TOPIC: Bartering at Gencon

Toran wrote: To kind of put in perspective the level of paranoia the security at GenCon has, my RPG demo kit is inside a lockbox just because it's a convenient size, durable and easy to transport (if a bit heavy...).

My second year at GenCon, I was working a booth and doing my RPG demo at a nearby table because the booth was full. A security guard came up and insisted on checking out the demo kit to make sure that I wasn't taking money for running demos. And this was the way they approached an exhibitor about 10 feet from a booth.

It sounds overly paranoid but here is my experience.
As a vendor I paid a lot for my booth. I co-opted with a friend who wanted to sell foam swords.

Along came an "Event" who pay much less if anything. Part of this event was to build a foam sword. If you didn't have time you could take their "instant event" option and esentially buy a foam sword. Events and demo runners are not supposed to be making cash transactions in this manor. It slights folks that paid a lot for their booth. FYI my partner lost a ton of money because of this.


@"just do it inside a run"
- don't think your safe inside TD. Many of us remember the security that was disrupting coaching tables demanding to see badges.

valetutto wrote:
@"just do it inside a run"
- don't think your safe inside TD. Many of us remember the security that was disrupting coaching tables demanding to see badges.

I meant it as a joke. It would be very disruptive to the game and environment to actually process a transaction in the dungeon.