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Gen Con Indy - Thursday Walkabout - 2007 Page 1 of 4   Next Page Here's what you expect to see at Gen Con, a long line of people waiting to register for the four-day show. And here's what they were waiting for, the miniatures gaming. This was a small part of the larger gaming show that spilled out of the Indiana Convention Center to fill ballrooms in adjacent hotels. Gen Con began with card gaming, and part of the fun with cards is using them to build things. These card buildings were made in the few hours after the doors opened on Thursday. If card gaming is the part of Gen Con, this could be the future. The reduction in status of the E3 electronic games convention led some companies to look at Gen Con as a venue to promote their wares. That's why you saw vendors such as computer company Dell in a place where they never would have been before. However, the number of computer gaming exhibits at Gen Con didn't seem to be radically larger than at previous events. Another trend that continued, unchanged, from previous Gen Cons was the number of big industry booths for anime-based games. A couple of years ago, the Fullmetal Alchemist game got a big push, and this time it was Naruto's turn. Page 1 of 4   Next Page Gen Con Indy Main Page