All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions

On this episode, we bring you interviews from our convention travels over the first four months of 2026, including: Tiger Wizard of Exalted Funeral (link) at a birthday party at Gary Con. Check out the Tavers: The Meow Wolf RPG ... the exquisite corpse that just funded through Kickstarter!The team from Stillfleet Studio (link) on the exhibit hall floor at PAGE! We are very excited to hear that Stillfleet, Blister Critters, and Danse Macabre should all be back in print soon!Luke at Limithron, the congenial geniuses behind one of the top three Borgs... Pirate Borg! You really need to check out the core rules, the dynamite starter set, or the first campaign expansion Down Among the Dead. Jefferson from One Page Rules, who was at Adepticon showing off their first physical release for Grimdark Future: the Broken Truth Box!Seth from Archon Studios, who released what was probably the hit of Adepticon: the Starcraft Tabletop Miniatures Game!And last, but certainly not least: Sarah Joshua, who designed the cozy bewitching B&B game that is Enchanted Ivy -- which happens to be this publisher's first solo game! In this long interview, Sarah and Ben get somewhat inside baseball on game design and manufacturing, which is something our dreamers who are aspiring game designers would benefit from listening to!

The event submission process has opened up for Gamehole Con 2026. To help our dreamers get their submissions in before space fills up, we're talking with Gamehole Con's Director of Gaming and Facility, Josh Hoyt! Gamehole Con Website (link)GM Policies (link)Submit an Event! (link)Bulk submissions, you coward! (link)Some of Josh's adventure module for Gamehole Publishing! (link)Campfire Tales, the newest release from Chaosium with Josh's name on the cover! (link)And don't forget — it's not too late if you didn't book your hotel already, as the Gamehole team is always working to get new housing added to the block!

On this episode, your hosts review their time at some of the best conventions of the year — each inconveniently held in the month of March! Listen in to hear about:Gary Con (link)Awesome Con (link) Adepticon (link), along with challenger to the Undisputed Midwestern Inter-convention-ental belt... Ben T. Barackus! And even though we have an exhibit hall interviewisode coming up later this month, Quarex manages to squeeze in some discussion about his favorite kind of pod... the BattleTech Cockpit Simulator Pod!

On this episode, we talk with Wes from DM Tales about the charity convention he hosts in Palmyra, NJ: Ecclesicon!Ecclesicon is held May 1-2, 2026 — check out the games at Tabletop.Events!Book Smiles—the charity partner for Ecclesicon!Check out the DM Tales YouTube channel!And support Wes's Ko-Fi page that will get you access to the TTRPG Book Club!You won't want to miss it!

On this episode, Quarex and Ben are talking with esteemed author Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan about his past works, the Irish RPG scene — and of course, his upcoming project for the DIE RPG, the DIE Metadungeon (link). Listen in to hear why this should be an auto-back for anyone who loves RPGs and the history of RPGs, because Gar is putting chocolate into that peanut butter! Visit Gareth's website (link)Check out one of Ben's favorite novels of the last decade, The Sword Defiant (link)Check out DIE: The Roleplaying Game products (link)Publisher: Roward, Rook and Decard (link)But don't forget to check out Hijinx Con, coming to New Hampshire from August 14-16!

Adepticon 2026 is returning to the Baird Center in Milwaukee, WI! From March 25-29, you can attend the preeminent miniatures convention in the United States.This year is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever. Listen in for our take about some of the things you can do, especially if you've pulled a Quarex and haven't signed up for anything yet.Links in the Show Notes!Baird Center Policies (link)Adepticon Parking (link)Pop Up Lockers (link)Fria Ligan (link)Jolly Lark (link)Panda Cult Games (link)Buer Games (link) and the 1490 Doom Narrative Event (link)Eldritch Foundry (link)Para Bellum Games (link)Hero Clix! (link)Heat: Pedal to the Metal Tourney (link)Gaslands Refueled Tourney (link)

The pride of Madison, WI itself—Gamehole Con has grown from being just a regional convention and is now the largest RPG-focused convention in the US! Starting on Monday, March 16 at noon CT, you can start getting ready for Gamehole Con 2026 by booking your hotel through the block! The important event dates come fast and furious over the next several months (link), culminating in the best four days in fall Midwestern Gaming from October 16-19, 2026.Set your calendar to get tickets to the Faster Purple Worm Kill Kill live event! (link)Check out the Gamehole Con GM policies and benefit! (link)Join the official Gamehole Con Facebook group! (link)

It's not quite 8 days to Gary Con XVIII in Lake Geneva, WI—here's what you want to know. The Opening Ceremonies (Flaming Polyhedrals Optional)The Gary Con ShuttleFriends of Bill at Gary ConCAR WARS! Shadowdark in Space!Trouble at Mossbeard Mill!RPEX: the wise man's True Dungeon! Tickets for Dawn PatrolA Gygax Society?!?Puzzled Pint (drinking optional)The judging and plain ol' walking events for the cosplay schedule Tour the Gygax family homeGet signatures from Jeremy Crawford, Jon Peterson, Luke Catgax, and maybe even Kelsey Dionne!Of course, it wouldn't be a Rushmore convention without the chubby on the food scene by Quarex. And don't forget to check out TAVERS: the Meow Wolf Roleplaying Game — on Kickstarter right now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/tavers-the-meow-wolf-roleplaying-game