Wednesday And Thursday At GenCon

My trip to Indianapolis was thankfully without incident. The last time I flew through Denver, I had to sprint the entire length of the B concourse.  Looking at my itinerary, I was little concerned that I had a tight connection, but fortunately my gates were almost next to each other. A little less than six hours after I took off, I was on the ground at the Indianapolis airport.

Whereupon I stepped outside and nearly melted. Ah, Midwestern heat and humidity, how I do not miss you in California. My roommate Will, in whose name the room was booked, wasn't going to arrive for another hour or two, so I promptly set up camp in the lobby of the Embassy Suites to watch for people I knew.1 I waited for approximately thirty seconds, which is one of the reasons I love GenCon.

The rest of evening involved people, food, and drinks, which are possibly my favorite things the world, so I was content. I was happy to see BoardGameGeek win the Diana Jones Award, and I continue to look forward to that party every year. And I even followed my own advice and went to bed earlier than I could have, so that I could meet Daniel for a run on Thursday morning. I promptly mis-programmed my alarm, but awoke just in time to throw on some clothes and meet folks for a very pleasant (if humid) run.2

I felt good but extremely droopy after breakfast, so, not having any commitments Thursday morning, I decided to go back to bed. This turned out to be a wise decision, and despite not getting to the convention center until well after noon, I do not regret it all. That I ran into people I knew at lunch certainly helped. I spent the rest of the afternoon following my Thursday tradition at GenCon: walking the entire dealer's hall. I try to skim the floor on the first day, just to give myself a sense of what's where and what I was interested in coming back to learn more about. Just before the hall closed at 6 PM, I finished, taking my tired feet back to my hotel room for some rest.

Now to find some people for dinner and see what trouble we can get into.

1 Technically I'd already met Daniel Solis at the door on the way in, but that doesn't count for these purposes.

2 I was reminded how nice it is to run on the flat, given that our neighborhood is not at all.