Backno posted:

Sweet, more Indy Goons!

Dr. Quarex posted:

Well plenty of non-Indianapolis people undoubtedly also hope it stays there. Having been to conventions all over the country, including Gen-Con in Milwaukee, I have not seen anything else to compare to the Turning-Into-A-Literal-Nerd-Kingdom nature that Indianapolis creates while we are all in town.

Though, needless to say, it should also simultaneously be moved to (within 10 minutes' drive of the house of the person making the argument).

Personally I love the "ROAD TRIIIIIIIP" aspect of attendance so much that I am not sure if I could handle it being in my hometown; I would not be able to literally forget my other life existed if I actually went back to my own home at the end of every day.

Millions posted:

Hey fellow Gen-Conners! I work at Sun King Brewery, who makes the Gen-Con beer every year. Checking in to see if anybody travelling from the coasts would be interested in doing a beer swap. PM me if so, otherwise I'll see you all on the floor!

Lawen posted:

I tried Rathskeller a year or two ago. Thought the food was pretty meh but the beergarden was dope and it'd be a good meetup spot, weather permitting

Any Indy locals have suggestions for places to eat for people who are pretentious assholes about food? Milktooth and Bluebeard look like your most recent nominees for James Beard awards...good?

Alien Rope Burn posted:

Yeah, that was me. I didn't play it or anything, I mostly just struggled to envision a possible scenario where I'd want to play a board game over, you know, just playing OMD co-op. Doesn't the new version have up to 4-player co-op? Something like that? I should try it some more.

Nemesis Of Moles posted:

The demo I ran was pretty poorly handled but I got to play a good couple rounds of it and experience a good chunk of how it works.

You build a map from a big book of maps that includes like 4 or 5 difficulty levels. These maps are made up of tiles for rooms, with arrows on them that show you the flow of the bads. Some of the rooms have special abilities (like one let you put down an extra trap, one let you put a trap down for free, one lets you spend an action to injure a monster. You start the game by building an army deck that you flip every round to put more minions into play. You have a pool of items and traps you can buy with Skulls that you get from killing monsters. At first its pretty easy, you can kill most enemies yourself but after 3 rounds, the game "levels up", more expensive equipment and traps start coming into the pool, larger armies and often multiple fronts begin opening up with their own Monster Decks.

Damage is done by trying to match certain symbols to certain monsters - Kobolds need a Speed symbol to hit, Orcs a Sword, Mages a Brain, etc. Some traps are better at this than others. All the characters are weak against one or two of these elements and can only be hurt by them. There's some other stuff about special powers, leveling up the thing you're protecting, etc. It seems like it'll work really well solo if that's your bag.

Mechanically, it feels pretty solid, the opening couple of rounds are a slow ramp up which lulls you into a false sense of security as the early rounds tick on, only to kick you with a ramp up as soon as the next level comes. Its easy to get overwhelmed and each player has a kind of complimentary power that supports the team in some way.

Right now it feels a little low quality, components-wise. The character tile things are pretty low budget. The minis were pretty good though, at least the player ones. It sounds like they're releasing two editions, one with Bad Guys and one with Good Guys as the protagonists and you need both if you want to do PVP? I thought that was pretty weird but our demo person was kinda lovely at explaining it.

*shakes fist* nooooormiiiieeeessss

Caros posted:

Dr. Quarex posted:

Your friends would have loved the Munchkin shirt that was auctioned off for like $30 that let you like draw an extra card and ignore two negative effects (because it was autographed by both Steve Jackson and John... Kovalik?). The world of Munchkin is truly not one for the faint of heart

Atomicated posted:

I can't believe those munchkin tournament shirts are actually legal. When it came up at the auction I thought it had to be a joke nobody took seriously.

Just wanted to thank everyone for helping making my first Gencon a blast. I had a real fear going in that I'd be too antisocial to let myself have a good time but everyone was great about roping me into conversations and games. My biggest regret is leaving too early basically every day of the con. Even the night I stayed until 1:30 I wish I had stayed another couple hours.

Vehementi posted:

I was at a hotel near the airport. $10-$12 uber each way. I split the room with a friend. We saved significantly more than $24/night by being that far out. The only downside was that if we bought a lot of games at the start of a day, we had to lug them around. Aside from that, there's not really any need to be in a hotel within walking distance. I definitely would not consider driving & parking & walking from the parking lot every day though.

Dr. Quarex posted:

Do you get a hotel at all? I always wonder what I would do if I actually moved to Indianapolis as far as Gen-Con is concerned, and I decided that it would not really feel like a vacation if I were still going back to my regular place afterward.

Dr. Quarex posted:

I hear you though, some people do not understand how the Exhibit Hall can take up hours of every day (or, you know, an entire day if you are only there for one day) but to me it is obvious: YOU CAN ONLY BE IN THE WORLD'S NERDIEST MALL ONCE A YEAR