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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2288907" data-attributes="member: 8530">My father wants the family to drive out to Michigan to visit him in August.   Because of Cub Scout/Girl Scout camp schedules the only time that works for the family is August 13-21.  We'll probably be leaving Michigan to drive back on either Thursday the 18th or Friday the 19th.   I'm toying with the idea of driving down to Indiana for one day of Gencon, either the Friday or Saturday.    We have three children between the ages of 7 and 12.    My wife and I are avid gamers but none of the kids are gamers yet.  I have run a few D&D games for them using simplified rules, and my oldest loves board games.     We did GenCon once before, back in 1994, but just had the one child then in a baby stoller so this would be a whole new ordeal.   Have any others out there brought younger children to the event?    We usually do tent camping when we travel, are there any family campgrounds in the area?     Is a day of Gencon a good idea at this point or should I wait a few years until the kids are older?</blockquote>