Gen Con Questions

[Wolfwood]

This will be my second Gen Con and I am eagerly awaiting it. A group of friends are heading to Milwaukee and this being the second time a few of us will have one time under our belt. Hopefully we will be more prepared.

Anyway to the topic. Last time we went a booklet was mailed with lots of info about where everything was, what was being offered, times, and so on. I understand how it is a lot cheaper to do it all electronicly.

Mostly I am just wondering that if they will have all that info at Gen Con this year. I am sure I am just being overly paranoid, but I don't want to miss out on things.

How did things happen last year? Anything would be good, thanks.

 

[Piratecat]

I'm 99% sure that they'll have an onsite booklet. They just wanted to avoid the expense of mailing them out. They should be available when you check in.

 

[William Ronald]

Don't worry, Wolfwood. The information should be there. Everything went well last year, except for a few events that seemed to be cancelled at the last minute.

(I went to what the schedule listed as a talk by Col_Plahdoh, but he was not there. I ran into a couple which in two days at Gen Con had not gotten a single event that they wanted.)

I admit I will be a little sad to say goodbye to Milwaukee as the site of Gen Con. I first went to Gen Con in 1983 when it was at the University of Wisconsin- Parkside in Kenosha.


If you can, try to make the EN World Gathering.

 

[Hand of Evil]

They should be giving out a booket ar the CON, I just cannot think they would not.

 

[Wolfwood]

Thank you very much for the information. I assumed it would all be there. The second question I have is about the D&D Open Round 1.

It is an 8 person event according to the description, but there are only six of us. Will we be able to pick up two people there or what. Any ideas.

 

[Mark]

Thank you very much for the information. I assumed it would all be there. The second question I have is about the D&D Open Round 1.

It is an 8 person event according to the description, but there are only six of us. Will we be able to pick up two people there or what. Any ideas.

You can pretty much count on it. They rally prior to events like the open, divide the judges up in one area, and divide up the players in others. Mostly, they keep groups that have come together on the same teams and supplement the teams with the ones and twos that have come by themselves or prefer to play with players they don't game with at home. Then they assign the judges to the various temas and those judges usually lead you off to the room or table to which the judge has been assigned. It goes pretty smoothly but making sure that your group arrives early to the rally area will be the best way to assure that you will all be playing on the same team. (whew!)