Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ed Cha" data-source="post: 1380022" data-attributes="member: 10972">All great tips mentioned above! The only things I can add are:1. Wash your hands frequently. At Gen Con, you're shaking hands with a lot of people and touching door handles touched by thousands of others. It's very easy to get sick and ruin your trip or get ill on the way back home. 2. Get a good night's rest each evening. Nobody sleeps very much at the con. You're lucky if you get five hours sleep a day because there's so much to do at all hours and you're just excited. But remember, if you're too tired to have fun, you're not going to have fun. So get some sleep.3. Wear comfortable shoes and carry a bottle of water. You're going to do a lot of walking. Going from the exhibit hall to game after game and then off to seminars and other events can take a toll on the sole. Sorry for the pun. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> 4. Please keep good hygiene. I'd recommend packing a deodorant into your bag if you know you're going to be out all day. Try to go back to your hotel room in the middle of the day to take a shower and a brief nap, if you can. You want to look and feel good when you're going out in the evening with your friends, too!Remember to buy lots of stuff in the exhibitor hall because it goes directly to the publishers and manufacturers and helps offset the costs of the booth and travel expenses. Some people wait to buy stuff later, but it really helps the companies when you make your purchases at the con. Most folks just try to break even.  Also, I would try to do a lot of different activities, not just play games. Check out the auction, go to the costume show, visit the artists' booths, and don't be afraid to say hello to any writers/publishers. They want to talk to you! Unless you have something bad to say. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />If you're interested, I've also got a four-day journal of my experience at Gen Con 2003 here:<a href="http://www.openworldpress.com/a.php?p=genconreport03" target="_blank">http://www.openworldpress.com/a.php?p=genconreport03</a></blockquote>

Verification