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CONVENTION CENTER 16 CROWNE PLAZA 24 DOWNTOWN INDY 20 EXHIBIT HALL 14 HYATT REGENCY 26 JW 28
MARRIOTT 30 OMNI 32 STADIUM 22 WESTIN 34 UNION 33
BOARD GAMES & CARD GAMES 62 FIRST EXPOSURE PLAYTEST HALL 66 GAMES LIBRARY 82 KID ZONE 72 LIVE ACTION ROLEPLAYING GAMES 68 MEGAGAMES 70 MINIATURES GAMES 74 MINIATURES EVENTS 76 OPEN GAMING 80 ROLEPLAYING GAMES 58
ANIME & ANIMATION 104 ART SHOW 106 AUTHORS’ AVENUE 110 AUTHOR GUEST OF HONOR: R.A. SALVATORE 111 AUCTION 97 CHARITY PARTNER 96 COSTUME CONTEST 86 CREATE, MOVE, EXPLORE 118 ELECTRONIC GAMING 114 ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS 98
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GEN CON VALUES 11 HEALTH & SAFETY 12 IMPORTANT INFO 7 WELCOME 6
HIGHLIGHTS
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CODE OF CONDUCT 10
BLOCK PARTY 38 DIANA JONES AWARD 54 ENNIE AWARDS 56 ENTREPRENEURS’ AVENUE 44 GEN CON ONLINE 46 OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE 42 SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 48 SPONSORS 36 STREAMING LIVE ON TWITCH 50
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ESCAPE ROOMS 116 EVENT TEAM THANK YOU 121 FILM FESTIVAL 100 GEN CON 2023 119 JOIN THE 2023 EVENT TEAM 120 PUPPETRY PROGRAM 84 TRADE DAY 92 TRUE DUNGEON 108 WRITER’S SYMPOSIUM 112 ZED: THE ISLE OF MISFIT EVENTS 90
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WELCOME! A LETTER FROM PETER ADKISON Welcome home, gamers! Gen Con has always felt like home to me. The first year I came to Gen Con was in 1992 in Milwaukee and I was immediately filled with a sense of belonging. I had found my community. Wandering the halls and seeing old friends and familiar faces, attending Gen Con feels like a family or class reunion, but with people who share a passion for games. I especially loved the Exhibit Hall. I was blown away by the spectacle of it, with all the gaming giants of the day. FASA had a wall mural that was humongous, even by today’s standards. White Wolf had a coffin in their booth — Vampire: The Masquerade was released the prior year. And TSR was in the middle with a castle that was possibly bigger than some actual castles. Everywhere you walked, people were playing games, sometimes on the floor, not just in the convention center but in local hotels and eateries. Sound familiar? In many ways, Gen Con hasn’t really changed that much in the last 30 years. There is of course more of everything, which can have a downside, especially for those sensitive to crowds. Thankfully, we have a lot more virtual programming these days, with streaming on Twitch (twitch.tv/gencontv and twitch.tv/genconmainstage), which has emerged as a great way to experience Gen Con from home or even from another country. Attendees can also join us remotely on our Discord server and by signing up for virtual Gen Con Online games and events. The best thing about Gen Con that has changed is the increasing numbers of attendees, event organizers, and exhibitors who represent all the gradients of skin color, gender identity, and sexual orientation. I’m very happy that such a diverse community is excited to attend Gen Con to play games! Thank you for coming to our show. We really excited you’re here and we hope you have the best of times. Game on!
Peter Adkison Gen Con Co-Owner and Chairperson of the Board
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Gen Con would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral lands of the Myaamia (Miami), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), and other Indigenous peoples.
GEN CON LLC STAFF PETER ADKISON MELISSA REIS ADRIAN SWARTOUT BRIAN LEWIS Owners DAVID HOPPE President MEGAN CULVER Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Events ANN EUTSLER Chief Financial Officer GREG HEINZLE Chief Technology Officer JEANNETTE LEGAULT Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives CUSTOMER SERVICE MIKE BOOZER Customer Service & Event Team Manager MICHAEL GREEN KAI CRAIG Customer Service Representatives EVENT MANAGEMENT DEREK GUDER Director of Events MARIAN MCBRINE Event Manager JC SMITH Event Manager AMANDA WONG Event Administrator JESSICA BALLARD-BARNETT HEATHER SHANNON PETER SMILEY BEN WARMUS LESLIE WARMUS Event Reviewers FINANCE ELIZABETH HEILE Analyst JENNA LUCERO Bookkeeper INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DAVID TVERAAS IT Manager OPER ATIONS MANAGEMENT CYRA VALENZUELA BENEDICT Senior Manager, Business & Convention Operations DOMINIC LEWIS Assistant Manager of Operations SALES & MARKETING LEMAR MATTOX Exhibit Hall Manager JACKIE MARTIN Senior Marketing Manager DANI KENNEDY Social Media Manager JORDAN AUGUSTINE Marketing Support FULFILLMENT MANAGEMENT ELKE HAUTALA KRISTIN MOWERY BRIAN LUONG WEB DEVELOPMENT RENNIE ARAUCTO MATT ELHOTIBY AURORA HAMPTON TOM HUNTER SCOTT NORRIS JONATHON ROSCOE MARTIN STREICHER DAVID TVERAAS SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS: Fern Exposition, General Contractor; Reaction AV, Audio-Visual Provider; John Sutton, Security Manager; Stacia Kirby, Public Relations; Cathy Rundell, Graphic Design; Alesia Clardy, Travel & Logistics Coordinator/Show Office Manager; Owen, Rita, and the Q-Rooms Team; Jason Lavengood & Ryan Opalk, Convention Photography; Roderick Robertson, gencon.com Community Moderator; Amber Sherman, Discord Community Moderator; All Gen Con Captains and Event Team; The staff of the Indianapolis Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium; Visit Indy; Downtown Indy
And a BIG thank you to ALL who make Gen Con possible, including game manufacturers, gaming clubs, Event Organizers, and of course Gen Con attendees! 2022 cover art by Alex Dos Diaz
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*For onsite refunds or exchanges, please visit the Customer Service kiosks.
BADGE REFUNDS/EXCHANGES
The last day to receive a badge refund was June 17, 2022. Badges are non-refundable and non-transferable after the deadline.
EVENT TICKET REFUNDS/EXCHANGES/CANCELLATIONS
GEN CON BADGES WHY DO I NEED A BADGE?
Everyone attending Gen Con (excluding children ages 10 and under) must wear a valid Gen Con badge at all times for identification while in the convention center and surrounding hotels and during gameplay/events. A badge will allow you admittance into the Exhibit Hall, Art Show, Anime events, seminars, and other events happening in public areas during the convention. It is also needed to purchase tickets for events. Badges must be visible at all times to assure staff and security of your eligibility to participate in the show. (Gen Con does not offer parent badges, shopper badges, or other types of limitedaccess, discounted badges).
CHILDREN 10 & UNDER
Children ages 10 and under are admitted for free when accompanied by an attending adult and must be registered in the Gen Con children’s log for security purposes. They are not required to have a badge unless they will be participating in an event that requires an event ticket. Come to the Customer Service or Badge Registration kiosks to register your child and provide us with your contact information in case you and your child are separated. You will receive a wristband that must be attached to your child’s wrist while in the convention center and surrounding areas where you are participating in Gen Con events. All children must be accompanied at all times by a Parent or Guardian with a valid badge. Children ages 11 and above are subject to standard badge pricing.
PAYMENT
Gen Con accepts cash or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express) as payment. Checks and money orders are not accepted at any time. A 10% admissions tax will be charged on all badge purchases, in compliance with Marion County laws.
Event-specific ticket refunds/exchanges must be requested at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. All refunds will be managed at the Customer Service kiosks and will be refunded to the purchaser. All ticket refunds are subject to a 5% administrative fee for the total sum of tickets refunded. A valid government-issued photo ID and a Gen Con 2022 badge are required to process any type of ticket refund or exchange. All refunds will be credited back in the original form of payment. For ticket exchanges, please present the ticket for the event you would like to exchange and provide the Game ID number for the event you wish to purchase. If an event has been canceled, please see a nearby Event HQ for further instructions. No refunds will be given for canceled events without a stamp or signature from the area’s Event HQ. The last day to receive a ticket refund is 4 pm on the Sunday of the convention.
GENERIC TICKET REFUNDS
Generic tickets are only refunded to system credit. There is no cash or credit card refund for generic tickets. System credit is non-refundable, non-transferable, does not expire, and can be used to purchase badges or tickets for any future Gen Con. All ticket refunds are subject to a 5% administrative fee for the total sum of tickets refunded. Ticket refunds will be managed at the Customer Service kiosks and will only be refunded to the purchaser. A valid government-issued photo ID and a Gen Con 2022 badge are required to process any type of ticket refund onsite. The last day to receive a generic ticket system credit refund is the Sunday of the convention, no later than 4 pm.
LOST OR MISPLACED BADGES & EVENT TICKETS
Gen Con cannot replace lost, stolen, or forgotten badges or event tickets. Lost, stolen, or forgotten items must be repurchased at full cost. It is recommended you check with the Gen Con Show Office in Room 116 of the convention center to see if your materials have been turned in to Lost & Found before buying new materials. Gen Con LLC assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, or forgotten materials. To repurchase your items, go to the Customer Service kiosks in the Main Registration area. If your shipment is confirmed to be lost by the USPS, Gen Con will replace your convention materials at no cost to you. Gen Con cannot replace items that have been delivered.
ELECTRONIC TICKETING HOW DOES E-TICKETING WORK?
E-Tickets are purchased the same way as paper tickets, but they will not be shipped to you or picked up at Will Call. Instead, they are stored in your Gen Con account and associated with your Gen Con badge. Event Hosts will admit you by scanning your badge rather than taking a paper ticket. A receipt, confirmation email, or tickets that are paper are not e-tickets.
IS E-TICKETING OPTIONAL?
For 2022, we are only using e-ticketing with a select group of event organizers. Specific events will be designated as e-ticketed only. There will be no option to get paper tickets for these events.
DO I NEED TO HAVE A SMARTPHONE TO USE E-TICKETING?
Nope! As an attendee, all you need is your badge. Event organizers will use a smartphone or other device to scan your badge and redeem your e-tickets.
HOW DO I GET E-TICKETS?
E-tickets are purchased the same way as paper tickets, but they will not be shipped to you or picked up at “Will Call.” Instead, they are stored in your Gen Con account and associated with your Gen Con badge. A receipt or confirmation email is not an e-ticket.
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IMPORTANT INFO AT A GLANCE
REGISTRATION & CUSTOMER SERVICE WHAT IS REGISTRATION?
Registration covers all processes associated with attending the convention, obtaining badge credentials, and purchasing event tickets. Registration offers four services: Event/Badge Registration, Customer Service, Special Services, and Will Call. The “Main Registration” kiosks are located near the Maryland Street entrance in the convention center’s Wabash-East Concourse. There is also a remote Event Registration site in Hall C. Each service area is clearly marked for your convenience.
EVENT REGISTRATION
Event tickets can be purchased onsite at the Event Registration kiosks located in the convention center’s Wabash-East Concourse near the Maryland Street entrance or at Event Registration kiosks in Hall C. See the Area Hotel Maps for specific locations. Gen Con accepts cash and all major credit cards (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa). Gen Con does not accept checks or money orders.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Refund and exchange requests or questions regarding the convention or show policies can be directed to Customer Service. These kiosks are located in the convention center’s Wabash-East Concourse near the Maryland Street entrance. Refunds or exchanges will only be processed at the Customer Service kiosks. Event-specific ticket refunds/exchanges must be requested at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. All refunds will be issued back to the purchaser of the original ticket(s).
SPECIAL SERVICES
This kiosk is located next to the Customer Service kiosk. Disabled patrons may use this kiosk for their one-stop registration needs. Will Call pickup, badge and event ticket purchases, and refunds or exchanges can all be made at this location. Customer Service will also have special wristbands to alert staff and event team members that the bearer may need additional assistance (i.e., limited waiting in line, etc.). A wristband is required in order to receive special assistance. The Special services kiosk is the only place to obtain a mask exception Parents may also use this kiosk if they have already purchased a badge but need to obtain a child wristband.
WILL CALL
If you selected Will Call as your delivery method for your badge and/or event tickets, you may obtain your items at the Will Call kiosks, located in the convention center’s Wabash-East Concourse near the Maryland Street entrance. You will need to present a valid governmentissued photo ID to obtain your packet. Small children with no photo ID must be accompanied by a parent or guardian with a valid ID in order to pick up their packet. Please keep in mind that Will Call lines and wait times may vary.
CHILD REGISTRATION
All children ages 10 and under must be registered at the Event/Badge Registration or Customer Service kiosks. Registering your child provides the Security Team with contact information in case you and your child become separated. Be sure to register your child and pick up a child wristband when you arrive at the show if you have not already done so.
CONTACT US
SHOW HOURS CUSTOMER SERVICE Wednesday, noon – 2 am Thursday – Saturday, 7 am – 11 pm Sunday, 7 am – 4 pm EVENT/BADGE REGISTRATION Wednesday, noon – 9 pm Thursday – Saturday, 7 am – 11 pm Sunday, 7 am – 4 pm WILL CALL Wednesday, noon – 2 am Thursday – Saturday, 7 am – 11 pm Sunday, 7 am – 4 pm HALL C REMOTE EVENT REGISTRATION (purchase event tickets only) Thursday, 7:30 am – 9 pm Friday – Saturday, 9 am – 9 pm Sunday, 9 am – 2 pm EXHIBIT HALL Thursday – Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm INFO BOOTH Wednesday, noon – 7 pm Thursday – Saturday, 7 am – 7 pm Sunday, 7 am – 5 pm SHOW OFFICE Wednesday, noon – 9 pm Thursday – Saturday, 7 am – 9 pm Sunday, 7 am – 5 pm
If you have any inquiries regarding Registration, Customer Service, Will Call, Policies, or Refunds, please come to the Customer Service kiosks in the Wabash-East Concourse near the Maryland Street entrance of the convention center. If you have any questions after the show, feel free to call (206) 385-1967 or email customerservice@gencon.com. Regular Customer Service hours are Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 5 pm (Pacific). 8 IMPORTANT INFO
ETHICS & CONDUCT
SHOW POLICIES
All of the following constitute grounds for expulsion from the convention without refund: • Violating any federal, state, or local laws, facility rules, or convention policies • Failure to comply with the instructions of Gen Con Event Staff or security personnel • Using anything in a threatening or destructive manner against a person or property • Endangering the safety of oneself or others • Threatening, stealing, cheating, or harassing others • Failure to conduct oneself in a mature and responsible manner If you experience or witness any of the above, please seek out Gen Con Event Staff or Gen Con Security to report the incident. If you can’t locate an Event Staff member, please report the incident to Show Management in the show office located in Room 116.
ANTI HARASSMENT POLICY
Gen Con: The Best Four Days in Gaming! is dedicated to providing a harassment-free event experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, or affiliation. Gen Con does not tolerate harassment of convention participants in any form. Convention participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled without refund at the discretion of show management.
SECURITY
Security is provided by a professional security firm and may include off-duty law enforcement personnel, security guards, and Gen Con Event Staff. All security personnel serve to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone. Please show them the respect they deserve. Failure to comply with the directives issued by uniformed security and staff may result in immediate expulsion without refund.
COSTUMES & WEAPONS
Please note that exceptions may be made to items in bold when you are participating in the cosplay contest, but only for the period in which you are on stage. • Costumes, cosplays, and general attire must provide the same level of body coverage expected at an all-ages public beach, but no speedos or thongs. • Footwear is required at all times. • Costumes should not impede the movement of yourself or others around you. They must fit through a standard American doorway. • Costumes should not have any functional sharp edges or points that could be a risk to yourself or others. • Costumes may not include smoke, odors, or fog. • Cosplay may not include: ° Words, images, or symbols conveying racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise prejudiced or bigoted messages or sentiments. ° Obscene or offensive language or images including uncensored profanities and pornographic content • Costumes should not represent or incorporate the iconography, uniform, or appearance of persons or objects associated with prejudice or bigotry (e.g., Nazi imagery).
• 20th and 21st-century uniforms may not be worn as costumes. These include any uniform that can be construed as a military uniform from any country or a uniform worn in an official capacity, such as security guard, police officer, deputy, fire marshal, paramedic, etc. Active duty military personnel are permitted to wear their government-issued uniforms. • Costumes and cosplays may incorporate audio or lighting elements of reasonable volume or intensity. Sounds and lights must be able to be turned off quickly if they become disruptive to nearby attendees or events. Weapons and props: • Costumes and cosplays cannot include historical or modern weapons, nor items that could be confused for them. This includes (but is not limited to): self-defense equipment like pepper spray or tasers; recreational weapons like Airsoft, paintball, water, cap, or BB guns; sharp-edged tools like knives or scissors; or martial-arts weaponry including wooden practice weapons. • Fantasy or sci-fi/futuristic weapons are allowed so long as they do not resemble actual historical or modern weapons and are handled with respect for the safety and personal space of other attendees. • No live steel or weapons that can fire projectiles. • Weapons and props must not exceed the height of a standard American doorway. Any weapon or prop that makes noise must be able to be turned off and must not be excessively loud. Questionable items can be brought to the Information Desk in the convention center during operating hours to be checked for compliance with this policy. Some events may provide exceptions to this policy under strict circumstances defined by that event. Items purchased in the Exhibit Hall which violate this policy must be wrapped and immediately removed from the convention premises. Gen Con Event Staff or security personnel may inspect any item or costume or request that an attendee remove a mask at any time during the convention. Failure to comply with these policies and/or the instructions of Gen Con Event Staff or security personnel may result in immediate removal from the convention without refund. If you have any questions about these policies, please contact Gen Con Customer Service before the convention or visit the Information Desk in the convention center during operating hours.
ADVERTISING
There is no flyering, postering, or show billing of any kind in or around any of the convention grounds, including the hotels. If caught, you may be asked to leave the convention and have your badge revoked without a refund.
EVENT SPACES
Gen Con reserves the right to clear each room after an event. Attendees will not be allowed to remain in the room for the next event. Items cannot be stored in event spaces. If found, items may be moved or discarded.
LOST & FOUND
The Gen Con Show Office (Room 116) will serve as the center for lost and found items during the convention. Unclaimed property will be turned over to the convention center security office at the close of the convention. You can help protect your belongings by including identification tags with mobile phone numbers in wallets, purses, backpacks, and other loose items. Labeling belongings helps Gen Con staff attempt to return recovered items to their rightful owners. Gen Con LLC assumes no responsibility for lost, stolen, or forgotten materials.
LEGAL INFORMATION
The purchase of a Gen Con badge admits one person to all basic activities and exhibits at Gen Con (the “Event”) during regularly scheduled hours for the day(s) it is purchased. Some designated activities require preregistration and/or payment of a separate, additional fee. In accepting the badge and in consideration of being admitted to the Event, the holder of the badge hereby: (1) assumes full responsibility for his/her/their own safety, and accepts all known and unanticipated risks of loss, damage, and injury (including death or disability) to himself/herself/theirself and his/her/their property while attending, participating in, or becoming involved with the Event, regardless of whether or not such risks are attributable to the negligence of others; (2) releases and discharges Gen Con LLC and its employees, officers, directors, owners, sponsors, exhibitors, and contractors (collectively “Gen Con”) from any claims or liability for loss, damage, or injury (including death or disability) to his/her/their person and property arising out of or in any way connected to the Event, including but not limited to claims based on Gen Con’s own negligence; (3) consents to being recorded by audio and/or visual means, and authorizes and permits Gen Con to use and authorize the use of such recordings and his/her/their name, voice, likeness, and all reproductions thereof by any means and for any purposes, in all media now and hereafter known, worldwide in perpetuity; and (4) agrees to comply with all the rules and regulations of the Event. Gen Con reserves the right to deny entry, or remove from the Event, any person who Gen Con considers, in its sole and absolute discretion, as behaving or threatening to behave in a disruptive manner. The Gen Con badge is non-refundable for any reason. GEN CON, the Gen Con logo, and The Best Four Days in Gaming! are trademarks of Gen Con LLC. All rights Reserved.
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CODE OF CONDUCT Here at Gen Con, we’re in the business of having fun. After all, it wouldn’t be The Best Four Days in Gaming™ if we didn’t all have a great time together! And as every gamer knows, a thorough rulebook is the key to everyone having a good time, so here are our rules for a safe and fun Gen Con. If you have a question about a certain policy or guideline, be sure to read through all of our policies, but if that still doesn’t answer your question, email policyteam@gencon.com. Game on!
BE SAFE • Follow all show policies, venue rules, and staff directions. • No running, jumping, throwing, or other unsafe shenanigans. • Support each other in maintaining a safe environment. • Report concerns to Gen Con Captains (wearing black Event Team vests).
PLAY NICE • Don’t harass other attendees, staff, or vendors. • Respect everyone’s physical and social boundaries and their personal property. • No stealing, cheating, trolling, or griefing.
HAVE FUN • Remember to eat, sleep, and shower. • Make a friend. • Play some games. • Explore the show.
UPDATED CODE OF CONDUCT AND ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY
The above is an abridged version of our policy. For the full version, please visit www.gencon.com/attend/policies. Everyone should observe commonsense rules for behavior, personal interaction, courtesy, and respect. Harassing or offensive behavior will not be tolerated. Gen Con reserves the right to revoke, without refund, the membership and badge of any participant not in compliance with this policy. Harassment or unwelcome conduct, whether verbal, physical, visual, or in any other form, is strictly prohibited. Email us confidentially at policyteam@gencon.com if you have any questions or need to report an incident or concern.
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GEN CON VALUES Whether on-site in Indy, online, or at your FLGS, you too can help build a Gen Con spirit of cultural integration and awareness in tabletop gaming. Start by supporting underrepresented exhibitors at the convention, adding pronouns to your badge, or spreading the word of our new Gen Con Participation Grants program. Thank you for your efforts make Gen Con a better place!
OUR MISSION
To create opportunities, experiences, and communities where people can share the joy of games together. We embrace progress while building on over 50 years of history to shape the spirit of Gen Con — a space where fun, empathy, play, and connection are always at the center — and carry it into the future.
OUR VALUES CREATIVITY We encourage, nurture, and support the amazing people, ideas, and technologies that bring Gen Con to life, in all its creative forms. INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY-BUILDING We consciously build welcoming, safer spaces to gather, forge friendships, explore shared passions, and discover new ones. We value active listening and working with our community to shape a Gen Con that is anti-discrimination, antiracist and free of sexism, harassment, and hate. CONTINUOUS GROWTH We are always searching for new ways to play and celebrate games together. We practice self-
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awareness, remain humble, and hold ourselves accountable for the things we can do to improve the industry ecosystem, grow as individuals, and bring our unique experience to more people across the globe. OUR PLACE IN GAMING HISTORY We acknowledge the history and traditions of Gen Con and its place in the world of gaming. We seek to honor the individuals and accomplishments of those who built our industry while actively working for systemic change. Gen Con is where the story of tabletop gaming is often written, and we accept the challenge of promoting change so that future Gen Con is grounded in equality, diversity, and borderless joy.
Interested in learning more about how Gen Con intends to foster diversity and inclusivity at our convention and in our community? Please join us for this panel session, where members of the Gen Con team will talk about the work we’ve done, our goals, and how you can help us create a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable Gen Con.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
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VACCINATION REQUIREMENT MASK REQUIREMENT
Mask-wearing is required in all Gen Con-badged spaces this year for all attendees, exhibitors, event organizers, and staff. Masks must cover the nose and mouth and fit snugly against the sides without gaps. Masks can be either manufactured or homemade and should be a solid piece of material without slits, exhalation valves, or punctures. • Neck gaiters are acceptable if they follow the above guidelines • Bandanas are not acceptable • Face shields and/or goggles are not acceptable on their own but can be worn with a mask that follows the above guidelines Masks may be removed only while actively eating and drinking in designated areas — all food and drink should be consumed in the concessions seating areas located in the Maryland Food Court, Capitol Food Court, Crossroads Concourse, Hall C, and Hall K.
SYMPTOM CHECK
If you have any of the following symptoms, please do not attend Gen Con:
All participants are required to show proof of full vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or World Health Organization (WHO). “Fully vaccinated” means that the day of your first entry to Gen Con must be at least 14 days after completion of your primary series of an FDA or WHOapproved or authorized COVID-19 vaccine. Please refer to our website for additional details regarding our vaccination requirements.
VACCINATION VERIFICATION STATIONS
At our vaccination verification stations, you must present a governmentissued photo ID and an approved vaccination record demonstrating proof of Full Vaccination with an authorized or approved vaccine. Participants under 18 years of age are not required to show ID. Participants can provide proof of vaccination using one of the following approved methods on-site at Gen Con: • A government-issued vaccination record (paper or photo) • CLEAR Health Pass
GETTING IN AND GETTING YOUR WRISTBAND
To enter any Gen Con-badged area or pick up your badge from Will Call, you will first need a wristband to indicate that you have verified your vaccination status.
Vaccination verification stations are located on the second floor of the • Fever or chills ICC, in Sagamore 7. • Cough Look for signage on-site to direct you • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing to the vaccination verification stations. • Fatigue • Muscle or body aches • Headache • New loss of taste or smell • Sore throat The nearest COVID • Congestion or runny nose THANK YOU testing facility is GenePace • Nausea or vomiting FOR KEEPING on Monument Circle: • Diarrhea GEN CON
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ART SHOW, AUTHORS’ AVENUE, AND ENTERTAINERS EXHIBIT HALL ENTRANCE EXHIBIT HALL ENTRANCE 1985 Games................................................366 25th Century Games................................ 1457 AAW Games.................................................570 Academy Games...................................... 2619 Adam’s Apple Games............................... 1930 Adventure Scents / Oddfish Games........ 1345 AEGIS Combining Robots......................... 2658 Albino Dragon..............................................737 Alchemy RPG............................................ 2854 Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)..........801 Alex W Draws...............................................371 Alley Cat Games....................................... 2768 Alligator Alley Entertainment........1929, 2029 Altruistic.................................................... 2902 AMIGO Games.......................................... 2205 Andrews McMeel Universal................2920 Anime Depot............................................. 2129 AnimeStuffStore.com............................... 2754 Anomia Press..............................................462 APE Games............................................... 2319 Aradani Studios...........................................638 Arcane Wonders..........................................629 Archon Games.............................................343 Arcknight.................................................. 2847 Ares Games.................................................641 Arkenforge Tabletop................................ 1651 ArmorClass10.......................................... 2848 Armoured Wolf Productions.................... 2713 Ars Invicta: Art of Charles Urbach..............564 Art & Masks by Lisa Sell.............................161 Art by David Lee Pancake...........................541 Art of David Wong..................................... 1037 Artists of Magic............................................839 Artovision.................................................. 2141 Asmadi Games......................................... 1619 Asmodee............................................. 815 Atlas Games.............................................. 1401 Atomic Mass Games................................. 1109 B.A. Games..................................................267 Badali Jewelry.............................................363 Badger Air-Brush Co...................................468 Badger Games.......................................... 1852 Bard & Broad...............................................832 Barrel Aged Games.....................................369 Battle Foam.............................................. 1301 Battlelords of the 23rd Century............... 3042
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Baz LLC..................................................... 2855 BCW Supplies........................................... 2721 Beadle & Grimm’s.................................... 2939 Bezier Games..............................................741 BFE Webcomics........................................ 1439 Bicycle.........................................................636 Big Potato Games..................................... 3019 Black Oak Workshop...................................562 BLACK POWDER RED EARTH.................. 2856 Blacklist Games, LLC............................... 2762 Blinks by Move38..................................... 2957 Blood & Cardstock Games.........................118 Blue Orange Games................................. 1803 Board & Dice............................................ 2535 BoardGamesMaker.com.......................... 2502 BoardGameTables.com..............................451 Boda Games Manufacturing ................... 2840 BOMBYX................................................... 2759 Breaking Games....................................... 2329 Bricks & Boards....................................... 2201 Bright Eye Games................................... 2400A Broken Egg Games......................................261 Brotherwise Games, LLC............................331 Burning Wheel........................................2420B Bushiroad....................................................529 C & C Games................................................829 Cameo Creeps: Tiny Monster Paintings.....154 Capstone Games.........................................459 Carolina Game Tables.............................. 2406 Castillo Studios........................................ 2249 Catalyst Game Labs.............1611, 1603, 1703 Catan Studio......................................1229 Cephalofair Games.....................................257 Certifiable Studios................................... 2669 CGC Trading Cards................................... 2565 Chancegamer - Pro-social games.............171 Chaosium.....................................................411 Chessex Mfg.................315, 1003, 1729, 2419 Chimera Hobby Shop............................... 2301 Chip Theory Games LLC.......................... 2807 Collapsible Construction......................... 1950 Collector’s Cache..................................... 1515 Colorway Game Labs............................... 2555 Conquest.....................................................565 Continuum Games.................................... 1815 CoolStuffInc.com..................................... 1501
EXHIBIT HALL ENTRANCE Corsets & Cogs........................................ 3037 Corvus Belli Infinity.....................................941 Cosplay Deviants...................................... 1943 Coyote & Crow LLC................................2422B Craft Hackers: Quiltoni & Craftigurumi... 1752 Crafty Games............................................ 2719 Creature Curation..................................... 2467 Crimson Chain Leather Works....................549 Critical Care: The Game........................... 2555 CritSuccess.............................................. 2541 CrowD Games.........................................2402B CRWN Studios, LLC.................................. 2840 Cryptozoic Entertainment...........................403 Crystal Caste..........................329, 1829, 1103 Cubicle 7 Entertainment.......................... 2121 Daria Aksenova...........................................272 Dark Moon Cards & Games........................266 Dave & Adam’s Card World...................... 2427 Days of Wonder...........................................823 Daywalk3r Productions............................ 2765 Dead Alive Games.................................... 2953 Decision Games........................................ 2919 Deep Water Games.................................. 2923 Delicious Boutique................................... 1336 Devious Weasel Games........................... 1237 Devir Games............................................. 2641 DGS Games............................................... 1949 Diana Stein...................................................122 Dice Dungeons............................................463 Dice Throne/Roxley............................... 2422A Die Hard Dice............................................ 2564 Diemension Games Inc............................ 2671 Dire Wolf Digital....................................... 2545 Dispel Dice................................................ 3027 Doctor Gus Designs.................................. 3037 Dolphin Hat Games.................................. 2862 Double Infinity Gaming............................ 3164 Draco Studios..............................................664 Dragon Pets.................................................738 Dragon Shield........................................... 1739 Dragonsong Forge................................... 2819 Drinks & Daggers..................................... 2954 DRINKS with FRENEMIES...........................164 Dryad Tea.................................................. 1753 DV Games................................................. 2105 D-Verse Publishing, LLC.......................... 1641
Dwarven Forge......................................... 1201 Dyskami Publishing Company................. 2965 Easy Roller Dice Company....................... 3033 EBay...................................................1349 Echo-X....................................................... 1631 Elderwood Academy...................................251 Eldritch Foundry....................................... 2564 Elf Creek Games....................................... 2569 Empire Games Group..................................119 Enhance Gaming...................................... 1460 ENnie Awards..............................................116 Epic Adventure Candle RPG Apothecary.....2662 Equilibrium USG....................................... 2445 Everything Epic............................................233 Evil Genius Games.................................... 2959 Exploding Kittens..................................... 2927 Extra Life................................................... 3138 Factions: Battlegrounds.......................... 2555 Family Time Games.................................. 1650 Fantasy Flight Games.................................809 FASA Games...................................1929, 2029 Fate of the Norns.........................................344 Featherstone Games................................ 1261 Fernando’s Engravings............................ 1438 Fib............................................................. 2956 Fireside Games........................................ 2323 First Fish Games..........................................559 Flat River Group..............................1429, 1521 Flatout Games.......................................... 2853 Floodgate Games........................................439 Floral Frolic.............................................. 1653 Flying Buffalo..............................................607 Flying Frog Productions..............................929 Foam Brain Games................................... 1619 Fogel Pens & Creations..............................367 Forbidden Games...............................2238 Forged Foam............................................ 1005 Forteller.................................................... 3043 FoxMind.................................................... 1909 Free League Publishing........................... 1934 Funko Games.....................................1811 Gale Force Nine...........................................621 Galladoria Games..................................... 2761 Gallant Knight Games....................1929, 2029 Gambit of Kings........................................ 3058 Game Brewer & Amuza Games..................362
Game ON! Travel Coin Set........................ 1853 Game Theory Tables................................ 3025 Game Trade Magazine................................110 Game Trayz............................................... 1553 Gameboard............................................... 2665 Gamefound............................................... 2001 Gamelyn Games....................................... 2849 Gamer Concepts....................................... 1235 GamerMats............................................... 1623 Games & Gears...........................................338 Games Plus............................................... 1512 Gamescience............................................ 2403 Gamewright.............................................. 2300 Gaming Honors...........................................167 Gaming Paper, LLC......................................229 GamingEtc.com Magic & Minis................ 2527 Gate Keeper Games & Dice...........1645, 2623 Gatherers’ Tavern..................................... 1854 GCT Studios.............................................. 2821 Geek & Muse Collection.......................... 2012 Geek Orthodox.............................................460 Geeky Endeavors........................................105 Gemhammer & Sons...................................370 Genius Games.......................................... 1249 Ghost Galaxy............................................. 1357 Giga-Robo................................................ 2656 Glass Cannon Network...............................174 GlitchGear.com............................................150 Goliath....................................................... 2735 Goliath Coins............................................ 2958 Good Games............................................. 2609 Goodman Games.........................................111 Gooey Cube.............................................. 1837 Got Kilt.........................................................932 Grail Games.............................................. 2946 Grand Gamers Guild................................. 2310 Grandpa Beck’s Games............................ 1914 Great American Gothic............................. 2345 Greater Than Games..........................1321 Green Ronin Publishing..............................101 Greenbrier Games.......................................339 Grey Fox Games........................................ 2501 Greyridge Games..................................... 2859 Gut Bustin’ Games.................................... 1317 HABA USA................................................. 1805 Hachette Boardgames............................. 2109
Haha Anime & Games.............................. 1506 Half Price Books....................................... 1259 Hammerdog Games................................. 1416 Harebrained Design................................. 2559 Heartleaf Games...................................... 1754 HeidelBAER Games - UBO....................... 1558 Henna Body Art by desi............................ 1359 Hero: Tales of the Tomes.............................467 Hills Wholesale Gaming........................... 2130 Hit ‘Em With A Shoe.................................. 2660 Hit Point Press Inc.................................... 3018 Honeck Sculpture........................................224 Horrible Guild..............................................166 Hot Banana Games Inc............................. 2228 Hotsauce Games...................................... 1743 Howard Tayler Jim Zub............................. 1849 HPLHS (HP Lovecraft Historical Society).... 411 Hrothgar’s Hoard...................................... 2820 Hub Games............................................. 2402A Hunt A Killer.............................................. 2903 HutChu Games......................................... 2857 Icarus Magic............................................. 2405 Imagining Games..................................... 3063 Impact! Miniatures......................................124 Incarnate Games...................................... 2408 Indie Board & Cards & Stronghold Games....2229 Indie Game Alliance....................................833 Indie Game Developer Network.................132 Indie Press Revolution............................. 2447 Infinite Black............................................. 2343 Inkarnate.................................................. 1459 Inside Up Games...................................... 1848 Iron Crown Enterprises............................ 2933 Iron Wind Metals...................................... 1335 It’s Kind of a Fun Story.............................. 2962 IV Studio.................................................... 2469 Ivion: the Herocrafting Card Game.............573 Japanime Games.........................................321 Jasco Games............................................ 2019 Jason Anarchy Games.............................. 1742 Jellybean Games.........................................263 Kenzer & Company.................................. 1223 Kess Co..................................................... 1735 Keymaster Games.................................... 2013 KLASK....................................................... 2945 KMK Designs............................................ 2937
Kobold Press............................................ 1855 Kolossal Games....................................... 2211 Kosmos..................................................... 2455 Kraken Dice.................................................265 KTBG......................................................... 2008 Ky Tran Art................................................. 2955 Kyoudai Games...............................1929, 2029 Lady Heathers Fashions.............................120 Lamentations of the Flame Princess...... 3032 LaserCraftWorkshop.com....................... 1931 Lay Waste Games..................................... 2831 Leder Games............................................ 1337 Left Justified Studio & Prolific Games.... 2234 Legendary Realms Terrain...................... 2119 LEGENDS: The Superhero RPG............... 1655 Legion Supplies........................................ 2707 Level Up Dice............................................ 1953 Limitless Adventures............................... 1952 Loke Battle Mats..........................................737 LongPack Games........................................156 Looney Labs................................................100 Lowtek Games.......................................... 2858 Lucky Duck Games......................................157 Ludo Fact.....................................................222 Lynnvander Studios.................................. 3015 Maeca Art.....................................................568 Mage Hand Press..................................... 3059 Magic Minis & More....................................218 Magic Stronghold Games........................ 2407 Magpie Games...................................2459 Mantic Entertainment.............................. 1141 Margaret Weis.......................................... 1629 Mattel................................................. 509 Mayday Games......................................... 2101 McFarland....................................................142 Meeple Source......................................... 2909 Meloria Maille..............................................672 Meromorph Games.....................................561 Mesa Mundi - D20PRO................................108 Metal Weave Games................................ 1263 Metallic Dice Games..............2448, 2712, 936 Micro Games of America.......................... 3162 Mid Level Meeple..................................... 2349 Mindclash Games..................................... 2319 Miniature Building Authority.................... 2230 Miniature Market.........................................843
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EXHIBIT HALL ENTRANCE Pelgrane Press............................................423 Pendragon Costumes.................................417 Pendragon Game Studio.......................... 2763 Penny Arcade........................................... 2048 Pens & More............................................. 1649 Perplext.......................................................836 PescEffects—The Art of Jerry Pesce........ 2571 Petersen Games....................................... 1243 Phase Shift Games......................................271 Pine Island Games.................................... 2151 Pink Bunny Games................................... 2801 Pinnacle Entertainment.................1929, 2029 Plaid Hat Games....................................... 1217 Plan B Games........................................... 2239 Play To Beat Brain Cancer........................ 2943 Pointy Hat Games..................................... 2933 Pops & Bejou Games..................................270 Portal Games...............................................937 Possum Creek Games.............................. 2447 Posthuman Studios.....................................449 Primordial Secrets................................... 3065 Privateer Press............................................429 Prodigy Games............................................372 Profantasy Software...................................423 Pro-Play Games....................................... 1363 PSC Games.............................................2400B Pulp Figures / Crucible Crush.................. 3044 Queen Games........................................... 2627 QuestBourne............................................ 2860 Q-Workshop Unusual Dice.............. 149, 1549 R. Talsorian Games, Inc......................1841 Ravensburger....................................2001 Red Raven Games.......................................516 Red Republic Games................................ 1731 Reign Absolute......................................... 3038 Renegade Game Studios....................2309 Resonym................................................... 1913 Restoration Games.................................. 1635 Rio Grande Games, Inc................................829 Rogue Maille............................................. 1835 Role 4 Initiative............................................355 Rollacrit.......................................................249 Rowan, Rook & Decard............................ 2755 RPG Travel...................................................160 Rumbeard Trading Co.............................. 2960 Runaway Parade Games.......................... 1750
Ruth Thompson Fantasy Art.......................125 SALVAGE: Deep Space by 3301 Games... 2961 Savagesparrow Studios........................... 2661 Sea Dog Game Studios............................. 2715 SFR............................................................ 1105 Shadowmyths..............................................260 Shadows of Esteren.......................1929, 2029 Shadows on the Wall Autographs............ 2142 Shard Studios.................................1929, 2029 Shark Robot.............................................. 2401 Shibe Ink......................................................575 Shire Post Mint......................................... 2757 Silver Leaf Costumes............................... 1413 Silver Scorpion............................................706 SiOCAST.................................................... 3124 Sizigi Studios............................................ 1939 SlugFest Games..........................................611 Smirk & Dagger Games..............................729 Snowbright Studio.................................... 3039 Solis Game Studio.......................................175 Sophisticated Cerberus Games............... 3062 Sovranti.................................................... 3034 Space Cowboys........................................ 1115 Spidermind Games................................... 2840 Spiel Des Jahres E.V................................. 2722 Spin Master Games.................................. 2727 Square Enix, Inc........................................ 2746 Squatchy Games...................................... 3056 SRG Universe............................................ 2655 Starcalled Studios.................................... 2139 StarCityGames.com................................. 2421 Starwind Design....................................... 2651 Stat Trackers................................................465 Steamforged Games..........................2221 Steeped Games........................................ 1159 Steve Argyle.............................................. 1149 STL Ocarina.................................................140 Stoneblade Entertainment...................... 3031 Stonemaier Games................................... 2909 Strange Machine Games.......................... 1340 Studio 2 Publishing Inc...................1929, 2029 Studio 6D6................................................ 2747 Studio de Sade: Fine Art of Nigel & Sarah Sade..553 Studio Woe................................................ 1145 Succubus Publishing................................ 1041 Surfin’ Meeple.......................................... 2213
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Miranda Meeks............................................674 Mirkywood Emporium.................................173 Modiphius Entertainment........................ 3053 Monster Adventure Terrain...................... 2561 Monte Cook Games.................................. 2519 Monument Hobbies.................................. 2051 Moonshot Games........................................165 Moss Fete....................................................273 Move Rate 20 Games..................................268 Mr Nice Guy Games.................................. 2613 Mr. B Games............................................. 2236 My Little Demon..........................................666 Mythic Games........................................... 2841 MYTHICOS STUDIOS...................................275 Mythopoeia............................................... 2753 Najarian Art.............................................. 1257 Naomi VanDoren - Artist & Author.......... 1356 Nations & Cannons.................................. 1458 Nauvoo Games......................................... 1905 Necromolds.............................................. 2963 Nene Thomas..............................................129 Next Level Miniatures .............................. 2501 Norse Foundry................................. 2703, 543 North Star Games........................................523 O Christmas Geek........................................114 Oathsworn................................................ 1851 Odd Bird Games....................................... 2659 Oink Games.............................................. 2135 One Method Monkey................................ 2664 Oni Press / Oni Games............................. 2143 Orange Nebula......................................... 2563 Origami Whale Games............................. 2666 Orto Games............................................... 2861 Osprey Games.......................................... 2744 Paizo, Inc............................................ 203 Palladium Books.........................................903 Panda Cult Games.......................................121 Pandasaurus Games........................... 215 PANDO...................................................... 3054 Panini America......................................... 2645 Paradigm Concepts........................1929, 2029 Pawley Studios......................................... 1652 Pawstar........................................................243 Paw-Warrior Games................................ 1043 Pearl Odyssey.......................................... 2803 Pegasus Spiele...................................2635
Syrinscape................................................ 1740 Tabletop Tycoon....................................... 1819 Tabletop Warriors VR............................... 2863 Tea & Absinthe............................................464 Teburu....................................................... 3045 TeeTurtle................................................... 1440 Th3rd World Studios...................................151 The Bits Guy.............................................. 2134 The Blonde Swan........................................469 The Cantrip Cast....................................... 3033 The Castle Games.................................... 1360 The City of Games.................................... 2758 The Dice Tower......................................... 2741 The Evergreen Burrow................................169 The Five Wits...............................................658 The Game Crafter..................................... 2551 The Op – Usaopoly............................... 135 The TESA Collective............................... 2420A
The Weathered Dragon...............................361 The WitchBorn.............................................421 Themeborne................................................668 Thompson Productions, LLC......................112 Thunderworks Games............................. 2806 Timid Monsters............................................360 TinkerTurf................................................. 2865 Tokyo Sky.................................................. 1749 Toynk Toys................................................ 2049 Trick or Treat Studios................................ 1161 Troll & Toad.................................................501 TTCombat................................................. 1449 Twilight Creations.......................................105 Twin City Games....................................... 2209 Twogether Studios................................... 2465 Ukiyo-pop....................................................537 Ulisses Spiele International..................... 1830 Ultra Pro.......................................................701
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Unique Unicorns....................................... 1045 Universal Horizons................................... 2348 University Games..................................... 2011 Unleash the Goddess............................... 1407 Upper Deck........................................1205 Utilikilts LLC............................................. 1417 Van Ryder Games..................................... 2949 Vesuvius Media......................................... 2149 Videguy Collectibles...................................566 Vigour Games..............................................520 Volante Design Inc.................................... 3002 Warhammer.......................................2411 Wattsalpoag............................................. 1836 We Have Issues! Publishing..................... 1941 We Ride Games........................................ 1654 Weird Giraffe Games................................ 2766 Wet Ink Games.......................................... 1263 Whatnot.................................................... 2301
Where the Gods Live................................ 1555 Wildfire..................................................... 1140 Wise Wizard Games................................. 1537 WizKids..................................................... 1719 Wonderment Games................................ 2846 Woodside Illustrations................................571 World in Chains Chainmaille.................... 2557 World of Game Design............................. 1932 Wyrd Games............................................. 1129 Wyrmwood..................................................349 Wyvern Gaming........................................ 2901 XYZ Game Labs..................................1831 Yoka Games.............................................. 2663 Zombie Orpheus Entertainment.................100
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BLOCK PARTY FOOD TRUCKS Choose from dozens of rotating food trucks on Georgia Street!
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Get ready for Block Party! With music, food trucks, pizza, and more, Gen Con’s outdoor experiences will rock Indy all weekend long!
When hunger strikes, gamers know to hit the HotBox Pizza tent on Georgia Street to refuel! Treat your taste buds with this year’s official Gen Con pizza — The Tater Invader! The Tater Invader is a culinary dedication to the classic, homestyle comfort of a loaded baked potato. It features mozzarella, cheddar, bacon, tater tots, green onions, and a sour cream drizzle all on top of a ranch sauce base. This tater tot pie is ready to invade Georgia Street and perhaps take over the world! This year’s Official Pizza of Gen Con was concocted by contest winner Tyler F. of South Bend, IN, and will be available exclusively from HotBox Pizza during Gen Con 2022.
Thirsty gamers battled it out in our beer bracket this spring. Votes came pouring in for their favorite past Sun King Gen Con beer. Votes were tallied and it was a close battle! Dragon’s Delight won by a mere handful of votes. We are excited to showcase the 2022 Dragon’s Delight can artwork designed by artist William Denton Ray. Sun King will release Dragon’s Delight, a Belgian-style ale, on Wednesday, August 3 during the kick-off to the Georgia Street Gen Con Block Party! This year’s official beer of Gen Con will be available during Sun King Beer Garden Hours at the Block Party on Georgia Street, at all Sun King tap room locations for carry-out, and at various locations throughout Indy for the duration of The Best Four Days in Gaming. Join us in celebrating #genconturns55! SUN KING BEER GARDEN SCHEDULE Wednesday Tapping Party 5 pm – 10 pm Thursday – Saturday noon – 10 pm
SUN KING TO-GO
Attendees 21+ can purchase beer to-go from the Sun King Brewery Beer Garden on Georgia Street. Note: To-go purchases may not be consumed in the Beer Garden.
DRAGON’S DELIGHT BEER RELEASE PARTY
Join us Wednesday evening at 5pm on Georgia Street for the release of Dragon’s Delight, the official beer of Gen Con 2022! Dragon’s Delight is a Belgian-style ale.
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BLOCK PARTY You’re not “just about to grab a soda,” you’re heading off on a tastebuddazzling journey into the world of flavor, with yours truly — the one and only Wild Bill — as your guide. Find Wild Bill’s western themed saloon on Georgia Street, and don’t forget to bring your mug, or purchase a new tumbler for easy refills. Treat yourself to an infinite number of combinations of salty snacks and sweet soda pop from Wild Bill’s!
Visit the Daniel’s Vineyard tent to swirl, sip, and savor the Official Wine Sponsor of Gen Con 2022’s exclusive blends! Dragon Dew is a sweet white wine with notes of citrus, lime, and orange. It packs a punch with a fiery flavor that lasts. Next, try the Dragon Blood. This dry red blend has aromas of raspberry, black currant, and tobacco and bold flavors of black cherry, espresso, and chocolate on the palate. The full body and lengthy mouthfeel make this wine a great pairing for aged cheeses, cured meats, and hearty dishes such as roasts or stews.
Stop by the Harry & Izzy’s tent to say hi, refuel, and hydrate! They will be serving up crispy tater tots, refreshing beverages, classic cheeseburgers and the official Gen Con cheeseburger, The Spice and Dice, loaded with crispy jalapenos and topped with chipotle ranch. Harry & Izzy’s is so excited to serve you!
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Featuring concerts by hip-hop artist Nur-D and his live band, plus the electronic music soundscapes of Metavari, Georgia Street will be THE place to be for food, drinks, music and more Friday night! The music starts at 7pm — you won’t want to miss this event!
One of the fastest rising starts in Minnesota’s music scene, Nur-D burst onto the stage in 2018 and has been making headlines ever since. Performing on stages alongside national acts like Migos, Logic, Tyler The Creator, and The Wu Tang Clan, Nur-D is well on his way to becoming a household name. 40 HIGHLIGHTS
Metavari is the moniker of American composer and electronic musician, Nathaniel David Utesch. Metavari’s dark, cinematic records make extensive use of nostalgic electronics and sampling; a collage of synth-laden melodies, menacing instrumentation and foley sounds.
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Limited Edition Commemorative Gen Con 2022 Play Mat
These extra large dice bags can comfortably hold 350 dice (50 sets). The golden stitched Gen Con logo makes this a special souvenir from your 2022 trip. 15 (or FREE with a $75 purchase) Booth 2721
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Celebrate Gen Con by owning your own Limited Edition Commemorative Play Mat! This sleek, easy to use playmat features rubber on one side and a soft cloth material on the other. With a very limited production run, stop by the booth and get yours before they’re gone! 30 | Booth 1501
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Red Dragon Inn Genevieve Promo Pack
One of two over-sized polyhedral gaming dice sets that contain multiple layers of semi-transparent Aether and five types of glitter. Exclusive to Gen Con Indy and Gen Con Online. Available in 7-die, 11-die, and “16-bit” sets.
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Gen Con 2022 Exclusive Stained Glass Static Cling
Like all GeekOrthodox stained glass clings, our Gen Con Exclusive is created using commercial grade vinyl cling material and hexachrome inks using a proprietary process that allows them to maintain the vibrance of original stained glass at a fraction of the cost. These can be easily applied, moved, removed, and reapplied. 20 | Booth 460
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GREAT AMERICAN GOTHIC CRYSTAL CASTE Dice Tin
This one-of-a-kind colorful 7-piece dice tin set matches their free Gen Con d6. $
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Great American Gothic is proud to once again present the Official Gen Con Flask for 2022 and is excited to announce brand new additions: the Official Gen Con Tankard and Goblet. These handmade items are available for preorder online at GenCon 35 – $95 | Booth 2345
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Navigate your different Gen Con adventures with an officially licensed Gen Con metal dice set. These zinc alloy dice & storage tin are sure to slay any foe in your way, exclusively offered by Norse Foundry.
Baby Genevieve Mini
Display your favorite D20 on this adorable baby Genevieve to always have it near you and keep it safe from harm! Baby Genevieve miniature is exclusively available at Norse Foundry! This miniature comes unpainted and unassembled. (D20 not included with purchase) 15 – 40 Booth 543 & 2703 $
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O CHRISTMAS GEEK Holiday Ornament
The mighty mascot of Gen Con, shown here in her handpainted resin baby form, is ready to decorate your Christmas tree! Baby Genny is $ 14.50, exclusively available at O Christmas Geek.
Gen Con 2022 Dice Tray
Gen Con® 2022 folding dice trays protect your gaming surface while controlling your rolls! Never worry about your gaming table or dice again. Our high-quality, velvet dice trays fold flat to fit into your folder or backpack, and easily snap into place when you’re ready to game. 18 | Booths 936, 2448, and 2712
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Stand out from the crowd! These exclusive skyn totes can not only be used as a drawstring bag, they can also be attached to our modular bag system. Collect these two designs and start building your perfect bag! (Payload & Base not included) $
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Gen Con Engraved Blue Sandstone Dice Set
This luxury Gen Con® 2022 dice set is carved out of Blue Sandstone. Our stone and glass dice are a perfect upgrade for any gaming table, and are rated for practical use on padded surfaces, like our Gen Con® dice trays. Only 300 Limited Edition sets ever made! 75 | Booths 936, 2448, and 2712
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Official Gen Con Merch and Apparel from Rollacrit
Rollacrit is the official partner for Gen Con merchandise and apparel, providing all your exclusive convention merchandise needs. Founded by a group of former ThinkGeek ronin, Rollacrit is a place for those who explore dungeons, construct settlements, defeat monsters, and roll dice with friends. Shop tees, hoodies, masks, hats, bags, and more apparel and gear at the Rollacrit booth in the Wabash Concourse or shop online anytime at rollacrit.com.
Gen Con® 2022 sharp-edged dice are hand polished to keep their beautiful sharp edges. Because sharp-edged dice are never tumbled, they are believed to be more precise than mass-produced plastic dice. Each set is handcrafted and infused with beautiful glitter flakes. Only 350 Limited Edition sets ever made! 50 | Booths 936, 2448, and 2712
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ENTREPRENEURS’ AVENUE
Looking for new Exhibitors at Gen Con? Entrepreneurs’ Avenue is a dedicated spot in the Exhibit Hall for some of the companies who will be exhibiting with us for the very first time. These companies have come from around the world to share their games, products, and stories with you. Stop by to demo hot new games, discover up-and-coming publishers, and help us welcome some of the best and brightest newcomers to the tabletop gaming industry!
COMPANIES EXHIBITING IN ENTREPRENEURS’ AVENUE (Please check the Exhibit Hall Map on our website for updates.)
COMPANY Alchemy RPG Baz LLC BLACK POWDER RED EARTH Blinks by Move38 BOMBYX Daywalk3r Productions Dead Alive Games Dolphin Hat Games Drinks and Daggers Dyskami Publishing Company Evil Genius Games Fib Flatout Games Galladoria Games Gambit of Kings Goliath Coins Greyridge Games HutChu Games It's Kind of a Fun Story Ky Tran Art Lowtek Games Mythopoeia Necromolds Orto Games PANDO Pendragon Game Studio QuestBourne Rowan, Rook and Decard Rumbeard Trading Co. SALVAGE: Deep Space by 3301 Games Shire Post Mint Squatchy Games Tabletop Warriors VR TinkerTurf
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*Marketing Fellows in bold
MARKETING FELLOWS
We award Marketing Fellowships to a select group of applicants from Entrepreneur’s Avenue each year. These fellowships afford the selected companies highlighted exposure and expanded booth space. 44 HIGHLIGHTS
Flatout Games makes family-friendly games that are simple to learn, but have depth of strategy, creating memorable experiences for both new gamers and more seasoned ones. Their games include Calico, Cascadia, and Verdant. Their newest project is Fit to Print, designed by Peter McPherson and illustrated by Ian O’Toole. Stop by the booth to check out their projects! @flatoutgames on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! www.flatout.games
Mythopoeia is a purveyor of Original Worlds and Stories told through comics and games. At Gen Con Indy 2022 they’ll be showcasing the tabletop roleplaying games The Wildsea: RPG and CBR+PNK: Augmented Edition, along with a slew of smaller ‘zines, and the comics Skies of Fire and Glow. Mythopoeia was founded in 2014 by Ray Chou and Vincenzo Ferriero as a means of manifesting modern myths with full intent. They are inspired by the likes of J.R.R. Tolkien, Ursula K Le Guin, and Hayao Miyazaki and aim to create, produce, and publish the highest quality work without compromise.
At Daywalk3r Productions, we delight in the darkness. Whether it’s passing imaginary letters of anthrax to your friends in “Pass the Anthrax,” or maybe them pushing you into a horde of zombies to save their own skin in “BIO,” all our games center around embracing the darkness, making it less scary, a little silly, and a lot more fun!
TinkerHouse Games was formed in the Pacific Northwest by lifelong wargamers and veterans of the printed products and AAA video game industries. They set out to build TinkerTurf because the question of any dramatic conflict can be answered with “Well, it depends on the terrain.” TinkerTurf terrain sets are designed to be sturdy, attractive, affordable, and quick-to-assemble so you can spend more time playing — and have that play experience enhanced by terrain worth fighting for.
Since 2018, Dead Alive Games has aimed to design and publish games that are inclusive and representative of the diverse gaming community they belong to. Their first published game, Omicron Protocol, is an “intraapocalyptic,” cyberpunk-themed, crossover miniatures board game designed to be fun and accessible for both board and miniatures gamers alike. Alongside that, they will also be showing off their second game, Lunar Rush 2149, as they prepare for the Kickstarter in late 2022.
This tabletop game designer and publisher is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, and dedicated to creating products for today’s busy gamers, both casual and hardcore, who may not have as much time for their hobby as before. The company’s tagline, “It’s About Time,” reflects their vision for an evolution in game design and implementation. Dyskami is best known for it’s popular line of anime and superhero role-playing games, as well as tabletop games based on the popular Japanese anime series Sailor Moon Crystal.
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GEN CON ONLINE is our online convention program featuring gaming, entertainment, and lots of other types of events, plus a packed schedule of livestreaming content on Twitch, a vibrant community on Discord, and more! Badge registration for Gen Con Online is free and allows you to book Gen Con Online event tickets.
Hundreds of events — gaming, livestreaming, entertainment, and more!
Gen Con Online will feature chat and community on our Discord server. Join the server to join in the fun!
COMMUNITY ON DISCORD
LIVESTREAMING ON TWITCH Gen Con Online features a packed schedule of livestreamed events on our Twitch channels. Check out our website for more info about our year-round streaming on Twitch and follow us on Twitch to get notified when we go live. 46 HIGHLIGHTS
Gen Con Online is back for another year — invite your friends who couldn’t make it to Indy so they don’t miss out on The Best Four Days in Gaming!
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SHOW HIGHLIGHTS GEN CON DANCE (ENT22217425)
Dance the night away on Saturday at 9 pm for the last night of Gen Con! A great mix of nerd classics and the latest pop hits, cash bars too! Join us at the Union Station : Grand Hall.
Cardhalla is a free, convention- long event, and everyone can participate! Help build a city (or just about anything you want) out of cards — just grab a pile and start folding and stacking!
Express your inner artist by participating in the creation a large-scale living fantasy painting! Join artist Kathleen Hardy, who has created this one-of-akind art piece, by painting the canvas.
Thursday – Saturday: noon – 7 pm Sunday: 11 am – 2 pm
GAMERS LIVE
(ENT22202351, ENT22202349) “Gamers Live” is back! Brought to you by Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, this improvised comedy show inspired by the popular “The Gamers” film series is a mash-up of pop culture, gaming, and audience suggestions. A hilarious, oneof-a-kind Gen Con tradition you won’t want to miss!
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The Christian Gamers Guild is hosting a non-denominational worship service on Sunday at 10 am. The service includes readings from scripture, singing familiar hymns, a sermon, and an optional communion. The service will be held in the Westin : Grand Ballroom IV.
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COLLECTIVE ART PROJECT
The Collective Art Project is located in the Capital Concourse of the convention center.
CHRISTIAN WORSHIP SERVICE
BIPOC SOCIAL MIXER (ZED22215243)
The BIPOC Social Mixer is back for 2022! Join us for drinks, snacks, games, and the opportunity to connect with fellow Gen Con POC attendees and industry folks, right in the BIPOC Lounge! Attendants will also have the chance to win awesome door prizes, so don’t miss it! (Must be present to win and receive prizes.) Join us on Thursday from 6:30-9:30 pm in the Indiana Convention Center (ICC) : Room 240. Hosted by Tanya DePass and Aaron Trammell.
REVENGE OF THE NUR-D! LIVE CONCERT (ENT22215300)
NUR-D amazed during Gen Con Online in 2020, brought the house down at Gen Con Indy 2021, and now he’s back in 2022! This time bringing the whole band performing music about gaming and living that nerd life. See why people are calling NUR-D the next big thing out of Minnesota, Thursday at 10 pm in the 500 Ballroom of the Indiana Convention Center (ICC).
Then, on Saturday night, help and destroy everything for charity. Bring your pocket change to throw, with all money going to our 2022 Charity Partners. Closing festivities begin Saturday at 10 pm including the auction for the first throw. Total destruction occurs at 10:30 pm. Build. Donate. Destroy. Thanks to Steven and his team for volunteering each year to host this amazing event!
R.CUP REUSABLE CUP PROGRAM
Gen Con is committed to sustainability and eliminating single-use waste through reuse. We’re excited that r.Cup is returning!
Find Gen Con’s 55th anniversary edition r.Cup at concession stands throughout the convention center while supplies last. Buy a cup and refill it throughout the event. Drink, refill, repeat! And, if you weren’t able to get last year’s cup - we have good news. Back by popular demand, it will be available in the 16 oz size.
OPENING CEREMONIES WITH NUR-D MINI-SHOW! (ENT22215301)
Kick off The Best Four Days in Gaming on Thursday at 9 am in the Indiana Convention Center (ICC) : 500 Ballroom with Gen Con staff and special guest hosts as they share highlights for the weekend to come! Giveaways, publisher reveals, and a NUR-D concert. Don’t miss it!
COMMUNITY ROW Representatives from a variety of local community organizations, charities, conventions, and gaming groups are present to help you discover new gamerfriendly activities and promote awareness about all the awesome things they do outside of the four days of Gen Con! Tables are staffed during exhibit hall hours and attendees are welcome to stop by to learn more about all local gaming, volunteering, civic, and educational opportunities available year-round. Located in the Sagamore Concourse on the 2nd floor of the Indiana Convention Center.
BLOOD DRIVE
INDIANA BLOOD CENTER
BIPOC INDUSTRY NETWORKING EVENT
The Blood Drive is expanding! You can still schedule a time to donate blood at the hallway booth in the Crossroads Concourse, but no longer are they limited by the bloodmobile in the street lobby - now the Blood Drive has larger space in the North Plaza of the Stadium! This year at Gen Con, if you can take some time to donate blood you may help save the lives of those in need!
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Join us on Friday from 6-8 pm in the Indiana Convention Center (ICC) : Wabash 1 for an opportunity for BIPOC individuals to connect with gaming industry professionals in an informal setting to discuss opportunities to support your career and interests.
GAYMER GATHERINGS
(ZED22209924, ZED22209925, ZED22209926) Tabletop Gaymers is back, hosting “Gaymer Gathering” events every night of the show. Be sure to pick up your Gaymer and Ally ribbons, buttons, etc. at the events and/or supporting vendors!
Friday – Saturday: 10 am – 4 pm
QUIET ROOM
Need to de-stress, de-compress, and re-group? Our Quiet Room, located in room 211 of the convention center, is just the place! A low light, self-monitored space where you can get away from the high stimulation of the convention. Take a moment or linger, whatever you need. Thursday – Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm Sunday: 10 am – 3 pm
BIPOC LOUNGE
This year Gen Con, in partnership with Rose Gauntlet Entertainment, is providing a dedicated space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) attendees to connect, relax, network, and utilize for career focused endeavors. With the intention to build, assist, and provide resources for the growth of the community, we encourage BIPOC attendees to visit the lounge. Attendees can find games and artwork created by BIPOC designers, a games library, scheduled events, refreshments, and a space to connect with fellow members of the BIPOC community. Professionals can utilize the room to meet with other industry professionals, obtain resources from companies seeking to work with and mentor BIPOC creators, sign up for one-on-one meetings, and recharge from working the show.
Thursday – Saturday: noon -10 pm Sunday: 11 am – 3 pm Room 240 : Indiana Convention Center (ICC)
TOWARDS A MORE DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE GEN CON (SEM22217264)
Join Gen Con Staff & DEI Advisory Committee members on Sunday at 1 pm in the Westin : Grand Ballroom V, as we talk about the changes we’ve made, our goals for improvement, our mission and values in creating a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable Gen Con. A continuation of last year’s panel, this moderated discussion includes a 2022 update to the community on the work Gen Con has undertaken and ways in which you can become involved.
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STREAMING LIVE ON TWITCH BDS LIVE AT GEN CON
RIVALS AT GEN CON 2022 (ENT22211414)
DM B Dave Walters leads the all-star cast of the Black Dice Society in this D&D live play as they struggle to survive the horror setting of Ravenloft.
Witness as the diverse and talented performers of the Rivals of Waterdeep get into wild shenanigans while traversing the world of Faerun in this one-shot adventure.
Thursday 1 pm, Streaming Stage (ICC: 101-103)
Friday 6 pm, Streaming Stage (ICC: 101-103)
CHAOSIUM PRESENTS: THE CALYX , DEEPEST BLUE (ENT22207457)
A once in a lifetime comedy TTRPG where all the players want desperately to die before the day is out. Chaos ensured.
Thursday 6 pm, Streaming Stage (ICC: 101-103)
THE GLASS CANNON PRESENTS BLADES IN THE DARK LIVE! (ENT22204018)
GM Jared Logan’s interactive audience adventure featuring the Glass Cannon Network cast portraying criminals in a haunted Victorian city powered by demon blood!
GAMERS LIVE
The live improvised RPG comedy sensation is back! Join your favorite gamers as they fight [TBD] on their epic quest to [your call] in these must-see events!
THE RETURN OF EVIL GARY
DICE TOWER GEN CON LIVE 2022 (ENT22214441)
See the Dice Tower live! Come join Tom, Zee, Mike, Camilla, Wendy, Chris, and Roy for a live top ten list!
Friday 2 pm, Main Stage (ICC: 500 Ballroom)
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Thursday 6 pm, Main Stage (ICC: 500 Ballroom)
TRIPLECON: A LIVESTREAMED HEIST (ENT22203040)
Saturday 7 pm, Main Stage (ICC: 500 Ballroom) 50 HIGHLIGHTS
Friday 2 pm, Streaming Stage (ICC: 101-103)
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DRESSED FOR FANTASY: D&D LIVE PLAY HOSTED BY METAVARI (ENT22215874)
Magic Sword, Metavari and other artists from Joyful Noise Recordings adventure their way through a custom 5e campaign inspired and scored by music from the record label’s catalog.
Sunday 2 pm, Streaming Stage (ICC: 101-103)
STREAMING LIVE ON TWITCH Need to start your day with a fresh cup of Gen Con? How about a Gen Con nightcap to wind down? Catch our daily talk shows featuring Gen Con TV’s TableTakes hosts Javion Smith, The Noir Enigma, and Banzai Baby as they discuss all the happenings at Gen Con 2022! Check the Gen Con Online schedule for specific times each day.
What if you could wander the halls of Gen Con forever? Gen Con TV’s got you covered! Watch as we play games, paint miniatures, talk about tabletop gaming news, art, cosplay, interviews, and more. Join us in the chat to keep the spirit of Gen Con going all year long! FOR MORE GCTV, SCAN HERE 52 HIGHLIGHTS
The award was set up in the year 2000, with the first trophy given out at Gen Con 2001. The winners so far are:
For the twenty-second year in a row, the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming celebrates everything that’s the best about gaming. That can mean a game system or supplement, a magazine, a company, a designer, an event or convention, or any other entity that shows gaming at its absolute zenith. The announcement of the Diana Jones Award winner is one of the first events at Gen Con Indy. During the months before the show, the Diana Jones Award Committee — a group of gaming professionals from around the world — begins discussions about the best and brightest from adventure gaming in the previous year. After discussion and voting, the committee’s nominations are whittled down to a list of finalists, which is the cue for more discussion and voting for a single winner. At a private event held the Wednesday before Gen Con begins, winners receive the traveling Diana Jones Award trophy. The original has been lost, but the new trophy is slated to make its debut this year.
THE DIANA JONES EMERGING DESIGNER PROGRAM For the second year in a row, the Diana Jones Award committee is excited to announce the finalists and winner of the Diana Jones Emerging Designer Program! This year’s winner is momatoes! As our Emerging Designer, she receives an expenses-paid trip to Gen Con. momatoes — also known in real life as Bianca Canoza — is an auteur tabletop game and visual designer from the explosive Southeast Asian RPG scene. She wrote, designed, illustrated, and laid out ARC: Doom, hailed as one of the best indie tabletop RPGs in 2021, as well as The Magus, a journaling game about desperate, mystical ambition. Her works have been celebrated for inspiring creative play and emotional resonance and have been translated into Italian, Japanese, French, as well as Polish. momatoes’ passions are rooted in positive impact and multimedia, interactive and narrative design. She built and maintains the Across RPGSEA website, connecting and promoting indie works by Southeast Asians, and establishing a living archive of works of a creative people amid a rapidly moving industry. You can learn more about her and her work at momatoes.com. The committee would also like to congratulate this year’s other excellent finalists: Fertessa Allyse, Nick Butler, Miguel Angel Espinoza, Julio E. Nazario, and Sara Thompson. For more information about all our finalists, visit DianaJonesAward.org. SPECIAL THANKS TO THIS YEAR’S SPONSORS OF THE EMERGING DESIGNER PROGRAM Emerging Designer Program Sponsors: 2CGaming, Camdon Wright, David Chart, Geoffrey Engelstein, Gen Con, Magpie Games, Monte Cook Games, Noble Knight Games, R. Talsorian Games, Renegade Games, RPG Creators Relief Fund. 54 HIGHLIGHTS
2001: P eter Adkison, founder of Wizards of the Coast (and now owner of Gen Con LLC and World of Chaldea) on Edwards and his self-published RPG 2002: R Sorcerer 2003: J oint award: Jordan Weisman (FASA, WizKids) and Nobilis RPG 2004: M y Life with Master by Paul Czege, from Half-Meme Press 2005: Ticket to Ride by Alan R. Moon, from Days of Wonder 2006: Irish Game Convention Charity Auctions 2007: T he Great Pendragon Campaign by Greg Stafford 2007: J oint award: Grey Ranks RPG and Wolfgang Baur 2009: D ominion by Donald X. Vaccarino, from Rio Grande Games 2010: B oardGameGeek.com, edited by Scott Alden and Derk Solko 2011: F iasco by Jason Morningstar, from Bully Pulpit Games 2012: Nordic Larp by Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montola 2013: T ableTop by Wil Wheaton, from Geek & Sundry 2014: H illfolk by Robin D. Laws, from Pelgrane Press 2015: G uide to Glorantha by Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, and Sandy Petersen, from Moon Design Publications. 2016: Eric Lang 2017: Gen Con 2018: The Actual Play movement 2019: Star Crossed by Alex Roberts 2020: Black excellence in gaming 2021: NIBCARD Games The items on this year’s shortlist are: • Across RPGSEA, a website and newsletter about Southeast Asian roleplaying games. • Ajit George, a game designer and community leader. • Haunted West, a roleplaying game by Chris Spivey and crew, published by Darker Hue Studios. • Mothership, a roleplaying game by Sean McCoy, published by Tuesday Knight Games. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS YEAR’SDIANA JONES AWARD CEREMONY Key Sponsors: Azora Law, Gameboard Ceremony Sponsors: Actoroke, Alexandria RPG Library, Anthony Gallela, Beach House Games, Carolina Game Tables, Chaldea, Dana Lombardy, Gamehole Con, Gaming Paper, Gen Con, Heroic Signatures, Jim Kitchen, Matt Forbeck, Nick Morawitz, Noble Knight Games, OneBookShelf, Peter Adkison, Renegade Games, Roll20. To discover who has won the twenty-second annual Diana Jones Award, stop by the Gen Con Info booth or visit DianaJonesAward.org after the convention!
22ND ANNUAL
ENNIES AWARDS Originally conceived in 2001, the ENNIES have expanded from an online award to an annual ceremony at Gen Con. Branching out from their roots focused upon d20 system publishers and products, to celebrating the achievements of all tabletop RPGs and the publishers and products that support them, the ENNIES Awards is not to be missed. 2021 ENNIES AWARD WINNERS JUDGES SPOTLIGHT
Abracadabra. A Guide to Becoming a Magical Games Master, The Grinning Frog Altered Carbon The Role Playing Game, Renegade Game Studios Anyone Can Wear the Mask, Jeff Stormer Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades: Wuxia Roleplaying, Osprey Games SLA Industries 2nd Edition Core Rulebook, Nightfall Games BEST ADVENTURE
Gold: OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press Silver: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Pub. BEST AID / ACCESSORY – DIGITAL
Gold: Michael Ghelfi – RPG Ambiences & Music, Michael Ghelfi Silver: DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games BEST AID / ACCESSORY – NON-DIGITAL
Gold: City of Mist Character Folio Pack, Son of Oak Game Studio Silver: Roll & Play: The Game Master’s Fantasy Toolkit, Roll & Play Press BEST ART COVER
Gold: Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Pub. Silver: Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard BEST ART INTERIOR
Gold: Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Pub. Silver: Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard BEST CARTOGRAPHY
Gold: OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press Silver: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Pub. BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK
Gold: Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games Silver: Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press BEST FAMILY GAME / PRODUCT
Gold: Mausritter: Boxed Set, Games Omnivorous, Losing Games Silver: Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince Roleplaying Game – Rules Primer, Fandom, Inc. BEST FREE GAME / PRODUCT
Gold: Humblewood: The Wakewyrm’s Fury, Hit Point Press Inc. Silver: Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Wrath & Glory The Graveyard Shift, Cubicle 7 BEST GAME
Gold: Alice Is Missing, Renegade Game Studios Silver: Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
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AT A GLANCE DAY & TIME Friday 6 pm
ENNIES Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction (ENT22214635)
8 pm
The 2022 ENNIES Awards (ENT22214634)
LOCATION Union Station Grand Hall For more information, visit us in booth 116 in the Exhibit Hall.
BEST LAYOUT AND DESIGN
Gold: Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Silver: The Stygian Library: Remastered, SoulMuppet Pub. BEST MONSTER / ADVERSARY
Gold: Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Pub. Silver: Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard BEST ONLINE CONTENT
Gold: DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games Silver: dScryb – Finely Crafted Boxed Text, dScryb BEST ORGANIZED PLAY
Gold: A Rough Guide to Glamour, Jonstown Compendium Silver: Hand of Glory, Type 40 BEST PODCAST
Gold: Asians Represent! Silver: The Letters Page – The Sentinel Comics Podcast BEST PRODUCTION VALUES
Gold: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Pub. Silver: Broken Compass: Adventure Journal, Two Little Mice BEST RPG RELATED PRODUCT
Gold: Worldbuilder’s Notebook, Swordfish Islands Silver: Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck, Weird Works LLC BEST RULES
Gold: Alice Is Missing, Renegade Game Studios Silver: Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc. BEST SETTING
Gold: Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Silver: Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games BEST SUPPLEMENT
Gold: MÖRK BORG CULT: Feretory, Free League Pub. Silver: Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press BEST WRITING
Gold: Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Silver: Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Gold: Alice Is Missing, Renegade Game Studios Silver: Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games Fan Favorite Publisher: Free League Pub.
ALL TIME WINNERS OF BEST PUBLISHER 2001: Privateer Press 2002: Wizards of the Coast 2003: Malhavoc Press 2004: Green Ronin Pub. 2005: Green Ronin Pub. 2006: Green Ronin Pub. 2007: Wizards of the Coast 2008: Paizo Pub. 2009: Wizards of the Coast 2010: Paizo Pub. 2011: Paizo Pub. 2012: Paizo Pub. 2013: Paizo Pub. 2014: Paizo Pub. 2015: Paizo Pub. 2016: Paizo Pub. 2017: Wizards of the Coast 2018: Wizards of the Coast 2019: Chaosium Inc. 2020: Free League Pub. 2021: Free League Pub. 2022: Find out Friday!
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ROLEPLAYIING GAMES
For a full schedule of RPG events happening this year, use our mobile app or go to gencon.com and click “Gen Con Indy,” then “Buy Event Tickets.” Use the filters to narrow down your search results.
In a Roleplaying Game (RPG), players portray characters in a fictional world of shared imagination, guided by a Game Master (GM), who devises the setting and presents the characters with challenges they must face to advance the story. The possibilities are as wide as the scope of the players’ imaginations; rules give the game structure, and outcomes are resolved by chance, typically by the rolling of dice. This simple formula for shared, narrative gameplay — the GM describes a situation, the players decide how their characters will react, the outcome is decided by a structured test of chance — has been used to launch countless campaigns through an infinite variety of fictional worlds. Ask yourself where you want your imagination to take you, and you can find a roleplaying game to take you there, while bringing your friends along for the journey. 58 GAMING
Or, scan this QR code with the camera app on your smartphone for the RPG event list, filtered for events that have tickets available and haven’t started yet!
THE MULTIVERSE NEEDS HEROES LIKE YOU!
Sentinels of the Multiverse is back, and better than ever! With all-new art, notably streamlined mechanics, and new stories to experience, this is the award-winning cooperative comic-book card game you’ve been waiting for! First introduced in 2011, Sentinels of the Multiverse quickly became a fan-favorite comic book card game, and now is rereleased in this Definitive Edition! With more powerful heroes, fearsome villains, and dynamic environments than ever before, and introducing all new content, including “first appearance” hero character card variants and playable events from the history of Sentinel Comics!
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The Monster Box crams the DNA of King of Tokyo into one single box for a super dose of monster-sized smashes! Ravage the city, develop powers, and disguise your monsters… The Monster Box combines all the best aspects of King of Tokyo for hours and hours of fighting between friends!
ROLEPLAYING GAMES A SELECTION OF GROUPS RUNNING RPGS GAMING GROUP OR COMPANY
GAMES
LOCATION
37 Zombies
• All Flesh Must Be Eaten
JW : White River Ballroom G–H
AAW Games
• Dungeons & Dragons
Stadium : Meeting Rooms 5–6
Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Zweihander
ICC : 143
Baldman Games LLC
• Dungeons & Dragons
JW : Griffin Hall
Catalyst Game Labs
• Shadowrun
ICC : 122–123
Chaosium
• Call of Cthulhu • RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha
Cincinnati Arsenal Gaming
• Dungeons & Dragons
Edge Studios
• Dungeons & Dragons • Star Wars
• Genesys
ICC : 121
Game Base 7
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Star Wars
Stadium : Field
Goodman Games
• Dungeon Crawl Classics
• Mutant Crawl Classics
Stadium : Field
Gooey Cube
• Dungeons & Dragons
ICC : 234
Heroes of Rokugan
• Legend of the Five Rings
JW : Grand Ballroom 1–2
Indie Game Developer Network
• CHEW
ICC : 125–126
Infinite Imaginations
• Hero System • Dungeons & Dragons
• Call of Cthulhu
JW : Grand Ballroom 8
Kelly's Heroes Gaming Collective
• Dungeons & Dragons • 1879 • Star Wars
• Star Trek • Vampire: The Masquerade
Marriott : Marriott Ballroom 7
Kobold Press
• Dungoens & Dragons
Latine Lounge
• Dungeons & Dragons • Mouseguard
Legends of the Shinig Jewel
• Pathfinder
Lurking Fears
• Call of Cthulhu • Dungeons & Dragons • Achtung! Cthulhu • Kult
• Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of • Star Trek Adventures
JW : Grand Ballroom 7
Magpie Games
• Avatar Legends • Root: The RPG • Masks: A New Generation • Urban Shadows
• Bluebeard’s Bride • Rapscallion • Zombie World • Pasion de las Pasiones
JW : White River Ballroom E–F
Monte Cook Games, LLC
• Cypher System • Stealing Stories for the Devil
• Numenera • Dungeons & Dragons
ICC : 243–244
No Rails Adventure Team
• Dungeons & Dragons
ICC : Hall A
Paizo Inc.
• Pathfinder
ICC : Sagamore Ballroom 4–5
Renegade Games Studios
• Vampire: The Masquerade • G.I. JOE • Power Rangers
TOG Events Team
• Dungeons & Dragons
JW : 208
WMFrog
• Dungeons & Dragons
ICC : Hall B
Wyvern Gaming, LLC
• Stargate SG-1
ICC : 245
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• King Arthur Pendragon • QuestWorld Glorantha
Marriott : Lincoln Marriott : Santa Fe ICC : Hall A
JW : Grand Ballroom 3 • Nahual • Avatar Legends
ICC : 124 JW : Grand Ballroom 4
• My Little Pony • Transformers • Hunter: The Reckoning
ICC : 138 ICC. : 242
BOARD GAMES AND CARD GAMES Board Games (BGM) and card games — including Trading Card Games (TCG) and NonCollectible Card Games (CGM) — span many themes, mechanics, and genres. Played on boards, with cards, or with other physical components, they feature gameplay structured by rules and typically focused on resolving quantifiable victory conditions — for example, the player with the most points wins! Board games and card games represent a huge array of tabletop gaming experiences, and different games emphasize different qualities and characteristics: some focus on competition, strategy, teamwork, manual dexterity, random chance, and the list goes on! With so many choices, it can be hard to know where to start. Check out some of the awesome board and card game events happening this year to explore the possibilities — play your favorites, compete against worthy adversaries, or try something new! 62 GAMING
For a full schedule of board games and card games happening this year, use our mobile app or go to gencon.com and click “Gen Con Indy,” then “Buy Event Tickets.” Use the filters to narrow down your search results. Or, scan the QR code here with the camera app on your smartphone for the board and card games event list, filtered for events that have tickets available and haven’t started yet!
Be among the first to experience CATAN – Dawn of Humankind at Booth #1229 ®
Copyright © 2022 CATAN Studio and CATAN GmbH. “CATAN,” “The Settlers of CATAN,” the “CATAN Sun” logo, the “Glowing Yellow Sun” mark, the “CATAN Board” mark, and all other marks herein are trademark properties of CATAN GmbH. CATAN Studio 1995 W. County Rd. B2, Roseville MN 55113 | All rights reserved.
BOARD GAMES AND CARD GAMES A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE GROUPS RUNNING POPULAR BOARD AND CARD GAMES GAMING GROUP OR COMPANY
GAME(S)
Capstone Games
New York Zoo Watergate Savannah Park
Dire Wolf Digital
Clank! Dune: Imperium
Fantasy Flight Games
Twilight Inscription Arkham Horror: LCG Lord of the Rings: LCG Marvel Champions LCG
GAMING GROUP OR COMPANY
GAME(S)
LOCATION(S)
Pastimes
Magic: The Gathering
ICC : Hall B
ICC : Hall C
Pine Box Enteraintment
7th Sea City of Five Sails Doomtown
ICC : Hall D
ICC : Hall E
Renegade Games
Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game My Little Pony Deck-Building Game
ICC : Hall D ICC : 139
ICC : Hall E
Rising Phoenix Gaming Club
Splendor Carcassonne Dominion 7 Wonders
Stadium : Field
Stadium : Field
LOCATION(S)
Twilight Imperium
Fight in the Skiies Society
Dawn Patrol Red Dragon Inn Dominion Elder Sign Marvel United
Stadium : Field
Rogue Judges
Floodgate Games
Sagrada Decorum Fog of Love
Diplomacy Canvas Wingspan Root Arkham Horror Terraforming Mars
ICC : Hall C
SmoreySwamp
Axis & Allies
ICC : Hall C
Space Cowboys ICC : Hall C
Splendor Jaipur
ICC : Hall E
Forbidden Games
Mosaic: Story of Civilization Dungeon Party Lizard Wizard
Stone Blade Entertainment
SolfForge
ICC : Hall B
Game Base 7
Power Grid Terraforming Mars Settlers of Catan 7 Wonders
Stadium : Field The Op
ICC : Hall D
Northgard: Uncharted Lands Suspects Nidavellir Oltree Turing Machine Akropolis
ICC : Hall C
VENN Marvel Dice Throne Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances Smash Up Mountains Out Of Molehills Avatar: The Last Airbender Fire Nation Rising
The Pokemon Company, International
Pokemon
ICC : Hall B
Upper Deck
Vs System Legendary
ICC : Hall B
Wise Wizard Games
Hero Realms Star Realms
ICC : Hall D
Hachette
Indie Game Studios
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition Astro Knights Make It Happen Crossed Words
ICC : Hall C
Kosmos
Catch the Moon The Crew Karak
ICC : Hall D
Meeple Source
Rolling Realms Red Rising Scythe Wingspan
ICC : Hall C
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FIRST EXPOSURE PLAYTEST HALL PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Inc.
Playtest games in development in the First Exposure Playtest Hall (FEPH)! Sessions start every two hours beginning at 8 am each day. Seats are FREE! Reserve your ticket through the event catalog to guarantee your spot, but standby players are welcome to join us onsite. Prototypes will range in quality from index cards and pennies to full productionvalue prototypes. Your input is valuable at every stage! FEPH ROOM PARTNER
ADDITIONAL FEPH PARTNERS
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AT A GLANCE DAY & TIME Thursday – Saturday 8 am – 10 pm Sunday 8 am – 2 pm LOCATION Room 107-110
PARTICIPATING DESIGNERS INCLUDE 3 Dog Studios 9 Kingdoms AB Games Alter Eagle Games Anthropos Games Apistocracy Ark Angel Games Ascendancy 4x Auhsum Games Ballagh Games Barking Turnip Games Belong to us Gaming Black Suit Games Boson Studios Boss Battle Games Boujeeas Games Brookspun Games CardLords CATTHULHU Cleromancy Games Climate Oasis Corvus Belli CPU LARP Cryptic Chest Cutter Danger Kit Games Deadwood Games Dolphin Hat Games Draco Gaming Inc
Dragonath Dragyn Ryders Fey Light Studio First Fish Games Funky Penguin Games Gap Closer Games Ghost Forge Games Gnomeski Games Golden Booty Games Grey Swan Games Hello Legend Games Hounded Games Imagine Majesty Productions Isaac Meyer Games Jason & Matteo Kings Never Die Games Knight Watch Games Liz! LPR Games Lyrical Lunacy Macaroni Studio Mad Nomad Media OCTOFire Studios Parakeet Griffin Games PudKat Games Pushing Tin Puzzalarium Games QuadTop Games Quill Gaming
Rian Logan Games S-Words Gaming Secret Arts Shrine Games Sneaky brick games Snowdabee Stopgap Games Studio Wumpus Stupid Puppy Games Ten Thousand Tales Games The Next Thing Games Troll Bridge Games Turtle and Phoenix Entertainment Vector Tridens Velvet Fang Vesuvius Media Vitruvian Games Waddling Panda Whimsiq Winsmith Games WOLO Games Wordset World Ghost Games Zoard Games Zontco Zykotic Games… …and more to come!
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LIVE ACTION ROLEPLAYING GAMES Live Action Roleplaying Games (LARPs) take everything you love about your favorite RPG — interacting with a fictional world through a heroic character, collaborative storytelling, chance resolution of events — and bring it to life through immersive, live-action play! In a LARP, you physically portray your character, generally by moving around in real space, and usually with more direct player-to-player interaction than in a traditional tabletop RPG. LARPers often (but not always) enhance their roleplaying with costumes and props. LARP events are a great way to experience immersive roleplaying and improvisational storytelling — even if you don’t have any previous experience.
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A SELECTION OF GROUPS RUNNING LARPS GAMING GROUP OR COMPANY
GAME
LOCATION
Chicago ConLARP
Chicago ConLARP
Marriott
City of Glass Games
Vampire: The Masquerade
Crowne Plaza
Elder Entertainment
Cthulhu Live
Omni Union Station
Heroes of Rokugan
Legend of the Five Rings
JW
Kettle of Fish Productions
6x6 Wrath & Glory Shadowrun Cthulhu Live
Union Station
WAG
Cthulhu Live
Union Station
For a full schedule of LARPs happening this year, use our mobile app or go to gencon.com and click “Gen Con Indy,” then “Buy Event Tickets.” Use the filters to narrow down your search results. Or, scan this QR code with the camera app on your smartphone for the LARP event list, filtered for events that have tickets available and haven’t started yet!
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MEGAGAMES Megagames are just what they sound like — games, but make
A SELECTION OF GROUPS RUNNING MEGAGAMES
it mega! Combining aspects
GROUP OR COMPANY NAME
of board games and LARPs,
Basenti
Mischief of Faction Oligopoly the Megagame - When Worlds Collide Midnight Mischief - Mischief of Faction Oligopoly the Megagame - the Americas wrestLEgacy - the Legacy Megagame Oligopoly the Megagame - Asia Oligopoly the Megagame - Europe Mischief of Faction - Get a Copy - Play the Designer wrestLEgacy - The Colossal Tussle
Stadium : Field
Everything Epic
Blood Feud: The Vampire: The Masquerade Mega Board Game
Hyatt : Cosmopolitan Ballroom A
Megagame Coalition
UberSpace: A Legacy Style Sci-Fi Megagame Den of Wolves Megagame As Thou Commands: History But Inclusive Edition As Thou Commands: Fantasy Edition Megagame Watch The Skies: New Materials Megagame Red Planet Rising Megagame
Hyatt : Cosmopolitan Ballroom B-D
The Game Theatre
Dragon Thrones: Golden Age — The Medieval Fantasy Roleplaying Megagame
megagames often involve dozens of players weaving interconnected storylines through multiple stages of play. Each player is assigned a role (sometimes with a backstory, personality, or a secret goal), and as they play through multiple sub-games, the outcomes of their play drive the story of the larger game. Megagames can take the form of anything from large-scale government simulations of natural disasters, to preparing for a kaiju attack, to seeing how a real-world government would react to aliens arriving on Earth! For a full schedule of Megagame events happening this year, use our mobile app or go to gencon.com and click “Gen Con Indy,” then “Buy Event Tickets.” Use the filters to narrow down your search results. Or, scan the QR code below with the camera app on your smartphone for the Megagame event list, filtered for events that have tickets available and haven’t started yet!
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GAME
LOCATION
Omni : Jennings Ballroom
KID ZONE
MANY OF THE EVENTS IN THE ROOM ARE RUN OR FACILITATED BY
Looking for something fun to do with the kids? No problem, we’ve got you covered!
Gen Con has family-friendly events for children of all ages. Meet other gaming families, try new games, get crafty, and inspire the next generation of gamers in the KID Zone, located in Wabash 2 and 3 in the convention center!
WABASH 2
For older kids ready for structured activities Most of the events in this area are ticketed. You’ll find kid friendly crafting events, appropriate introductory RPG events, wand making, and a variety of other activities. Search “KID” events in the online Event Catalog to see all events offered here.
AT A GLANCE DAY & TIME Thursday – Saturday 10 am – 8 pm Sunday 10 am – 3 pm LOCATION ICC: Rooms 120-121
WABASH 3 For younger kids
This is the place to introduce younger kids to the gaming world and all its possibilities. This side of the room has some scheduled events, but primarily has many free form activities and a large inventory of age-appropriate board game and card game titles available for free play. Stop by any time to see what’s happening and join in the fun! This area is most appropriate for kids ages 4-9 years old; please note that kids may not be left unattended in this, or any area. NEW: A curtained off nursing space is available for use.
FOR THE LITTLEST OF LITTLES
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There is an adjacent crawling and toddler area. This area provides a clean, carpeted, quiet area where your little ones can spend some time during the convention.
MINIATURES GAMES Miniatures Games are some of the most visually impressive events at the convention — recreating the great battles of history, engaging in magical and fantastical combat, or waging never-ending war in the distant future — all on a tiny scale! Minis games bring the action to life with physical models, often assembled and painted in painstaking detail, and many players enhance tabletop play with modeled terrain pieces. At Gen Con, minis games depicting battles and conflicts from the real world are categorized as Historical Miniatures (HMN), while those played in fantasy or science fiction settings are called Non-Historical Miniatures (NMN).
A SELECTION OF GROUPS RUNNING MINIATURES GAMES GAMING GROUP OR COMPANY
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LOCATION
Able Kompanie
Flames of War World War III Team Yankee
Stadium : Field
Catalyst Game Labs
Battletech
ICC : Hall B
Cincinnati Arsenal Gaming
The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms Fallout: Wasteland
ICC : Hall A
DGS Games
Freedblades
ICC : Hall B
Games Workshop
Kill Team Warhammer 40,000 Age of Sigmar Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Blood Bowl Warhammer Underworlds
ICC : Hall E
IndyStorm
Marvel Crisis Protocol
ICC : Hall B
Lynnvander Studios
Snap Ships Tactics
ICC : Hall B
Northern Virginia Gamers (NOVAG)
Wings of Glory Ares Skirmish
ICC : Hall B
Ottawa Red Shirts
Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures
ICC : Hall B
Privateer Press
Warmachine/Hordes Monsterpocalypse Riot Quest
ICC : Hall B
US Infinity Warcors
Infinity Aristeia
ICC : Hall B
WizKids
HeroClix Onslaught
ICC : Hall A
Wyrd Games
Malifaux The Other Side
ICC : Hall B
For a full schedule of miniatures happening this year, use our mobile app or go to gencon.com and click “Gen Con Indy,” then “Buy Event Tickets.” Use the filters to narrow down your search results. Or, scan this QR code with the camera app on your smartphone for the Historical and NonHistorical Miniatures event list, filtered for events that have tickets available and haven’t started yet!
GAME
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
WELCOME TO THE GAME. ©2022 Pokémon. ©1995–2022 Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK inc. TM,
®, and character names are trademarks of Nintendo.
MINIATURES HOBBY EVENTS (MHE)
The craft of miniatures: painting, sculpting, and more! Events available for all skill levels. Try your hand at minis-painting for the first time, practice your skills, or compete against other painters!
PAINT AND TAKE
Thursday – Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm Sunday: 10 am – 3 pm A free, walk-up event — you’ll be given a miniature to keep, paints and brushes to use, and friendly instruction if you need help! Note that this event does not have tickets; it is first come, first served. PAINT AND TAKE SPONSORS
SPEED PAINTING Battle against the clock to paint the best mini in the time limit! Event fee includes use of supplies, and you get to keep the mini you paint! Ticketed events are associated with different manufacturers, some of which have final rounds you can compete to get in. Be the best painter in your group and advance to a championship round on Sunday!
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MINIATURES HOBBY EVENTS (MHE)
MINIATURES PAINTING COMPETITION Saturday: 7 pm Entry Dropoff Thursday noon – 4 pm Friday 10 am – 9 pm Entry Pickup Saturday 7 pm – 8:30 pm Sunday 10 am – 3 pm Featuring a $1000 cash prize for BEST IN SHOW, ribbons, and trophies! Check at the MHE HQ table for further competition information, or scan the QR code below. Entry fee is two generic tickets.
SPONSOR AWARDS Miniature Monthly Most imaginative/best story Pirate Monkey Painting Best Pirate Entry James Wappel - Best Unit TurboDork - Best use of metallics Trenchworx - Scale Model Warlord Games - Historical Snickernack Studios - Best Chibi Blackheart Models Metalhead Minis/Kilted Viking Studios Impending Duff
ACES OF PAINTING Watch professional speedpainters compete to paint the best mini; all competition minis are auctioned off for charity on Saturday night at the Gen Con Auction. No ticket required for this event. ACES OF PAINTING SPONSOR
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WOOD BASE BY
OPEN GAMING Open gaming has returned to the cozy-yet-spacious Grand Ballroom 5-6 in the JW! If you have a game already and just want a spot to set up and play with some new friends you made at the convention, come find an open table. Don’t forget to get an orange cone to indicate if your group is looking for more folks to join in the fun!
If you have any questions about open gaming or run into any issues, you can ask for help on Discord or at the JW HQ on the second floor of the JW hotel.
#open-gaming on Discord Ready to start your game now? Post in the #lfg-indy channel in the Gen Con Discord to let other attendees know, even if they aren’t wandering the open gaming space right now. Include what game you’re playing, how many more players you can fit, and where you are located in the hall, so folks can find you.
Looking for players? Borrow a cone from the HQ — just make sure to return them once your game starts up so others can use them! LOOKING FOR PLAYERS: ORANGE CONE
Use an orange cone if you have a game to play but need more players!
LOOKING FOR A TEACHER: CHECKERED FLAG
Place one of these flags in your cone if you’re looking for someone who knows the game to join and teach you.
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EARLY RELEASE AT
BOOTH #2309
GAMES LIBRARY AT A GLANCE DAYS & TIMES
Thursday – Saturday 8 am – 2 am Sunday 8 am – 3 pm
(last game checkout at 1 pm)
LOCATION
The Stadium
GAME IDS
ZED22214169
Gen Con Games Library Weekend Pass
ZED22214170
Gen Con Games Library Thursday Daytime Pass
Come play the newest and hottest titles Gen Con has to offer, as well as your favorites from years past! The library is the largest destination at Gen Con to chill out with a great game and your friends — or make new friends from around the world! Event tickets grant you access to thousands of titles and unlimited plays during your time. The Games Library returns to Lucas Oil Field and has more seating than ever before!
ZED22214171
Gen Con Games Library Thursday Evening Pass
ZED22214172
Gen Con Games Library Friday Daytime Pass
ZED22214173
Gen Con Games Library Friday Evening
ZED22214174
Gen Con Games Library Saturday Daytime Pass
ZED22214175
Gen Con Games Library Saturday Evening Pass
ZED22214176
Gen Con Games Library Sunday Pass
Scan this QR code for a live searchable index of Library titles.
THE GEN CON GAMES LIBRARY IS PRESENTED BY LENDING LIBRARY LOGISTICS, 2022 CHAIR JEREMY BURKE 82 GAMING
PUPPETRY PROGRAM GUEST OF HONOR
VICTOR YERRID Victor is a writer, show creator, and world-renowned puppeteer and voice artist. He was the Co-Creator/EP of the Disney Junior pilot Eddie The Yeti. Other Creator/EP credits include Connor Hirshkowitz: Action Therapist, The Rufio Show, and The Winston Way for the Jim Henson Co. Victor also created, wrote, and produced the orchestral puppet concerts The Great Chipmunk Picnic and Race For The Reef for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and has written for the Netflix series Word Party, Math Party, and Friendzspace. As a performer, he’s been a principle puppeteer and voice artist for the Jim Henson Co. for over 20 years, as well as for Sid & Marty Krofft. His work includes Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance, The Hangover, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Team America, Men In Black II, Robot Chicken, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Community, Angel, Crank Yankers, Greg The Bunny, The Sarah Silverman Project, No You Shut Up, Word Party, Sid The Science Kid, Mutt & Stuff, Hannah Montana, Sigmund & The Sea Monsters, Splash & Bubbles, Pajanimals, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The 2010 Grammy Awards, and Sesame Street. He continues his work as a show creator, writer, and producer, and still insists on playing with puppets. Victor will be participating in multiple puppetry events throughout the weekend; check the Puppetry Program for his specific events.
AT A GLANCE DAY & TIME
Events run through the weekend! Check the event catalog on gencon.com for the full schedule.
LOCATION Marriott : Indiana Ballroom E 84 PROGRAMS & EVENTS
For a full schedule of Puppet events happening this year, scan the QR code below with the camera app on your smartphone!
Gen Con’s Puppetry Program returns with workshops, seminars, and performances! Puppetry is an ancient art form that has been used to educate, entertain, and inspire audiences of adults and children for centuries. Whether you’re already a puppeteer, interested in the art form, or you just want to be entertained, there’s puppetry programming at Gen Con that is sure to captivate you.
LATE NIGHT PUPPET SLAM (ENT22215972) Hilarious and slightly naughty skits from some of the funniest puppets around. Not for kids! Friday 10 pm Westin: Grand Ballroom V
NEW!
Puppetry Program has its own booth in the Exhibit Hall, in the Entertainer’s Area, where you can purchase puppetry merch!
WE LOVE MAKING GAMES YOU LOVE VISIT THE STEAMFORGED GAMES BOOTH AT #2221
WWW.STEAMFORGED.COM Copyright © 2022 Steamforged Games Ltd. Steamforged Games is a trademark of Steamforged Games Ltd. Dark SoulsTM & ©BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc./©FromSoftware, Inc. Horizon Zero DawnTM & © SIEE.
COSTUME CONTEST Join us for Gen Con’s 36th annual Costume Contest! Whether you want to show off your cosplay skills and compete or be dazzled by the amazing creativity, the Costume Contest is a can’t-miss event at Gen Con! You’ll find the Costume Contest on the Main Stage (ICC: 500 Ballroom) at 4 pm on Saturday. For spectators, the Costume Contest is a free, ticketed event. Attendees without tickets may be seated if space allows, but priority is given to those with tickets. A valid Gen Con 2022 badge is required for entry. Can’t make it to the show? No worries! The Costume Contest will be livestreamed and made available by VOD on our Gen Con Main Stage Twitch channel at twitch.tv/genconmainstage!
SATURDAY TIMETABLE 9 am
Deadline to drop entries at the Information Booth.
9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Costume Contest Check-In 500 Ballroom Reception Contest entries will not be accepted after check-in has closed.
3:05 pm – 3:45 pm Costume Parade
3:30 pm
Pre-Show Entertainment
3:45 pm
Contestants report to line up for the Costume Contest.
4 pm
Costume Contest begins!
AT A GLANCE COSTUME CONTEST (ENT22215244) DAY & TIME Saturday 4 pm – 6 pm LOCATION Main Stage (ICC: 500 Ballroom)
COSTUME PARADE The parade is a great way to gather with fellow cosplayers and show off your cosplay creativity at Gen Con! Anyone in costume may join the parade anywhere along the route listed below. Parade participants will assemble outside Hall A at 3 pm. Contestants: The parade is optional but encouraged; contest judging will not consider parade participation.
PARADE ROUTE The parade begins outside Hall A. Enters Hall A traveling through the length of the Event Hall. The parade will then exit through Hall D. The parade continues north along the Crossroads Concourse, exiting outside the doors to the Westin. A sharp right turn on Maryland Street through the Maryland Street Motor Lobby. Another right turn at the corner of Capitol Avenue. The parade ends at the Georgia Street entrance.
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COSTUME CONTEST CONTESTANT INFO REGISTRATION
Registering in advance is highly recommended. The costume contest is limited to 70 entries. If any category receives 14 entries, that category will be closed. Entries will be accepted on a first come, first entered basis. When the contest reaches capacity, a waiting list will be created. Entries on the waiting list will be admitted to the contest if a registered entry drops out or does not appear at check-in.
CONTEST BASICS
Costume entries may be simple walk-on-and-pivot displays or may involve a short presentation. Performances are limited to two minutes. You may perform your own speech, drama, song, or other skill, or you can simply model while our emcee narrates text that you provide. Either way, the emphasis of judging is on the costumes.
COSTUME CONTEST RULES AND ENTRY FORM Scan for the contest rules and entry form.
To register, first read the rules, then print and fill out the form linked in the QR code below or ask for a form at the Information Booth. This form does not register you for the convention — only the costume contest. A valid convention badge and two generic tickets will be required when you sign in at Costume Contest Check-In. An emcee introduction is REQUIRED! You must submit a short introduction for yourself that you would like the emcee to read as you appear on stage. Type or handwrite it (neatly) and attach it to your entry form. This is your chance to impress the judges; include a description of the construction of your costume. This description is limited to 100 words. Gen Con reserves the right to edit material. On-site entries: If you register on site, fill out the entry form (your introduction for the emcee must be attached and typed or neatly written) and drop it in the “Costume Contest Entry” box located at the Information Booth by 9 am on Saturday. If you miss this deadline, come directly to Costume Contest Check-In in the 500 Reception room and staff will determine if there is room for you. Contestant Check-In: All contestants must appear at Contest Check-In. Mailing or dropping an entry form reserves a space for you, but you are not officially registered until you appear at check-in. Contestants who do not appear at check-in (see times below) are considered dropped. Check-in takes about 30 minutes. Your emcee introduction is required at check-in.
COSTUME CATEGORIES
Choose a category for your costume and check it on the entry form. If your costume fits multiple categories, pick the category you prefer. We will review your costume at check-in to make sure you are in the right category. Categories may be closed depending on the number of entries. • Pop Culture: Robots, aliens, spaceship pilots, heroes, villains, and so on. • Fantasy/Historical: Wizards, barbarians, pixies, mermaids, Egyptian slaves, WWII soldiers, Renaissance maidens, and so on. • Child: Ages 0–13, all costume types • Superheroes: Any character or creature from any universe. • Groups: Teams of two or more cosplayers. • Game Characters: Characters from video games, board games, roleplaying games, and so on. • Professional: To keep the contest fair, you must enter the Professional category if you meet any of the following criteria, regardless of your age: 1) You are a past first-place winner of a Gen Con costume contest or other major costume contest within the past five years 2) Your costume was constructed by a professional in the garment or costume industry, whether it was you or someone else 3) Your costume was constructed by someone who earns the majority of their living in the construction of costumes or clothing. • Pot Luck: Anything not mentioned above! After the winners are announced in each category, they’ll be brought on stage briefly for judging in the “Best of Show” category. All first-place winners are eligible for this judging. PROGRAMS & EVENTS
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ZED
THE ISLE OF MISFIT EVENTS
We have all kinds of games and events at Gen Con, including those that don’t fit into standard categories. When an event is so unique it can’t be defined by one of our regular categories, we place it here. We’ve listed just a sampling of ZED events on this page, but you’ll find all kinds of interesting events here, such as escape rooms, social deduction games, megagames, and unique events you won’t find anywhere else! Don’t overlook this category, as you never know what might turn up!
DECEPTIVELY SOCIAL GAMING Deception Alley: Play your favorite social deduction games with your friends! This year’s confirmed games include Are You A Werewolf?, Ultimate Werewolf, Witch Hunt, and Blood on the Clocktower! Two Rooms and a Boom: Social hidden role game where one team’s bomber attempts to find the other team’s president. Hostages are exchanged between two rooms.
Thursday – Saturday 6 pm – 2 am
LASER TAG: KILL TEAM LIVE
THE ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY
New from Games Workshop: Laser tag + Warhammer 40,000! Kit up as either a Veteran Guardsman or Ork Kommando and play a mission from Kill Team!
Browse 40+ years of RPGs from their inception to today. Be hands-on with over 1000 sourcebooks, supplements, accessories and more in this living document of the hobby. And yes, you can even play them!
Thursday – Saturday 8 am – 6 pm Sunday 8 am – 4 pm ICC Sagamore Ballroom 3
Thursday – Saturday 10 am – midnight Sunday 10 am – 3 pm JW 203-204
ARMED COMBAT ARENA
NSDM
This is fast paced, fun, foam combat at its best! Come whack your friends and/or enemies with the finest foam weapons as you get your cardio in just like the best NPCs do. Not in the face!
The National Security Decision Making (NSDM) Game is a fastpaced, challenging simulation of contemporary politics and eternal strategic principles. It is modeled after the simulations used by senior U.S. Government officials.
Thursday – Saturday 10 am – 4 pm Sunday 10 am – 1 pm Stadium : Field
Here’s the game in a nutshell: “You players are the Legislature. You over there, you’re the Cabinet. You folks in the corner are the military leadership. This guy’s the President. The scenario is: it’s the world as you know it today. Fix it. Start now.”
NSDM will have events throughout the weekend. Stadium : Meeting Room 1
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EXPLORE NEW WORLDS
GEN CON’22 RELEASE
VISIT US AT ROOM #235
WWW.CGE.AS/GENCON22-HUNT
Trade Day is a program for educators, professors, graduate students, librarians, and retailers, designed to provide hands-on training, share research, network, and participate in professional development opportunities. Trade Day is split between two focuses: Retailers, and Educators & Librarians. Retailer events focus on business, marketing, and demos by exhibiting publishers while educator and librarian events focus is on how to gamify your classroom/library, gaming strategies in curriculum, etc. Both focus on building community. Anyone with a Trade Day badge is eligible to attend all Trade Day events!
AT A GLANCE DAY & TIME Wednesday 9 am – 10 pm
LOCATION JW – 2nd & 3rd Floors TRADE DAY HQ Wednesday 8 am – 4 pm Located on the 2nd floor near the sky walk
SPONSORS
ABOUT MARY FLANAGAN Mary Flanagan is the founder of Resonym, indie board game design and publishing house whose recent titles include Mechanica, Surrealist Dinner Party, Phantom Ink and the real time roll and write Retrograde. She’s an award-winning game designer with over 30 titles across multiple media, as well as an artist, and game scholar who has held numerous fellowships, has published seven books including Critical Play (MIT Press, 2009), with Playing Oppression (with Mikael Jakobsson) forthcoming from MIT Press. She is a distinguished professor and the chair of film and media studies at Dartmouth College, USA, where she teaches game design and emerging media.
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EVENT LIST
All events are held at the JW hotel. Game ID n/a
Title Keynote - Social Impact of Games
TRD22202126 Adapting Cooperative Game Mechanics For Education
Time
Room
9 AM
203
10 AM
308
Time
Room
TRD22203019 Using Escape Rooms for Learning and Engagement
Game ID
Title
1 PM
206
TRD22202862 Using Gimkit to Increase Engagement in Remote Teaching
1 PM
205
TRD22207892 Using Outside Professionals to Expand Your Reach
1 PM
303
TRD22202594 Best New RPGs for Kids
10 AM
303
TRD22208158 Building Healthy Gaming Communities
10 AM
307
TRD22208108 Five Hundred Year Old Vampire (FYOV)
10 AM
208
TRD22211412 General Education, "Skills Goals," and Ungrading: Games in the College Classroom
10 AM
202
TRD22202875 Words Become Art: Blackout Poetry and Ekphratic Storytelling In The Classroom
1 PM
313
TRD22202532 Let's Play: Exploring The Use Of Gaming In Management Education
10 AM
312
TRD22206321 Yes And!: Roleplaying Games in Learning Spaces 101
1 PM
202
TRD22202700 Leveling Up Education
10 AM
309
TRD22207787 Artillery in History and Gaming
2 PM
308
TRD22206361 Libraries and Tabletop Role Playing Games
10 AM
304
TRD22212870 Create In-Store Excitement With The New WizKids D&D Onslaught Miniatures Game!
2 PM
309
TRD22204931 Making Your Gaming Group Accessible For Neurodivergent Players
10 AM
314
TRD22202794 Trials and Trivia-lations: Creating Trivia Programs for Your Library or School
10 AM
TRD22201701 TTRPGs in the Middle School
10 AM
301
TRD22214558 Welcome to Play! Pokémon!
10 AM
201
TRD22202926 What Gamemastering Taught Me About Being a Better Teacher
10 AM
TRD22202237 Why Kids Need Superheroes
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TRD22209918 Get Up and Play: Gamification in Action
2 PM
203
TRD22214657 Play! Pokémon: Meet and Greet
2 PM
201
TRD22210297 Retheming Games for the Classroom
2 PM
314
TRD22201702 Teachers Play D&D Too!
2 PM
205
TRD22207900 The Great Networking Disconnect
2 PM
303
209
TRD22206724 Tools to Resolve Conflicts at the Gaming Table
2 PM
311
10 AM
311
3 PM
312
TRD22207528 Growing Successful TCG Tournaments > 100 Players
11 AM
309
TRD22211279 Cosplay, Identity And Entrepreneurship In HE Units TRD22205511 Game Activities In The Science Classroom
3 PM
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TRD22211280 Historical Gaming In Graduate Education
11 AM
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3 PM
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TRD22210241 Nations & Cannons: A Revolutionary History Toolkit
11 AM
301
TRD22213983 Justifying Time To Play (Using Curriculum Integration)
3 PM
307
TRD22214950 Pop-Up Gen Con Retailer Round Table
11 AM
206
TRD22205066 Learning to Lose: Using Board Games to Promote Sensory and Social Skills
TRD22204318 Rowan, Rook and Decard Showcase
11 AM
303
TRD22213780 Mapping Out The Future With Loke Battle Mats
3 PM
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TRD22214414 Social Media to Increase Inclusivity in Business
11 AM
202
TRD22210954 Meeting the Needs of Children Through Game Play
3 PM
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TRD22206723 The Basics of Starting a Gaming Group
11 AM
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3 PM
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TRD22214655 The Value of Joining Pokémon's Organized Play Program
11 AM
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TRD22207408 Pandasaurus Retailer Programs & New Releases TRD22213762 Project Game Design: Enrichment Camps For K-12
3 PM
202
TRD22203389 The Center: SEL in Tabletop Gaming
3 PM
313
TRD22211862 Adding A Game Room To A Comic Con
1 PM
314
TRD22214656 Back to School with Pokémon!
1 PM
201
TRD22209310 Beyond Jeopardy: Lesson Plan Game Jam
1 PM
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TRD22205978 Brotherwise Games - What's New & Coming Your Way
1 PM
309
TRD22211278 Cosplay As A HE Learning And Socialising Tool. Personal Experiences Of An Australian Lecturer
1 PM
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TRD22205038 Creative Business Plan Workshop
1 PM
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TRD22202593 Finding and Deploying the Right Games for Your Classroom
1 PM
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TRD22204653 Games as Multilingual Education Resources
1 PM
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TRD22213980 Integrating STEM and Culture into Educational Roleplaying
1 PM
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TRD22210271 Making Your Retail Space a Safe Space
1 PM
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TRD22203458 RPGs in Education & Social Skills Groups
1 PM
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TRD22202879 Using Character Creation As An Educational Tool
1 PM
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TRD22208397 What's Hot at Funko Games?
3 PM
303
TRD22215871 AEG Outpost Program
4 PM
208
TRD22215402 CGE Trade Day: Galaxy Trucker
4 PM
308
TRD22209090 Hello AMIGO! What's New and Coming Soon
4 PM
303
TRD22216101 ICv2 White Paper: Hobby Games - State of the Industry
4 PM
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TRD22214980 Pokémon Social and League Demo
4 PM
201
TRD22201732 Teaching Mathematics Through Games
4 PM
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TRD22211030 Demo Night & Social Mixer
7 PM
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* Events as of 6/13/22. Events subject to cancellation. Educator/Librarian Retailer Both
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TRADE DAY EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Trade Day Keynote: Social Impact of Games,
presented by Mary Flanagan SPONSORED BY
Wednesday, 9 am JW: Rm 203 Event Description: How do board games affect players? In her “day job,” Resonym.com’s CEO is Professor Mary Flanagan at Dartmouth College has spent the last 20 years testing how games might reduce bias, how video games and board games differ, and how representation in games affects player experience.
Demo Night & Social Mixer
(TRD22211030) Wednesday, 7-10 pm JW: Grand Ballroom 5 A chance to demo games from some of your favorite Trade Day presenters, publishers, and exhibitors and socialize with your fellow Trade Day attendees! All Trade Day events are free; you must have a 2022 Trade Day badge to attend.
COMMON SPACES The lobby area of the 3rd floor will be set up with tables for impromptu meetings, casual conversations, a place to take notes and/or just relax from your day of learning! Tables available all day Wednesday during Trade Day.
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Journey to the Avalon Hill booth and check out THE FROZEN HORROR QUEST PACK, the latest exciting expansion in the HEROQUEST adventure series.
CHARITY PARTNER Gen Con isn’t just about gaming; it’s also about giving! Gamers giving back to the community is a key part of The Best Four Days in Gaming™! This year Gen Con is partnering with an incredible organization in our charity efforts to support Indianapolis. Please welcome Patachou Foundation as Gen Con’s 2022 Charity Partner! All proceeds from participating charity events will be given to Patachou Foundation!
Since 2013, The Patachou Foundation has prepared and served daily meals and learning experiences for children to increase their awareness of and excitement about food. Every menu is planned with kids’ voices at the center. The Patachou Foundation serves over 75,000 scratch-made meals for kids annually and fights the root causes of hunger in our community. Learn more at thepatachoufoundation.org
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS SUPPORT OUR CHARITY PARTNER: OPENING CEREMONIES DICE ROLL Watch Live or Online!
Build, Donate, Destroy! First Throw Auction
Thursday at 9 am, 500 Ballroom Main Stage and on twitch.com/gencontv
ACES OF PAINTING
BALLOON SCULPTURE Bid for the Opportunity to Slay the Balloon Creation! 96 PROGRAMS & EVENTS
CARDHALLA
Sunday at noon, Hoosier Concourse
Saturday at 10:30 pm, Georgia St. Entrance
Cheer on ten professional artists as they go head to head speed painting for charity. Friday at 9 pm, MHE HQ
Check out the event catalog for even more great events supporting charity.
AUCTION
The Auction returns for Gen Con Indy 2022!
HOW IT WORKS BUYERS
Registration: When you arrive at the auction, simply pay $1 and you will be issued a card with your unique bidder number good for the entire convention. Bidding: Hold your card up! When you see an item you want, hold your card high in the air with your number facing the stage and KEEP IT UP for as long as you are interested. If you hold your card up for longer than other bidders, you win! It’s that easy!
Payment: You can pay for each item as you win
or open a tab for the day by leaving credit card information or a refundable $50 deposit. If you open a tab, your winnings will be stored until the end of that day’s session. We accept cash and major credit cards. There is a 3% Buyers Premium added to each transaction, which is waived for cash transactions.
Consignment Store: Not in the mood for a
bidding war, but still looking for a good bargain? Make your way to the Consignment Store! Peruse and discover hidden gems amongst the thousands of items available. Anyone with a valid Gen Con badge can enter and purchase items without needing to register with the auction. New items are added throughout the show with some prices changing daily.
SELLERS
Pre-registration: All items must be registered on the auction’s website (livegameauctions.com) before the convention.
Item Drop Off times
Pre-Registered Live Auction Items and Consignment Store items accepted. Wednesday noon – 6 pm Thursday 10 am – 8 pm Consignment Store items only may be accepted depending on Auction inventory. Friday
9 am – 5 pm
Payouts: There are three options for
receiving payment from your sold items: Any time after your item is sold through Saturday at 6 pm; On Sunday from 10 am – 2 pm, or if you don’t pick up your payout on-site we will automatically mail you a check.
Unsold Items: Unsold items should be
picked up on Sunday from 10 am – 2 pm. All unsold items not collected by 2 pm on Sunday will be donated to charity.
AT A GLANCE DAY & TIME
CONSIGNMENT STORE Thursday 10 am – 10 pm Friday 9 am – 10 pm Saturday 9 am – 7 pm LIVE AUCTION Thursday 10 am – 11 pm Friday 9 am – midnight Saturday 9 am – midnight
LOCATION ICC: Room 130-133
AUCTION EVENTS CHARITY AUCTION Saturday at 7 pm
This is one you won’t want to miss! The most desirable items donated by exhibitors and collectors will be auctioned off. All proceeds go directly to our Charity Partner – Patachou Foundation!
COLLECTIBLES AUCTION Friday at 8 pm
The Collectibles Auction is a special auction that caters to rare and coveted items. Want a sneak peek? Look for Collectibles Auction items on display in the glass showcase near the auction stage. All times are approximate. Check for the updated schedule posted in the auction room.
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ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS & FOR THE COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENT EVENT SCHEDULE, TICKETS, AND INFO, SCAN HERE.
METAVARI
Composer and electronic musician, Nathaniel David Utesch aka Metavari’s dark, cinematic records make extensive use of nostalgic electronics and sampling; a collage of synth-laden melodies, menacing instrumentation and foley sounds.
- SPECIAL MUSCIAL GUEST TH
JNR is not your standard record label... They are artistic facilitators for a wide variety of adventurous musicians. They aren’t focused on any particular genre, nor are they particularly focused on popularity. They value art over commerce, and exist to empower their artists to create the most meaningful work possible.
“YOUR 7 FAVORITE HIP HOP PERSON”
One of the fastest rising stars in Minnesota’s music scene, Nur-D burst onto the stage in 2018 and has been making headlines ever since! He’s back again for Gen Con 2022, and this time, he means business! Imagine the soulful sounds of Bruno Mars, the lyrical style of Childish Gambino, the powerful energy of Lizzo, the pop culture punchlines of an episode of “Community,” all rolled into a show that everyone can enjoy ala The Fresh Prince. Can you? Then you can see why many people are calling NUR-D the next big thing out of Minnesota. Learn more at nurdrocks.com
REVENGE OF THE NUR-D! LIVE CONCERT
DRESSED FOR FANTASY: A D&D LIVE PLAY HOSTED BY METAVARI
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DAY AND TIME Thursday @ 10 pm
DAY AND TIME Sunday @ 2 pm
LOCATION Main Stage (500 Ballroom)
LOCATION Streaming Stage (ICC: 101—103)
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ENTERTAINER SPOTLIGHT ROVING ENTERTAINERS CLASSICAL MUSIC INDY
Classical Music Indy brings #RandomActsofMusic to Gen Con - a new contemporary culture of classical music with spontaneous pop-up performances anywhere and anytime!
OGHAM
DIFFERENT DRUMMER BELLY DANCERS
Ogham is a duo performing pure drop traditional Irish music, as well as music from your favorite games and shows. T.J. plays the fiddle, and Amanda’s drum, the bodhran, is the heartbeat of Irish music.
Games, Geek, Belly Dance! We’re BACK! Different Drummer Belly Dancers brings it all together for Gen Con to once again celebrate the best four days in gaming!
DAN THE BARD
PAOLO GARBONZO
Dan the Bard sings songs about Dungeons & Dragons and general nerd culture, set to Renaissance, Medieval, and original music. He is joined by Granger the Ranger, his trusted companion and drummer.
Winner of the International Jester Competition and first American to be an official jester of European castles, Paolo brings his hypnotic juggling skills to spectators around the world.
GOATER MAC’S FUNHOUSE
Whether it’s turning seas shanties on their heads, singing about Dungeons & Dragons or Cthulhu, or bringing back some of their favorite Celtic hits, each show is a truly unique musical journey.
IL TROUBADORE
Il Troubadore is Indy’s 16th Century Rock Band performing hits from all around the world as well as music from galaxies far, far away to audiences of all ages.
INSTANT GAME SHOW
Do you like trivia, physical challenges, lip sync battles and winning stuff? Look for Instant Gameshow wandering Gen Con looking for players!
DAMSELS OF DORKINGTON The Damsels of Dorkington have been performing comedy together for over 10 years! Whether they’re entertaining people with sketch comedy or parody songs, these ladies will make you laugh until you stop.
MARC GUNN
Marc Gunn plays Celtic music with a twist. Imagine your favorite science fiction and fantasy brought to life in song. It’s chart-topping, awardwinning musical laughter and fun.
THE IRISH BARD
Andrew McKee - The Irish Bard entertains with new and exciting arrangements of traditional Celtic & comedic folk music. So join the Irish Bard for Celtic folk, filk and fun!
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FILM
FEATURE FLM22215274 ARGH AND THE QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN DRAGON SKULL
FESTIVAL
Friday 1:30pm Westin Capitol III
Famed adventurer, Lord Argh, is sent on a quest to find the legendary Golden Dragon Skull by mushroom obsessed King Kevin, ruler of Mushroomia.
FLM22215258 BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE MEOWS
Thursday 10:00am Westin Capitol III
Our titular cat reunites with his nephew to campaign against the act of spitting out gum (which is gross, admit it). Said gum, and a realitywarping sock, threaten the very fabric of the universe.
FLM22215296 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: THE ART OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
FILM FESTIVAL
Sunday 11:30am Westin Capitol III
A documentary that explores the history, influence, and stories behind the artwork that helps create the worlds in which we all play. The movie profiles D&D artists.
Need a break from the crowds of the exhibit hall? Join filmmakers from around the world as they share their visions. The Gen Con Film Festival presents films that are inspiring, thrilling, suspenseful, and hilarious. Grab a seat and experience a different side of Gen Con.
FLM22215279 H.P. LOVECRAFT’S WITCH HOUSE Friday 11:00pm Westin Capitol III
Based on the H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Dreams in the Witch House, WITCH HOUSE blurs the boundaries between reality,dreams... and the beyond.
FLM22215265 KILL GIGGLES
Thursday 9:00pm Westin Capitol III
No longer the madmen and monsters that nightmares are made of, it is the clowns who are the victims now, running for their lives from a serial killer who won’t stop until all of them is dead.
INDEPENDENT SERIES FLM22215273 RPG ALL-STARS AND THE LOADED DICE ROLLERS Friday noon Westin Capitol III
A Real-Play Pathfinder 2e RPG series, with guest stars like Peter Adkison. Now releasing it’s season 3.
FLM22215263 THE DEMON VLOGS
Thursday 6:00pm Westin Capitol III
FLM22215298 THE HUNTED: ENCORE - SEASON 2
A demon in full possession of a human being speaks out about the truth of who they are, who they are not, how they do it, and why. Aren’t you curious?
Sunday 2:30pm Westin Capitol III
Swords, Songs & Slayers collide in this Musical Action Comedy that pits Megan and her team of vampire hunters against a sinister bloodsucking syndicate.
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FILMS FLM22215284 LUNAMANCER
Saturday 10:00am Westin Capitol III
A scientist battles an otherworldly Lunamancer for the soul of his sister, armed only with his faith and a crowbar.
FLM22215275 MIKE MIGNOLA: DRAWING MONSTERS Friday 3:30pm Westin Capitol III
A feature length documentary about Mike Mignola and the creation of his comic book universe centered around Hellboy.
FILM PANELS
Find out what happens behind the camera and lights. Join our filmmakers as they share their experiences bringing the magic to the screen. FLM22215267 Film Pre-Production Panel
Thursday 1:00pm Westin Council
FLM22215268 Film Post-Production Panel
Thursday 2:30pm Westin Council
FLM22215269 FLM22215295 PLASTIC GALAXY: THE STORY OF STAR WARS TOYS Sunday 10:00am Westin Capitol III
A documentary that explores the world of Star Wars toys. It looks at the toys’ history, their influence, and the fond and fervent feelings they elicit today.
FLM22215266 TALES FROM THE NARROW BRIDGE THE WYRMWOOD DEVIL
Film Budget and Finance Panel
Thursday 4:00pm Westin Council
FLM22215270 Film Animation Panel
Thursday 5:30pm Westin Council
FLM22215280 Filmmaker Meet & Greet
Friday 10:00am Westin Council
FLM22215281 Film Scriptwriting Panel
Friday Noon Westin Council
FLM22215282 Acting for Film Panel
Friday 1:30pm Westin Council
Thursday 11:00pm Westin Capitol III
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A group of friends journey into the woods to find the legendary Wyrmwood Devil in this horror anthology featuring eight terrifying tales.
Life on Set, Shooting your film without getting shot
Friday 3:00pm Westin Council
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Producing an Independent Film Panel
Saturday 10:00am Westin Council
FLM22215293 Female Filmmakers Panel FLM22215289 THE REPAIRMAN
FLM22215294 Promoting your film
Saturday 11:30am Westin Council Saturday 1:00pm Westin Council
Saturday 6:30pm Westin Capitol III
Attempting to save his sick child, a memory repairman and former hitman, Jack Whitlock, is drawn back to a life he thought he had left behind.
FLM22215277 THE SATANIC PANIC AND THE RELIGIOUS BATTLE FOR THE IMAGINATION Friday 7:00pm Westin Capitol III
In a feature documentary we follow Derek as he examines his journey through the satanic panic as a D&D loving kid along with his many friends that were affected FLM22215288 TICKET
Saturday 4:30pm Westin Capitol III
A mysterious girl moves into a house shared by recovering online game addicts. She introduces a system of cards she has designed to make it easier for roommates to trade favors around the house.
FLM22215278 WHAT IS BURIED MUST REMAIN Friday 9:00pm Westin Capitol III
Set in present-day Lebanon, a modern ghost story with ancient roots. Three young filmmakers set out to make a documentary about a French industrialist, accused of murdering his family.
watch.thefantasy.network Many of the films participating in the Gen Con Film Festival are also available to stream for free during the dates of the convention on the Fantasy Network! PROGRAMS & EVENTS 101
FILM FESTIVAL FLM22215291 HORROR SHORT FILM BLOCK
SHORT FILMS
Saturday 10:30pm Westin Capitol III
A selection of short horror films: While Mortals Sleep, The Creepers, Masquerade, The Baby Next Door, Wendies.
FLM22215290 HORROR COMEDY SHORT FILM BLOCK
Saturday 8:30pm Westin Capitol III
A selection of dark comedy short films. Intruder, 7 MINUTES IN HELL, Ahead of the Jones, What a Harvest, The Con of Cthulhu, Reel Trouble, Swole Ghost, Waiting for Deading.
FLM22215286 SCI-FI SHORT FILM BLOCK
Saturday 1:00pm Westin Capitol III
A selection of short Sci-fi films: Hot Bush, Illuminagents (Pilot Episode), Abigail, Stepmother, Aidan.
FLM22215261 ANIMATED SHORT FILM BLOCK
Thursday 3:00pm Westin Capitol III
A selection of short animated films: The Shaman’s Apprentice, Gnawer of Rocks, Mahaha, Fred Crisman: Cave of the Space Nazis!, Paradise Lost, Perun and Vele.
FLM22215262 GAMER SHORT FILM BLOCK
Thursday 5:00pm Westin Capitol III
A selection of short gaming films: ROLL OF THE DICE, Game Changer, Role With It, I DM, The Armor.
FLM22215276 ISLE OF MISFIT SHORTS
Friday 5:30pm Westin Capitol III
A selection of some of this year’s best short films, hat just didn’t fit in with the rest of our film blocks.The Voicemail, The Round Table, Finding Feodan, A Casual Two, The Borrower, Scaley, Static Space.
FLM22215287 FAN FILM BLOCK Saturday 2:30pm
A selection of Fan films: MILES BEHIND: A Spider-Man Fan Film, The Path of the Greys, Stalled Trek: The City On the Edge of Foreclosure, Catastrophe, A Blaster In The Right Hands: A Star Wars Story. FLM22215285 DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM BLOCK Saturday 11:30am Westin Capitol III
A selection of short documentary films: Paint & Plastic [a mini documentary], Dammit Jim! I’m Only a Documentary! (1993), In Camera.
FLM22215297 RIGAMORTIS: A ZOMBIE LOVE STORY Sunday 1:30pm Westin Capitol III
The Zombie, Romance, Musical! After humanity quells an undead uprising, the last two remaining zombies pair up in search of sanctuary, but instead find love.
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Friendly Local Game Store Thursday noon Westin Capitol III
We share the history of the Sentry Box by interviewing the owner, customers, current and former employees, and industry influencers who have all been connected by the friendly local game store.
FLM22215272 SIR BENJ & THE LAST CONVERSION Friday 11:00am Westin Capitol III
‘Benj’ tells an ageless and oh-so current story - that so often we live our lives dictated by the fears we pick up along the way. But at the end of it all, what will remain of our humanity? FLM22215260 THE HICKSORCISTS
Thursday 1:30pm Westin Capitol III
Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl, in the mountains, in this house. Two men with the help of a special agent have been sent as a last resort. These men are the Hicksorcists. FLM22215271 UNTITLED
Friday 10:00am Westin Capitol III
A screenwriter who is struggling with writer’s block starts to mentally break down as his inner voice reminds him of his failures. FLM22215264 GEN CON FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS CEREMONY
Thursday 7:00pm Westin Capitol III Celebrate with our talented filmmakers! Awards for Best Feature, Ovid Award, Best Short, Best Web Series. Best Animated, Gamer, Documentary, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, Fan Film, and Comedy films.
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ANIME & ANIMATION THE MANGA LIBRARY
ANIME EVENTS
Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. The Manga Library at Gen Con is a quiet space located inside the Westin Indianapolis where attendees can take a break from the crowds and relax in a quiet room while reading popular titles new and old from Japanese manga-ka and the occasional American author, too!
Looking to immerse yourself in otaku culture at a gaming convention? Well, this is the room for you! Check out anime-centric presentations geared towards all levels of fandom from those just learning about the genre to fans still traumatized by character deaths on Saturday morning cartoons in the Eighties. We’ve got something for everyone: Thursday through Saturday.
(Westin, Cabinet)
ANIME SCREENINGS
(Westin, Capitol I & II)
(Westin, Caucus)
Wasabi Anime® returns for our twelfth in-person Gen Con, and we’re ready to hang with all of this year’s otaku gamers! Join us for Asian pop culture themed programming in the Westin Indianapolis conference center Thursday through Saturday for panels, presentations, and an anime viewing room showcasing titles from VIZ Media, AnimEigo, and Nozomi Entertainment.
ABOUT ANIME CROSSROADS Started in 2009, Anime Crossroads is Indiana’s largest anime convention. Their next convention will take place at the Events Center at the Embassy Suites Plainfield: February 24-26, 2023. The event featured an artist alley, vendors room, a maid cafe, and hours of anime-centric programming!
This year’s Anime & Animation Viewing Room will open at 12 pm (noon) on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and Sunday at 10 am. It will feature a variety of titles for all tastes in Japanese animation goodness. Please check the schedule for exact times, titles, and ratings.
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ABOUT WASABI ANIME® Wasabi Anime started as an anime fan club in 2001 and is now the premier production group for designing and operating Japanese pop culture related programming for anime/comic/ gaming events in North America. Aside from their work with Gen Con and other conventions, they also run their own convention called WasabiCon with one in Jacksonville, Florida and the other in Portland, Oregon. wasabianime.com www.facebook.com/wasabianime www.instagram.com/wasabianime www.tiktok.com/@wasabianime twitter.com/wasabianime
animecrossroads.com www.facebook.com/AnimeCrossroads www.instagram.com/animecrossroads twitter.com/acrsocial
For a full schedule of anime & animation events happening this year, use our mobile app or go to gencon.com and click “Gen. Con Indy,” then “Buy Event Tickets.” Use the filters to narrow down your search results. Or, scan the QR code here with the camera app on your smartphone for the ANI event list, filtered for events that have tickets available and haven’t started yet.
ART SHOW
Since the early 90s, the Gen Con Art Show has showcased some of the most talented and influential artists in the fantasy, sci-fi, comics, horror, and gaming genres.
AT A GLANCE
At the Art Show, you can meet industry legends and upcoming new artists, find the perfect gift for the art enthusiast in your life, or just explore and immerse yourself in the wonderful world of art!
ATTENDING ART SHOW ARTISTS * Wade Acuff Tom Babbey Joanna Barnum Mark Behm LABillustration Kat Birmelin Michael Blank Bruce Brenneise Lindsey Burcar Christopher Burdett * Philip Byers Kristina Carroll Chris Casciano Nen Chang Pui Che Shy Custis Alayna Danner Sarah Dahlinger Eric DeChamps Diesel Meredith Dillman Ivy Dolamore Alex Dos Diaz Steve Ellis Sarah Finnigan Nate Flamm * Brian Fyffe * gawki Chuck Grieb Jacob Grimoire Alexander Gustafson Michael C. Hayes Ukiyo-e Heroes James Herrmann Ben Hill * Elaine Ho Ralph Horsley * Fiona Hsieh Matthew Huntley Inkwell Illustrations Sasha R. Jones Kehasuk * Khurrum Priscilla Kim Devin Elle Kurtz
Jeff Laubenstein Jennifer Lesser Michael Manomivibul Cait May * Ken Meyer Jr Aaron Miller Jeff Miracola C.M. Art Productions Allen Morris Scott Murphy Amy Nagi Allen Panakal Mark Poole * rk post Claudio Pozas Steve Prescott artofprice Andrea Radeck Omar Rayyan LOR Illustration * Danny Schwartz Dan Scott Jon Sideriadis * Kaysha Siemens Andrea Sipl Joe Slucher John Stanko Matt Stricker Crystal Sully Erika Taguchi-Newton * Sketch Cartel Andrew Thompson * Jonathan Vair Illustration * Voidbug Vonnart Jacob Walker Tyler Walpole Erica Williams Owen William Weber Brian Woodward * Jim Zaccariae * Denotes new exhibiting artists to the Art Show Bold denotes Featured Artists
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DAY & TIME
Thursday – Saturday 10 am – 6 pm Sunday 10 am – 4 pm
LOCATION Exhibit Hall
FEATURED ARTISTS NEN CHANG
Nen Chang is a mixed media illustrator working in publishing, gaming, and fine art. Her clients include Marvel, DC, Titan, Black Mask, AEG, and many others. She is known for dressing objectively horrific imagery with the beautiful and the surreal; Nen constantly questions what is alive and what is real, what is alluring and what is monstrous, what is uncanny and what is sublime. She is currently working on a pair of queer-focused projects with her partner Liz Tecca: a surreal BL novel called COLLAPSE and a postcyberpunk wuxia romance comic called BODY&SHADOW.
CHRISTOPHER BURDETT
Christopher has designed and created monsters for the film and gaming industries for over twenty years. Beginning with special makeup effects, he was involved at every level in the production of creature effects for numerous television and film projects, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. Since 2005, Christopher has worked in tabletop gaming, specializing in monsters. His work can be found in Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and many Star Wars games from book illustrations, trading cards, miniatures, and more. Most recently, he has built a world first envisioned in 1998. The Grand Bazaar of Ethra VanDalia is an illustrated novel filled with monsters and stories, written and illustrated by Christopher, and is the first book in the series. The book, a Fifth Edition D&D stats guide, coloring book, enamel pins, and the book’s original works are making their Gen Con debut! Christopher is currently working on the following two books in the series.
STEVE PRESCOTT
Ohio native Steve Prescott has been drawing all his life, and professionally since 1995. His savvy and often whimsical eye for character, design, and storytelling has brought him work from a variety of clients including Blizzard, White Wolf, FASA, Animal Planet, Draco Games, Copenhagen Creators, Valve, and most notably Wizards of the Coast where he has contributed heavily to Dungeons & Dragons and Magic:the Gathering.
TRUE DUNGEON True Dungeon is a life-size, walkthrough D&D escape room adventure that immerses you with amazing sets, animatronic monsters, lively NPCs, and exciting special effects.
EVENTS “R1 – FELURIAN’S FEAST”
Not a LARP, True Dungeon instead focuses on problem solving, teamwork, and tactics while providing immersive sets and interactive props. It takes two hours to explore the adventure, and teams of ten players need only bring their imagination and quick wit. No prior D&D or gaming experience is needed. In fact, a party with an array of different experience levels usually does quite well. This is a perfect vehicle to let some non-D&D gamers experience the fun and thrills of dungeoneering.
This is the first module (1 of 3) in the R-Series with the overall story-arc of ending the reign of an evil wizard who blends magic and alien technology for fell purpose. During this specific adventure you will venture into the amazing literary world of Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind) where you must overcome deadly foes and challenging puzzles to gain the favor of the Fae noble Felurian.
“R2 – WEIRD MAGIC”
This is the second module (2 of 3) in the R-Series where your adventuring party must secretly enter the abode of a mad wizard to end her foul schemes where she mixes magic and recovered alien technology. There you will face fearsome monsters and perplexing puzzles that will challenge your group to the fullest.
True Dungeon has been a fan-favorite at Gen Con for almost 20 years, and this year they are presenting three adventures never seen at Gen Con before.
“R3 – EBONY BAY”
This is the third module (3 of 3) in the R-Series that plunges players into a pirate-themed adventure complete with a treasure map, ghostly foes and challenging team-oriented puzzles.
Regardless of which adventure is played, all players receive a free bag of 10 Treasure Tokens ($10 value), at least three random draws from our Treasure Generators, and a collectible limitededition participation token. Those who survive an adventure earn a special “Survivor” button.
VOLUNTEERING
Be a part of the True Dungeon Team. Visit the TD Event Reg Desk to get more info on how you can join the TD team. There are great benefits like a free 4-Day badge, free spot in a nearby hotel room, meal stipends, and amazing swag.
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Every player receives a free 10-pack of Treasure Tokens ($10 value) at the start of their event. They can also be purchased just outside the event at the TD Store. These tokens represent a character’s gear, and can range from common weapons to powerful rings and amulets.
AUTHORS’ AVENUE
Authors’ Avenue is a dedicated section of the Exhibit Hall for independent authors and small press publishers of fiction who work in the fantasy, sci-fi, horror, military, or anime genres. These chosen authors will be available to showcase and discuss their works in historical fantasy, urban fantasy, children’s adventure, LGBTQ+, steampunk, English novels, young adult, apocalyptic, and much, much more! Stop by to meet your favorite author or discover new literary worlds to explore!
AT A GLANCE DAY & TIME Thursday – Saturday 10 am – 6 pm Sunday 10 am – 4 pm LOCATION Exhibit Hall
AUTHORS Briana Lawrence & Jessica Walsh C.S. Marks Charles Embrey, Jr. Chris A. Jackson Christopher Bair Christopher D. Schmitz Doug Bedwell E.D.E. Bell Elizabeth Corrigan H.T. Brady Hans Cummings J.J. Sherwood
JC Kang Katika Schneider Laura VanArendonk Baugh Little Guardians M.K. Wiseman Mackenzie Flohr Nathan Marchand Rickety Stitch & the Gelatinous Goo Robert Neal Geiger S.A. McClure The Sci-Fi Gals Virginia McClain
Check gencon.com for updates to this list.
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PUBLISHERS IN AUTHORS’ AVENUE
Brain Lag Clockwork Dragon Halsbren Publishing LLC Jennifer Brozek / Apocalypse Ink Productions Kimber Grey Mythmakers TANSTAAFL Press Th3rd World Studios
AUTHOR GUEST OF HONOR
R.A. SALVATORE AUTHOR GUEST OF HONOR EVENTS
Thirty-four years ago, R. A. SALVATORE created the character of Drizzt Do’Urden, the dark elf who has withstood the test of time to stand today as an icon in the fantasy genre. With his work in the Forgotten Realms, the Crimson Shadow, the DemonWars Saga, and other series, Salvatore has sold more than thirty million books worldwide and has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list more than two dozen times. He considers writing to be his personal journey, but still, he’s quite pleased that so many are walking the road beside him! R.A. lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Diane, and their two dogs, Dexter and Pikel. He still plays softball for his team, Clan Battlehammer, and enjoys his weekly DemonWars: Reformation RPG and Dungeons & Dragons 5e games. Salvatore can be found at RASalvaStore.com.
Book Signing with R. A. Salvatore Thursday, 3 pm (ZED22219102) Friday, noon (ZED22219103) Saturday, noon (ZED22219104) Saturday, 5 pm (ZED22219105) Book Signings area of the Exhibit Hall
Shared Worlds Thursday, 1 pm (SEM22214061) So You Want to Write Thursday, 2 pm (SEM22214066) Tie in Ficton Friday, 11 am (SEM22214092) QnA with R.A. Salvatore Saturday, 10 am (SEM2221429) Local Flavor Saturday, 11am (SEM22214128) PROGRAMS & EVENTS 111
WRITER’S SYMPOSIUM
20+ YEARS OF WRITERS REACHING OUT Celebrate storytelling! Do you love to write, want to write, need to write? Join writers who understand for panels, discussions, hands-on workshops, and more. Hone your own personal writing, coping, and industry skills and passions, or just chill with writers who love storytelling as much as you do! The Symposium is for you! If you’re not sure, don’t worry. This group of authors is kind, welcoming, and would love to share their thoughts on writing, gaming, literature, and fandom with you. Yes, you. We hope you’ll check us out.
AT A GLANCE WHAT Join writers of all your favorite genres to meet and discuss. WHERE The second floor of the Marriott WHEN Thursday – Sunday SCHEDULE Full listing on the website and app WEBSITE
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MEET THE PROS AUTHOR SIGNING EXTRAVAGANZA Talk to us! Thursday night, 8 pm – midnight, join us in the convention center, Wabash 1, for a Meet the Pros Author Signing Extravaganza! Symposium authors would love to meet you, say hello, and sign a book; they’ll even have some of their books for sale! Free Event: ZED22214943
WRITERS PLAYING D&D Writers playing D&D, what could go wrong? Enjoy a host of amazing authors as they play a live, D&D adventure led by author and legendary DM Gregory A. Wilson. Friday 6pm-10pm D&D with Authors Liveplay ZED22214957
ATTENDING AUTHORS Bradley P. Beaulieu E.D.E. Bell Marie Bilodeau Donald J. Bingle Maurice Broaddus Jennifer Brozek Richard Byers C. S. E. Cooney Richard Dansky Erik de Bie Tanya DePass Steve Diamond Erin M. Evans Mary Fan Toiya Kristen Finley
Matt Forbeck Jaym Gates Jerry Gordon * Carlos Hernandez Howard Andrew Jones Gini Koch Seth Lindberg James Lowder David Mack Nick Martell Katherine Monasterio Christopher Morgan * Brandon O’Brien Cat Rambo Aaron Rosenberg
▸ R.A. Salvatore Jason Sanford Lucien Soulban Mike Stackpole Sandra Tayler Patrick S. Tomlinson Michael R. Underwood LaShawn Wanak Paul Weimer Gregory A. Wilson Bryan Young ▸ Guest of honor * Special guest
SPECIAL GUESTS
BRANDON O’BRIEN is a writer, performance poet, teaching artist, and game designer from Trinidad and Tobago. His work has been shortlisted for the 2014 Alice Yard Prize for Art Writing, the 2014 and 2015 Small Axe Literary Competitions, and the inaugural Ignyte Award for Best Speculative Poetry. His work is published in Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, Reckoning, and New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean, among others. He is the former Poetry editor of FIYAH: A Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. His debut poetry collection, Can You Sign My Tentacle?, is out now from Interstellar Flight Press.
New York Times Bestselling author CARLOS HERNANDEZ is the author of The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (which won the Pura Belpré award in 2019), and Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe, along with many short stories, poems, and works of drama. By day, Carlos is a CUNY Professor of English and a game designer: most recently, Negocios Infernales, the TTRPG he is co-creating with C. S. E. Cooney.
BOOK SIGNING SCHEDULE FRIDAY
SATURDAY
11 am C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez
1 pm
Bradley P. Beaulieu and Gini Koch
1 pm
Gini Koch and Gregory A. Wilson
2 pm
Bryan Young and Maurice Broaddus
2 pm
Cat Rambo and Matt Forbeck
3 pm
Gregory A. Wilson and Nick Martell
3 pm
Donald J. Bingle and Patrick S Tomlinson
4 pm
David Mack and Patrick S. Tomlinson
4 pm
Marie Bilodeau and Michael R. Underwood
Book Signings occur in the back of the exhibit hall behind the ENT area
See page 111 for information on the Author Guest of Honor, R.A. Salvatore.
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ELECTRONIC GAMING
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RETRO ARCADE
The Retro Arcade room is full of classic arcade games, multi-game systems, and a 10-player Killer Queen cabinet! All machines set to free play and event tickets are available for hourly play or the whole day! Daily arcade tournaments will run throughout Gen Con. DATES AND TIMES Thursday – Saturday 9 am – midnight Sunday 9 am – 2pm LOCATION ICC 141
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Want to relive your childhood arcade experience? Located in the pedestrian walkway to Lucas Oil Stadium, the CoinOp Corridor is lined with classic arcade machines. Quarters are all you need to be transported back to when the arcade was the coolest place to be — show your kids what we played before we had the internet!
CLASSIC CONSOLE
From PCs to classic game consoles, be it SNES, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, and beyond, we have many of the favorites you couldn’t put down. Classic Console has original systems and controllers as well as special PCs running emulators that allow you to play the best these legendary consoles had to offer! DATES AND TIMES Thursday – Saturday 9 am – Midnight Sunday 9 am – 2pm LOCATION ICC 142
The Sci-fi Adventure where your crew commands the bridge of a Starship! Outfit your vessel with upgrades provided by your Quartermaster to make your ship even stronger on one of multiple missions in a continuing storyline. PRESENTED BY
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An escape room is an immersive experience in which you and a group of friends use clues, your wits, a little dexterity, and sometimes, a bit of luck, to solve the mystery and ESCAPE THE ROOM! Escape rooms come in all shapes and sizes; portable boxes, briefcases, and whole rooms; we’ve highlighted the larger room ones here, but you can find smaller Escape rooms in a box in our regular event listings.
ECLIPSE ESCAPES
Running Nevermore: a POEtic Escape Room; use your wits to solve clues left by a Signor F to escape this im-Poe-ssible cellar before oxygen runs out. No knowledge of Edgar Allan Poe is required, but there are some bonus puzzles for Poe-lovers!
For room sized events, you’ll only have a brief period of time, usually one hour, to make your escape/save the world/stop the bad guys/deactivate the bomb. You’ll have to work together quickly to solve the puzzles and riddles, so grab your squad and get ready for the adrenaline rush! This dedicated year round multi room space will be hosting seven different rooms running from early in the morning till late at night in their premium location two blocks from the convention center, Thursday to Sunday. With so many options, you’re sure to find one to your liking.
After a successful first year of Escape Rooms, Experimental Gamer Studios returns to Gen Con with 3 Escape Rooms for this year, Secret Aboard Starship Astraeus, Detention: Escape from the Cursed High School, and The Last Masquerade: Escape from the Red Death. With their fun set dressing and props, and uniquely satisfying puzzles, we’re sure you’ll like them too.
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CREATE, MOVE, EXPLORE While Gen Con is The Home of Tabletop Gaming™, we also have hundreds of events that aren’t strictly gaming related. These events engage the creative and curious spirit that make the tabletop hobby special. Find them in the online Event Catalog by filtering by: Supplemental (SPA), Workshop (WKS), and Miscellaneous (ZED). These awesome events include crafting, exercise, dance, city tours, and more!
CREATE
Get creative at Open Crafting! Now, with more CRAFTING GOODNESS! Looking to try a new craft or be inspired? Stop by our Open Crafting room. It has plenty of space and lots of free supplies to make cool stuff! Crafty helpers and company representatives will be in the room periodically to help you level up your crafting skills.
MOVE After long days at gaming tables, it’s important to move and stretch out your body! Did you know that Gen Con has many events to get your blood moving? Whether you’re into running a 5k, practicing yoga, dancing, or learning sword fighting techniques, we’ve got you covered. Find these events in the SPA category in the Event Catalog.
FREE for anyone with a Gen Con 2022 badge. ADDITIONAL CRAFT ROOM SUPPLIES PROVIDED BY
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EXPLORE Get out and explore Indy while you’re here! Brewery tours, winery tours, and haunted walking tours await you! Find these events by searching the SPA and ZED categories for “tour” in the Event Catalog.
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