All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions

From May 1 to September 2 of this year, your hosts Quarex and Ben made it to the following conventions:

• Congress of Gamers, Spring Session
• Des Moines Con ... or was it Des Moines Comic Con?
• Living Dead…

On this episode, your hosts Quarex and Ben go through all the conventions you'll want to attend* from September 2 to December 31, 2025, including:

Dice Tower Retreat, Council Con 2025, Metagame 2025,…

In this selection of interviews from the exhibit hall floor at Gen Con 2025!

• Luke of Limithron, publishers of Pirate Borg!
• Corey from Amigo Games, fine makers of Where Is Mausi?
• Sarah from Astra Fauna, …

Rarely imitated, never duplicated — Ben and Quarex are back with our second annual Games of the Convention!!! This is the only annual award given out by a podcast about gaming conventions.

Who will w…

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On this very proud conventioncast, your hosts Quarex and Ben talk about everything Gen Con 2025 that didn't involve a game -- from the travel to the parking lots to the TSA agents to (yes) the live a…

On the first episode of our patented two 2-part reviewsodes from Gen Con 2025, your hosts Quarex and Ben review the games we experienced that are worth checking out, including but not limited to:

• Roc…

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As we say goodbye to Gen Con 2025, Quarex and Ben have made a secondary pilgrimage to the year-round home of Indianapolis gaming: the Elf N Moon! While we will bring the heat with our patented four p…

We didn't record at the VIG Mixer! Instead, here's some live content from the ground from the Omni Severin!

Come catch the live recording tomorrow at 9 pm in the Lucas Oil Stadium! You won't want to …

President Quarex and Vice President Ben cast pod from the balcony of the presidential suite of the Omni Severin while the sun sets on Indy. We talk about the vibes, the experience and the excitement …

It's the night before Gen Con Eve, and all through the house, a not Quarex was stirring... because he's already in Indianapolis for day negative four of the best four days in gaming.

On this episode,…

You can find the interactive list of exhibitors for Gen Con 2025 here. Check out:

• AMIGO Games at booth 1907
• 1985 Games at booth 1459
• Hammerdog Games at booth 2309
• Q-Workshop at booths 149 and 1749
• Rowan,…

On this episode, Quarex and Ben introduce you to three content creators that we're big fans of -- and not just because they'll be at Gen Con 2025.

First up, we interview Correy from the YouTube channe…

On this episode, we're joined by the esteemed author Maurice Broaddus. An Indianapolis local, Maurice has attended Gen Con since 2008. This year, he's taken an active leadership role in the Writer's …

On the third of our Gen Con topicsodes, Quarex and Ben step away from the interviewing racket to talk about the lockers in the ICC that have returned after almost 20 years.

It shouldn't go without sa…

While once the domain of Renn faires and Eras Tours, trinket trading has exploded at Gen Con over the past few years. To better understand this new phenomenon, we talk to Bri Pettegrow-Lajoie, the he…

When he was last on the show, Matt Shoemaker was the man who was writing a book on Gen Con. Dreamers, he's done it — he actually wrote the book on Gen Con, and A Gathering of Gamers is releasing late…

Did you know that, when he isn't writing elfgames and Gumshoe tales, renowned RPG author Kevin Kulp is a consultant on fatigue, alertness, and shift work? We are absolutely blessed that he joined us …