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GenCon is the World's Largest Game Fair and the biggest roleplaying convention in the world. I have been attending for the past 30 years and see no reason to stop.
This was the year GenCon moved to Indianapolis. For many years it was in Milwaukee, having moved there from the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, the Lake Geneva Playboy Club, and the Horticultural Hall, not to mention the times in Gary Gygax's basement.
All of the pictures were taken with my trusty Minolta SRT-101 camera. (That's the camera my brother gave me after he brought it back from his tour in 'Nam in 1971.)
The convention had a party in the plaza a couple blocks from the convention center. The band was an all-girl AC/DC cover band named AC/D-She and they were LOUD.
One of the reasons to attend is to see the various costumes and appreciate the effort that went into producing them.
The Dealer's Room is always a sight to see.
The ENnies (the ENWorld Award) is a gaming industry award.
Katherine Kurtz is an excellent author, a lady in every positive sense of the word, and the creator of the "Deryni" novels. She was a guest at the convention of one of the game publishers who was writing a roleplaying game based on the series.
As this was the first time the convention was in Indy, there were the expected problems. The registration line shown here is one of them.
This was also the 10th Anniversary of the release of "Magic: the Gathering".
I just found my GenCon 2004 pictures!
Not many celebrities that year, but what they lacked in numbers, they made up in quality: David Carradine ("Kung Fu") and Marc Singer ("The Beastmaster"). I was surprised to discover that Singer was even taller than me, and still looked as buff and fit as he was in the movie.
OR maybe its is a griffon.
Not many costumes this year, or at least I didn't see many.
Still the focal point of the convention.
This year a news crew went around the exhibit hall, interviewing people.
The True Dungeon was open for press tours before the convention, and I took advantage of the situation.
All of the pictures were taken with my Sony HDR-5 HandyCam video/still camera.
FASA, the original publisher of BattleTech, used to be one of the biggest and fanciest exhibitors at GenCon. Their heirs may not be as big but they still deliver a great presentation.
The new MMORPG came based on the Conan novels was being demo-ed at the convention.
One of the biggest attractions and biggest noise-makers of the convention, worth attending just to see what's new and who's there.
This was the 40th GenCon and a number of panels were arranged on the history of the convention.
All of the pictures were taken with my Sony HDR-5 HandyCam video/still camera and my Olympus E-510 still camera.
GenCon has become a major venue for costumers, rivalling many large SF conventions. The competition this year was fierce.
Hall costumes: some should have been entered into the competition.
Harry Potter costumes (including the Master of Ceremonies).
From the movie of the same name, this costume was very impressive when he first appeared on stage, but what put him over the top was when he opened the panel on the unit on his forearm and it lit up: movie fans will remember this was the countdown to self-destruct sequence from the movies.
The Diana Jones Awards is both an impressive industry award and a major reason to drink and party the night before GenCon officially opens.
The Ennie Awards, sponsored by EnWorld, are the fan-based awards of the RPG industry.
Every four year, the stars align and the planets conjoin, and the Elder Party rises from the depths of GenCon to hold their Presidential Nominating Convention.
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