Volunteering at GenCon

at the end of last years GenCon, I felt like I was missing something. No that's not exactly right. I felt like there were things going on that I was missing out on. I know there are plenty of other things going on - board games, minis, card games, but these aren't things that I would want to do. Rather it was the things I don't normally participate I that I was interested in. I thought that one way to get a window in was to volunteer. It sort of worked.

I volunteered for 16 hours - Friday and Sunday. Friday was OK. after a boring start filling program books, I got to work in the autograph booth for the rest of my shift. But Sunday (when I rarely do anything anyway) I spent just about the whole time checking badges at one of the doors.

I don't think I'll volunteer next year, because I felt like I was missing out while I wasn't really getting a positive GenCon experience.

Perhaps next year I'll GM a couple games to see what that is like.