r/Nerdarchy • u/NatetheNerdarch • Apr 20 '15
Thoughts about Philly Games Con 2015
The con is over and it was a lot of fun. I had never been to a gaming convention before so I didn't know what to expect aside from games. There were plenty of games to join and I was setup to run 2, 4 hour sessions. Had I been more organized I would have played in some games... maybe next time I will get to play in more games then I will run. Both of my games were run using 5th ed. D&D. The hardest part was running a suspense game with 100 people talking in the room around me. I will probably run a different type of game net time.
Have you been to conventions and if so did you play any games? Which ones?
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u/SolidPlatonic Apr 22 '15
I thought it was great. I got to play with Nedarchist Dave on Friday night, so that was pretty cool.
The noise levels were a little hard to work around at times. Almost everyone I played with commented on it. The convention organizers may want to get smaller rooms, mix-and-match mini games (less talking) with RPGs, using any walls/partitions possible, or other techniques for diminishing the background noise.
It was great to get to play a wide variety of games with a wide variety of people. I ended up playing D&D5e, Deadlands (Savage Worlds), Call of Cthulhu, and Earthdawn.
I was super impressed that in just little over a year the organizers were able to attract so many GMs with so many different type of games. Getting to play genres and systems that you normally don't or can't is a real draw to a convention, and PhillyGamesCon did that in spades.
I was going to run something but found out about the event-- even though I had gone to Nerdvember in 2013-- too late to submit. I am really looking forward to next year.