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Al-Saqr posted:So how good is Gencon for Warhammer 40k and kill team? I might end up going to england for warhammer fest but america is a very rare trip for me so if I end up going I want to make it include one gaming convention for fun. Here are all the official events from GW last year and it looks like there were a few non-official Apocalypse and skirmish games. https://gencon.eventdb.us/groupCompany.php?Group=Games+Workshop
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Dr. Quarex posted:I literally cannot imagine what a vegetarian even does during Gen-Con other than bring food from home Garlic bread from Giordano's? More seriously, Island Noodle's options are 'With chicken' or 'Without chicken'!
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Yeah, a first timer friend sought out a few restaurants in Indy and proposed hitting them up but I had to tell them 'This is a nice idea but I'm not taking two hours out of my Gencon time to eat somewhere.'
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I consider Island Noodles to be walking food as well. I've dropped by, gotten my noods, and eaten them while on my way to events at the Marriot(s) to really save some time and get something in my belly.
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Well, we're hosed. I've got the earliest time in my group and that is loving dire as my best time in almost a decade has been 1:45pm.
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Feb 11, 2023 22:44
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nesbit37 posted:Historically speaking 145 isn’t terrible. Usually downtown hotels hold out till roughly 2pm. We’ll see if that holds true for this year. Yeah but this year I have the earliest time of 2:59pm lol
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Feb 11, 2023 23:11
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Welp, that was brutal.
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Feb 12, 2023 21:24
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Oh poo poo, my 20th Forumsversary will be Thursday at Gen Con 2024.
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Bruxism posted:After rolling schedule open last year, I'm trying to book a few more events this year. Trying to get in some RPGs I kick-started but haven't been able to play and try out a few boardgames I don't feel like buying. Also trying to do Math Trade this year and, of course, fit in the DCC RPG tourney. I always look forward to Corvus Belli's seminar but that's because I play Infinity a lot. I do try to find a DCC level 0 funnel just to see how many dirt farmers I can get killed.
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May 15, 2023 22:55
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Yeah, there's a seminar on Saturday at 11 that I really want to attend but it just shoots any other plans for Saturday morning right down. C'est la vie!
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May 21, 2023 02:50
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There were definitely tens of thousands of people hitting a button at the same instant. My group got anywhere from 960 to 11000 and we all hit the button at noon.
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May 21, 2023 17:56
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Oh! Honestly this is the first year I've been able to hit the button since the pando. I work nights so GenCon tells me to go gently caress myself by scheduling every important thing at noon.
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May 21, 2023 18:06
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gently caress YES, the Gencon Hotels site paid off and my group are now all Skywalk connected, wooo! GENCON BABY!
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May 30, 2023 11:08
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I'm sure an insane South African billionaire would say that'd be a snap.
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May 30, 2023 12:33
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Had my first Gencon nightmare, can't wait for next week!
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Jul 26, 2023 21:58
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What's the game? GEN CON
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Inaction Jackson posted:Haven’t checked them out this year but the last two years the wait didn’t feel bad. The line moves sooooo much faster than the food trucks and you get you food as soon as you pay. I feel like I’ve waited much longer at some of the food trucks. This. The line is a deceit, they're my 'I need food now' option
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Aug 4, 2023 11:57
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So who stole a $300k pallet of cards on Wednesday? Fess up!
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Apparently it was for the MTG prize wall?
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Aug 5, 2023 14:54
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Selling out of 4-Days and Saturday badges doesn't happen every year, right? I mean, the last couple years have been weird and it obviously did for the 50th Anniversary but I can't recall other years before that.
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GC 2024 was pretty fun and I'll echo everyone else; where the gently caress did all these people come from? My game group felt more or less the same way and everyone was mentioning the huge crowds and large lines. Lorcana, of course, was a topic of conversation and there was a lot of comparison between PAX and Gen Con culture. Overall though it felt like a return to the spirit of things pre-pandemic. Highlights: I played a couple fun RPG sessions, did a couple fun demos, spent a lot of time in the vendor hall but not as much money as I budgeted. Nothing really grabbed me this year as a Must Have game or product but I did get some things at the Consignment store! I think next year I'm going to spend a lot more time there and bring some stuff to sell. Lowlights: A friend I've known for a few years came along this year and shared my room at the Crowne Plaza. We've been to a couple PAX cons together in the past and always had a good time so, Gen Con, right? But I hosed up and I don't think I explained the point of Gen Con well enough as they basically just stuck with me the entire weekend unless I was at a ticketed event. I'm pretty introverted by nature and not having a chance to decompress made me pretty quiet and withdrawn by Saturday morning. They're already talking about GC '24 and I think I need to have an uncomfortable conversation with them.
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nesbit37 posted:Out of curiosity, how are PAX cons different for you with this person if you're fine with their behavior there? Or are you all separated so much due to all the time you have to spend in separate lines or something? My PAX experiences (which have been South and Unplugged, if it matters) have definitely been more 'We all get together and hang out' (whether that's in lines, at panels, free play areas, whatever) as PAX definitely isn't as structured as Gen Con. The big difference is that we had a much, much bigger friend group at PAX so it was way easier to slip away when there were a couple dozen people all hanging out. I couldn't do that with a group of two. I'll get it figured out by next year, I just feel bad I didn't clearly set my boundaries very well.
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Aug 7, 2023 17:04
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So have the Pinkertons done their thing yet then?
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Time to find out. GenCon thieves apprehended. https://www.wthr.com/article/news/l...vrpymyuizo5y0re
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