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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GM: Colleen KnipferFriday 12:00 AM 2h $4 Teen (13+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deception game! This ticket is for Werewolf (Basic & Ultimate) with many games going at once!
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Friday 12:00 AM 2h $4 Teen (13+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
A group of villagers must find and lynch the witches among them during the day, while the witches kill a target every night.
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Friday 12:00 AM 1h $2 Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
A hidden role deduction game. Three asymmetric factions sitting in the same boat, but they want to navigate in different directions!
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by T2D2 ToysFriday 12:00 AM 1h $40 Teen (13+) ENT - Entertainment Events
"What if we performed a seance with a board game?" Commune at midnight with the Chicago Illimat League of Luminaries and attempt to conjure the spirits of the seasons.
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GM: Colleen KnipferFriday 1:00 AM 2h $4 Teen (13+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deception game! This ticket is for Werewolf (Basic & Ultimate) with many games going at once!
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Friday 1:00 AM 2h $4 Teen (13+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
A group of villagers must find and lynch the witches among them during the day, while the witches kill a target every night.
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Friday 1:00 AM 1h $2 Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
A hidden role deduction game. Three asymmetric factions sitting in the same boat, but they want to navigate in different directions!
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GM: Colleen KnipferFriday 2:00 AM 2h $4 Teen (13+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
Come join your friends & play your favorite social deception game! This ticket is for Werewolf (Basic & Ultimate) with many games going at once!
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Friday 2:00 AM 2h $4 Teen (13+) ZED - Isle of Misfit Events
A group of villagers must find and lynch the witches among them during the day, while the witches kill a target every night.
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by OutpostGammaFriday 7:00 AM 2.5h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
A one-shot that the players will need to work together to solve puzzles, win battles, and find valuable treasure – all in just two hours!
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by OutsetFriday 7:00 AM 1h $2 Teen (13+) CGM - Non-Collectible / Tradable Card Game
If you like cribbage, come try out this add-on that adds a twist to the classic game. We will teach you the rules, but you must already know how to play standard cribbage.
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GM: Melanie MervineFriday 7:00 AM 2h $20 Mature (18+) WKS - Workshop
Experience a guided imagery exercise to unlock creativity, fuel imagination, enhance concentration and bring inspiration into your life.
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Friday 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 HusvarFriday 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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Friday 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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Friday 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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GM: Jaclyn JonesFriday 8:00 AM 1h Free Teen (13+) SEM - Seminar
Elevate your TTRPG experience with our fungal biology seminar. Designed for GMs and players, explore the diversity and interactions of fungi to inspire monsters, PCs, and environments.
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Friday 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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Friday 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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Friday 8:00 AM 4h $12 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Set in fantasy New Orleans, pitting a party of moonshiners, performers, and an ex-cop against the confusion and chaos caused by an old Contract Devil known as the Axeman.
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GM: Mark LoweFriday 8:00 AM 2.5h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Play as garden gnomes exploring a dying magical garden, face impossible choices, and decide whether the Bloom lives or dies.
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Friday 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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Friday 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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Friday 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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Friday 8:00 AM 2h $42 Teen (13+) MHE - Miniature Hobby Events
Painting with glaze style paints may seem daunting and challenging at first. In this class, we will attempt to break down those barriers to success so you can be a Glaze Master.
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Friday 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 WinterFriday 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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Friday 8:00 AM 4h $14 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Travel to a crash site out at sea and survive in a player-focused new organized play program. This is a level 4-6 game. You must have played 3 other Warden's games to play this.
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GM: Chad BrinkleyFriday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Mature (18+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Our heroes travel to Haven seeking the help they need to free their chosen home from occupation. What price are they willing to pay for the assistance they need? Mature role-playing stressed.
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GM: Kerry ConnellFriday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
It is 1345 and the Mogols have ruled China since 1271. The Yuan dynasty is in peril, beset by ill luck. Dissent grows amongst the people but also fear. The land has been cursed, will China fall?
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GM: Chris EngleFriday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
A simple dungeon crawl using modern rules but played in an old school style. Low level fun with a DM who has played the game for 50 years. We will use home made dungeon tiles and wooden counters.
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by Seams QuirkyGM: Quinn TailorFriday 8:00 AM 2h $36 Teen (13+) SPA - Supplemental Activities
Create your own handbound journal using the ancient Coptic stitch technique. Learn traditional bookbinding from cover creation to final assembly.
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by MNM's MailleGM: Moriah MurrayFriday 8:00 AM 2h $30 Teen (13+) WKS - Workshop
Join me in creating a red and black barrel 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 MurrayFriday 8:00 AM 2h $36 Teen (13+) WKS - Workshop
Join me in creating a red and black barrel bracelet and ring. We will be working with our hands using pliers and anodized aluminum rings to create a bracelet and ring to take home.
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GM: Dev SodagarFriday 8:00 AM 2h $36 Teen (13+) MHE - Miniature Hobby Events
Have you ever been wowed by the way pro painters can make fire and glow effects on their minis? Well I can teach you how you can do the same!
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by Party of OneGM: Mitchell KingFriday 8:00 AM 4h $4 Teen (13+) RPG - Roleplaying Game
Step into the boots of His Majesty’s Musketeers and adventure forth to protect France’s assets before the dreaded British steal a newly discovered form of gunpowder. All for One and One for All!
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GM: Jane HoffackerFriday 8:00 AM 2h Free Teen (13+) BGM - Board Game
Discover the award-winning cooperative fantasy adventure game. Work together, battle enemies, and shape the story in a rich campaign set in the world of Atios.
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Friday 8:00 AM 2h $24 Teen (13+) SPA - Supplemental Activities
Create 2 custom hanging glass bead spiders for decoration using simple techniques of wire wrapping, bending and bead stringing.