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 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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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: Erik NorrisSunday 12:00 AM 2.5h $10 Mature (18+) ENT - Entertainment Events
What cultural event with nerds is complete without a little bit of fan fiction. Especially if it could be read in front of a live audience.
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GM: Greg SmoreySunday 8:00 AM 6h Free Mature (18+) BGM - Board Game
This is a 5 rd. single elimination, 2-player team tournament. '42 setup will be used. No National Objectives or Bonus Income. AA50 OTB rules w/2nd Ed. Errata. Bid for sides.
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Sunday 8:00 AM 3.5h $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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GM: Greg SmoreySunday 8:00 AM 5h Free Mature (18+) BGM - Board Game
This single-elimination tournament is for 1 or 2-player teams. Bid for sides. Errata by Larry Harris with set-up changes.
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Sunday 8:00 AM 5h $6 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Years ago, the Centurions moved from saving the world to live in a tiny midwestern town. Why? And why does their seemingly idyllic adopted home get weirder as time goes on?
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GM: Philip AndersonSunday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
You are a rag-tag group of adventurers, the best the local University could afford, tasked with investigating unusual attacks in a nearby town; if you don’t get lost in the corn maze first.
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GM: Greg SmoreySunday 8:00 AM 6h $10 Mature (18+) BGM - Board Game
This is a casual game. Up to 3 players/side. Bid for sides. Larry Harris' Global '42 rules and setup will be used.
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by Game Base 7GM: William BlazekSunday 8:00 AM 5h $8 Mature (18+) BGM - Board Game
The board is a map of 1901 Europe. With players writing down orders. New players welcome.
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GM: Kip SoteresSunday 8:00 AM 3.5h $24 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
A weapon that can harm anything but uses regret for ammo. A Spirit of Rage set to explode and engulf the world. How much would you hurt the ones you love to save the world?
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Sunday 8:00 AM 4h $12 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
It's the '90s, the world is in danger, and hopefully, you're not out of your element because the Earth needs a group of teens with attitude! So let your powers combine; it may be our only hope!
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by StartPlayingGM: Dev AlvaSunday 8:00 AM 4h $54 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Discover the mystery behind the ancient sword Dawnfire and stop the restless undead!
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GM: Henry KathmanSunday 8:00 AM 6h $12 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Unravel a deadly celebration with the wealthiest people of 1922 Long Island! CW: Discussions and depictions of bigotry, body horror, domestic violence, incest, sacrifice, suicide, & vomiting.
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Sunday 8:00 AM 6h $8 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Something doesn't seem right in Castor. Upon entering the village of Castor, your party notices several strange occurrences.
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by WizardTankGM: Adam PhilpottSunday 8:00 AM 4h $44 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
"Adventurers needed for a salvage operation. Above board. No tricks. No experience necessary. Probably very safe. Meet Bali Sunderbrow at the Reflection Pool Tavern in Shadewater."
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GM: Paul ElpersSunday 8:00 AM 2h $2 Mature (18+) BGM - Board Game
A deeply strategic and replayable city and engine-building contest with an immersive twist. Use your secret planning book to meet 2 of King Zarmund's 3 zany demands, which are different every game!
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Sunday 9:00 AM 2h $16 Mature (18+) WKS - Workshop
Want to sell your art or crafts, be hired as a GM, or turn some other hobby into a side (or full time) hustle? Come learn how to evaluate viability, and avoid common legal and financial pitfalls.
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GM: Sheila HigginsSunday 9:00 AM 1h $18 Mature (18+) SPA - Supplemental Activities
This class will teach you movement and stretching techniques to be used while sitting in a chair.
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by Game Base 7GM: William BlazekSunday 9:00 AM 4h $6 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
A rumor tells of a monster that helously guards a great treasure in the caves beneath Hangman's Hill. What could go wrong?
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GM: Jonathan TruittSunday 9:00 AM 2h $2 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Players are placed in the midst of a struggle between a colonizing Occupation force and a targeted Native force.
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GM: Betty TatumSunday 9:00 AM 2h $8 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Discover why someone tried to kill, Kill Magazine publisher, Jelle Schyler.
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GM: Betty TatumSunday 9:00 AM 2h $8 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
This short adventure throws heroes into a deadly predicament as a massive bounty is placed on their heads - one lucrative enough to send every supervillain in the area scrambling to collect.
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GM: Erica SteadSunday 9:00 AM 0.5h $2 Mature (18+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
Be the first to hear a sample of a new smutty fantasy fiction serial in a live reading by the author. The literary fantasy is serious, there may be a dash of spice, and the atmosphere is chill.
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GM: James BaizeSunday 9:00 AM 4.5h $6 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Every year, the green lights appear at a sacred Shashone sight known as Spirit Cave. The people of nearby Fallon, NV now celebrate their arrival. However, the loud moans from the cave are new.
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Sunday 9:00 AM 5h $12 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Mars, 2156. The entire mining settlement of Brobdingnag has gone mad. Some say that the miners are being driven to kill by the voices of ghosts. You are the only ones who answered the call for help.
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Sunday 9:00 AM 4h $14 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
When you come into possession of an Atlantean artifact, it promised a way out. Finding a buryer proved difficult and now it's been confiscated. Is the person in possession behind the strange events?
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GM: Brevon HarrisonSunday 9:00 AM 4h $4 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
You've crash landed on a city-planet that's been left to decay for hundreds of years. Your goal is to escape this post apocalyptic world.
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by StartPlayingGM: Jacob HajekSunday 9:00 AM 1h $10 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Prepare to craft a potion with your group, choose your ingredients, strategize with your group over the three phases of potion crafting to make the best potion! (Team Puzzle/Mini-game) [Rule of Cool]
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GM: Matthew BestSunday 9:00 AM 4h $14 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Walking cathedrals roam the edges of Cy. The Ports are rife with corruption, bleeding up into the edges of space. And there’s every chance it all comes crashing down. Take your punks to the edge!
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Sunday 9:00 AM 3h $14 Mature (18+) NMN - Non-Historical Miniatures
Deep in the Underhive, the Great Houses fight gang proxy wars for dominance over newly discovered domes. Turf is limited in the underhive, and only one gang will bring victory to their house.
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GM: Dave MartinSunday 9:00 AM 4h $20 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
You've been fighting your way through floor 4 of the dungeon and now only 4 days remain before level collapse. Your next goal: get the Golden Key & locate the staircase that leads down to Floor 5.
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GM: Dave MartinSunday 9:00 AM 4h $20 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Welcome Crawlers to a sun-splashed utopia of beaches, lazy rides, and prehistoric thrills gone horrifyingly, hilariously wrong! Strap in, power up, open up a tall can of Jurassic Kickass.
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GM: Dave MartinSunday 9:00 AM 4h $4 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
On the 5th floor, Earth's "greatest hits" have been recreated. Really it is mishmashing our history into one deadly mess. Accuracy is optional. Carnage is not.
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GM: Dave MartinSunday 9:00 AM 4h $20 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
ATTENTION, CRAWLERS! You know the drill! Arrows lie, furniture bites, staff disembowels. Find the true emergency exit before YOU become the meatball!
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GM: Chris SagersSunday 9:00 AM 4h $4 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Your spirited and fortunate band of young burglars is on its way to a heist. You are unaccustomed to jobs like your job today, promising gain with little risk. But does it seem ... too easy?
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GM: Greg SmoreySunday 9:00 AM 4h $6 Mature (18+) BGM - Board Game
This event introduces the new Commander Cards into the 1942 2nd. Ed. game. Take on the role of a famous commander with abilities that shake up the tried-and-true way you've played for years.
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GM: Dave MartinSunday 9:00 AM 4h $20 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Welcome to the 5th level! New Quest: Children of the Lost. This cult will erase this village in 4 hours! Find the cult, stop the ritual. DON'T try to ditch the quest and skip town!
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Sunday 10:00 AM 4h $8 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Successfully Kickstarted in 2024! A magical, urban fantasy adventure driven by tarot cards in place of dice. Each player controls one inner Aspect of a shared Hero (think Pixar's Inside Out).
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Sunday 10:00 AM 4h Free Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
The crew of a small starfreighter on a resupply run to the remote Jeremiah VI industrial colony, soon find themselves embroiled in a deadly conflict.
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GM: Grace MarshallSunday 10:00 AM 2h $70 Mature (18+) WKS - Workshop
Metalsmithing for beginners! We'll walk step-by-step through the creation of custom forged monogramed pendant, cuff bracelet and ring with your original idea, phrase, or alias in metal.
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Sunday 10:00 AM 1h $18 Mature (18+) SPA - Supplemental Activities
Drawing from different martial arts disciples, explore the art of sword fighting through basic techniques, drills, and partner skills.
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Sunday 10:00 AM 1.5h $28 Mature (18+) WKS - Workshop
Can you enhance your teaching lesson or training exercise with the mechanics of board games in only 20 minutes? For educators, training managers, content & game designers.
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Sunday 10:00 AM 4h $24 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
They call it The Haven; I call it a refugee camp. The only thing we are not lacking is The Dead and people who want to take what we have. And things just got worse. Situation's Normal: All Fouled Up!