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We have found that planning for Gen Con starts earlier and earlier.\u00a0 Our hotel planning usually starts either right after the show (for the following year) or even during the current show.\u00a0 With such an overbooked convention, the only way to guarantee anything is to over-plan as well.<\/p>\n
The convention site<\/a> released their initial set of key dates and event submission starts the whole thing off.\u00a0 I’ve been running events at the show the last two years so I’m still a little new to it but one of the best ways to have an event succeed is to get it submitted during the early submission period.\u00a0 This will guarantee that it is listed on the events page when the events go live and, if the event is interesting enough, fill up accordingly.<\/p>\n Last year I ran four events: a Loopin’ Louie Tournament, a PitchCar game, and two back-to-back sessions of Catacombs.\u00a0 All the events went really well but doing Catacombs games back-to-back was a struggle.\u00a0 I definitely want to run Catacombs again but this time, so this time I’ll combine them all into one event and have multiple games running.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n