Gen Con

This was my first trip to Gen Con and I'll have to say I was pretty amazed at the shear size of the thing and the number of events going on and the size of the exhibit hall.  I only got a day pass and I played the game I reviewed in another blog entry for the morning.  I spent the afternoon roaming the exhibit hall and then I played a game called Oregon Trail and then Tales of Arabian Nights.

Oregon Trail was pretty fun.  You picked up a different character and tried to get to Oregon.  Along the way you would encounter different things and you resolved them with the game master using rock, paper, scissors.  Through a series of bad luck, we ended up being the last folks to reach Oregon but everyone lived, so I guess that was a plus.

I got to meet Thaad who seemed really cool (but hurried).

Then I played a couple turns of a pick up game of Tales of Arabian Nights based on that, I decided to pick up the game myself.  It was a blast although the charts seem fiddly but I do like the stories.

I got to meet the designer of War on Terror and I got an autographed copy of his next game.  I also picked up "Comrade Koba" and "Weapons of Mass Destruction".

All in all, I had a blast and will definately consider going there next year.

Tomorrow I will probably end up taking pictures of downtown Indy (some really cool buildings and the soldier's memorial is awesome).