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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5507290" data-attributes="member: 90804"><p>The self-care advice is good, but my advice is more around how to figure out how to spend your time in the actual gaming part of the convention.</p><p></p><p>My first con was Denver's TactiCon over Labor Day Weekend 2010. I bought a badge in advance and browsed the event catalog but didn't buy any event tickets. I bought a few generic tickets on-site as well as a couple of tickets for specific games I wanted to play that still had seats open.</p><p></p><p>My advice is:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Browse the events catalog in advance of the convention</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Buy tickets for a few events that seem really interesting to you, but I'd suggest booking no more than half of your time in advance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Try out games that you've never tried before - this is a rare opportunity to learn about a new game!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chat with your fellow players and game masters who seem friendly and talk to them about the fun stuff they've done at the convention - look for inspiration about what to try next!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Try to arrange things so that you have a day after the convention to recover.</li> </ul><p>That last point is because at both of the cons I've gone to so far, I've ended up fully booked, doing something in every slot. Both cons were also done over holiday weekends (Labor Day and then Presidents' Day), but the cons ended on Sunday. This meant that I had Monday off work to recover, and I greatly appreciated it.</p><p></p><p>Conventions are fun, but exhausting! Pace yourself, and try to allow for recovery time if at all possible.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5507290, member: 90804"] The self-care advice is good, but my advice is more around how to figure out how to spend your time in the actual gaming part of the convention. My first con was Denver's TactiCon over Labor Day Weekend 2010. I bought a badge in advance and browsed the event catalog but didn't buy any event tickets. I bought a few generic tickets on-site as well as a couple of tickets for specific games I wanted to play that still had seats open. My advice is: [LIST] [*]Browse the events catalog in advance of the convention [*]Buy tickets for a few events that seem really interesting to you, but I'd suggest booking no more than half of your time in advance [*]Try out games that you've never tried before - this is a rare opportunity to learn about a new game! [*]Chat with your fellow players and game masters who seem friendly and talk to them about the fun stuff they've done at the convention - look for inspiration about what to try next! [*]Try to arrange things so that you have a day after the convention to recover. [/LIST] That last point is because at both of the cons I've gone to so far, I've ended up fully booked, doing something in every slot. Both cons were also done over holiday weekends (Labor Day and then Presidents' Day), but the cons ended on Sunday. This meant that I had Monday off work to recover, and I greatly appreciated it. Conventions are fun, but exhausting! Pace yourself, and try to allow for recovery time if at all possible. Enjoy! [/QUOTE]
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