For me, the first step was simple...attend a day at Gen Con for the first time. I've been a gamer for 30 years, lived in Indianapolis longer than Gen Con has been here, yet I never involved myself at all. This year that changed, and now I'm on a quest to prep myself to have the time of my life next year. I've been out of tabletop gaming for 10 years, and even threw a lot of my stuff out. I've had problems with being overly obsessed with MMO's I've had to overcome. I've got a roommate that doesn't approve of my geeky ways at all. Still, I plan on being at Gen Con 2011 for the full event, and I'm going to take this year to slowly plan my time and learn/relearn enough games to have a lot of fun.
That journey will be chronicled here :).
A chronicle of my preparations for Gen Con 2011. I hope to include a lot of useful information for any GenCon attendee about the area as well.
Congrats on your decision.
ReplyDeleteI went for the first time this year and did the full four days (and Wednesday night). It was life-changing and my mister and I are going to go every year.