All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions

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. Register your stuff for the Gen Con Live Auction and Consignment Sale! https://livegameauctions.com/Watch someone gift Frank Mentzer $3,000 in dice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3voQGTnP9AGet tickets for our live podcast recording on Saturday night of Gen Con! https://www.gencon.com/events/251393

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 wait...)Ben and Quarex take you through our first impressions for the Exhibit Hall this year. You won't want to miss it.No idea why the first uploaded version had bonus silence and Quarex Googling in it.

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 nightmare. We still have tickets to our Live Podcast Recording! https://www.gencon.com/events/251393 Play in Ben's epic adventure, Operation Tango at Twistwarden Abbey! https://www.gencon.com/events/250865 And if you're suffering from depression, please reach out to a resource like SAMHSA's National Helpline (https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline) or the Suicide Crisis Hotline (https://988lifeline.org/). Believe us when we say that we really want to play games with you. Reach out at Gen Con!

This week, Alec Usticke joins us to talk about his year round Gen Con experience, helping to run the Fans of Gen Con Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2246486901). He also clues us into WGG Con, held from August 29 to September 2 (http://www.westchestergaming.org/wggcon/).

Dreamers, Ben and Quarex are both going to Origins this year! With this in mind, and knowing that this is Ben's first time thinking about going to Origins since the halcyon days of 2004, your hosts talk about the hotels, the driving, the food, the food, the gaming, and the food at Origins Games Fair.

Perhaps one of the least understood and easiest to screw up parts of attending Gen Con is the Wish List process. List to this super short episode, where we'll highlight everything you need to know about the wish listing process and processing.

At Gen Con 2024, we will be recording a live podcast, including live games and a killer fourth meal! and other live games! Get your ticket at the following link!https://www.gencon.com/events/251393You can also find your hosts at the following events:Ben's RPG EventsThursday, 10 am. Haunting of the Ironwood Thorp, a Gen Con exclusive adventure for Tales of the Valiant (https://www.gencon.com/events/248861)Thursday, 2 pm Swallowed Whole, a VIP game for Tales of the Valiant. One room, one table, one swag bag makes for an unforgettable experience (https://www.gencon.com/events/251866)Thursday, 7 pm. Operation Tango at Twistwarden Abbey, an interactive adventure for Tales of the Valiant (https://www.gencon.com/events/250865)Friday, 10 am. Shards of the Spellforge, an intro adventure for Tales of the Valiant (https://www.gencon.com/events/249406) Friday, 2 pm. Lost Tomb of Nargoth, a higher level Tales of the Valiant adventure (https://www.gencon.com/events/249400) Sunday, 10 am. Haunting of the Ironwood Thorp, a Gen Con exclusive adventure for Tales of the Valiant (https://www.gencon.com/events/248861)Quarex's ScheduleFriday Auction: Sci-Fi RPGs (https://www.gencon.com/events/250774)Friday Auction: TSR Roleplaying Games (https://www.gencon.com/events/250822)Friday Auction: Collector Section (https://www.gencon.com/events/250823) Saturday Auction: TOVA (https://www.gencon.com/events/250857)Saturday Auction: Charity (https://www.gencon.com/events/250858)Also, we will have an assistant at Gen Con! Go find Aimee and get a ribbon for your badge!

It's our regular roundup of the convention you ought to check out, dreamers!ALSO, Ben is a stretch goal for Campaign Builder: Dungeons and Ruins! Check out the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepmagic/campaign-builder-dungeons-and-ruinsMay ConventionsCoreCon: https://www.fargocorecon.org/DemiCon: https://demicon.org/35/Kobold Con: https://koboldpress.com/first-ever-kobold-con-online-convention/Kubla Con:https://kublacon.com/Paizo Con: https://paizo.com/paizoconDie Con: https://www.diecon.com/Main/June ConventionsQuad Con: https://quadcitycon.com/Origins Game Fair: https://www.originsgamefair.com/Planet Funk Con: https://www.planetfunkcon.com/July ConventionsDex Lite: https://dexposure.com/home.htmlConvergence Con: https://www.convergence-con.org/