The Official Gen Con Blog
Meet Andy, Bri, Celeste, and Cam, the visionary mavens and founders of Ladies of D&D, a San Diego-based collective of women who play tabletop RPGs with a passion for community, inclusiveness, friendship, and Dungeons & Dragons. How did Ladies of D&D initially come together? Bri: About a year into our home game, I was eager […]
We had the honor of working with artist Tinnel Lovitt on the 2025 badge art. In the spirit of Inktober, we asked Tinnel about the inspiration behind the badge art, her favorite Gen Con memory, and what it’s like being an artist in the tabletop gaming industry. How long have you been coming to Gen […]
Gen Con is the undisputed Best Four Days in Gaming™. The energy, the community, the discovery—it’s like no other experience. But once the dice are packed away and the last badge is tucked into the memory box, the inevitable question arises: what do we do between Gen Cons? If your answer is “play more Dungeons […]
In celebration of Tabletop Gaymers 10th Anniversary, we talked with Justin Nauman, the president of Tabletop Gaymers. Dive into this Q&A to prepare for all Gaymer activities at Gen Con this summer. How did Tabletop Gaymers begin? Tabletop Gaymers started as a Yahoo Group called “Gaymers,” where LGBTQIA+ gamers could share stories, network, and plan […]
Yesterday marked the official launch of Fanroll’s Catan Masterpiece Series Kickstarter, and Fanroll is thrilled to introduce these upgrades to the board game community. Fanroll worked with the Catan team to reimagine each element of the classic game and create a line of premium upgrades. The CATAN Masterpiece Series started with just two words: What […]
Monte Cook Games (MCG) is rocking in room 132 on the Hoosier Concourse (across from the Exhibit Hall) with free demos, exciting games, limited-edition products, and more! Whether you’re new to roleplaying games and the Cypher System, or part of our MCG community, we want to welcome you to craft great stories, explore stirring vistas, […]
Arcane Wonders (booth 629) will have not one, not two, but FIVE new releases at Gen Con! Embrace your inner ’90s kid in Video Game Champion, make beautiful art in Mezen, invest in the vegetable stock market in Vegetable Stock, and plan and build your own city in Foundations of Metropolis! Video Game Champion is […]
It will be their first time at Gen Con, and they can’t wait to show off some of Moose Games’ newest releases! Make sure to stop by booth 371 to meet the team and check out some of our favorite new game launches this year: Wild Flowers, Crash the Party, and Pickleball Blast. Wild Flowers […]
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 learning new game design techniques easy and pursue a new gaming passion, learning from RPG Industry Experts of all stripes. The next and newest class, Intermediate RPG Design: From Alpha […]
We sat down with Joaquin Lippincott, CEO of RPGMatch, to learn more about his new, free tabletop matching service. What is RPGMatch? RPGMatch started as a matching service for tabletop gamers— a way to find people who want to play like you do. Like a dating site, but not romantic. With the addition of our […]