Gen Con Event Catalog
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Wednesday 10:00 AM 1h Free Mature (18+) SEM - Seminar
A brief overview of what a licensor is looking for when it comes to tabletop games.
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Wednesday 10:00 AM 1h Free Mature (18+) SEM - Seminar
In this session we will discuss ways to design historical games that include difficult subjects.
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Wednesday 12:00 PM 2h Free Mature (18+) TRD - Trade Day Events
Join us for a lesson in miniature painting and how to host your own painting lesson and/or event for your class, store, or library.
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Wednesday 12:00 PM 1h Free Mature (18+) SEM - Seminar
Learn best practices from seasoned designer Ben Rosset for designing games about real-world topics
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Wednesday 12:00 PM 1h Free Mature (18+) WKS - Workshop
Learn how journey mapping can help your game design process in this interactive workshop.
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Wednesday 1:00 PM 1h Free Teen (13+) TRD - Trade Day Events
This talk will present the results of a study run by Drs. Heidenreich and Joy in Spring of 2026 on the impact of familiarity with one's fellow players on group performance in cooperative board games.
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GM: Blake TaylorWednesday 1:00 PM 2h Free Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
Join us for ongoing missions in the skies over France in WWI in the only game played at every Gen Con. We love new players!
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Wednesday 1:00 PM 1h Free Mature (18+) WKS - Workshop
This workshop will get your rules draft started, explain the common layout and expected verbiage of rulebooks, and work with you to help refine those tricky written explanations for your awesome game.
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GM: Blake TaylorWednesday 3:00 PM 2h Free Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
Join us for ongoing missions in the skies over France in WWI in the only game played at every Gen Con. We love new players!
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Wednesday 3:00 PM 1h Free Mature (18+) SEM - Seminar
Equity aside, designing for accessibility can add 40 million US adults to your market. Through exercises, examples and game testing, learn practical Universal Design techniques for your next project.
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Wednesday 4:00 PM 1h Free Mature (18+) SEM - Seminar
Elizabeth Hargrave interviews publishers about how to make the best possible impression in the pitching and negotiation process, and build lasting relationships along the way.
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GM: Blake TaylorWednesday 5:00 PM 2h Free Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
Join us for ongoing missions in the skies over France in WWI in the only game played at every Gen Con. We love new players!
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Thursday 8:00 AM 1h $24 Teen (13+) ESC - Escape Rooms
While lost in the woods, you find an old cabin. Inside, a corpse clutches a game controller. Can you solve the mystery behind a cursed video game and an occult ritual before the Cackling Man arrives?
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by AmtgardGM: Heather HusvarThursday 8:00 AM 3h $24 Teen (13+) WKS - Workshop
Learn about dyeing and stitching leather then walk away with your own customized leather badge holder.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $34 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Your crew regains consciousness, chained down and in complete darkness, after a hazily remembered heist. Where are you, how did you get here, how can you escape, & what is that scraping sound?
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $34 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Your crew faced impossible odds to arrive at the Path of the Immortal, a mythical place of divine treasure. To seize the greatest prize, you'll face a series of challenges to prove you're worthy!
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $34 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Your crew's been conscripted by one of the most ruthless pirates of the high seas. Should you overthrow the mad Captain, or is the legendary treasure she seeks worth the risk of almost certain doom?
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Thursday 8:00 AM 1h $24 Teen (13+) ESC - Escape Rooms
Your ragtag group of space scavengers have found a derelict Galactic Concordant Starship ripe for the taking! But the unusual cargo on the Astraeus makes it a target by the ruthless Urbraxians.
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by K.U.R. GamesThursday 8:00 AM 4h $20 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
On LV-637 the Mining Underground Technique Control Organization is on strike and seized control of the Clipperton Fracture mine. Three weeks ago the strikers went silent.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 1h $24 Teen (13+) ESC - Escape Rooms
A slumber party dare summons the hideous Cackling Man. Now he’s coming for you. Follow the clues, watch the doors and windows, and survive until sunrise. Listen for the cackling. Do not let him inside
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $14 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Explore a swamp to find a mysterious object in this player-focused new organized play program. Make a character or use our pre-gens, join an alliance to and enjoy this level 1-3 game.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $14 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Explore a fallen castle and the mystery below in a player-focused new organized play program. Make a character or use our pre-gens, join an alliance to and enjoy this level 1-3 game.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 2h $42 Teen (13+) MHE - Miniature Hobby Events
Have you ever wanted to start painting minis or have you started painting but don't know how to grow as a painter? This is the class for you!
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $14 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Race a competing group to find the prize in a player-focused new organized play program. Make a character or use our pre-gens, join an alliance to and enjoy this level 1-3 game.
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GM: Fred WinterThursday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
An undead horde rises from the Boglands. Only one artifact can halt the tide: a massive crystal known as the Heart of Stillwater, hidden deep within the bog.
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GM: John McConvilleThursday 8:00 AM 3h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Troubleshooters distributing Cold Fun Food during a heatwave are diverted onto an ultra-super-duper-secret R&D mission so hush-hush that even Friend Computer denies its existence.
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GM: Mark GallicchioThursday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Cattle ranch wars with a small dose of undead thrown in to spice things up.
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by Seams QuirkyGM: Quinn TailorThursday 8:00 AM 2h $36 Teen (13+) SPA - Supplemental Activities
Explore the art of bookbinding by hand-stitching your own notebook in this beginner-friendly workshop. Learn about materials and techniques to craft three "Field Note" style journals.
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by MNM's MailleGM: Moriah MurrayThursday 8:00 AM 2h $30 Teen (13+) WKS - Workshop
Join me in creating a red and black byzantine bracelet. We will be working with our hands using pliers and anodized aluminum rings to create a bracelet to take home.
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by MNM's MailleGM: Moriah MurrayThursday 8:00 AM 2h $36 Teen (13+) WKS - Workshop
Join me in creating a red and black byzantine bracelet. You will be learning the basic byzantine and using that to create ladder byzantine variant of the weave.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 1.5h $38 Teen (13+) MHE - Miniature Hobby Events
This class is for anyone who hasn't done much painting or can't stop making models that look flat. In this class we will hit on the basics, and begin learning how to make models come to life!
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by Party of OneGM: Mitchell KingThursday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Again, you are sent into the worlds of song. You are asked to bring balance to a new set of stories that are breaking without reason. Can you fix the stories gone awry before they break your own?
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GM: Jane HoffackerThursday 8:00 AM 2h Free Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
Play a full game of the award-winning competitive fantasy strategy game. Influence the Council, outmaneuver rivals, and claim victory.
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GM: JAKE BARTOLONEThursday 8:00 AM 4h $20 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
An earthquake uncovers more than broken stone. A hooded stranger appears, ancient forces stir, and something long buried is brought back into the light. And you're in the middle of all of it.
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by Party of OneGM: Kent KingThursday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Working class New Verona City is a town of industry, magic, and taverns. Poor dwarves are only content in taverns after their shifts end. What if the ale loses its kick? The Jets must fix this now!
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GM: Jason JohnstonThursday 8:00 AM 4h $14 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Welcome to a high-chaos G.I. Joe–inspired one-shot where you don’t play the heroes—you play Cobra. Whether you succeed or fail, one thing is certain Cobra will deny all knowledge of you.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 2h $26 Teen (13+) SPA - Supplemental Activities
We'll be working on fundamentals of crochet: chain, single, double, & triple crochet. This is a learn at your own pace class, you will move onto a new crochet stitch when you are ready.
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GM: Nader RabieThursday 8:00 AM 5h $26 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
You are the Spektral Krew, ghost hunters traveling the world and livestreaming your investigations. Next destination - Isola di Malamente, an island with a long, dark history. What will you find?
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
You are the SP!DERS, a close-knit gang of hackers, crackers, and thieves operating in the techno-utopia of Thalassia City, 2121. Rules light, role-playing emphasized.
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by OutsetThursday 8:00 AM 1h $4 Teen (13+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
Start your day off right with an hour of trivia. Features general trivia covering a wide range of subjects. Prizes for first, second, third, and fourth place finishers.
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by The Wolf DenThursday 8:00 AM 4h $10 Teen (13+) NMN - Non-Historical Miniatures
Dive into the City of the Damned, where every skirmish has the chance for great wealth, horrible death, and often both.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 2h $4 Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
The winner of each board in this round will advance to the semi final on Saturday at 4:00 PM and the winner of each board in this round will advance to the final on Sunday at 1:00 PM.
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by OutsetThursday 8:00 AM 1h $2 Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
Sail your longship down the twisting fjord in search of the best deals. Collect goods, make trades and sell cargo at bustling Viking ports - where every bargain shifts the market and timing is key.
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Thursday 8:00 AM 4h $6 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
The village of Ironton ekes out a living mining in the nearby hills, but the miners haven't been heard from in a few days. Can you solve the mystery (and perhaps make a bit of coin in the process)?
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by OutsetThursday 8:00 AM 1h $2 Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
Step into a living landscape where plants and fungi shape the world around you. New game - come play with the inventor Kedric Winks.
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by Jitur GamesGM: Joshua BasslerThursday 8:00 AM 4h $10 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Champions of the Magistrate is a week-long festival arena event. Will the party help overthrow—or defend the city of Everstar? Expect high-stakes choices, exploration, and a mini-dungeon adventure.
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GM: Bob SmithThursday 8:00 AM 2h Free Teen (13+) SEM - Seminar
Keeper, Dungeon Master, Game Master…there are many names for the job. Thinking about taking the reins at your game table? This seminar focuses on concerns common among new GMs.
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GM: Joel DeRossettThursday 8:00 AM 3h $8 Teen (13+) NMN - Non-Historical Miniatures
Get ready for explosive action! Tank Arena- Rally Style, a fast-paced tank combat game
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GM: Donald CoatarThursday 8:00 AM 4h $50 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
For over 35 years, the best role-players in the world gather. One shall ascend as an Exalted Cthulhu Master... Join us!
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by SmythologyThursday 8:00 AM 4h $34 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
An army of unspeakable horrors approaches an unknowing kingdom and sweeps through the outskirts of civilization. A small battalion must hold the line at the site of an ancient, ruined gate.