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Gen Con 2011 Report Part 1
Gen Con 2011 is over and I survived! Normally it takes nearly a week for me to pull my life back together and get this post up, but I am strangely energized. Perhaps it was my decision to limit my backpack’s weight to an absolute bare minimum. Nothing like strained shoulders to sap the strength. [...]
Gen Con 2011 Vendors and Exhibitors List
The Gen Con 2011 exhibitor and vendor link list is completed! Read on and let your gaming budget know fear! If you find errors in the list, please drop me a comment and I will get it corrected. Vendors and exhibitors can submit a small banner and I will update your text link with a [...]
Terrorwerks at Gen Con 2011 Advice Requested
Myself and two others bought tickets to the Terrorwerks live-action RPG event at Gen Con 2011 and would like some advice. I read the event description and website and get the general idea about the event, but brief descriptions are no substitute for first-hand intelligence. So, if anyone out there played in a Terrorwerks event [...]
Livingdice’s Definitive Guide to Gen Con 2011 Event Scheduling
Gen Con is an amazing convention, but I see far too many people overlooking critical preparation work that detracts from the experience. Specifically, scheduling events in advance. Yes, you can just show up and find gaming but there are some events that are not just in demand, they are like chunks of raw meat in [...]
Can You Survive the 12 Mile Gen Con Death March?
The Gen Con 2010 gaming convention was a twelve-mile hike over four days. This is not an estimate, it is a fact. My collaborator on this site wears a pedometer as part of his fitness program and recorded slightly over 12 miles as his total for Gen Con 2010. I suspect many people exceed that [...]
Gen Con 2011 Registration is Open
I just purchased a Gen Con 2011 4-day badge and if you are going you should as well. Reason being is that hotel registration goes live on Tuesday, January 25th and requires a badge. No badge means you are staying at a hotel so far away that the daily trip to the convention center is [...]
Gen Con 2011 Marketing Fellowship and Entrepreneurs Avenue Applications
Gen Con 2011 opened the application process for “Marketing Fellowships” and “Entrepreneurs Avenue.” “Entrepreneurs Avenue” is a relatively cheap ($1000) and small (10×10) booth space in the vendor area open only to new vendors or vendors that stopped attending Gen Con before 2007. Think of it as an entry-level booth space for start-ups. The “Marketing [...]
Most Disturbing Event at Gen Con 2010
Every year I give an award to the most disturbing, terrifying or downright weird event at Gen Con. Last year we nearly had a tie, but “Hentai Dubbing” won by a nose. Or other body part, depending on where your mind goes. This year we had such a clear winner that there was no need [...]
Livingdice’s Aces & Eights: Last Man Standing Shootout at Gen Con 2010–We Have a Winner!
Actually we have two winners. Yes, I said two. 16 brave souls entered the ruined church in the peaceful town of Harmony. Only one could emerge victorious. After much carnage, two gunfighters stood toe to toe with murder in their eyes and hot steel in their hands. On one side, a lowly cowpoke with poor [...]