Speaking of three meals a day, I hear there are food trucks typically?

I would also welcome any recommendations on interesting restaurants in Indy, particularly in walking distance from the con area.

Quote from: mAcular Chaotic;832788I actually found some hotels after all. Awesome. Hotels.com to the rescue.

Now the question remains what events to look at and whatnot.



Games people were running in hotels? Did they have signups at Gen Con for it?

GenCon doesn't run signups for them, but EnWorld/CircvsMaximvs does.  They are all privately run games, open to pretty much any member of EnWorld or CircvsMaximvs, on a first come first serve (signup in a thread) basis.  You could of course open a thread here and get a few TheRPGSite games going as well I suspect.

You can view the 2014 threads on it here.

The idea of an RPGsite meetup at GenCon - for a pickup game, or a round of drinks - does have its charms.  I doubt it would devolve into fisticuffs.  I'd be happy to participate in a meet-and-greet.

Who all's going this year?  Macular, Critias, I've lost track of who else chimed in.

Quote from: VectorSigma;832952Speaking of three meals a day, I hear there are food trucks typically?

I would also welcome any recommendations on interesting restaurants in Indy, particularly in walking distance from the con area.

The food trucks these last several years have been a really great addition.  Some of them have a lot of fun with it and dress up/decorate their truck with cool geeky stuff.  A few are overpriced, but far more often than not I've left my food truck happy;  they've become my go-to lunch option, every day of the con, and some of the carts/trucks stay out pretty late (even overnight) which can be a lifesaver.

For sit-down restaurants, my general guide is to try The Ram (especially if you're a fan of Privateer Press' games), Weber Grill (if you like steak, eat there, and it's nice to get a "nice" meal once per con), and keep Steak and Shake in mind (because it's open 24/7, I end up eating there at least once per con, and those shakes can help out if you get a con-funk sore throat).  There's a Penn Station and a PF Chang for other chains (I dig Penn Station 'cause I don't have one locally, so it's turned into an every-year lunch spot for me and a buddy), just off the top of my head.

One thing Indy isn't lacking is decent restaurants.  

In recent years I've eaten breakfast in my room (I've been staying at extended-stay type hotels with full kitchens), done lunch at a food truck, and then gone outta my way to get a good dinner somewhere, relaxing, taking our time, and feeling like fucking adults, just once a day.

Quote from: VectorSigma;832952Speaking of three meals a day, I hear there are food trucks typically?

Up to a certain hour there are usually vendor areas open. Never saw food trucks. Though the post above indicates that there are. But did see pizza and hot dog vendors. Each big hotel usually had a restaurant in it with varying hours.

Quote from: Omega;832975Up to a certain hour there are usually vendor areas open. Never saw food trucks. Though the post above indicates that there are. But did see pizza and hot dog vendors. Each big hotel usually had a restaurant in it with varying hours.

The trucks've been there just the last few years (so if it's been a while, you missed 'em), and they're only lined up on Georgia Street (so if you don't go that way, you missed 'em).

One minor thing with GenCon when it was still in Wisconsin was that the events sprawled out into the adjoining buildings and hotels. After a point it gets hard to tell where the heck anything was or required quite a hike. I didnt mind the hiking at all. But that had to be tough on some other attendees.

The aformentioned Captain Proton con LARP was one of those way off in another hotel. Room parties were a pain to track down too sometimes.

Dont know if it still sprawls like that or not at the new place?

It does, but it's not too bad as long as you plan for it.  They're up-front about locations any time you look at a game, and there are maps of Downtown Indy with stuff pretty clearly marked.

I've never been to Gencon, but I suspect that if I did, I probably wouldn't actually be spending my time playing.

For you Pundy, GenCon might be more useful as an industry conference where you meet and greet people and make contacts. You would probably want to run a few events of your own games as Play with the Creator events which are always popular and of course, a theRPGsite meetup.

GenCon's a busy four days.  There's plenty of time to play and network.

Quote from: Spinachcat;833918For you Pundy, GenCon might be more useful as an industry conference where you meet and greet people and make contacts. You would probably want to run a few events of your own games as Play with the Creator events which are always popular and of course, a theRPGsite meetup.

That last one would probably be the one thing that would really interest me.

I'd host an unofficial panel... somewhere that I could smoke a fucking pipe.