All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions

On this episode, our dreamers can unwrap an early Xmas gift — five interviews, hung with care from the All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions' chimney. In each gift box, you can listen to the following creators in the board game and miniatures space:Christopher from the always amazing Capstone Games, who just released the weird Wild West wrestling game Rowdy PartnersMike from Rock Manor Games, publishers of the award winning Set a Watch, who are now bringing Spanish language games to the English marketAnjuli from My Mini Factory, who not only provides a marketplace for creators to design the , but was showing off the prototype for the box set of Fighting Fantasy by Sir Ian LivingstoneHermes from Boken Games, who was showing off their prototype of Song of the Wildkin miniatures game at the Addax Games boothJames from Druid City Games, who was showing off the Off with their Heads roll and reveal, Tidal Waves 2 board game and RPGs, Wonderlands War, and Madcala

Just in time to get excited for Gen Con 2026 event and badge season! Listen in as Aimee of the Pod, Aimee interviews Rachel, Bethany, Drake, Jayden & Lily, NotThatDrake, and Vino Veritas from around the Indiana Convention Center! As an added bonus: We have gone back and rehabilitated some of our interview with Munchkin Champion of the Pod, Diana. No promises at the sound quality, but it's an improvement on Episode 147 and provides some background on how one might win a world championship at Gen Con.

On this episode, Quarex and Ben review a gaming convention we didn't attend: BGG CON in Dallas, TX! The flagship convention from the Board Game Geek team, this is perhaps the largest and most preeminent of the gameslibrarycons in the US. It also happened on the same weekend as PAX Unplugged, meaning that we weren't able to make the convention. One of your own was in attendance, and he helped us cover it as a member of the media! We're so grateful that dreamer Ben T. Barrackus could join us so we could add BGG Con to our coverage roster.Don't forget to send in your Dreamer Dispatches using this Google Form and maybe you can also be our far flung press corps!

On our second longest episode to date, Quarex and Ben provide you with all the conventions you'll want to check out during the first third of 2026, including:Super MAG Fest, Winter WGG Con, Windy City Skirmish, Geekway Mini, Tundracon, Midwinter Gaming Con, SnowCon, AdamCon, PAGE 3, Chattanooga Rail Gaming Challenge, RiverCityCon, Star City Games Con, VerminCon, Winter Offensive, Winterfest Wargaming XXVIII, CaptainCon, Winter War, Aggie Con, Winter Fantasy, Cold Wars, CapriCon, Atlanta Game Fest, TantrumCon, Chuck-A-Thon, Games with Trains, Decepta Con, DunDraCon, Polar Vortex, Genghis Con, Escape Winter Con, Total ConFusion, Dreamation, PrezCon Winter Nationals, GAD-CON, Hoop and Stick Con, Marmalade Dog, Intercon, GAMA EXPO, Granite Game Summit, Blerd Con, Buckeye Game Fest, Dice Tower West, Kenny Con, Unpub Fest, Atlanta Scifi and Fantasy Expo, Awesome Con, Gary Con, Ground Zero Games East Coast Convention XXVIII, Adepticon, PAX East, NerdFest, Friends Across the Board, Circle DC, Chaosium Con, D8 Summit Charity Gaming Convention, TAG Con, OSR Con, Who’s Yer Con, Final 3 Con, Warhammer Spring Retreat, Raven Con, Midwest Gaming Classic, Final Boss Con, Dave Con, and Congress of Gamers Spring Session. Internationally, you can attend Unboxed Game Fest 2.0 (Ahmedabad, India), Warpcon (Cork, Ireland), Breakout Con (Toronto, Canada), Luxcon (Luxembourg), Calgary Expo (Calgary, Canada), and Mega XP (Mexico City, Mexico).As promised, you can read the DunDraCon History at this following link: https://www.dundracon.com/DDC_History.php 

We hope our dreamers have enjoyed their Thanksgiving as much as we did! On this episode, we review Ben's time at PAX Unplugged 2025 in beautiful, marathon-ridden Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Pick up a Button Shy Game! (link)Lead into game night with Super Show: Super Lucha! (link)ARTOVISION's excellent shadowboxes! (link)Get notified when Chicken Fried Dice goes live on Kickstarter! (link)Back Mystic Curling Club on Kickstarter! (link)And for real, go and listen to some Mountain Goats, y'all hear? You can start out with Tallahassee or The Sunset Tree for some of the classics. You don't have to be a ex-pro wrestler to enjoy Beat the Champ, and you don't have to play D&D to rock out to In League With Dragons. They just put out a new record that you could also check out.

On this episode, Quarex and Ben provide all the late and late-breaking news from PAX Unplugged 2025, such as: Philadelphia Marathon Road ClosuresSpecial Guests from Sit Down & Shut UpOops All Himbos (and Quarex Impersonator) Jay FosterAEW Wrasslers at the 9th Level Games BoothTwilight Imperium Tournament for Those Who Make Great DecisionsAEG Big Game NightBetter Boothing: Making the Most Out of Your First Con TableAlbi Ceska Repubika at Booth 2701Button Shy Games at Booth 3442Love, Career & Magic at Booth 3143Our Brilliant Ruin: The Tie In You'll Tie Into Your Game TableMaybe Don't Sign "The Agreement" from Table Tapas Games?The Page That Finally Updated: Pinny Arcade!Rumblings of a Trinket TradeFirst Look Showcase at PAX UnpluggedAnd if you're at PAX Unplugged and want to meet up with your other host Ben, why don't you reach out through social media or email?

On this very off-cycle episode, your hosts are reviewing some important deadlines you'll want to pay attention to (and soon), like: Gen Con VIG Badge Applications are open! Get them in before your chance closes on December 1! Origins Game Fair has already opened up its event submissions for June 2026, while badges and hotels go up for sale in the coming weeks! We'll return tomorrow with our regularly scheduled PAX Unplugged previewsode.

On this episode, we're joined by three creators doing cool stuff in and around the expo hall at PAX Unplugged 2025! Not only have they designed Garbage & Glory, Wrastlevania, and Boom Patrol, Nicole Amato is also the games outreach coordinator at Kickstarter. They're attending the convention in their official capacity, and you might even find some time to meet and show the next great game! Stephen from Roll for Combat comes on to talk about the company's current lines for 5E, Pathfinder, and Shadowdark, as well as all the new things coming in 2026! Go say hello at booth 4057, or sign up to play their Shadowdark adventures with Lurking Fears using their Warhorn page!He's a professional wrestler! He's a professional wrestling commentator! He's a professional wrestling game designer with SRG Universe! The one and only Triple L... Loudmouth Leo Larynx comes onto to talk about the latest expansion to the #1 card game Supershow the Game... SUPER LUCHA! Check them out at booth 2547, or find their full slate of Supershow the Game tournaments, drafts, and learn to plays.