GenCon 2010 – Day 0
Arrival and Badge Pickup
I had a much earlier arrival time this year which gave me additional time to explore the area, eat and stock up on the essentials.
There is a lot of media and advertising about a major expansion in the works to expand the Indiana Convention Center in part to accommodate the growing needs of GenCon and other conventions. The construction is obvious and I’m optimistic about the proposal. Allegedly this expansion will provide extra room for the big dogs but is not intended to bring the entire Convention within the confines of the Indiana Convention center. The need for intimate settings will require the use of outside connected hotels. That’s the theory anyways. Time will be the judge.
Pickup BattleTech Game
Amid the scramble of late comers waiting to pick up their badges and tickets, I found the time to get in some impromptu BattleTech games using basic maps, introductory box set miniatures and a binder filled with record sheets from battles long past.
These items travel light and make it possible to enjoy BattleTech with a minimum of inconvenience. Sure beats sitting in the hotel room with nothing to do but watch bad television.
There was an almost constant stream of on lookers and passers by whose interest ranged from a quick glance to detailed conversations. The refrain from the most interested had a common theme. “I haven’t played BattleTech in years!”
Even with the surge BattleTech experienced in the last three to five years, there is a huge community of gamers who moved on long ago and haven’t yet been brought back to the BattleTech world. Nostalgia is a strong pull.
Lets hope my luck turns as the weekend continues. I decidedly lost my first game and my second is not looking good.
Requests Taken
Please please let me know if there are any specific events you’d like a photograph of or a question you would like to be asked. GenCon comes but once a year and I’d hate to have squandered an opportunity to help a fan who can’t be here in person. Part of the fun of coming to GenCon is being able to share it with all my readers.
So, if you have a request, leave a comment and I’ll do my best to make it happen.
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Hi. My name is Andrey. Fans from Russia are on the other end of the world, would be grateful if you helped us with the Battletech-photos. Miniatures, authors and much more.
Welcome to cbtbooks.ru
Sincerely Andrey
Hi, congratulations from Spain, in the GenCon we have God and Davion, a spanish player I’m sure that you can find him playing Battletetch in the stand of Catalyst. Can you greet him?
As always enjoying the blog. You do realise this blog was one of the inspirations for starting my own don’t you?
@Darkawa, I did bump into God and Davion and said hello. He even got to play a little in one of the Late Night Quick Strike games.
@Paint it Pink, Thanks for the praise and I’m glad you were inspired to create your own blog. It’s a great creative outlet.
Thank you, I’ll wait to talk to him to write my own article about GenCon. Its very dificult to travel to Gen Con from Spain and more difficult if you are married and are the father of two beautiful girls of six and two years old.