Gen Con

Gen Con 2023 drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement and mask mandate for tabletop RPG convention

Tabletop’s largest US convention relaxes health and safety precautions despite ongoing pandemic.

What were the best board games at Gen Con 2022? Everything we saw and played at the US tabletop convention

From epic roll-and-writes to tactical photography.

Gen Con says harassers targeting marginalised attendees are not staff or volunteers

Convention officials continue to investigate claims of targeted hate speech and threats of violence.

Gen Con 2022 dates confirm return of US board game convention next summer

After this year’s in-person event sees 50% of 2019 attendance.

Cyberpunk Red RPG studio R. Talsorian becomes latest publisher to exit Gen Con 2021 over COVID-19 concerns

“We write about Dark Futures for fun, but we also believe we have a responsibility to try and prevent them from happening.”

Gen Con 2021 makes face masks mandatory for all in updated COVID-19 guidelines

Drops option for vaccinated visitors to attend without mask.

Gen Con 2021 will enforce face masks for attendees without proof of COVID-19 vaccination

Vaccinated visitors can choose whether to wear a mask, with event “strongly recommending” protection indoors for all.

Pandemic, Catan and Pathfinder RPG publishers pull out of physical Gen Con return

Asmodee and Paizo to focus on digital offering Gen Con Online.

Feature: "Hope for the best and plan for the worst": The challenges facing tabletop gaming conventions after lockdown

Big tabletop events are likely to return this year, but they might look very different.

Gen Con plans to return with a physical convention next summer

“A variety of factors need to come together for a physical convention to be feasible.”