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Join The Op Games Road to Gen Con and Compete in the Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliances World Championship!

Our friends at The Op Games have some exciting news! In case you missed the first Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliances championship tournament at last year’s Gen Con, you’ll be excited to hear that Disney and Pixar fans and gamers alike are still heading to their local game stores to take part in The Op […]

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CMU Interview Partner Post

Meet the Designer Behind the New CMU Course

Gen Con has partnered with CMU for another exciting virtual class, “Using Games to Teach: What You Can Convey Through Play.” Meet Liz Davidson, the designer and instructor behind the class. Teaching is my day job, but when I got a chance to teach a class as part of a collab between Gen Con and […]

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5 Reasons to Take Intermediate RPG Design with Eloy Lasanta

If you haven’t heard, Central Michigan University, in cooperation with Gen Con, started offering classes focusing on Applied Game Design. These six-week online courses make it easy to learn new game design techniques and pursue a new gaming passion, learning from RPG Industry Experts of all stripes.  The next and newest class begins on January […]

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Gaming News

Avalon Hill is Adventuring to Gen Con 2022

Greetings, Gamers! Excitement is growing as temperatures rise, because we know summer brings Gen Con. There’s nothing quite like the Gen Con experience: catching up with friends from all over the world, tasting the delights offered by food trucks, and of course playing games 24/7. But this year, Gen Con will be extra special for […]

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Compete in the First-Ever Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliances Tournament at Gen Con 2022

Show Your Mettle as the Next Great Summoner to Win Epic Prizes from The Op! The Op Games is welcoming board gamers from near and far to step into the Ultimate Disney and Pixar tabletop battle arena to compete in an in-person, real-time strategy challenge! Inspired by the popular mobile game, Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic […]

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Gaming News

Upper Deck’s 2nd Annual Legendary Gamer Contest at Gen Con 2022

Upper Deck launched its inaugural Legendary Gamer Giveaway last year, with a grand prize including an all-expense-paid trip to Gen Con 2022. The contest was introduced to recognize gamers from across North America who have made a positive impact on the gaming community. Additionally, the Legendary Gamer Contest also helped bring gamers together to share […]

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Gaming Life Gen Con TV Stories from Gen Con

Ask the Gamemaster: Part I

You asked, and Mike Boozer Answered Mike Boozer, Gen Con’s Customer Service and Event Team Manager, and the revered GM of Series Three of Actoroke on Gen Con TV has all the answers to your most dire Dungeons & Dragons questions. How do you get your players to do their homework? Make things enticing enough […]

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Gaming News Partner Post

Twentieth Century Roleplaying: D20 Modern and the Future

Everyday Heroes from Evil Genius Productions Now On Kickstarter Twenty years ago, in November of 2002, Wizards released d20 Modern, and it was a very different sort of RPG. The game system was designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan, aided by Chris Perkins and Stan! Brown. The game was edited […]

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Gen Con Turns 55

Gen Con Program Book Covers Through the Ages

As Gen Con turns 55 this year, we’re taking a look back through the archives at program book covers from throughout our storied past. Flip through the slideshow and join us on a trip through Gen Con history as we get ready for Gen Con Indy 2022!

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Extend Your Gen Con Adventure With an Epic RPGTravel Experience

We all know that Gen Con is the Best Four Days of Gaming,™ but did you know that you can now experience some of the excitement of those Best Days outside the halls in Indianapolis? We are excited to partner with the travel and event team RPGTravel Gaming to create a new type of Gen […]