Roll a Crit at GenCON

Game Update

Spending the week at GenCON and doing a lot of traveling took me away from working on the game. There were a lot of new games at the convention. It made me think about some of the other things I can create with my IP. Maybe I’ll create a card game or something someday.

I tried to pull the files from my dropbox, but the wifi at the hotels wasn’t working. I just moved on from that to focus on the convention.

Personal Update

Working the convention this year was pretty crazy. I worked for the Roll a Crit booth selling GenCON tee-shirts and other convention souvenirs. It was super busy as soon as I arrived there. I spent my shifts re-stocking merchandise for the store. It was quite an experience working a booth where I didn’t have to actively sell the product. People were very disappointed often when we ran out of our quota for the day or when stock ran out for the weekend.

I got food poisoning during the convention and it freaked me out. I was worried that I couldn’t work the job I was there for, I would miss the convention, and that I would have a hard time driving to pick up my kids. Luckily my friend told me exactly what to get so that I could get medicated and get well fast. I was back 100% in 24 hours and made up my time missed on another day of the convention.

I spent a little more than I planned to, but I’m happy overall with the games I got for the kids.

Our GenCON haul

  • Dungeon Drop

  • Catapults and Crossbows

  • Ultimate Treehouse

  • Robot Quest

  • Freeblades

  • X-Treme Dungeon Mastery

  • Middara Models

I saw a lot of industry people that I know, and there were plenty of people that I wasn’t able to connect with. It was a very busy convention. Given that they removed the masking requirements from the COVID era it felt like things were back to normal. That contributed greatly to the size of the crowds which were record breaking this year. The craziest thing was the crowds on Sunday. Usually it’s the most chill day of the convention but people were lined up down the hall for tickets. It had to have been a record breaking year for attendance and a really good year for vendors as well.