Catch the Latest Modiphius Updates at ModCon, Streaming on Twitch this Weekend

On Saturday, September 23 at 5PM BST / 12PM EST / 9AM PST, Modiphius Entertainment is once again hosting their own mini convention, ModCon! Join the stream on Twitch for the latest news and reveals for Fallout Factions, Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, Achtung! Cthulhu, Dreams & Machines, and Cohors Cthulhu. Members of the creative teams behind these popular games will be on hand to answer questions...

Announcing the Official 2023 Gen Con Charity Partners

Gen Con Announces Indy Reads and Game Pathways as Official Charity Partners for 2023 Convention INDIANAPOLIS (March 3, 2023) — Gen Con, the largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention in North America, has selected Indy Reads and Game Pathways as its official charity partners for 2023. Since moving to Indianapolis in 2003, the annual convention has raised more than $400,000 for its charity...

Writers from Battlestar Galactica, Leverage, Warehouse 13, Outlander Created the Scripts for DisCon III’s Opening/Closing and Hugo Awards Ceremonies

(Washington, DC) A talented and imaginative team of writers have created the script for the Opening/Closing and Hugo Awards Ceremonies at DisCon III, the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Washington, DC., December 15-19, 2021. The writers’ room is led by head writer Marque Franklin-Williams and joined by Jason Marcus, Holly Moyer, Danielle Nicki, Ian Maddox, and Tilly and Susan Bridges. Writers’...

MODCon – How to be a Great GM!

LEARN HOW TO BE A GREAT GM AT MODCON! Modiphius is inviting Gamemasters from across the world no matter what RPG they play, to come and learn How to be a Great GM with a host of free online panels to help you level up your skills! MODCon Friday, December 4th, is How to be a Great GM day! In collaboration with the YouTube channel How to be a Great GM, we have got an amazing line-up of some of...

Cryptozoic Announces Cryptozoic Con ’20 II

Second Virtual Event of the Year Features Live Streams, News about Upcoming Products, and Exclusive Outlander Wardrobe Cards and DC Lil Bombshells and Cryptkins Vinyl Figures Lake Forest, CA — June 4, 2020 — Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of tabletop games, trading cards, and collectibles, today announced Cryptozoic Con ’20 II, a virtual event that will take place June 11-12. During...

Upcoming Digital Showcase New Game+ Expo Announced for June 2020

Upcoming Digital Showcase New Game+ Expo Announced for June 2020   14 video game publishers come together to bring exciting announcements and connect with fans via an all-new showcase on June 23.   May 20, 2020 – New Game+ Expo (NGPX), a collaborative initiative of 14 video game publishers based in North America and Japan, will host...

Join Us For Renegade Con: Virtual Edition June 5-7!

Announcing Renegade Con Virtual – June 5-7 2020! Renegade Game Studios invites gamers from around the world to attend virtual convention happening June 5th-7th 2020. (San Diego, CA) We are pleased to announce Renegade Con, the first convention produced to showcase all of the Renegade Game Studios’ games and all of their fandoms. This first convention also...

PAIZOCON ONLINE 2020 SCHEDULED FOR MAY 26-31

Get ready to stay safe at home as you play awesome Pathfinder and Starfinder games with friends around the world! REDMOND, WASHINGTON (April 27, 2020): Paizo is excited to announce that PaizoCon 2020 will be online! The annual game convention of all-things-Paizo, originally scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend in Seattle, will fall-back, regroup, and expand to...

Day 1 Schedule: Cryptozoic Con Starts April 16 at 12:00 Pacific

Welcome to Cryptozoic’s first ever virtual convention: Cryptozoic Con 2020. Join us tomorrow at 12 pm PT on Zoom or Facebook Live to preview all of the latest collectibles, trading cards, and tabletop games. Starting the first day of the event, Cryptozoic will sell two exclusive vinyl figures: Blue & Pink Harley Quinn, part of the DC Lil Bombshells line, and Cosmic Cerberus, from...

Cryptozoic Announces Cryptozoic Con 2020

  Virtual Event Features Live Streams, Previews of Upcoming Products, and Exclusive Outlander Wardrobe Cards and DC Lil Bombshells and Cryptkins Vinyl Figures Lake Forest, CA — April 9, 2020 — Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of tabletop games, trading cards, and collectibles, today announced Cryptozoic Con 2020, a virtual event that will take place April 16-17. During various live...

Convention Report – Climbing the (Bigger) Game Summit 2013

Climbing the (Bigger) Game Summit 2013 By The Warden Could it already be a year since the last Game Summit? Why yes, yes it can. Did I go? Yes, yes I did. Was it the same as last year? No, no it was not. (You can refresh your memory by checking out last year’s review of Game Summit here.) Since it’s initial festivities in the Fall of 2008, the Game Summit tabletop gaming convention held...

A Brit’s First Experience at Gen Con

Martin Tideswell, a 40-year-old newspaper journalist from England, was making his first trip to the States when he attended Gen Con Indy… The sky above Indianapolis was a striking blue when I began my journey home and as my plane reached the wispy, candy floss clouds I began to reflect on my first Gen Con and, indeed, my first trip to the States. As I arrived at immigration a stern-looking fellow...

Gen Con Report – Thursday August 16 Highlights

For more information, take a look at our Twitter feed to see the pictures and information posted during Thursday. Otherwise, here’s a few of the highlights. Full interviews will be posted when I return. I spoke with James Sutton from RedBrick and found that they are rolling into a new, reemerging FASA with James at its head. The current RedBrick lines will fall under the FASA label along with...

Roleplayers Chronicle is Heading to Gen Con

As you read this (unless you read this after 7:00 PM EST), I am on my way to Gen Con. It’s a lengthy drive, but definitely worth it. I’ll be doing lots of wandering through the Vendor Hall, attending seminars, gathering pictures, and doing interviews. As with last year, that means there will be a break in our regular news during the course of these next 5 days (Wednesday – Sunday). From...

Gen Con Report – Publisher Sneak Peek, Part II

Welcome to a special edition of the Gen Con Report. Prior to the start of Gen Con, we’re attempting to collect as much information as we can on the products that are being released / featured at Gen Con so readers know what to expect. Hopefully this will be a multi-part series, but here is a look at the next publishers who have provided this “inside” information. Crafty Games First,...

Tales from the Gazebo – KantCon: Consult your Happiness Officer

KantCon: Consult your Happiness Officer By Cape Rust Sticking to my now recently established Con pattern, I started sniffing around to find an open seat in the 1400 to 1800 gaming slot. I saw that there was a Paranoia game with a few open seats during that time. Paranoia, I haven’t played Paranoia in years (actually it is closer to decades, but who’s counting). Paranoia is one of those games...

Gen Con 2012 Highlights – Know Before you Go

Gen Con has several highlights for the upcoming convention. Gen Con Gets Ready for 45th Anniversary Show Highlights INDIANAPOLIS (July 30, 2012) – Gen Con Indy 2012 will return to the Indiana Convention Center for its 45th Anniversary in less than one month. THE BEST FOUR DAYS IN GAMING™ return August 16-19, 2012. Gen Con Indy is the original, longest running, best attended, gaming convention...

Tales from the Gazebo – KantCon: Where I Become a Sentinel of the Multiverse

KantCon: Where I Become a Sentinel of the Multiverse By Cape Rust After that amazing Ingenium game, I hung around KantCon for a while longer before I had to leave to attend my regular game. I would have loved to stay and try to sit in on a game, but KantCon is only once a year and my regular gaming group is there all the time. They would have been fine without me, but they are a really great group...

Tales from the Gazebo – KantCon: Elder Evils and Inquisitive Licks!

KantCon: Elder Evils and Inquisitive Licks! By Cape Rust After our Characters had been introduced it was time to start our adventure. It turns out that we had all been captured, knocked out and awoke in a cell. The cell didn’t have bars, it had walls and a door with a viewing slat and a small opening at the bottom to slide food in and out. We quickly came up with at least 5 different plans to...

Tales from the Gazebo – KantCon: Playtested, Gamer Approved!

KantCon: Playtested, Gamer Approved! By Cape Rust After spending the morning watching other people game, window shopping with the vendors and conversing with some of my new friends, it came time for the 2 – 6 P.M. (I wish people would use the 24 hour clock over here, it is so much easier!) Ingenium game slot. You already know what I think of Silver Gryphon Games as a company so there is no need...