Alright, so here is a general recap of GENCON 2017, the largest Con Ive ever been to and the largest GENCON ever. this will be a long post so I apologize in advance. So ya GENCON.
Never before have I experienced Nerd culture at this magnitude. It was truly an overwhelming experience. Just look at this map!
Not only did the convention take place in all three stories of the convention center, it also enveloped three surrounding motels and the Colts stadium featured above.(At the opening ceremony, the announcer actually made a joke about how it was pretty damn awesome that the nerds had taken over the football stadium, and that he’d never heard of the football fans taking over hte convention center.I laughed, HARD)
I was able to go to Gencon, mainly because a buddy of mine basically went to it as a kind of business trip for his Youtube Channel.
He Reviews new and exciting boardgames .Awesome dude and an awesome channel to which I’m grateful he let me tag along for the trip. Heres a link to his channel if any of you all are interested! Link
The other buddy of mine I went with also has a youtube channel devoted to boardgame kickerstarters called Hivestate:
his channels fairly young but he makes really good content. hers a link also if you want to check him out. Link
But enough with me being a billboard for these guys, back to GenCon.
So the first day of the Con, as I sad I was very, VERY overwhelmed. I come from a fairly small city that’s pretty well spaced out, so seeing that many people in one place was…JARRING to say the least.
I’ll say this though, the entire time I was there, I didn’t hear of a single event where someone got assaulted or anything bad like that happening. and there were about 166,000 people the first day of the con I believe, Speaks volumes for our hobby and the community.
Anyway, the first day within like ten minutes of entering the dealer’s hall I managed to loose both Mitch(Kwarenteen) And Zack(Hive State) to which I remember just uttering “well shit” as soon as I realized I was alone. After that though, the week went smoothly.
The coolest thing that happened to me the first day was I ended up meeting Uncle Atom from Tabletop minions, to which I made a complete fool of myself but its ok I got to meet someone whose videos have helped so much in my short wargaming life!
Super chill dude too, it was great meeting him!
Carrying on, Demo’d a game called Dropfleet, a low orbit fleet tactics tabletop game
I picked up Dropfleet on the spot. Did I mention the MINIs ARE FREAKIN GORGEOUS.
Cool thing about this game is it also can be played beside or in sussecion with another game called dropfleet commander, which is the ground side version of the game.
Dropfleet and Dropzone gave me a very Halo vibe, so I’m diffidently looking forward to playing the crap out of the game.
The second day was equally crazy, Demo’ed more games, and saw even more awesome stuff. That day I also got to meet the creator of Kingdom Death Adom Poots. Awesome human being, and very VERY passionate about his game and the future of said game.
Also, as a Warhammer 40000 fan I found a booth that was selling bits by the BUCKETS. If id been left alone there Id have spent all of my funds for the con there. They even had I believe like first edition imperial guard minis and a really old looking Land Raider.
actually forgot to buy that book while I was there…
After the dealers hall closed on the second day we split up again, Mitch went to some after party thing he had to go to and Zack and I went and got some food and expored downtown Indy. Got a message from Mitch though and I, well I nearlly doubled over when I saw the picture.expored downtown Indy. Got a message from Mitch though and I, well I nearlly doubled over when I saw the picture.dealers hall closed on the second day we split up again, Mitch went to some after party thing he had to go to and Zack and I went and got some food and expored downtown Indy. Got a message from Mitch though and I, well I nearlly doubled over when I saw the picture.
Apparently, he came in second in a sexy nurse costume contest style thing. I envy this mans courage XD ( hes the one in the red dress)
Rest of the week was about the same. Came to the Con, Demo’d games, wished I had more money, and saw amazing Cosplayers. Here are just the rest of the general pictures I took at the con. Various minis and games. Ill make a seperate post about the cosplayers I saw as I have way too many to put in this one post.
(THIS WAS AMAZING IN PERSON)
(Didnt pick this up but it lookd cool so I grabbed a pic)
(Fallout boardgame looked like its alot of fun, didnt get to demo it though )
Another Miniatures game I intend on getting into called Wild West exodus:
the models are absolutly beautiful, my crappy phone does not do them justice.
(Another game i bought into called BUSHIDO. I am weak with money when it comes to miniatures…)
(Mitch before entering the Con.)
(MITCH, LOCKED AND LOADED FOR THOSE SWEET BOARDGAMES)
(Another shot of the peoples of GENCON. Just, wow)
(GENCON’s famed Cardhalla.)
(Game called the Godfather.)
And here is my loot at the end of Gencon!
So ya that was GENCON for me. Had an absolute blast and I already can’t wait to go back next year. Truly was an amazing experience.
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