Curse my laziness in the fact that I was totally going to make this thread! lol
Anyways I finally went to my first convention this year at the beginning of August and it happened to be Gen Con Indy, the biggest gaming convention in the world! If it is a boardgame, rpg, tcg, or miniatures game, you can bet your ass there is more than likely some kind of representation of it SOMEWHERE at the event. I was much more interested in the Dungeons & Dragons side of it as the company who puts it out (Wizards of the Coast) also showcases their major yearly releases and also talk about upcoming products and the like.
So highlights of the con happened to be meeting R. A. Salvatore and getting a pic with him after his seminar (which was phenomenal), getting to see the new product line for D&D and hearing all about it from the people who actually wrote/designed the new stuff, playing some very amusing and interesting boardgames and such with random people, and finally getting to meet Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza, the writer and artist respectively, of LICD/LFG fame! That last one completely made the con for me considering I finally got to see the craziness of Sohmer in action which netted me every single one of their books, plus three CAD books for only $100 (normal price for all of them is around $240ish) and the ensuing hilarity after their product manager came out to find out what shady deals Sohmer was pulling.
Oh.. and best picture ever!
Lar on the left and Ryan on the right doing the traditional 'hump the fan' pose.