Hey I know GenCon is gonna be during Nov 15 to 19 but since I've never been to any Gen Con events, I have some questions to the people who have been there before:
*Is GenCon Cal going to happen during Thanksgiving? If not, so it's just a 'regular' day?
* So what do you do if you DON'T live in California?..I mean, I don't think i'd be able to attend if i live in NJ(even b/c it starts on Thursday)
Guys I'd love if you guys helped me out here, thanks
Thanksgiving is the following weekend, for clarification. :)
I'm not sure what you want to hear. If you live in NJ, its quite a bit farther. Why do you ask?
There's the annual GenCon in Indy, isn't there? I plan on trying to attend next year since, you know, I LIVE in Indiana. :)
Having been a GM for GURPS for many, many, many years at GenCon (before I moved to Flori-duh), I can tell you that it's a blast. There's con-organized gaming the entire weekend, with competitions that basically reward those who do nothing but play competition games all weekend (the only downside I ever saw to it - if you didn't play every slot all weekend, you couldn't win anything). There's also a rather huge open-gaming area, a computer gaming room, board gaming and table-top warfare tournaments, card-game tournaments, LARP on Saturday night (usually Vampire)...
Only problem with GenCon is, if you're not local, you're going to pay a fortune for hotels if you're staying anywhere near the airport, and the hotel the con takes place in sits right outside the airport.
Personally, I lived 30 minutes away when I was out there and played until I was falling asleep and then braved Los Angeles traffic until I got home and passed out before heading back.
Oh, and don't eat at the con! The hotel charges ridiculous rates for food and there are fast food places within walking distance (if you're up for about a 1/2 mile walk one way).
Syrinx