I made it back from Gen Con and it was so much fun. I wouldn’t expect anything less; this is my 3rd time attending Gen Con and it’s become one of my all-time favorite conventions. For Gen Con, I devote a few posts as there’s so much I want to write about. This post will be a generic recap of the convention. The second post in this series will be about new experiences I had at Gen Con and finally, the last post will focus on my haul or everything I purchased this year.

As a side note, I did receive a press badge from Gen Con. This means that I did attend the convention for free. When I applied for my press badge, I applied under Twin Cities Geek versus BizarreBrunette. While I did receive a press badge, all my thoughts are my own.

Gen Con is a four-day convention and our group stays all four days. On Thursday, it’s become a ritual where our group likes to get to the convention center early and camp out near the exhibit hall. I’m always the one to take a selfie of our group while we wait. This year, I didn’t have anything specific I was trying to purchase which was nice. I could walk through the exhibit hall and try to take in everything.

Since I have been to Gen Con a few times, there are a few things I have to do. The first would be to try the Gen Con pizza from Hot Box Pizza. Hot Box Pizza is a pizza chain in the Indianapolis area and every year, there’s an official pizza. At the Gen Con block party, Hot Box will sell slices of the official Gen Con pizza. This year, the pizza was Critical Chip which had salsa verde, corn, beans, jalapenos, ranch drizzle, and crushed doritoes. It was pretty good. Another thing that I usually do is try Sun King’s Gen Con official beer. Sun King Brewery will partner with Gen Con to have an official beer of Gen Con. This year, the beer was a Cereal inspired beer and that did not sound good to me. My brother ended up ordering it and I had a sip. It was okay, but not something I would have ordered myself.

The final thing I wanted to touch on at Gen Con was cosplay! I learned last year that having three cosplays was too much. On top of that, our hotel was thirty minutes outside of downtown, so there wasn’t a way I could take a break like I could last year. I didn’t plan any new cosplays, instead, I brought my Bioshock Splicer cosplay along with Keyleth with me. I love re-wearing cosplays because it’s quick for me to change into them. I took many pictures with other cosplayers which is always a compliment. My Bioshock splicer cosplay is always a hit and it’s great to see so many people recognize my cosplay since it’s more niche. I’d love to bring a new cosplay to Gen Con next year.

Gen Con was busy and I’m looking forward to decompressing this week.