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<blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3295698" data-attributes="member: 16574">I went every year from 1988-97 (all in Milwaukee). It was great. I was able to play in tons of fun games (especially elaborate minis games no one in my area would've had the resources to put on), meet industry luminaries formally (in seminars), casually (in the dealer room), and in a gaming context (in demos and publisher-sponsored tournaments), and in the pre-ebay era the GenCon auction was absolutely unparalleled as a place to pick up oop and collectible games (probably 75+% of my collection was purchased there). I haven't been since I moved to California (even though GCSC is right down the road I haven't bothered to go to it). I have a strong suspicion if I went now it wouldn't feel the same (it was already starting not to in the last year or two I went -- a lot more cards and computer-gaming and anime and general sci-fi-fandom stuff (and a lot more people!); less old-school boardgaming, minis, and rpgs) and wouldn't live up to my childhood memories.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T. Foster, post: 3295698, member: 16574"] I went every year from 1988-97 (all in Milwaukee). It was great. I was able to play in tons of fun games (especially elaborate minis games no one in my area would've had the resources to put on), meet industry luminaries formally (in seminars), casually (in the dealer room), and in a gaming context (in demos and publisher-sponsored tournaments), and in the pre-ebay era the GenCon auction was absolutely unparalleled as a place to pick up oop and collectible games (probably 75+% of my collection was purchased there). I haven't been since I moved to California (even though GCSC is right down the road I haven't bothered to go to it). I have a strong suspicion if I went now it wouldn't feel the same (it was already starting not to in the last year or two I went -- a lot more cards and computer-gaming and anime and general sci-fi-fandom stuff (and a lot more people!); less old-school boardgaming, minis, and rpgs) and wouldn't live up to my childhood memories. [/QUOTE]

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