It's been five years since I've been to GenCon. A lot has happened since then -- the convention's moved from Milwaukee to Indianapolis. I've had two kids. I've changed jobs. And I've found myself wanting to play games that aren't Dungeons & Dragons.

I'll end up carrying about as many books as I did for D&D, but it'll be a much more diverse selection. In my backpack are five rulebooks: Savage Worlds which is used in about half the games I'll be playing at GenCon, Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook 3.5, Star Wars: Saga Edition, Godlike and Spycraft 2.0.