Episodes | High Shelf Gaming

Gen Con Survival Guide: Gen Con Online

Randall Porter reached out asking to come on and dive deep into Gen Con's history.

Gen Con Survival Refresh, GenCon, GenCon Survival Guide, ConventionsAmy NelsonJune 29, 2020Gen con, Online, COVID

Gen Con Survival Guide: Gen Con History

Randall Porter reached out asking to come on and dive deep into Gen Con's history.

Gen Con Survival Refresh, GenCon, GenCon Survival Guide, ConventionsAmy NelsonMarch 8, 2020Pax, Gen con, History

Gen Con Survival Guide: Pax vs Gen Con Q&A

Rich and Dave field questions and dish out advice on a lot of topics comparing the two styles of conventions.

Gen Con Survival Refresh, GenCon, GenCon Survival Guide, ConventionsAmy NelsonFebruary 10, 2020Pax, Gen con, Q&A

Gen Con Survival Guide: Food & Drink [Refreshed]

HSG takes on Gen Con Event Registration to add more tips and advice from our first attempt in 2017.

Gen Con Survival Refresh, GenCon, GenCon Survival Guide, ConventionsAmy NelsonDecember 30, 2019Food

Gen Con Survival Guide: Registration [Refreshed]

HSG takes on Gen Con Event Registration to add more tips and advice from our first attempt in 2017.

Gen Con Survival Refresh, GenCon, GenCon Survival Guide, ConventionsAmy NelsonDecember 17, 2019Registration

Gen Con Survival Guide: Running Your Own Event [Refreshed]

This episode shares the lessons High Shelf Gaming has learned over the years to help individuals and groups of event organizers have a successful con!

Gen Con Survival Refresh, GenCon, GenCon Survival Guide, ConventionsAmy NelsonDecember 12, 2019Events

Gen Con Survival Guide: Housing [Refreshed]

In this episode, David and Rich talk all about housing for Gen Con. We cover the housing portal and how it behaves leading up to the con when rooms will suddenly become available.

Gen Con Survival Refresh, GenCon, GenCon Survival GuideAmy NelsonDecember 4, 2019Housing

GenCon Survival Guide- Part 8: History

Rich and David are back to talk all about the history of their favorite gaming convention, Gen Con.

GenCon, Conventions, GenCon Survival GuideAmy NelsonFebruary 7, 2019Survival Guide

GenCon Survival Guide- Part 7: Volunteering

On Thanksgiving week, we are thankful for volunteers like Amy who's joining us from the Gen Con volunteers community.

GenCon, Conventions, GenCon Survival GuideAmy NelsonNovember 22, 2018New Attendees, Survival Guide

GenCon Survival Series - Part 6: New Attendee Impressions & Lessons Learned

We cover everything from the live shows and panels they got up to, lessons learned, and some great laughs as Rich and I are exposed to a completely different side of the show.

GenCon, Conventions, GenCon Survival GuideAmy NelsonAugust 23, 2018New Attendees, Survival Guide

GenCon Survival Series - Part 5: Food and Drinks

This week Rich and I follow a great suggestion from the GenCon Facebook Group to dedicate an episode to food and drinks at the convention and surrounding Indianapolis area.

GenCon, GenCon Survival GuideAmy NelsonMay 24, 2018Survival Guide

GenCon Survival Series - Part 4: New Attendee Q&A

We welcome Heather back to talk about how our GenCon event registration went (spoilers, it went crazy well!) and to answer all of the questions she had about the convention as this will be her first time attending GenCon.

GenCon, Conventions, Gaming, GenCon Survival GuideAmy NelsonMay 14, 2018New Attendees, Registration