I’ve been saying for weeks this was coming, and today we got the word, There will be no Gen Con this year. In an open letter to supporters published Tuesday, just 72 days before the doors were slated to open, Team Gen Con announced the cancellation of the convention citing health and […]
ESSEN GAME FAIR CANCELED
Covid 19 claims another… Essen Game Fair has been canceled, the organizers announced. The show was scheduled for October 22-25; the next event will be October 14-17, 2021. Internationale Spieltage SPIEL (the German name of the event), held annually since 1983, is the largest game fair in the world, and an event where […]
Gen Con Event Registration Delayed
Usually, this time we are pouring over the event list and getting ready to try to get the events we want to do at Gen Con, well this year not so much. Gen Con LLC is taking early action ahead of one of the state’s largest conventions in response to the COVID-19 […]
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON, WONDERCON CANCELED
A sad day for us in the geek culture world. The organizers of San Diego Comic-Con and WonderCon, have canceled both shows for 2020 and plan to return in 2021, the organization said in an announcement today. “Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures and while we are saddened to take this action, we […]
Origins Game Fair Postponed To October
The Game Manufacturers Association has postponed Origins Game Fair, originally scheduled for June 17-21, to October 7-11 in Columbus, Ohio due to the coronavirus pandemic, that is gripping the world at the moment. The decision to postpone the convention follows extensive discussions with its membership, the city of Columbus, th