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Message: <blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 7679016" data-attributes="member: 43019">I've been going to Gen Con for, say, 25 years or so. Over time I've definitely changed what I do there, sometimes by choice / opportunity, and other times by necessity.Nowadays I actually go a few days beforehand and play games with friends in a sorta con-before-the-con that is absolutely the highlight of my stay. During the con, I concentrate on trying to have cool meals with said friends and maybe wandering the dealer floor in manageable chunks.I don't do big strings of games with friends during the actual convention anymore. It's too hard to get entire tables for our group, and honestly it's hard to agree on what to play as well.I also don't worry as much about getting into newer and more interesting games or what look like the most awesome events. It's almost impossible to get into said events, especially more than 1 ticket; worse, it takes a bunch of work, monitoring, frustration dealing with internet woes, and luck.I do think I'm going to switch from thinking about Gen Con as an RPG convention and switch to thinking of it more like a boardgame convention. I think I'll enjoy the event selection and dealer room better. It also makes the sleep deprivation less of a problem.</blockquote>