One of the first things I'm doing is trying to decide what I want to make sure I've read before con time. I'm pretty much where I want to be. I'm close to finishing the Pathfinder Inner Sea Guide so I have a feel for Golarion. It's such a well done setting, that the book is just interesting to read. It doesn't hurt that I have more Pathfinder games scheduled than any other game. I'm also going to try to read through the Eclipse Phase rules, as that looks like an interesting game. I read rules some times just so I can join a pick up game if I happen upon one.
My Wednesday schedule is giving me issues. There's a surprising amount of things I could be doing with that day. I think I've decided that the best use does not include scheduling much of anything. I'm going to go to the Critical-Hits Drunken D&D game party Wednesday evening to watch the game and mingle. That's about all that's set in stone now (that and making sure my roommate doesn't have to take a ridiculously expensive cab from the airport). I think the best thing for that day for me is to use it to meet people I know from twitter and other places and maybe get involved in a pick-up game or 10. Yes, Wednesday has officially become a socializing day for me.
I had the last second possibility come up last week to bring Abney Park to play during Gen Con. After looking at the costs and time I'd have to commit, I decided against trying this year. It's just too close to try to plan and pull off something like that. I have to say, Captain Robert was very interested in playing the con, and very helpful in making booking the band as easy as possible. I want to try to do this next year when there's time to plan everything and when I might be able to get the Gen Con staff involved. There's an awesome 1500 person venue a block north of the convention center. This year would have been perfect since they're releasing the Airship Pirates RPG. I just wish the twitter conversation that started this had come a month earlier. Might have happened then.
My next post will probably be a discussion of what I'm bringing to Gen Con. Sam's Club sells cases and partial cases of 5-hour energy, and I know that's on the list. I'll also be scouring con survival guides and trying to pull out the gems from there. If you have any suggestions, leave a comment. I'd like to make the post a very useful guide targeted specifically at Gen Con.
Oh...a final note: Indianapolis is in full construction mode. They're doing a lot of work preparing the city for the Superbowl that may or may not happen this year. The city should be really pretty by Gen Con time as a lot of the beautification projects will be complete. There will probably still be significant roadwork going on though, so plan accordingly and check for construction updates if you're driving in.
