My friend and I do a podcast about games and gaming conventions in 2018 we completed a pretty extensive series on Gen Con. With event Registration coming up, seemed like a good time to re-post the event registration link!
https://highshelfgaming.com/all-episodes/gencon-survival-series-part-3-event-registration
Highlights:
- If you don't get your event, don't worry! buy generics and show up anyway. a lot of times they can find an extra seat for you
- If you're going with friends, add each other on gencon.com as friends and be willing to buy games for each other (first friend in the lottery can end up buying games for all their friends).
- Show up for your event! If you bail on the event it ends up as a mark against the event organizer to the convention.