It’s now been over a decade since I’ve been to a GenCon. Admittedly, a huge part of that is that I don’t live in Chicago any more. Milwaukee and even Indianapolis are relatively easy to get there from there.
That said, a lot of my gaming friends have stopped going to GenCon. The cost has something to do with that but apparently the ability to get in casual gaming also has been a factor.
With another GenCon behind us, I asked myself what do I miss the most about GenCon?
The carpet in the convention center in Indianapolis.
When I close my eyes and try to picture GenCon, the visceral memory that comes to me is that carpet and the not unpleasant scent of whatever industrial cleaner they use. I have read that scent is the sense that is the most directly hardwired into the brain, the one that invokes memory the strongest. So maybe that’s part of why the carpet is so striking to me.
Yes, I have many GenCon memories and experiences. But that carpet, that is my sense of place.
Of course, it’s been long enough that they’ve probably renovated the place and there’s a new carpet.
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