by Ugavine

Not anymore.
In the late 90s I used to go to Doctor Who conventions, they were enjoyable. But I don't have the money anymore.

I used to go to UK Games Expo, but there were issues I don't want to go into, but my whole group now avoids it.

I also used to go to various ComicCon events, but my crowd anxiety has got worse over time. The cost of autographs are also now ridiculous. And I know this is likely an unpopular opinion, but I don't like all the cosplayers walking around like they own the place . I'm just getting grumpy as I get old.

In general I find most conventions too big and too commercial now.

by Kaffeine

I have only gone to a couple in more recent years. One was a local one that was more board game driven, and had minimal RPG options and a poor setup.

That didn't really leave me with a good taste in my mouth regarding cons. However, last year my brother convinced me to meetup with him at Chaosium Con for their 50th anniversary and I had a blast. It was almost entirely RPG focused and I played with some great players at the tables I was at.

I do want to get to Origins and maybe GenCon at some point, but I feel like mid-sized cons are probably my sweet spot.

by AZBarbarian

I have a weakness for exhibit halls. My favorite part of conventions. So, yes, I do go. Back in the day you'd get good deals. In today's day and age, the deals aren't really there any longer. However, you can see all the new, shiny things. Even buy some. Even buy a lot.

I am old enough to remember when going to fantasy, sci-fi, comic, and gaming conventions was a niche thing. Now it has become trendy. I kind of resent that. It has caused many of these individual conventions to morph into more general catch-all types of things. I preferred them to be more niche.

by bclayj

Related Item: Queen Games

belial1134 wrote:

At this point. I’m just hoping to get the rest of the items I’ve already backed. Anything from them going forward and I’ll either get it at retail or 3rd party. Just seems too risky as I have little faith of how much longer they are going to be able to hold on before collapsing,

Yeah, I think they are pretty deep into the Kickstarter "ponzi scheme" cycle at this point, it's a shame as I used to really like so much of what they published. But I'm done with them, I expect that collapse to happen as well and I feel bad for their employees, but at this point I would rather see all their games go to some different publisher or return rights to the authors.

by St Cretin

I used to, then I didn't, now I do or at least try to.
Conventions are means to play RPGs that are new to me without having to make a commitment to a steady group.

by puzzlemonkey

Like others, what with bundles and freebies and the like, more than I could even realistically tally. (Some are not even in my physical or digital possession).

If I count ones that I picked up with the actual intention of possibly reading and playing someday: probably 7 or 8 systems comprising over a hundred books, supplements, and ancillary items.

by Whymme

Yes - although the main RPG conventions around here are in the UK.
I'm a regular to a small WFRP-only con that is held in London every year at the end of August. I've mentioned it before; it really has become a gathering of friends, as the same people show up every time (but new faces certainly are welcome!) TobCon is a lovely little con.

My other big con is more of a boardgames fair, Spiel in Essen. Although I don't come there as much anymore. The stress is on new games, and mostly on buying them. I just don't have room for more boardgames! I used to go all four days, and even try to sneak in on the Wednesday before the fair officially opens, but I've scaled things down now. Just one day for the fair, if I don't skip the whole thing altogether.
Although the chaos at the auction meet is something that everyone should have experienced once. Every year, in the run-up to the fair there is an auction thread on our sister site BGG. People can offer their used games for sale and bid on those that others are offering.

In the past I've visited AmberCon UK, a whole weekend of just playing the Amber RPG, the UK Games Expo, and the ones of the British Roleplaying Society. That was all before I got married and got a family. Now I want to spend my allotted vacation days more with them, and they don't think that going to cons is a good way to spend our time together.

by lawingm

I've never been to a gaming convention. I've done work/IT related conferences, but nothing on the scale of DragonCon or GenCon.

In theory, I would love a con. Being able to see products in person, having demos run by subject matter experts, having tables for games that I'd likely never get to play in person back home? Hell yeah. But in practice, I think the crowds, price, pressure to get my money's/time worth out of it, and handing my at-home responsibilities off somehow make it a tough proposition to me.

I think a meet up is more my speed. A bunch of the online maker community did a meetup at the Atlanta woodworking show back in '17. Cheaper than a con. Super low-stakes. Still had a vendor hall type event to mill around. Some of my friends were doing demos with different booths. That was much more my speed, but I still left exhausted and felt overwhelmed a lot of the time.

by ctimmins

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by robbbbbb

I am not a con guy. Never really have been, and I don't quite know why. Maybe as my kids start to leave the house (the eldest started college a couple weeks ago), I will get around to conventions. But then, maybe not. I will have to see how I can manage my time as I transition to that next stage of life.

by Moonlight_Fox

Only free online ones at this point, but I've been playing in a couple of games at the monthly Pickup Con for the past few months as part of that. Before money was as tight for me as it now is I attended UKGE a couple of times (2015 and 2017 I think?), but wasn't into TTRPGs at the time so I'm not sure how relevant that is to this discussion since I was just looking at the board game side of it.

by Pleady

Opened my new box of Chichen Itza to discover that I have 2 bags of green warriors. OK that happens - no big deal.
Google'd and found https://new.queen-games.com/
Couldn't find any way to default the page to English so stumbled around with Google translate helping and made it to their Spare Parts section.
https://new.queen-games.com/ersatzteile/
The spare parts form completely broken (tried in Chrome, Edge and Opera)
Tried the Contact Us which seems equally broken
Google'd more and found their Shop page which did actually work and I submitted a "Spare parts service"
https://queen-games.shop/

I'll follow up in several months if / when this gets resolved.
Thanks!