Gen Con 2022

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.
Go behind the scenes at Gen Con 2022 with our vlog from the US board game convention

Starring Matt, Wheels and Dick's Last Resort.
Gen Con 2022 highlights and SO MANY announcements: it’s the Dicebreaker Podcast!

Everything you need to know from the US board game convention - in under an hour.
‘All our RPGs start with the people’: Chris Spivey on Harlem Unbound, Haunted West and what comes next

The multi-ENnie-winning designer on mixing horror with history, uncovering untold stories and his highly ambitious weird west game.

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Official Stormlight Archive miniatures are on the way, but you can't use them in D&D 5E (yet)

Two dozen figures will include first official depictions of Brandon Sanderson characters.

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Indiana’s relationship with Gen Con faces a rocky future in wake of state’s abortion ban

“Passage of Senate Bill 1… will make it more difficult for us to remain committed to Indiana for our long-term home.”

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Forgotten Waters, one of 2020’s best board games, is getting a follow-up in 2023

Spiritual successor to app-powered pirate adventure set to release next summer.
Feature: Empire’s End flips civilisation-building games on their head in a destructive bidding battle

Rome might’ve been built in a day, but it can be destroyed in under an hour.

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Star Wars Deck Building Game coming from Fantasy Flight likely won’t be an LCG

Duel of the Fates.
Feature: War of the Ring: The Card Game is shaping up to be another essential for Lord of the Rings fans

Precious.
ENnie Awards 2022 winners: Thirsty Sword Lesbians sweeps top TRPG categories amid tough competition

Call of Cthulhu and Wanderhome among other big winners.
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.
Feature: Twilight Imperium roll-and-write game Twilight Inscription shrinks the sci-fi classic's length, but not its depth

4-etch.

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Feature: Colt Express creator’s next board game is X-Wing for photography nerds

Redwood in focus.

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Feature: Surprise, surprise, the Squid Game board game sucks

Tug of Bore.
Feature: Passive-aggressive decorating co-op Décorum is an unlikely contender for one of 2022’s standout board games

I LOVE that.
Hex-based miniatures battler Heroscape just rose from the grave after nearly 12 years

13-year-old me is screaming with excitement.
Betrayal 3rd Edition’s Werewolves expansion introduces a new character and five fresh haunts

Who let the were-dogs in?

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Wingspan designer’s next board game is about domesticated foxes

You'll be kitted out.
Free League is reincarnating Sweden’s first TRPG as “mirth and mayhem roleplaying” game Dragonbane

The Swedish tabletop invasion goes back to its roots.
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.

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Decrypto studio’s next board game has you cracking codes using a real analogue computer

Prepare for your brain to hurt.
11 board games to look for at Gen Con 2022

Travel from Great Western Trails to Weirdwood Manors.
Gen Con confirms that masks and proof of vaccination will be required for 2022 event

Follows news from UKGE of no mandatory masks or vaccinations.

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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.

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