The contests are OVER! Thanks very much to everyone for playing!

[Barendd Nobeard]

CONTEST 16 OPEN NOW ( that was quick eh? ):

Since many of the "best" books have been taken already, again the winner will select TWO books from the remaining items on the list. To enter, post to this thread with your answer to the following question:

Do you go to gaming conventions? Why or Why not?

Only one post per person will counted for the contest.

I'll roll % dice in the evening ( approx 7PM PST ), and count posts to find the winner, rolling again if there are less posts than my die roll. - This time the LAST post will be number 1, and I'll count backwards - so no one will know what their number is until I close the contest!


Goodluck!

Yes, I go to gaming conventions. Why?

1. To try new games
2. To play games besided D&D 3e
3. To buy stuff
4. To talk to sculptors at the Reaper booth

 

[Allanon]

I'm still hoping that I one day can save enough money to fly to america and go to GenCon. But at the moment this remains an unreachable dream and thus I don't attend Cons, simply because there are none (I know of) in The Netherlands.

 

[trentonjoe]

I haven't gone to a convention in about 5 years. Mostly, I don't have the time to "do it right", you know, play all weekend, eat pizza, and be a zombie for the next week.

 

[Tolen Mar]

I usually miss them. Its usually for one of three reasons:

1) No Money. What can you do?
2) Far, Far, Away...If I have no money to do anything once there, I certainly dont have the money to travel to them.
3) I hear about them too late. This happens to me all the time with Egyptian Campaign, the local Con..I know approximately when it is, but usually find out the confirmed dates a few days after it happened.

 

[Kyramus]

I have not gone to a gaming convention. I've been to an anime convention once.

Mostly it's the lack of time and preparation, sometimes funds count as well.

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

Haven't been to a con since I was a kid. No spare cash, no spare time. Gaming in-and-of-itself is expensive and time consuming enough as it is.

 

[jaults]

Thus far, I have only been to GenCon once, but it was so fun, we were convinced to go again this year... Before that, I had always wanted to go to a con, but never had the opportunity, either because of finances or distance...

Jason

 

[Sir Trent]

I go to two-three cons a year to work, I've never been to one just to play . I think anyone who enjoys gaming ought to go to one a year, anyway. There's just too much going on to miss it.

 

[LostWorldsMike]

I go to gaming conventions, though usually only to smaller, local ones. My main reason for going is to expand my gaming horizons - or, in other words, get a chance to play games I wouldn't normally have a chance to.

Beyond that, there is a local con (SimCon - held annually at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY) that I've been going to every year for more than 20 years - with a slight gap due to bizarre marital complications - that has an event that I just won't miss... The Fantasy Roleplaying Tournament. I get to curb my hack 'n' slash tendencies and engage in diceless co-operative storytelling. Much fun.

 

[KB9JMQ]

First WooHoo ! I won game 15.

I go to GenCon now that it is in Indy since I am only 2 hours away.
I went once to Wisconsin when 3E was released but it was only for 2 hours. (I was on a road trip and just swung by )

I like Gencon because I can see other games. Meet others with the same interest and buy lots O' Stuff.