it?

I think they just did their own hall last year (in addition to effectively taking over another hall for RPGA D&D games). Consider that last year was a 'light year' where they were demoing *but not selling) board game expansions as their 'big' product. I expect this year may be crazy.

2012 they had a chunk of the exhibit floor. mainly as a walk-through to get attention.Cool life-sized Drider model.

2011 I did not attend.

2010 they had some sort of two-story 'structure' that I think had some sort of 'lounge' on top. The main thing I remember is they didn't do much theming on it so it looked a bit out of place.very generic, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was used for Hasbro events at toy shows where they're showing a large group of products to multiple market groups and don't want to theme to any one.

Badge was purchased after having a few beers Saturday night and going, "FETH! I need to buy my badge."

Unlike the last two years, the entire convention is mine for the taking. No booth working or demos to be given...

So what to plebs people not slaving away at a booth do during GenCon?

My current plan is to check out the FFG booth for sweet Netrunner goodness, probably the WizKids booth for a HeroClix fig or two, and that's pretty much all I want out of the vendor hall.

Gonna probably get demos on demos on demos, play in a Netrunner Casual time slot, maybe take a painting class like I did two years ago.

SO MANY CHOICES!

 Alfndrate wrote:
Badge was purchased after having a few beers Saturday night and going, "FETH! I need to buy my badge."

Unlike the last two years, the entire convention is mine for the taking. No booth working or demos to be given...

!

How did that happen??

 Alfndrate wrote:
Badge was purchased after having a few beers Saturday night and going, "FETH! I need to buy my badge."

Unlike the last two years, the entire convention is mine for the taking. No booth working or demos to be given...

So what to plebs people not slaving away at a booth do during GenCon?

My current plan is to check out the FFG booth for sweet Netrunner goodness, probably the WizKids booth for a HeroClix fig or two, and that's pretty much all I want out of the vendor hall.

Gonna probably get demos on demos on demos, play in a Netrunner Casual time slot, maybe take a painting class like I did two years ago.

SO MANY CHOICES!

They're still having late night beginner's bondage classes if you're in to that.


Otherwise, 24 hour magic the gathering, demo games in the exhibit hall, Battletech pods, terrain workshops, painting and modeling workshops, and eating at the variety of restaurants are all things I've enjoyed.

Are yo looking for something more specific?

 Alfndrate wrote:
Badge was purchased after having a few beers Saturday night and going, "FETH! I need to buy my badge."


SO MANY CHOICES!

Step 1: Find Alf again.

Step 2: Nut Punch.

Step 3: Run like hell, cause he's a big dude!

The only event I have planned is the FFG Inflight Report. Kick ass if you can get into it and LURVE FFG games and stuff.

I will be signing up for a handful of demo games, but that's it. Free time for me this year. I moved away from my gaming group, and we plan on playing Pathfinder and any new game we buy a lot in the Hotel room.

Also drinking.

Would like to get Dakkanauts together for some D&D.

What edition? The new hotness?

Prolly so.

I've never role played before but is be interested in trying provided one is allowed to have a bourbon or glass of wine while doing so.

I love playing D&D with someone new to roleplaying. And there is nothing to prevent one from responsibly enjoying an adult beverage whilst playing.

If there is any interest I can run a game that I am working on. It is a hybrid of tabletop games like Warhammer Quest and more standard RPGs like D&D.

Ahtman, I wouldn't mind giving it a whirl. Based on what you shared before, it seems like any 4E fans would probably enjoy it.

 Manchu wrote:
Ahtman, I wouldn't mind giving it a whirl. Based on what you shared before, it seems like any 4E fans would probably enjoy it.

It is fun for all animals big and small. I could do the Sci-fi version but that would mean pregens as that is still heavily a WIP.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Badge was purchased after having a few beers Saturday night and going, "FETH! I need to buy my badge."

Unlike the last two years, the entire convention is mine for the taking. No booth working or demos to be given...

!

How did that happen??

No Booth/Demos: Well, I'm no longer a Wyrd Henchmen or Warlord Sarge I can't sell my body ability to teach their games, and On the Lamb did not get allocated a booth this year. So Cyporiean and Miskatonicalum are cancelling their hotel room and their badges and doing a staycation instead of driving up from Florida for the event.

So I had been putting off buying my badge until someone mentioned that prices jumped (whether they did or not I'll never know) at the start of June, so I May 31st was when I had my oh feth moment about my badge.

As for events: I'm not 100% sure what I'm taking. I'm almost positive I'm bringing my Netrunner decks to play some casual Netrunner (which has become my buddy's favorite game seeing as I can get him to leave his house to play it ). I might bring some HeroClix to do casual HeroClix, though I have yet to see anyone really do "casual" HeroClix. I probably won't bring my Warmahordes stuff since I rarely play.

Atm I'm looking at the Netrunner casual play, a painting class (probably do a repeat on cloaks since I don't remember how do to them from 2 years ago ), otherwise I'm open to suggestions. I may bring my Star Wars Attack Wing stuff...

Also if Dakka wishes to have a meetup of sorts, I'd be down for that, especially if I could try out some DnD New hotness (just to try it).

 Alfndrate wrote:
I'd be down for that, especially if I could try out some DnD New hotness (just to try it).

Would you say you are die-curious?

>_>


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Ladygeek and I will be there. Besides the indulgent binge shopping, I'm defending my title from last year at the 8hr. Apocalypse game on Friday, and playing Last Gasp of the Wermacht (Bolt Action) on Saturday. I've got some intro games scheduled and the usal evening entertainment stuff going on. I'd like to meet up with some Dakkanauts for beers, BS, and games.

I'll be there! Got a group of 6 ready to get our asses kicked in Bonekeep on Saturday.

I'm doing last minute painting and finishing off packing right now.

I just packed the underwear and such, now to get my gaming bag sorted...

Packed and ready.

GENCON!

Packed, double-checked, and ready to hit the hay for an early road-trip!

GENCOOOOOONNNN!!!!!

I'll be getting on the road tomorrow morning.

I think....

I wasn't sure if I would be able to go this year with the flood and all but it does seem I will be able to. I don't have to pack though.

Lets have a Dakka meetup at the Beer Garden on Georgia St. tomorrow night about 8pm

packed and trying to roll the teenager outta bed..

course I packed the gaming stuff first, and wife is doublechecking the luggage..

I have a 9:00 AM flight from Boston Friday morning, so laundry tonight, packing tomorrow.

Getting ready to board my flight into Indy now.

Got here last night, whoo GenCon!

Insanely jealous of you all !


We expect full reports.

And many, many pictures.


Oh if you get a chance : http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/08/cones-of-dunshire-game-gen-con-parks-and-rec


let us know if it's any good

 reds8n wrote:
Insanely jealous of you all !

Same here. On the whole, it's for the best that my group bailed this year as I've got some bills to pay and a wedding to attend in a couple weeks, but I'd much rather spend the weekend doing something fun.

Eight hours of D&D today, very fun.

Hey!

If any one is interested in Endless Fantasy Tactics I'm getting set up on the second floor by the speed painting (take a left if you're coming from the mall). I've got one board at the moment, but I can easily set up some quick and dirty boards.

Starts at 8!

Also I saw Kronk he walked by me while I waited in the FFG line.

Also got a demo for a pretty cool game by Cincydooley.

Also, of anyone is doing the FFG convention line game, let me know I want to beat it and get my VIP card.

If you saw a guy in overalls who wasn't cosplaying Luigi or Mario today, that was me.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
If you saw a guy in overalls who wasn't cosplaying Luigi or Mario today, that was me.

Were you wearing the hardhat with the pipboy?

So, how was everyone's GenCon? Anyone get some "phat lewts"?

I met Cincydooley who demoed Darklands for me and my friend.

I got drunk with Heath Foley (artist for Mantic, On the Lamb, and a few other companies) and two guys from Warlord Games' US office while we played Cards Against Humanity and we now know who the worst of us is now.

Demoed a few games, played in the Iron Arena on Saturday, Demoed Endless Fantasy Tactics for a store owner and finally got to try World of Darkness

Also I'm super excited to try this RPG I found on Sunday called Shadows of Esteren.

Hope you all had a great GenCon!

 daedalus wrote:

 Sinful Hero wrote:
If you saw a guy in overalls who wasn't cosplaying Luigi or Mario today, that was me.

Were you wearing the hardhat with the pipboy?

No, just a ballcap and a regular t-shirt. I wasn't cosplaying at all. I got quite a few strange looks, and overheard some funny comments. I think next year I may wear a pair every day.

I got to meet misterjustin at the Warstore booth and also Rahdo from Rahdo Runs Thru video series..

My wife went nuts and got about every free button she could..

I spent the con in Hall D across from the inflatable sheep from Mayfair at the GameSalute demo area, running Alien Frontiers and Blackwater Gulch.. did not really get Phat Loot, but did end up with a lot of shopping lewt..

I had a great time! My massive haul is documented on my thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/500202.page
I went balls out on MERCS, and got started on WWX, and we played an 7+ hour APoc game saturday.

I bought a bunch of gak. Favorite game I picked up was the Lord of the Rings deck building card game (from Cryptozoic) that plays similar to Dominion, but not exactly.

I ended up grabbing the Inifinity starter bundle and several Nomad miniatures; two expansions to Smash Up; two starters, promo mini, several more miniatures, and several books for Dark Age; the Anphelion Projectbook; signed art prints; signed posters; Dark Sword miniatures; a Raw Deal deck(this game is super fun btw- wrassling TCG); Princess Mononoke shirt from TeeTurtle; Secret Weapon bases; some Japanese battle books; and some leftovers from a Conspiracy draft. I think that's about it, but I may have forgotten one or two things.

I'd post what I got but it doesn't seem right to since I paid for very little of it. Cool to see the sweet hauls everyone else brought in, tho.