All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions

In the fourth of our five Gen Con prepisodes, we talk about the best practices on how our dreamers can prepare to get around the Indiana Convention Center. From visiting your event spaces on Wednesda…

On this episode, we help our dreamers prepare to eat to their heart's content (while gaming to their hearts content). We discuss such interesting topics as:

• Bringing food to Gen Con Indy
• Buying food f…

In this episode, we discuss everything with wheels that isn't a work of Robert Jordan and how it affects your Gen Con.

• Where do you park your car?
• How do you get from the airport?
• How do you get arou…

In the first of our prepisodes for Gen Con 2024, we talk about all the packing considerations for our favorite convention. Whether you fly, drive, or jog to Indianapolis, you won't want to miss our c…

At the cusp of our first anniversary (and fifty-second episode), Ben and Quarex reflect on the first year of casting pod.

• Buy us a coffee on Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/dreamaboutgamingconventions
• Wear y…

In this episode, Ben and Quarex recap their time spent in Columbus OH at Origins Games Fair 2024. You won't want to miss it!

But first -- a dreamer highlight from Scotland!

Tabletop Scotland (link)

UK …

Matsuricon (link) is a Columbus, OH anime convention over Labor Day Weekend (August 31 - September 2). Because they have a growing board game and RPG element, they got a booth at Origins this year. J…

Ben and Quarex recorded 10 interviews with exhibitors while attending Origins Game Fair 2024. These are five of the interviews, which focus on game creators.

Zero Strategy Games (link) is a publisher …

It's Thursday night, and both Ben and Quarex are in Columbus for Origins Game Fair! Of course we had to record a live episode about what is proving to be a great convention.

(Shortly thereafter, a 7Y…

Quarex and Ben are both going to be in Columbus for Origins Game Fair! In this episode, we talk about plans for getting to and getting around the convention. Most importantly, the lads talk GAMES!

• Spo…

Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast set the Gen Conosphere aflame with its sponsored announcement trumpeted their return to Gen Con:

Join us to experience the release of Bloomburrow, the latest Magic: The…

This episode, Quarex provides a convention review of Sioux City Geek Con, a free convention in Sioux City, IA!

More importantly, we're joined by Isaac Vega of Rose Gauntlet Games about the Rose Gaunt…

We take a break from our Origins and Gen Con coverage to discuss the fourth or fifth head on the Rushmore of US Gaming Conventions -- Dragon Con.

It's not until August 29, but it's never too early to…

This episode, Ben is joined by Dr. Drew to talk about the Gen Con Live Auction! Quarex shows up late and regales our dreamers with stories of almost 20 years of his attendance at the auction.

• Registe…

It's early May and we already have the map for the Gen Con Exhibit Hall? Next thing you'll tell us is that Pastimes submitted all the Magic the Gathering events in time for the event catalog. (Oh wai…

Last Sunday, May 19, GEN CON processed our dreamers' wish lists. Your hosts Ben and Quarex talk about their experience on Wish List day and give broader voices to those dreamers who are coping with a…

The Gen Con event catalog can be accessed here: https://www.gencon.com/events?c=indy2024. This is the EventDB website that collects everything: https://gencon.eventdb.us/

These are the event listing w…