Didn’t get the events I wanted but got the events I deserved.
This is my first Gencon so I’ve tried to be meticulous in my planning. But as they say man plans and Event Registration laughs.
I only got tickets for two of my initial events so I was pretty discouraged. I followed the advice from Gencon veterans on here and waited a few hours to see if any tickets were freed up but no luck. So I went back to the events list and started digging.
My mindset was that I’d have to find some second string events just to make the weekend feel worth it.
But much to my surprise i found games that I’m more excited about playing than some of my original options. I’m especially excited to play the Orc Borg multi table game. Role playing a legally distinct 40k ork on a mission to krump god may be one of the funnest ttrpg pitches I’ve ever heard!
tl;dr If you’re a first timer at Gencon don’t be discouraged that you didn’t get your initial events. Could event registration be better? Absolutely. But there are still a ton of great events happening all weekend.