This year I attended Gen Con for the first time. For those that are not familiar, Gen Con is four days of gaming madness. While there were some electronic games, the primary focus is on board games, tabletop role-playing games, miniature war games, and trading card games. I went almost exclusively for RPGs, but ended up only seeing a couple demos in the exhibit hall and watching some live one-shots. I love board games, and ended up playing several that were pretty neat, but I was ultimately disappointed with myself for not playing in any RPGs. In the weeks leading up to the con, I felt a bit foolish for spending so much money when I am a filthy normie fairly far removed from the fandom that this sort of event attracts. I definitely could have done a better job researching and signing up for events before I arrived at the con. My intention was to go into this first time without any planning and get used to how the convention was laid out and not have to rush around a bunch. As luck would have it, I ran into several friends that I didn’t know were going to attend, and they ended up serving as my guides around the convention and Indianapolis at large.