As I said in my recent post, I'm looking forward to Gen Con 2022.
Flights, accommodation, tickets etc are all sorted.
So the next step is to work out what I'm going to be doing for my best 4 days in gaming.
Gen Con event booking is different to most conventions, not least because the sheer number of events hosted. Gen Con 2019 had 19,630 events... I'm expecting 2022's number to be something similar.
Here's the Gen Con 2022 Event Catalog: https://www.gencon.com/events?c=indy2022
And here's a handy alternative web tool with the same info: http://gencon.eventdb.us/index.php
The first drop of the event catalogue was published on the 1st of May and event booking opens on the 15th of May. So what happens in that two week period?
Well, you build your wish list based on the events published at that time, sort them into a priority order, and then at 5pm BST on Sunday 15th May you submit it and see what spaces you've managed to get. Where you didn't get spaces you might want to look at other events to fill the slots.
As I covered back when we went to Gen Con in 2014, the wishlist + submit approach works and it's effective given the sheer number of events and people wanting to book them.
What will I be looking to do? Well I kinda covered that during my Gen Con 2020 post but here's what I've currently got planned.
It's very likely that schedule will change between now and Sunday, and it's also very likely that schedule will change before the con as more and more events are added. But this is what I've got so far.
Worth noting that STEAK NIGHT on the Sunday isn't an official Gen Con event, it's just become a tradition of our visits to Gen Con.
Most of these events don't actually take place in the convention centre, so I see a lot of walking in my future... The convention is spread out across the Indiana Convention Centre (ICC), Lucas Oil Stadium including the pitch / field / whatever, and lots of surrounding hotels that have events space.
