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<blockquote data-quote="Christopher Helton" data-source="post: 7722334" data-attributes="member: 6804772"><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]87430[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Day One of <strong>Gen Con</strong> has come and gone, and honestly it is already nearly a blur. So many people, so many new things, and so many bright shiny things. The reports that I heard was that there are 60-70,000 people in attendance at the con. I took that picture yesterday about an hour before the opening of the exhibition hall.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p></p><p>When I was heading back to the hotel from the convention center last night, I started seeing on Twitter that <strong>Starfinder</strong> was sold out. Owen Stephens confirmed this this morning on Facebook. I'm also hearing from people on social media that the downloads on the <strong>Paizo</strong> webstore are <em>really</em> slow right now. Probably not a surprise. When the doors opened, and I made my way into the exhibition hall, the line to the <strong>Paizo </strong>booth was enormous within minutes. Crazy busy.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]87431[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I did get a chance to speak briefly with <strong>Starfinder</strong> developer/designer James Sutter yesterday, and once I have a chance I will type up the notes. Sutter was very enthusiastic about the reception of the game already. He was wandering up and down the line of people purchasing <strong>Starfinder</strong>and signing their books for them.</p><p></p><p>The <strong>Green Ronin</strong> booth was also busy. They have a daily allotment of Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting books books available at the booth. Yesterday's allotment sold out and I expect that the same thing will happen each day. Preorders and people who arraigned to pick up their books aren't impact by this. If you want a copy of the <strong>Critical Role</strong> setting, you might want to make sure that you hit the <strong>Green Ronin</strong>booth early.</p><p></p><p>I have yet to hear breaking news that we haven't already reported. The announcement of <strong>Green Ronin</strong> making a game based on <strong>The Expanse </strong>has been getting a lot of excitement.</p><p></p><p>The exhibitor's hall is even bigger than it was two years ago, the last time I came to <strong>Gen Con</strong>, and I am still getting the lay of the land and figuring out who is where. There is a lot to see. <strong>Chaosium</strong> has a limited ashcan of their upcoming new edition of <strong>Runequest</strong>. <strong>White Wolf</strong> is running demos of <strong>Vampire 5E</strong>, and their tables are keeping busy with that. Ken Hite has been around the demo area, running demos for people.</p><p></p><p>While <strong>Wizards of the Coast</strong> does not have a booth, their games are being repped at the <strong>Gale Force Nine </strong>booth (and of course, every retailer on the floor).</p><p></p><p>That is it for now. Typing this up from my tablet is proving more challenging than I expected. I will try to post another update tonight, otherwise I will talk to you all tomorrow. If you're interested in seeing pictures and videos from the show as I go, follow me on Twiter at @dorkland.</p><p></p><p>More to come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christopher Helton, post: 7722334, member: 6804772"] [CENTER][ATTACH=CONFIG]87430[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Day One of [B]Gen Con[/B] has come and gone, and honestly it is already nearly a blur. So many people, so many new things, and so many bright shiny things. The reports that I heard was that there are 60-70,000 people in attendance at the con. I took that picture yesterday about an hour before the opening of the exhibition hall.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] When I was heading back to the hotel from the convention center last night, I started seeing on Twitter that [B]Starfinder[/B] was sold out. Owen Stephens confirmed this this morning on Facebook. I'm also hearing from people on social media that the downloads on the [B]Paizo[/B] webstore are [I]really[/I] slow right now. Probably not a surprise. When the doors opened, and I made my way into the exhibition hall, the line to the [B]Paizo [/B]booth was enormous within minutes. Crazy busy. [CENTER][ATTACH=CONFIG]87431[/ATTACH][/CENTER] I did get a chance to speak briefly with [B]Starfinder[/B] developer/designer James Sutter yesterday, and once I have a chance I will type up the notes. Sutter was very enthusiastic about the reception of the game already. He was wandering up and down the line of people purchasing [B]Starfinder[/B]and signing their books for them. The [B]Green Ronin[/B] booth was also busy. They have a daily allotment of Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting books books available at the booth. Yesterday's allotment sold out and I expect that the same thing will happen each day. Preorders and people who arraigned to pick up their books aren't impact by this. If you want a copy of the [B]Critical Role[/B] setting, you might want to make sure that you hit the [B]Green Ronin[/B]booth early. I have yet to hear breaking news that we haven't already reported. The announcement of [B]Green Ronin[/B] making a game based on [B]The Expanse [/B]has been getting a lot of excitement. The exhibitor's hall is even bigger than it was two years ago, the last time I came to [B]Gen Con[/B], and I am still getting the lay of the land and figuring out who is where. There is a lot to see. [B]Chaosium[/B] has a limited ashcan of their upcoming new edition of [B]Runequest[/B]. [B]White Wolf[/B] is running demos of [B]Vampire 5E[/B], and their tables are keeping busy with that. Ken Hite has been around the demo area, running demos for people. While [B]Wizards of the Coast[/B] does not have a booth, their games are being repped at the [B]Gale Force Nine [/B]booth (and of course, every retailer on the floor). That is it for now. Typing this up from my tablet is proving more challenging than I expected. I will try to post another update tonight, otherwise I will talk to you all tomorrow. If you're interested in seeing pictures and videos from the show as I go, follow me on Twiter at @dorkland. More to come. [/QUOTE]
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