All these people playing Machi Koro (still in Japanese, yes?) amaze me.

Yep, still in Japanese. I did assure everyone that it would be released in English soon.

I taught the game to so many people that I was asked several times whether I was affiliated with the publisher. @_@

Five player Waterdeep? Were you playing with an expansion or just base game?

Just the base game. I haven't tried it with the expansion yet. (One more thing that I've bought but haven't played...)

I really love how fluid everything was around your table, and that people felt free to ask to try your games.

They had a nice system where people could pick up big orange flags to clamp to the table as a signal that they were looking for players. That seemed to do the trick handily. I never needed to have the flag up for more than a few minutes before I had gotten another group started.

A reminder that it pays to research before hitting a convention's dealer's room.

Definitely! I checked the prices of games on my wishlist before I went so I would know how much I'd be willing to spend.

I'm fortunate that the dealer's room wasn't more tempting. I doubt I'll get off so easily at GenCon.