[GenCon] "(more) Road Construction News!" (Scouting and Info Within)

[CaptainCalico]

Event Listing is Up!!

You have to sign in through registration and it is the second option down, you can sort by date, time and event type.

 

[Mark]

Thanks, CC!

I've adjusted the first post to reflect your added information as well!

 

[Hand of Evil]

Sweet CC Thanks...

 

[CaptainCalico]

One quibble already (would I be a gamer without a quibble?) - you can search and sort by "Title" but not by "Game System". I think sorting by game system would be of more use, so I emailed the Registration/Customer service person. Don't know if they can change it now, but it can't hurt to suggest it for the future. (and this is still light years ahead of what they had last year)

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Anyone else having trouble finding RPGA events? Can't seem to find many in the "catalog"--just 3 "Living Spycraft" games. Wonder if they'll add them later, or are they hiding under some obscure keyword?

Quickbeam - there's lots of Cthulhu goodness to choose from. Some don't have "Cthulhu" in the title, but I downloaded the entire database and found several. If you search by title for "Cthulhu" all you really get are You Too Can Cthulhu! (intro game for newbies) and Cthulhu Masters Tournament. But there is a lot more between these two extremes (they just don't have "Cthulhu" in the title). My favorite one so far is "Moors of Mystery" which had this description:

It's Cthulhu! Who cares what it's about? Just come and play it.

 

[der_kluge]

When does the vendor room open?

Apparently, I can scope out all the events that are available, but I don't want to sign up for events that would conflict with the opening of the vendor floor.

 

[der_kluge]

Seems really sparse on good seminars this year.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

When does the vendor room open?

Apparently, I can scope out all the events that are available, but I don't want to sign up for events that would conflict with the opening of the vendor floor.

Last year, it opened at 10:00 a.m. every day. According to the vendor packets for this year, that remains the same.

 

[CaptainCalico]

The vendor hall is typically open from 10am-6pm (closing early on Sunday, maybe 2pm?) Same for the Art Show, though I think I saw a notice that the art show would be open late at least one night so the folks working in the vendor hall would have a chance to check things out.

I stay well away from the vendor hall on Saturdays, maybe with the new space things will be better but in the past it was just so packed on Saturday afternoon that it was insane.

 

[CaptainCalico]

Seems really sparse on good seminars this year.

I have noticed a depressing trend in that direction over the past few years. Nowadays most of the "seminars" are just companies hyping the latest products...... While in the past there were some really interesting talks by a wide variety of people. What changed that?