Gen Con

Gen Con is a large tabletop gaming convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Its program combines roleplaying sessions, board games, tournaments, panels, workshops, design discussions, crafting, family activities, and an exhibit hall. It is a useful DICEWIKI event record because it shows how dice participate in a wider convention ecosystem rather than existing only as isolated products.

What visitors can do

The official events page groups together many kinds of participation. Visitors can schedule games, attend panels, join workshops, explore exhibitors, and meet other players. The convention therefore serves several audiences at once: people looking for a first tabletop experience, experienced players seeking organized play, creators presenting work, and companies introducing products or services.

Scale and exhibitor context

Gen Con’s official press FAQ describes more than 70,000 gaming enthusiasts, more than 20,000 gaming events, and more than 500 exhibit-hall booths. The figures are official descriptions of the convention’s scale, not a promise that every year will have identical attendance or programming. The exhibitor information and current event schedule remain the best sources for a specific edition.

Dice relevance

Dice are part of roleplaying sessions, board games, skirmish and strategy play, demonstrations, and many forms of organized tabletop activity. The convention also creates a setting where players can compare dice materials, numbering, edge profiles, accessories, and game-specific conventions in person. A DICEWIKI entry should avoid treating a convention appearance as proof that a product is fair, durable, or officially endorsed. Those claims need their own sources.

Planning and dates

Gen Con’s future-dates page lists the 2027 convention for 5–8 August 2027. Venue arrangements, event registration windows, ticket rules, room blocks, and exhibitor details can change. Visitors should use the official schedule and attendance pages for the current edition, while DICEWIKI keeps the date field tied to the date on which it was verified.

How DICEWIKI records it

The directory stores the organizer, venue, city, country, official event URL, date range, event type, region, scale note, and dice-relevance note. This separates stable identity information from yearly details. When a future edition has not yet published a schedule, the record should say so rather than filling the gap with an estimate.

Related DICEWIKI pages

Browse tabletop events, dice notation, dice pools, and dice games. Community members can submit a sourced update when an official Gen Con page changes.

Sources and editorial notes

1. Gen Con official events page, for event categories and programming.
2. Gen Con official press FAQ, for official scale figures.
3. Gen Con official future dates, for the 2027 date range.
4. Last verified by DICEWIKI editors: 2026-09-10.