Hello all! We're back with another year of Gen Con Indy coverage! Today, we picked up my buddy Jeff from RPG Circus, and we headed downtown to see some pics of the convention setting up:

There's a big "Welcome Gamers" floor sign welcoming Gen Con attendees. Gen Con has really found a welcoming home in Indy. Local businesses love the revenue, and many even get into the swing of the convention by having the wait staff dress up, doing decorations, or holding promotions to bring gamers through the door.



Inside the convention center, there was a huge line for registration and badge pick-up. The Gen Con staff and volunteers were legion, however, and seemed to be moving things along as quickly as possible. 24-hour registration was a good move, I think:



One of the best thing about Gen Con is all the posters advertising games and companies. They're massive:



(And yeah, Paizo has a deal now with Obsidian for licensing some Pathfinder stuff for electronic titles).

Gaming has already started! Anywhere there's a table, there's a game:



Battletech Pods being set up:



Many of the card and event rooms are still being set up:



WotC is still setting up the D&D 5e area, but they've got some big banners up all over.



The Pathfinder banners are all over, too, and impressive! This cavernous room is all Pathfinder Society:

Oh, and the Gen Con store is open for business already! People were SWARMING this booth outside one of the exhibit halls:



Lots--LOTS--more tomorrow.

one day... I will make my pilgrimage to Mecca... errr.... Gencon...

Oh man, it's something else. Everyone does their best to bring their A-game here.

One more of the Pathfinder Society area. It's dark, but those are all huge banners of iconic characters in the background:

I look forward to this thread every year. Thank you for doing this.

This was the subject of my blog entry for today. That's how much I value it.

Yay! Battletech pods! The original locale is near us here. Allways wanted to order myself at least a pair of pods. Still have my award certificate from the 1999 Gen Con event.

Quote from: JamesV;779406I look forward to this thread every year. Thank you for doing this.

Seconded.

Thirded. Love it.

I am really hoping they make a rpg and allow you to mod it all to hell like they did with Neverwinter Nights.  I am just saying that would be epic.

nice shirt

Quote from: Goober;779449nice shirt

haha that is going to cause a stir at The Big Purple

Good morning! Getting up and going now. I'll try to get an update here not long after the hall opens this morning. First order of business after breakfast is picking up my badge from the press room, and getting some shots of some of the outside/hallway areas and rooms.

Quote from: Goober;779449nice shirt

I want one.

Ha! Is that you Zach?