Tag: gencon

So now, I’ve chronicled the three days that I attended at Gencon, but haven’t really discussed a few features that really should be touched on.

Sunday is the final day of the con. You can see the toll it’s taking on the attendees. Not those casual walk-ins of course. I’ve been pretty tired, but the scheduling system at Gencon managed to give me plenty of rest time. I’m talking about those hardcore people that started play at 8 am and played straight until 11 pm for four days straight, practically ignoring the need for a proper meal and not getting the chance to visit the traders’ hall.

Saturday was kind of my D&D day. We fronted up at 9am for Tracy Hickman’s Killer Breakfast, which has to be one of the best large-group RPG events ever. Tracy and Laura Hickman got the whole audience to get on stage, six at a time, to play first-level characters and survive as long as possible. The only real rules were be creative, funny and entertaining while collectively improvising with Tracy Hickman.

First of all, my congratulations to the Gencon Oz team. They managed to bring a huge crowd (certainly larger than I could have predicted given their overall lack of advertising to the Sydney gaming community) on the first day. It got even bigger as the con went on.