Oh! Thanks, Jess. Time to start hounding Derek about having some sort of presence at the con.
I ordered passes for Jess and I last night. It's a great con to have a presence at, the tabletop section was really popular last year (and at PAX Prime as well), plus a lot of new players who want to check out stuff besides video games. At both East and Prime this year, there were a ton of people who were new to D&D and excited to check it out. I know WotC's "Learn to Play" games had huge lines at PAX East last year, and at Prime, they were packed out as well. Also, the board game borrowing section was really popular and I know people were scrambling to pick up the popular ones from the few vendors that were there last time.
It's the only con I've been to where I've been super excited to go back again.