ContrarianPicked up my #GenCon badge and tickets from the Post Office today. As usual, the free badge lanyard is advertising a game I've never heard of and will never play.
Sometimes, I think Origins Gamefair only exists so that #GenCon will have a little brother to pick on. Anyway, I expect to be banned from this group soon, because I probably deserve it!
TheD34n ☑️Starting to setup meetings for Gen Con. Have a product you want to show off? Are you a developer who wants to chat about your latest game? Or just want to grab a beer and talk board games? Hit me up! #GenCon
Rascal News [Unofficial]For some publishers, the cost of missing Gen Con outweighs mounting risks
2 Targs in a CheSvel 
I am going to be running a few Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG games at Gencon this year.
Didn't get into any of the games, so I decided the next best thing would be to run it, so I contacted the company coordinating their games.
JAVAPROMost JVM teams inherit GC defaults and hope for the best. That works — until pause spikes hit production. This guide explains when #Gencon, balanced or Concurrent Scavenge make sense.
Breakdown by B. Singh, A. Micic, D. Pivkine & @tobi_ajila: https://javapro.io/2026/05/21/openj9-gc-policies-how-to-choose-the-right-collector/
#OpenJ9
Egg EmbryBrian Colin, artist, and creator at Creature Curation, LLC, is crowdfunding a #PirateBorg RPG zine with a standard cover and optional sketch cover with original art by Brian. It got me to thinking, at a convention, an RPG zine with a blank sketch cover would be a great way for an artist to reimagine a project's cover image. I would love to see blank covers at #GenCon, #PAXUnplugged, #UKGamesExpo, #OriginsGameFair and everywhere dice are slung including game stores.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creaturecuration/nagvals-curse-adventure-lore-compatible-with-pirate-borg
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creaturecuration/nagvals-curse-adventure-lore-compatible-with-pirate-borg
Michelle (she/her) 
🇵🇷Screaming God from #KingdomDeathMonster assembled. The mold lines weren't that bad but so many parts. I'm happy with how it came out.
I only got 8 of my multitude of games I had on my wishlist for Gencon. Last year's #Gencon was the best of my entire life and I knew it was an anomaly and luck so I'm happy with what I got. I'll also be helping out the 48 Hour KDM guys so you will find me there most of the time, at the Omni.
#GenCon tickets purchased. Struck out on #FantasyAGE, but that was mostly because of scheduling conflicts. Got tickets for both of the #Dune games my wife wants to play. She loves "Dune." I, on the other hand, might need to pack a cheat sheet.
novelgazer 
#GenCon2026 event tickets secured! Got all our first choices, too. It adds up fast—capitalism fatigue setting in. Never want to spend money again.