Corporate Fact Sheet

What Is Gen Con?

Gen Con is the renowned consumer and trade convention experience dedicated to gaming culture and community.

Gen Con, known as “The Best Four Days in Gaming™,” will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2027. It is the largest and longest-running annual event dedicated to tabletop gaming culture in North America.

The convention, which began in 1968 in Lake Geneva, WI, takes place each summer in Indianapolis, IN. During the convention, attendees shop and demo games from hundreds of exhibiting companies and choose from thousands of ticketed events representing a wide array of board games, card games, roleplaying games, seminars, entertainment events, and more.

With an avid fanbase of more than 250,000 consumers and industry followers, Gen Con is the foremost destination for those seeking a welcoming, community-driven, hobby-wide experience, from serious players to casual fans.

Game manufacturers and publishers consistently center Gen Con as the place to launch new games and products, showcase their bestsellers, and host immersive gameplay events. From easy-to-learn family games to epic storytelling adventures, playing games is what it's all about.

Where Is It Held?

Gen Con takes place each summer at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Gen Con features non-stop, around-the-clock gaming, including roleplaying games (RPGs), trading card games (TCGs), cooperative games, miniatures games, board games, and more. Nearly 30,000 ticketed events and over 500 exhibitors make Gen Con the "can't miss" event of the year.

While the annual event takes place each summer in Indianapolis, Gen Con is headquartered near Seattle, Washington.

What Kind of Events Happen at Gen Con?

Gen Con is the quintessential playing field for all types of gaming. Attendees of all ages and skill come to participate in RPGs, TCGs, card games, board games, family games, live-action roleplaying games (LARPs), miniatures games, party games, and more.

What Other Events Are Available at Gen Con?

Spanning four days, Gen Con is also host to a multitude of non-gaming, hobby-related events, including a best-in-class Art Show, Writers Symposium, Authors Avenue, film festival, costume contest, board game auction, Makers Market, Entrepreneurs Avenue, Game Design Academy, and a Kids Zone, for the littlest of gamers. The Gen Con Block Party serves up tasty meals and refreshing beverages for attendees, featuring the best of Indy’s local restaurants, including a Sun King Beer Garden, dozens of food trucks, and themed dishes from HotBox Pizza, Harry & Izzy’s, Helm Coffee Roasters, Daniels Vineyards, and more.

Brief History

Gen Con has served as a prominent name in the gaming world for 60 years. It began as a meeting between friends to play games in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin— thus the name Gen (Geneva) Con (Convention). Today, that name lives on in the gaming community as the place to experience The Best Four Days in Gaming!

Peter Adkison, founder and former CEO of Wizards of the Coast, is the majority co-owner of Gen Con, LLC. Peter Adkison purchased Gen Con from Wizards of the Coast in 2002.

Corporate Office
Gen Con LLC is a privately held company with corporate offices situated at:
230 Auburn Way, Ste 1B #120
Auburn, WA 98002-5451
gencon.com

For More Information

Contact Gen Con's PR Manager, Stacia Kirby at (206) 478-5841 or [email protected].