Some of the examples from the Spam Carving Contest that is an annual event at Gen Con. There were some fantastic carvings and a good use for Spam! Everything at Gen Con is a contest!
Cardhalla, the free to build card city! There are some really great works of construction here! It is free to build but at the end of the convention, you can help tear it down by tossing coins at the buildings, which after it is all down, are gathered and donated to charities. This year it is the Fisher House, a organization that give housing to wounded soldiers and their families during their recovery periods.
A view of Gen Con Expo Center. Literally millions of dollars worth of merchandise and hundreds of visitors. Some one heard on the radio that there were 70,000 visitors. I doubt that. Normal turn out is 30,000, but regardless, the place was packed, as you can see.
My kids spent some time in the training center, which is a free for all sort of room. Kids can hang out there, play games, work on crafts, wack each other with boffer weapons, or even play video games. It is a nice place and a good place to send the kids when the rest of the convention gets too much.
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