Gather with fellow pin collectors in this daily meetup. Find & share rare & collectable Pin Bazaar: Gen Con pins from your fellow pin hunters! A rare pin will be available!
Join fellow attendees for a break fast meal at Shapiro's and participate in reform services.
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Join fellow Gen Con attendees for a post-fast meal at Shapiro's. Attendees have the option to travel on their own or use our bus, free of charge. Meals will be at your expense at Shapiro's, a local kosher style Delicatessen about a fifteen minute walk from the convention center. Post meal, attendees will be returned to the pick up location, to watch streaming services in their hotel room free of charge at https://ihcindy.org/streaming/. Attendees MAY, dependent upon space and COVID regulations, also be given the option of attending services in-person at Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation (IHC); for which round trip bus service will also be provided. Bus pick up information will be provided via event message.
Bring your spare change and help destroy Cardhalla! Bring extra money to bid for the first throw. All proceeds benefit Gen Con's Charity Partners.
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All weekend long, attendees helped build a giant card edifice. Saturday night, it all comes crashing down! Bring all your spare change to pelt the structures into oblivion, and bring folding money to bid for the right to the first coin toss. All proceeds benefit Gen Con's 2019 charity partners - Special Olympics Indiana and Game to Grow.
The most desirable items donated by Exhibitors, Artist, collectors, etc. are auctioned off. All proceeds go to Gen Con's charity partners - Special Olympics Indiana and Game to Grow.
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An event you don't want to miss. The most desirable items are auctioned off and all proceeds to directly to Gen Con's charity partners - Special Olympics Indiana and Game to Grow.
A large-scale, living fantasy painting where you can express your inner artist. Join artist Kathleen Hardy as she creates a one of kind art piece with your help. Walk-ups welcome!
A large-scale, living fantasy painting where you can express your inner artist. Join artist Kathleen Hardy as she creates a one of kind art piece with your help. Walk-ups welcome!
Tabletop gaming legend Peter Adkison explores the origins and history of industry-defining games. In this special episode, Peter will feature special guests and talk about the history of Gen Con!
Join presenters Tanya DePass and Steve Kenson for this premiere speaking experience in the gaming industry. This event will be streamed.
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Inspired by the format that's made TED such a phenomenon, Gen Con is committed to creating a premiere speaking experience in gaming. This event will be streamed live on Gen Con's Main Stage Twitch channel and recorded so people can enjoy and reference back long after the convention is over on the Gen Con YouTube channel.
Join our Industry Guests of Honor and moderator for a free flowing conversation and thought provoking questions about games, game design, world building, and the passion that drives it all.
Industry Guest of Honor: Creative Resilience, Creating in Difficult Times
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Join Guest of Honor Shanna Germain as she discusses why creativity matters in hard times and how you can continue to do it, despite everything. A Q&A will also be included.
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From the personal to the political, being a human in the world is sometimes more difficult than we can imagine. Creating helps us take our power back, gives others power, and really can change the world. But when it's a challenge to just get through the day, how do we find the space, time, and energy to make words, games, stories, and art? Author and game designer Shanna Germain talks about why creativity matters in hard times and how you can continue to do it, despite everything.