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<blockquote data-quote="Wycen" data-source="post: 1853603" data-attributes="member: 13732">My first con was a fandom convention in San Jose or San Francisco, I can't remember much anymore.&nbsp; It was Baycon, maybe around 87, at the start of Robotech's popularity.&nbsp; Anyway, I remember various things that at the time blew my mind, being like 16 years old.&nbsp; I was brought by a friend, who was our Robotech Game Master maybe 17 years old, who in turn was brought by his father.People in Star Trek uniforms.&nbsp; The hand made Robotech uniform my friend wore but I didn't realize until we got to the con.&nbsp; A seminar I remember nothing about except flyers for &quot;pink pineapple or salad?&quot; which I know had nothing to do with the seminar and then a long hall way off to the side with booths where my friend stopped to talk to a guy with a beard behind a booth.&nbsp; While he was talking I remember looking down the booth and trying to figure out what the hand drawn hand collated books said on their title.&nbsp; Furversion.&nbsp; No 16 year old should ever be subject to anything furry.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> I don't think we played anything but I remember trying to find a Star Wars game, heck just trying to find people gaming.&nbsp; Getting a ton of &quot;loot&quot; from previous conventions, like the previous years convention books and flyers, etc.I didn't really think about going back, but later that year the same friend mentioned he was running a game at some local con at the airport Hyatt/Hilton.&nbsp; That was only 10 minutes away and I figured if he was running a game it couldn't possibly be bad.&nbsp; And thus my first trip to Dundracon went off and suddenly I knew I wanted to do that again.From reading the previous posts it sounds like Winter Fantasy is a specialized con.&nbsp; If it was a &quot;normal&quot; game con, I would suggest simply going with a few bucks and books and first walking around to check things out.&nbsp; You only have to pay for 2 things generally, either admission to the Dealers Room, where companies sell stuff, and/or to sign up for con sponsored games.&nbsp; There are always &quot;open&quot; gaming rooms which can be hit or miss but you don't need to pay to play these.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wycen, post: 1853603, member: 13732"] My first con was a fandom convention in San Jose or San Francisco, I can't remember much anymore. It was Baycon, maybe around 87, at the start of Robotech's popularity. Anyway, I remember various things that at the time blew my mind, being like 16 years old. I was brought by a friend, who was our Robotech Game Master maybe 17 years old, who in turn was brought by his father. People in Star Trek uniforms. The hand made Robotech uniform my friend wore but I didn't realize until we got to the con. A seminar I remember nothing about except flyers for "pink pineapple or salad?" which I know had nothing to do with the seminar and then a long hall way off to the side with booths where my friend stopped to talk to a guy with a beard behind a booth. While he was talking I remember looking down the booth and trying to figure out what the hand drawn hand collated books said on their title. Furversion. No 16 year old should ever be subject to anything furry. :( I don't think we played anything but I remember trying to find a Star Wars game, heck just trying to find people gaming. Getting a ton of "loot" from previous conventions, like the previous years convention books and flyers, etc. I didn't really think about going back, but later that year the same friend mentioned he was running a game at some local con at the airport Hyatt/Hilton. That was only 10 minutes away and I figured if he was running a game it couldn't possibly be bad. And thus my first trip to Dundracon went off and suddenly I knew I wanted to do that again. From reading the previous posts it sounds like Winter Fantasy is a specialized con. If it was a "normal" game con, I would suggest simply going with a few bucks and books and first walking around to check things out. You only have to pay for 2 things generally, either admission to the Dealers Room, where companies sell stuff, and/or to sign up for con sponsored games. There are always "open" gaming rooms which can be hit or miss but you don't need to pay to play these. [/QUOTE]

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