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All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions
In "All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions," your hosts Ben and Quarex discuss how to prepare for, how to get to, and how to have the best time at gaming conventions. We interview the people who attend, exhibit, and yes even run gaming conventions.
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Episode 195: DIE Valiantly with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
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…
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Episode 194: Our Adepticon Preview
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…
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Episode 193: GET ON IT (Gamehole Con 2026)
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…
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Episode 192: A Positive Previewsode of Gary Con 2026
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…
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Episode 191: New Games at Gary Con and Adepticon
On this episode, we're talking with three creators who are bringing new games to crowdfunding while they attend Gary Con and Adepticon. Yoav Niv is bringing…
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Episode 190: Getting the Hotel Room of your Dreams for Gen Con 2026
On this episode, your hosts Quarex and Ben help you get over your Lottery Day blues and figure out how to get the room of your dreams by the time Gen Con rolls…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 189: Gen Con Lottery Days Woes
As the Gen Con housing lottery for 2026 has come and gone, you undoubtedly have feelings. We're here for you now—solutions come on Tuesday. Hosted on Acast…
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Episode 188: Prep for Gary Con Like a Celebrity
On this episode, we're getting you prepped for Gary Con XVIII from March 19-22, 2026! You'll want to be sure to: Buy that badge! Book that hotel! Park that…
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Episode 187: Previewing an Event-full Origins 2026
On this episode, we talk with Gregoire Boisbelaud, the Events Director for Origins Game Fair! Listen in as Get your badge for Origins 2026 (link) — only the…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 186: Gen Con Badges and Housing Lottery
Gen Con Badges go on sale on Sunday, February 8, and the Gen Con Housing Lottery kicks off at 12 pm ET on Sunday February 22. Only one podcast helps you…
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Episode 185: Conventioning from Labor Day into the New Year
Listen in to hear all about the conventions we attended in the last third of the year, like EuroQuest, Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, Tabletop Central…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 184: Our Time at PAGE 3
Quarex and Ben don't often attend the same convention at the same time, so when you can find them at the same convention in the middle of January, you gotta…
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Episode 183: Munchkin Gets a Second Edition
Shortly after this episode releases, the fine folks at Steve Jackson Games are releasing the long awaited 2nd Edition of Munchkin! As better explained on…
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Episode 182: Special Guests and Creators at PAGE 3
Starting this Thursday, January 15, you can attend PAGE 3 in the Philly suburbs! To get you ready, we're talking with a special guest and a creator who will be…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 181: Gen Con Event Submissions in 2026
On this episode, Quarex and Ben tell you everything you wanted to know about running events at Gen Con but were too afraid to ask. Key links include: Gen Con…
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Episode 180: Previewing PAGE 3
On this episode, Quarex and Ben are getting you ready for the third annual Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo, known to all as PAGE 3! Both your hosts will be in…
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Episode 179: A Dessert Course of Interviews (BGG Con)
On this episode, Ben T. Barackus talks with the following vendors at BGG Con using his real life press badge: Steve Jackson Games, makers of Purrfect Potions…
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Episode 178: A Feast of RPG Interviews (PAX Unplugged)
On this special Boxing Day release, our dreamers get five more interviews with creators in the indie RPG design space who came to PAX Unplugged! Brian Liberge…
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Episode 177: An Appetizer of Expo Hall Interviews (PAX Unplugged)
On this episode, our dreamers can unwrap an early Xmas gift — five interviews, hung with care from the All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions' chimney. In…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 176: Nerd Xmas in December (Gen Con)
Just in time to get excited for Gen Con 2026 event and badge season! Listen in as Aimee of the Pod, Aimee interviews Rachel, Bethany, Drake, Jayden & Lily…
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Episode 175: Spreading our Wings to BGG Con 2025
On this episode, Quarex and Ben review a gaming convention we didn't attend: BGG CON in Dallas, TX! The flagship convention from the Board Game Geek team, this…
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Episode 174: Hot Stove Convention Round Up
On our second longest episode to date, Quarex and Ben provide you with all the conventions you'll want to check out during the first third of 2026, including…
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Episode 173: Line Dancing at PAX Unplugged 2025
We hope our dreamers have enjoyed their Thanksgiving as much as we did! On this episode, we review Ben's time at PAX Unplugged 2025 in beautiful…
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Episode 172: Gen Con 2025 Live Recording
On Saturday of Gen Con, Quarex and Ben recorded a live episode of our podcast in the presence of nearly 30 dreamers! As we recover from PAX Unplugged, we are…
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Episode 171: Walk, Don't Run, to PAX Unplugged 2025
On this episode, Quarex and Ben provide all the late and late-breaking news from PAX Unplugged 2025, such as: Philadelphia Marathon Road Closures Special…
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Episode 170: Gen Con VIG Program and Origins 2026 Reminders
On this very off-cycle episode, your hosts are reviewing some important deadlines you'll want to pay attention to (and soon), like: Gen Con VIG Badge…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 169: Creators and Designers at PAX Unplugged
On this episode, we're joined by three creators doing cool stuff in and around the expo hall at PAX Unplugged 2025! Not only have they designed Garbage &…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 168: PAX Unplugged is a Marathon, Not a Race
On this very special episode of All Year I Dream About Gaming Convention, your hosts dig into some of the details you'll need to know about the overlap and…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 167: Get Ready for PAX Unplugged in November
PAX Unplugged, the last of the 2025 Rushmore conventions, is being held in Philadelphia, PA from November 21-23 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Not only…
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Episode 166: Interviews from Gamehole Con 2025
On this episode, Quarex and Ben are strangely silent while Aimee of the Pod, Aimee, handles the interviews in the Gamehole dealer hall! Listen in for…
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Episode 165: Autumnal Evaluation of Gamehole Con
On this episode, your hosts are joined by Aimee of the Pod Aimee to talk about our time spent at Gamehole Con XII. But also! Quarex and Ben review the newest…
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Episode 164: Turn the PAGE in Philly This January
On this very special episode of All Year I Dream About Gaming Conventions, Quarex and Ben delay the dealer hall interviews to bring you an interview with Ron…
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Episode 163: Sneaking a Peak at Gamehole Con 2025
This is our previewsode for Gamehole Con 2025... the XII-ening. On this episode, we get you ready for everything you need to know... and the things you don't…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 162: Four Days of Peace and Love with John Kovalic
On this episode, your hosts Ben and Quarex get a chance to speak with Madison area illustrator, game designer, and charity biker John Kovalic! In addition to…
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Episode 161: For Those Who Want to Exhibit at Gen Con 2026
Everything you wanted to know about applying to exhibit at Gen Con but you were too afraid to ask! (Or read.) Gen Con Exhibitor Page New Exhibitor Application…
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Episode 160: Live Recording from Origins 50
On this episode, your hosts Quarex and Ben held court for a crowd of attentive dreamers on the 2nd floor of the Greater Columbus Convention Center. You've…
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Episode 159: POC Industry Dinner with Ethan and Lyla at Gamehole
On this episode, we're talking with Lyla Fujiwara (link) and Ethan Yen (link), who are both amazing game designer in their own rights. However, Ethan and Lyla…
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Episode 158: Preparing to Delve the Gamehole
All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray... but we won't be feeling forlorn on some Madison autumn days! Gamehole Con is being held from October 23-26 at…
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Episode 157: Badge Deadline for Final 3 Con 2026
At the prompting of a dreamer, your host Ben checked out a convention in Northern Virginia called Final 3 Con, which focuses on social deduction games like…
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Episode 156: A Summer Filled with Conventions
From May 1 to September 2 of this year, your hosts Quarex and Ben made it to the following conventions: Congress of Gamers, Spring Session Des Moines Con …
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Episode 155: Autumn Convention Round Up!
On this episode, your hosts Quarex and Ben go through all the conventions you'll want to attend* from September 2 to December 31, 2025, including: Dice Tower…
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Episode 154: Live from the Exhibit Hall at Gen Con 2025
In this selection of interviews from the exhibit hall floor at Gen Con 2025! Luke of Limithron, publishers of Pirate Borg! Corey from Amigo Games, fine makers…
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Episode 153: Constructing Your Convention Calendar
On this dreamer-requested episode, Quarex and Ben discuss their best practices for constructing and following a convention calendar to keep track of all the…
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Episode 152: The Second Annual GOTCs
Rarely imitated, never duplicated — Ben and Quarex are back with our second annual Games of the Convention!!! This is the only annual award given out by a…
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Episode 151: Total Drama Island, Gen Con Style
On this episode, Quarex and Ben discuss what passed for drama at Gen Con 2025... which, much like the weather, was mild and manageable. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Episode 150: Everything But the Games at Gen Con
On this very proud conventioncast, your hosts Quarex and Ben talk about everything Gen Con 2025 that didn't involve a game -- from the travel to the parking…
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Episode 149: The Games of Gen Con 2025
On the first episode of our patented two 2-part reviewsodes from Gen Con 2025, your hosts Quarex and Ben review the games we experienced that are worth…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 148: Gen Con 2026?!?
The only way to recover from Gen Con while still recording an episode is to talk about Gen Con 2026. 358 days, dreamers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 147: Saying Goodbye to Gen Con 2025
As we say goodbye to Gen Con 2025, Quarex and Ben have made a secondary pilgrimage to the year-round home of Indianapolis gaming: the Elf N Moon! While we will…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 146: First Impressions of Two Days of Gen Con
We didn't record at the VIG Mixer! Instead, here's some live content from the ground from the Omni Severin! Come catch the live recording tomorrow at 9 pm in…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 145: Feeling Presidential on Gen Con Eve
President Quarex and Vice President Ben cast pod from the balcony of the presidential suite of the Omni Severin while the sun sets on Indy. We talk about the…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 144: Previewing the Spectacle of Gen Con
It's the night before Gen Con Eve, and all through the house, a not Quarex was stirring... because he's already in Indianapolis for day negative four of the…
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Episode 143: Previewing the Games, Events, and Exhibitors for Gen Con 2025
You can find the interactive list of exhibitors for Gen Con 2025 here. Check out: AMIGO Games at booth 1907 1985 Games at booth 1459 Hammerdog Games at booth…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 142: Content Creators at Gen Con 2025
On this episode, Quarex and Ben introduce you to three content creators that we're big fans of -- and not just because they'll be at Gen Con 2025. First up, we…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 141: Maurice Broaddus and the Gen Con Writer's Symposium
On this episode, we're joined by the esteemed author Maurice Broaddus. An Indianapolis local, Maurice has attended Gen Con since 2008. This year, he's taken an…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 140: Storing Your Valuables at Gen Con
On the third of our Gen Con topicsodes, Quarex and Ben step away from the interviewing racket to talk about the lockers in the ICC that have returned after…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 139: Gen Con Trinket Trade
While once the domain of Renn faires and Eras Tours, trinket trading has exploded at Gen Con over the past few years. To better understand this new phenomenon…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 138: The Man Who Wrote the Book on Gen Con
When he was last on the show, Matt Shoemaker was the man who was writing a book on Gen Con. Dreamers, he's done it — he actually wrote the book on Gen Con, and…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 137: The Importance of Being Well Rested (with Kevin Kulp)
Did you know that, when he isn't writing elfgames and Gumshoe tales, renowned RPG author Kevin Kulp is a consultant on fatigue, alertness, and shift work? We…
All Year I Dream About Gaming ConventionsEpisode 136: Getting Around Gen Con Spaces
On the fourth of our five Gen Con prepisodes, we're looking at all the ways you can move around the greater Gen Con convention center. From skywalks to…