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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 4382306" data-attributes="member: 2572"><p>Thirded. Unless you have been to something like ComicCon you will be overwhelmed. This is not a bad thing but just the way it is. There is no way to do everything like there is at smaller cons. It will take at least 3-4 Gen Cons before you can begin to say you have done all the must do events. This is why you shouldn't overshedule yourself. Pick 1-2 things a day that you are really really interested in and only schedule those, don't worry though because you will find more than enough to fill the rest of the time. </p><p></p><p>As for the dealer hall a half day is only enough to make one run through. If you want you can spend 2 days in the dealer hall alone just playing demos and spending quality time at the booths. The dealer hall is huge, I figured it out once that there is over a mile of booths to walk by. Be prepared for exercise, I walk 2 miles a day just so that I am in shape for Gen Con. Nothing sucks more than reaching day 2 and being unable to walk anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Jenkin, post: 4382306, member: 2572"] Thirded. Unless you have been to something like ComicCon you will be overwhelmed. This is not a bad thing but just the way it is. There is no way to do everything like there is at smaller cons. It will take at least 3-4 Gen Cons before you can begin to say you have done all the must do events. This is why you shouldn't overshedule yourself. Pick 1-2 things a day that you are really really interested in and only schedule those, don't worry though because you will find more than enough to fill the rest of the time. As for the dealer hall a half day is only enough to make one run through. If you want you can spend 2 days in the dealer hall alone just playing demos and spending quality time at the booths. The dealer hall is huge, I figured it out once that there is over a mile of booths to walk by. Be prepared for exercise, I walk 2 miles a day just so that I am in shape for Gen Con. Nothing sucks more than reaching day 2 and being unable to walk anymore. [/QUOTE]
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