Gencon 2023

Every August the elusive species known as the gaming geek (gamerus geekius) congregates in Indianapolis for the best four days in gaming - Gencon.  This is the 20th year that Gencon has been in Indianapolis, attracting 70,000 people.

I have attended every Gencon in Indy, and this have been running Kings of War (and other Mantic events) since 2013.  This year I ran 11 events - Learn to Play for Kings of War, Armada and Vanguard, as well as the How You Use It! tournament.

Wednesday afternoon was set up, as we were in hall A this year.

I had three session of Learn To Play Kings of War, with room for 8 players each. 

I did four sessions of Learn to Play Armada with 8 seats each

and 3 sessions of Learn to Play Vanguard with for up to 8 players each.

I was feeling really good during set up, as 9 of my 10 Learn To Play events were sold out.  Plus the only one that wasn't had 4 tickets sold.

Unfortunately this year had the most no shows ever - with so many sold out, only one of my events was actually full.

We did have great attendance at the How You Use It! tournament with 10 players (once again having 3 registered players fail to show)

Back Row: Dan White, Blake Shrode, Mike Gallagher, Scott Johnson, Kara Brown, Rebecca Augustine, Doug Schumann.
Front Row : Kyle Ritchie, Scott Sallee, Alexandre Adrian

1st Round

Mike Gallagher v Scott Johnson

Kara Brown v Doug Schumann

Dan White v Blake Shrode

Alexandre Adrian v Rebecca Agustine

Scott Sallee v Kyle Ritchie

Round 2

Round 3

Dan White with the "Dice Hate Me" Award

3rd Place - Scott Johnson

2nd Place - Kyle Ritchie

1st Place - Blake Shrode

Final Results

Place	Name	Army 1	Opponent 1	Army 2	Opponent 2	Army 3	Opponent 3	Attrition	Total	Awards
1	Blake Shrode	Riftforged Orcs	Dan White	Forces of Nature	Doug Schumann	Varangur	Scott Johnson	1810	53	1st
2	Kyle Ritchey	Dwarfs	Scott Sallee	Salamanders	Dan White	Northern Alliance	Alexandre Adrian	1650	41	2nd
3	Scott Johnson	Ogres	Mike Gallagher	Basileans	Alexandre Adrian	Salamanders	Blake Shrode	1620	41	3rd
4	Scott Sallee	Undead	Kyle Ritchey	Trident Realms	Mike Gallagher	Ratkin	Kara Brown	1085	41
5	Kara Brown	Nightstalkers	Doug Schumann	Elves	Rebecca Agustine	Goblins	Scott Sallee	1820	40
6	Mike Gallagher	Empire of Dust	Scott Johnson	Abyssal Dwarfs	Scott Sallee	Riftforged Orcs	Doug Schumann	1170	31
7	Rebecca Agustine	Goblins	Alexandre Adrian	Kingdoms of Men	Kara Brown	Ogres	Dan White	925	29
8	Doug Schumann	Northern Alliance	Kara Brown	Forces of the Abyss	Blake Shrode	Halflings	Mike Gallagher	965	27
9	Alexandre Adrian	Ratkin	Rebecca Agustine	Orcs	Scott Johnson	Nightstalkers	Kyle Ritchey	755	27
10	Dan White	Halflings	Blake Shrode	Varangur	Kyle Ritchey	Empire of Dust	Rebecca Agustine	1060	19	Dice Hate Me

As always it was a fun, if exhausting time.  It is always great seeing old friends and teaching new people great games.

Because it is all fun and games . . .