GenCon Report: The Final Chapter

Sunday was the last day of GenCon, and was by far the busiest day on the exhibit hall floor. At times it was difficult to move about in the hall because of the crowds packed into the aisles. The convention management were apparently trying a new technique: family memberships for Sunday, so that an entire family of four could come in and browse for the price of a single membership. It worked. Sales were brisk, and it seems that everyone had a good con.

And promptly at four o'clock the exhibit hall closed, the air conditioning shut off, and the exhibitors began hastily tearing down and packing up their booths. Within minutes the carpets were rolled up, forklifts were darting around, and the rumble of truck engines from the loading dock filled the air. The exhibitors who weren't working hard were busy dashing from booth to booth trying to exchange surplus merchandise for other people's surplus merchandise -- because most game publishers are still gamers at heart.

The Zygote/Rogue/Heliograph/Grey Ghost booth was relatively small and had a large staff, so we were packed up and moving out by 4:30. Our crack Zygote representative was on the road by 5:00.

For us, and apparently for everyone else, this year's GenCon was a great success, and we're almost certainly going back in 2008. See you there!