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08/05/2024 — Gen Con, The largest and longest running tabletop gaming convention, breaks all-time attendance records for historic 2024 event
07/29/2024 — Gen Con Indy 2024 Arrives This Week for Historic, Sold-Out Convention, Celebrates 50 Years of Dungeons & Dragons With Special Events
03/01/2024 — Gen Con Announces Tangram and The Rose Gauntlet Foundation as Official Charity Partners for 2024 Convention
01/12/2024 — Gen Con Announces 2024 Registration Dates and Badge Prices
08/07/2023 — Gen Con Breaks Attendance Record in 2023 as It Marks 20th Year in Indianapolis
07/31/2023 — Gen Con Indy 2023 Returns to Indianapolis to Celebrate 20 Years at Indy
03/03/2023 — Gen Con Announces Indy Reads and Game Pathways as Official Charity Partners for 2023 Convention
01/10/2023 — Gen Con Announces 2023 Registration Dates and Badge Prices
08/08/2022 — Gen Con Draws Over 50,000 Attendees in Return to Pre-Pandemic Scale
08/01/2022 — Gen Con Returns to Indianapolis This Week for 55th Anniversary Edition of The Best Four Days in Gaming™
01/18/2022 — Gen Con Announces Jasper’s Game Day and the Patachou Foundation as Official Charity Partners for 2022 Convention
01/06/2022 — Gen Con Announces 2022 Registration Dates, Badge Prices, and Vaccination and Masking Requirements
09/20/2021 — Gen Con Indy 2021 Returns to Indianapolis, Drawing Over 35,000 Attendees
09/14/2021 — Gen Con Returns to Indianapolis September 16-19 for The Best Four Days in Gaming™
07/13/2021 — Gen Con Announces Czech Games Edition as Co-Sponsor of 2021 Convention
06/28/2021 — Gen Con Announces New Official Merchandise Partnership with Rollacrit
05/07/2021 — Gen Con Announces 2021 Badge Registration Dates
08/03/2020 — Gen Con Online Draws Over 40,000 for Digital-Only Tabletop Convention
05/19/2020 — Gen Con Announces Cancellation of 2020 Convention, Plans for Online Event
03/12/2020 — Updates on Gen Con and COVID-19
03/12/2020 — R. A. Salvatore Announced as Gen Con’s 2020 Author Guest of Honor
03/05/2020 — Christopher Burdett, Nen Chang, and Steve Prescott Announced as Featured Artists for Gen Con 2020 Art Show
02/20/2020 — Gen Con Selects Take This and Trinity Haven as Charity Partners for 2020 Convention
08/05/2019 — Gen Con Looks to the Future After Record-Breaking 2019 Convention
07/26/2019 — Gen Con 2019 to Feature Record-Breaking Number of Exhibitors and Events
07/25/2019 — Gen Con and Make-A-Wish® Grant First-of-its-Kind Wish at 2019 Convention
07/24/2019 — Gen Con Expands Official Merchandise With Gamer Lifestyle Apparel Offerings
06/21/2019 — Gen Con Expands Gen Con TV Streaming Video Program with New Shows
05/22/2019 — Monte Cook and Shanna Germain Announced as Gen Con 2019 Industry Guests of Honor
05/10/2019 — Tanya DePass and Steve Kenson Announced as 2019 Gen Con Insights Speakers
05/03/2019 — Gen Con Announces Pop-Up Convention Activations in US Game Stores
04/12/2019 — Cherie Priest Announced as Gen Con’s 2019 Author Guest of Honor
03/15/2019 — Emily Fiegenschuh, Ralph Horsley, Omar Rayyan Announced as Gen Con’s 2019 Featured Artists
02/22/2019 — Gen Con Extends Partnership with HotBox Pizza for Three Years
02/08/2019 — Gen Con Extends Partnership with Sun King Brewery for Three Years
01/24/2019 — Gen Con Signs Three-Year Co-Sponsorship Extension with Paizo Inc.
01/11/2019 — Gen Con Signs Three-Year Co-Sponsorship Agreement with Fantasy Flight Games
12/13/2018 — Gen Con Selects Game to Grow and Special Olympics Indiana as Charity Partners for 2019 Convention
10/19/2018 — Gen Con Extends with Indy through 2023
08/16/2018 — Gen Con Reaches New Heights in 2018 with a Year of Firsts
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