Re: GZG - East Coast Convention - Prereg starts Jan 20th

On Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:27:03 -0800, you wrote:

>Gen-Con ? Isn't that a collectible card-game convention ?

GenCon is a roleplaying game convention. But that's kind of like
saying that Microsoft makes operating systems and word processors.

GenCon is still mostly about roleplaying. AD&D is very popular, but so
is Call of Cthulhu, the White Wolf games, and most other big RPGs.
Even the small ones usually have at least a couple of events. There is
a big CCG presence, but there are also historical miniatures games, SF
miniatures games, Warhammer, board games, and War College lectures.
The program book has 6 pages of SF/Fantasy miniatures games alone. On
top of that, the game convention has a SF convention in the middle of
it. Two years ago, almost 30,000 people attended!

GenCon is probably the best convention to attend if you can only
attend one a year and have a wide range of options. I'd probably
prefer something like Historicon for miniatures, but I also play
roleplaying games as does my wife. We hardly see each other during the
convention, but she's usually busier than I am!

Allan Goodall	       agoodall@sympatico.ca

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 Fate is just the weight of circumstances
 That's the way that Lady Luck dances
 Roll the bones." - N. Peart