There are a lot of things I love about RPGs. I could go on about the games I love, or the social aspects, or the friends I have made over the years. But today I think I want to talk about one love I have not talked about before.
Gen Con.
I love Gen Con. I do. The larger it gets the more I love it. I started going only recently, the last 12 years, but I love everything about it.
I love the spectacle, I love the dealer's hall, the food trucks, staying in the hotel with my family, playing games all day and all night.
Every year for the last few years we have been staying at the same hotel, the JW Marriot Indy, so showing up there feels like, well, coming home. My kids love the hotel and we are within walking distance of everything we want. The Marriot has open gaming till 3:00am in their ballrooms, so it has been our tradition to play a game of D&D 5 for the last 5-6 years every night.
Every year we also try out new places to eat and we LOVE the food trucks. We love the cosplay parade and all the cosplay there.
Of course, there are the games. I try to get a nice variety in with the kids. We try out new games, play some old ones. One year I did "The History of D&D" for my family where we played every edition we could get into. Where else can you do that?
This is no slight to other cons, I have had great times there too. But Gen Con is our love.
I also know that people complain it is "too big", not me. I love the fact that 70,000 people are there.
It is a great feeling to be in a place where 70k+ people are there all for the same reasons. It is a wonderful time.
I know there will be a time when we don't go. My kids are getting older, it is getting more expensive and that drive from Chicago to Indy is the WORST. But for now, I am going to enjoy Gen Con with my family.
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