ZED

The Isle Of Misfit Events

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!

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!

Nsdm

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.

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

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!

Thursday – Saturday 9 am – midnight

Sunday 8 am – 4 pm

ICC Sagamore Ballroom 3

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.

Le Meridien Hotel

Alexandria Rpg Project

The Alexandria RPG Library is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that specializes in bringing a curated selection of RPG books and materials to conventions like Gen Con. Our goal is to share the rich history and tapestry of the hobby with as many people as possible, ensuring the legacy of RPGs is preserved and always available. We’ll have on hand hundreds of roleplaying game books from scores of classic, modern and indie systems, and our Game Hosts will run RPG sessions all show long. Please come visit us on the Stadium Field, and explore the obscure!

Thursday – Saturday 9 am – midnight

Sunday 10 am – 3 pm

Stadium : Field

Trade Day is designed to provide hands-on training, research sharing, networking, and professional development opportunities for educators, graduate students, librarians, and retailers.

Anyone with a Trade Day badge is eligible to attend all Trade Day events.

Trade Day Marketplace

Wednesday, 10 am - 5 pm

JW : 1st Floor

An exciting new initiative for 2023, the Trade Day Marketplace is a great opportunity to view, demo, and talk to the publishers of exciting products that can help in the classroom, library, and retailer stores.

Participating Companies

Alley Cat Games

Central Michigan University Press

Columbia Games

FanRoll by Metallic Dice Games

Featherstone Games

Games Workshop

Ho-dee-ay

Lucky Duck Games

* Companies subject to change/cancellation

Magpie Games

Pandasaurus Games

PSi

Race To Stupid Games

Rowan, Rook and Decard

Smart Toys and Games

StickTogether Products

AT A GLANCE

DAY & TIME

Wednesday

9 am – 9:30 pm

LOCATION

JW – 1st & 2nd Floors

TRADE DAY HQ

Wednesday 8 am – 4 pm

You must have a 2023 Trade Day badge in order to access the Trade Day Marketplace.