# Anyone make it to Gen Con this year?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-to-gen-con-this-year/191704
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 29, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-to-gen-con-this-year/191704 "2003-07-29T17:43:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-to-gen-con-this-year/191704/1 "2003-07-29T17:43:25Z")
I’ve been going to Gen Con every year since I was a wee little gamer, since way back when it was actually still held in Lake Geneva. No problem when they moved it to Milwaukee; heck, that’s an easy drive from Chicago. But this year, the Gathering of the Great Unwashed was held in Indianapolis instead, and I finally said forget it, for a couple of reasons:
a) 4 1/2 hours is a heckuva long drive; and,
2) There didn’t seem to be any interesting new products to pick up. The only new stuff I’d heard about was D&D 3.5, which I’m not picking up for various reasons.
So did anyone make it to Gen Con this year? Any good stories?
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-to-gen-con-this-year/191704/2 "2003-07-29T17:58:19Z")
Yup, I made it. The Indy convention center is much nicer than the one in Milwaukee (and bigger, though it means a lot more walking).
The big news announcements were that White Wolf is ending the World of Darkness (something about Gehenna and Apocalypse–I don’t play WW games so I’m not sure what the significance is) and Mage Knight 2.0 is being released.
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### Author:  [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-to-gen-con-this-year/191704/3 "2003-07-29T18:01:56Z")
Yep, I made it, for all four days for the first time. I really only went to play Legend of the Five Rings and look at the new stuff, but I have to say, I really am impressed with the new facilities. And I’m in the reverse situation you’re in, Zanshin; Milwaukee was a 4.5 to 5 hour drive for me, so the move to Indy was great. Made it home in just under 3 hours. Indianapolis is, from what I saw, a really nice city, and I really enjoyed myself there. I’m looking forward to it again next year, so long as it falls on the same date (as work concerns usually keep me from going anywhere in August).
No good stories from me, really. Some new stuff looks cool, but mostly what I saw that impressed me was computer based demos of new things. The game system stuff was mostly old hat, and the dealer’s floor was mostly eaten up with WOTC and UpperDeck displays. So you didn’t miss much on the product front.
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### Author:  [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-to-gen-con-this-year/191704/4 "2003-07-30T01:32:56Z")
White Wolf’s ending the World of Darkness – isn’t that all the Vampire/Changeling/Werewolf stuff? Man, are my LARPer friends gonna be pissed.
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-make-it-to-gen-con-this-year/191704/5 "2003-07-30T03:01:18Z")
Yes, Word of Darkness is the “colon” games-- Vampire: The Masquerade, Mummy: The Resurrection, Mage: The Ascention etc
To bad they are ending it before Blob: The Amorphous
I lost interest when it became more of a TV/Movie thing (Tho I didn’t go a lot before.) Here is reason to be sad (last big paragraph):
[http://calder.decipher.com/cgi-bin/msgbd?lotrfanclub$23991-3173$2](http://calder.decipher.com/cgi-bin/msgbd?lotrfanclub%2423991-3173%242)
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Brian
I _am_ going the remaining big convention in Wisconsin, Airventure (aka EAA)