GenCon 2025

[Phoenix]

Hello, everyone.
As some of you may know, I was asked to host several HeroQuest games last year at GenCon 2024 in Indianapolis. I had a blast! Sharing my love of the game with several new comers to HeroQuest, newcomers to RPGs and some veteran players. It was a lot of fun.

I have been asked back for this years 2025 GenCon. The dates are July 31st through August 3rd, if anyone is interested in "the best 4 days of gaming".

I am still working out the details, but will update here if anyone is interested in following along or coming to meet me in person.

[Daedalus]

I have to check with friends, but I hope to see you there!

[Kurgan]

I'll be there (as will several people from HeroQuestFans discord, by last count). Would love to meet the guy who made so much stuff I use in HeroQuest, at the very least.

[Nlinindoll]

I'll be there as well... my very first GenCon. I'm looking forward to it!

[Kurgan]

Keep both hands on your wallet at all times (not because of pickpockets, I mean because you'll be tempted to blow it all on board game crap!).

[Phoenix]

UPDATE:

I will be in the "TABLETOP GAYMERS" room, hosting HeroQuest games at the following tentative schedule:
Thursday:
10AM
12PM
Friday:
8AM
10AM
Saturday:
8AM
10AM
Sunday:
8AM
10AM

I will also be hosting some Sentinels of the Multiverse games, but have not set times for those, yet.

[HispaZargon]

Pictures, please... we would like to see pictures of such high level meeting!

[Kurgan]

2 hours is ambitious per session, but it can be done! Who knows, maybe you'll get some regulars!

My first priority will be to get into what Avalon Hill sponsored plays I can, but I do want to interact with fans like last year, which was really great.

[Phoenix]

We used 'special GenCon rules' for these sessions. Example: Instead of 'each hero gets to search each room once for treasure, traps, secret doors', a single search can take place for each location, but includes all three searches. A specially adopted map is utilized, as well. The idea isn't to have a classic HeroQuest game, per se, but to let new players experience that which we already know; which is how awesome a game HQ actually is. Last year all, but two, of the players I hosted were new to the game. One had played once at a convention in Connecticut, years ago and the other was an experienced Zargon, who had never played as a Hero. They both loved it!! And as far as I know, the rest enjoyed it as well. I also created a special GenCon treasure deck that included armory items just so they could experience some degree of 'leveling up'. I enjoy playing the game and found it interesting to see how these complete strangers work as a team. I had a blast!

[HispaZargon]

Perhaps could be designed a special Intro Quest based in Ye Olde Inn, as a tribute in GenCon to our beloved website??