Here's the story of Gen Con in pictures, here in our second set from Friday.  To view the pictures from the beginning, go back to Part 1.

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What the well-dressed alien wears at Gen Con.














The skull in the foreground probably belonged to whoever wrote the sentiment in the sign, several hundred years ago.











The tables for players of Fantasy Flight's XCOM, which incorporates digital content (see "'XCOM: The Board Game'") were busy.







This trio of cosplayers, as a catsuit Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn with Daisy Dukes, and the Enchantress, were posing in the hallway.











Lego Batman, trying to figure out how he's going to use his phone.













Busy gaming halls, on Friday afternoon.








That's a lot of Magic players.










The classic BattleTech pods.









Upper Deck’s $10,000 Legendarytournament maxed out.







Even Batman watches Big Bang Theory, here at the installation from tournament software maker Oomba, which ran a Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock tournament to show off its software.










Gale Force Nine CEO John Kovaleski with two of his company’s big releases for the show, Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem, and Firefly: Blue Sun.






A great and complex costume.














Raidan, from the classic Mortal Kombat.














Click here for Part 5.