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Gen Con Game Fair Thursday Walkaround 2005 Page 5 of 5 Previous Page   A company doesn't go to the time, effort and expense of making this sort of display unless they expect it to pay off. Upper Deck set a new standard for anime displays with this work... ...which thoroughly dominates this corner of the convention center. Upper Deck brought back its 2004 displays for the VS gaming system that includes the DC and Marvel superhero universes. and they also were promoting a new Justice League game that was set for release a month after the convention. This is the most meaningful image of the weekend. When Gen Con first came to Indianapolis, two years previously, so many fans packed downtown that restaurants ran out of food. This truckload of pizza, delivered directly to the convention center, showed that the city was determined not to repeat that error. These guys weren't quite ready for pizza. They were too busy starting a game in the convention's miniatures room, a large ballroom given over to games that use models as game pieces. These miniatures setups can grow like model railroad setups, and they become so elaborate that players need computer databases to keep track of their toys. But there's nothing miniature about Gen Con, which has grown so large that it no longer entirely fits in the Indiana Convention Center. Some gaming rooms and all of the video rooms - including two anime rooms - are in adjacent hotels. Page 5 of 5 Previous Page   August Main Page