List of gaming conventions
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This is a list of noteworthy gaming convention
s from around the world. The list is divided up by location, and each convention includes the dates during which it is typically held. Dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for each convention.
Gaming convention
A gaming convention is a gathering that centered on role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargames, board games, video games, or other types of games. These conventions are typically two or three days long, and often held at either a university or in a convention center hotel...
s from around the world. The list is divided up by location, and each convention includes the dates during which it is typically held. Dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for each convention.
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- Gen ConGen ConGen Con is one of the largest and most prominent annual gaming conventions in North America. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card-style games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, board games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, non-collectible...
– various locations in the US and Europe - KnutepunktKnutepunktThe annual Knutepunkt conference, first held in 1997, has been a vital institution in establishing a Nordic role-playing identity, and in establishing the concept of "Nordic larp" as a unique approach. Though the conference started out strictly as a Live action role-playing event, it has since...
– Scandinavian conference on role playing theory
Australia
- AVConAVConAVCon is an anime and video games convention held in Adelaide, South Australia each year. The convention showcases Japanese Animation and Video Gaming, attendees at the convention partake in events such as cosplay, video game tournaments, anime screenings, anime music videos and more including many...
– AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
in July - ArcanaconArcanaconArcanacon is a role-playing convention held in Melbourne annually. It is one of several Role-playing conventions of Victoria, Australia run through the year.Arcanacon is the longest running role-playing convention in Victoria....
– MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in January - Conquest – MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
at Easter (March/April) - EB Games Expo - Gold CoastGold Coast, QueenslandGold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
in October - Eyecon - SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
on Easter Long Weekend (March/April) - FauxCon – regional Victoria in April
- GamersLife – Gold CoastGold Coast, QueenslandGold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
in February - Phenomenon - CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
on the Queen's Birthday weekend in June - Sydcon - SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in October - Unicon – MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in September - CanconCanconCancon is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France....
- CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
on Australia Day weekend in January
New Zealand
- KapConKapConKapCon is a role-playing convention held annually in Wellington, New Zealand. It is one of the largest gaming conventions in New Zealand, and the longest running, having run every Wellington Anniversary Weekend since 1993. The con is small by international standards, attracting a little over a...
– WellingtonWellingtonWellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
at Wellington Anniversary Weekend - ChimeraChimera (larp convention)Chimera is a Live action role-playing convention held annually every August in Auckland, New Zealand. The convention is supported by the New Zealand Live Action Role Playing Society, and has run annually since 2008. It is the largest event of its type in New Zealand, attracting over 100 people...
- AucklandAucklandThe Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
in August
Iraq
- Ziggurat ConZiggurat ConZiggurat Con was a role playing game convention held on June 10, 2007. It was remarkable for being the only known role-playing convention held in a war zone. The con was held on the grounds of the Ali Airbase and Camp Adder in Iraq, both housing large numbers of United States Armed Forces...
– Tallil Airbase, Iraq Premiere of this event and the first con in a combat zone
France
- Festival Ludique International de ParthenayFestival Ludique International de ParthenayThe Festival Ludique International de Parthenay, otherwise known as the Festival de Jeux or FLIP, is a games festival held in the town of Parthenay in western France. The festival is held over a period of 12 days in early July...
(FLIP) – Parthenay in July - Blizzard Worldwide InvitationalBlizzard Worldwide InvitationalThe Blizzard WorldWide Invitational is an event organized by Blizzard Entertainment to meet players, offer playable demos of future games, and offer various activities linked with Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo universes....
– Paris in July (2008 only)
Germany
- Internationale SpieltageSpielInternationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called Essen after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day game trade fair held in October at the Messe Essen exhibition centre in Essen...
– EssenEssen- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
in October - Nuremberg International Toy FairNuremberg International Toy FairSpielwarenmesse International Toy Fair Nürnberg is the largest international trade fair for toys and games. Only trade visitors associated with the toy business, journalists and invited guests are admitted...
– NurembergNurembergNuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
in February - Role Play Convention - CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
in April/May - Next Level Conference - CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
in November - Living Games Festival - BochumBochumBochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
in April/May
Ireland
- GaelconIrish Games AssociationThe Irish Games Association is a non-profit body which is dedicated to promoting gaming in Ireland, by running, supporting, and publicising gaming events, while seeking to communicate and cooperate with others that do likewise....
– Clontarf CastleClontarf CastleClontarf Castle is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172...
in late October - Itzacon EireItzacon EireItzacon Eire, more popularly known as Itzacon is the premier gaming convention run by the Fantasy and Science Fiction Society of NUI Galway, Ireland.-History:...
– NUI GalwayNational University of Ireland, GalwayThe National University of Ireland, Galway is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland...
in early March - WarpconWarpconWarpcon is Cork's biggest gaming convention, and Ireland's largest student-run gaming convention. It is run every year, during the last weekend of January, and is now after entering into its 21st year....
– University College Cork in late January
Italy
- Lucca GamesLucca GamesLucca Games is the most important annual gaming conventions in Italy. It's held in Lucca, within Lucca Comics and Games, in November.Lucca Games 2008 brought in about 130,000 attendees.Lucca Games 2009 will be held from October 29 to November 1, 2009....
within :it:Lucca Comics and Games - LuccaLuccaLucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...
in November - PLAY: The Games FestivalPLAY: The Games FestivalPLAY: The Games Festival is the oldest and greatest Italian gaming convention organized by gamers. More than 40 clubs/associations were involved in the 2008 edition with more than 150 games events including several national championships finals...
ModenaModenaModena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
in March
Sweden
- DreamHackDreamHackDreamHack is a digital festival, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and also twice a year at Expolaris Congresscenter, Skellefteå, Sweden and holds the world record ...
– Jönköping,Sweden & Skellefteå, Sweden - GothConGothConGothCon is an annual gaming convention held in Gothenburg, Sweden every year around Easter. Its focus lies primarily on role-playing games , card games, board games and miniature wargames. In recent years, attendance has varied between 1 300 and 1 800 visitors each year, with the...
– Gothenburg, Sweden - Stockholms spelkonventStockholms spelkonventStockholms spelkonvent is an annual gaming convention held in Stockholm, Sweden. The first SSK was held in 2005. The conventions focus lies primarily on role-playing games , card games, board games and miniature wargames....
(SSK) – Stockholm, Sweden
United Kingdom
- Gen Con UKGen ConGen Con is one of the largest and most prominent annual gaming conventions in North America. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card-style games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, board games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, non-collectible...
– The University of ReadingUniversity of ReadingThe University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
, England in August-September - GEEK2012 – Winter Gardens, Margate in February
- Eurogamer Expo – Leeds, England & London, England
- SaluteSaluteA salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect. Salutes are primarily associated with armed forces, but other organizations and civil people also use salutes.-Military salutes:...
– The Excel Centre, London, England in April - ConceptionConceptionConception, or a concept, is an abstract idea or a mental symbol.Conception may also refer to:* Conception, or fertilisation, the fusion of gametes to produce a new organism.* Conception , an album by Miles Davis...
- Naish Holiday Village, New Milton. Held last weekend in January
Canada
- CanGamesCanGamesCanGames is Canada's longest running gaming convention, which has run annually since 1977. It is the 3rd largest annual gaming convention in Canada and takes place in Ottawa, Canada's capital and 4th largest city...
– Ottawa ON, Canadian May Long Weekend - FragapaloozaFragapaloozaFragapalooza is an annual video game festival/LAN party that takes place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Usually held in late July, it runs over a period of four days, allowing non-stop gaming. It is currently Canada's largest LAN party event having reached approximately 800 attendees in 2008...
– Edmonton in June - Hal-ConHal-ConHal-Con Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Comic Festival, commonly known as Hal-Con, was founded in the 1970s and revived in the 2010s. It is traditionally an annual weekend event held in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Atlantic Canada and held at the end of fall....
– Annual gaming/sci-fi convention held in October in Halifax - Hammercon - Annual gaming convention held in November in Hamilton, Ontario
- Pure Spec – Annual fan culture festival held in November in Edmonton, Alberta
- Spellstorm - Annual gaming convention held in February in Toronto, Ontario
- Game Summit – Annual family gaming event held on family day weekend (February) in Ottawa, Ontario
- Fallcon - FallCon: Calgary's Annual Boardgame and Miniatures Convention, Calgary Alberta, October 14-16, 2011
- Chaosludik - Miniature wargaming convention held in November in Montreal QC
United States
Arranged by regional divisions used by the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
New England
- Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont
- Anonycon - Stamford, Connecticut in early December
- Carnage - Fairlee, Vermont in early November
- ConnCon - Stamford, Connecticut in late March.
- Havoc - Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in late March.
- HuzzahHuzzahHuzzah is an archaic English interjection of joy or approbation. According to the Oxford English Dictionary it is "apparently a mere exclamation". The dictionary does not mention any specific derivation...
- Portland, Maine in mid May. - InterconIntercon LARP conventionsThe Intercon LARP conventions are a series of live action role-playing conventions licensed by LARPA and produced by independent groups. The conventions began with the Silicon LARP convention, organized in 1986...
– Chelmsford, Massachusetts in early March - OGC – Nashua, New Hampshire in July
- Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East - Boston, Massachusetts in late March
- TempleConTempleCon-History:TempleCon is a multi-genre retro-futurism-themed gaming convention held annually in Warwick, Rhode Island. The first TempleCon occurred on January 27, 2006 at the Holiday Inn in Providence, Rhode Island. In May 2006, the staff relocated the venue of the 2007 event to the Westin Hotel in...
– Providence, Rhode Island in February - Total Confusion - Mansfield, Massachusetts in late February.
- VericonVericonVericon is an annual science fiction convention at Harvard University, organized by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Lasting over a three-day weekend, for the first nine years of its existence it took place on the last weekend of January; for 2010, however, it was moved to...
– Cambridge, Massachusetts in late March.
Middle Atlantic
- New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
- DexConDexConDEXCON is a gaming convention, held annually in July in New Jersey, run by Double Exposure, Inc. It has a reputation for attracting leading game industry talent to participate, and hosts several national and world gaming championships....
– Morristown, New Jersey in July - Fall In!Fall In!Fall In! is one of the largest gaming conventions in North America devoted to historical miniature wargaming. It is sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, a nonprofit guiding organization, which also sponsors the much larger Historicon convention.Typically, Fall In! is a three-day...
– Adams County, Pennsylvania in November - HistoriconHistoriconHistoricon is the largest gaming convention in North America devoted to historical miniature wargaming. It is sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, a nonprofit guiding organization...
– Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in July - I-CONI-CONI-CON is a yearly fan convention, held on the campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. First held in 1982, I-CON has become a very eclectic convention...
– Long Island, New York at Stony Brook University in March/April - MEPAConMEPAConMEPACON is a three-day gaming convention currently held in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. The name is a contraction of Mid-Eastern Pennsylvania Convention...
– Scranton, Pennsylvania in March/April and October/November - PrinceConPrinceConPrinceCon, held annually since 1976 on the campus of Princeton University in New Jersey is one of the oldest fantasy role-playing game conventions in the United States and is responsible for the introduction of the super-dungeon role-playing marathon format.- History and background :The first...
– Princeton, New Jersey - UberConUberConUberCon, is a biannual multi-genre gaming convention rotating between locations in Central New Jersey, with the addition of the first UberCon Great Lakes Region being held in Livonia, Michigan in April 2006...
– Edison, New Jersey in October - World Boardgaming ChampionshipsWorld Boardgaming ChampionshipsThe World Boardgaming Championships is a convention held yearly since 1999 by the Boardgame Players Association. It is typically held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was last held August 2 to August 8, 2010. It is next scheduled for August 1 to August 7, 2011...
– Lancaster, PennsylvaniaLancaster, PennsylvaniaLancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
in August - Arcon - Oswego, New York, date varies but always in the Spring
- Council of Five Nations - Schenectady, New York in early October
- Queen City Conquest - Buffalo, New York, in September
- DexCon
East North Central
- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
- A&G OhioA&G OhioA&G Ohio is a convention focusing on a broad range of Animation, stemming from American cartoons to Japanese animation...
- Cincinnati, Ohio in March - BashconBashconBASHCon is a non-profit gaming convention held by University of Toledo's gaming organization . It is held every year at the University of Toledo Student Union in the third weekend of February. The event is entirely student run and has been going for 26 years...
- Toledo, Ohio in February - Con on the Cob - Hudson, Ohio in October
- D&D Experience – Fort Wayne, Indiana in January
- Games DayGames DayGames Day is a yearly run convention sponsored by Games Workshop. It has its origins in 1975, following the indefinite shelving of another games convention scheduled for August that year and a decision by Games Workshop to fill the resulting gap by running a gaming day of their own...
– Chicago, Illinois - Gaming Hoopla - Janesville, WI
- Gary Con - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in March
- Geek.KonGeek.KonGeek.Kon is an anime, science fiction, and gaming convention in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.Geek.Kon began in 2007 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a two day free convention. In 2009 it moved to the Madison Sheraton Hotel, expanded to three days and began charging admission...
- Madison, Wisconsin in September or October - Gen ConGen ConGen Con is one of the largest and most prominent annual gaming conventions in North America. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card-style games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, board games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, non-collectible...
– Indianapolis, Indiana in August - MarconMarcon (convention)Marcon is a full-spectrum fantasy and science fiction convention based in Columbus, Ohio, normally held over the Memorial Day weekend. It is now operated by the Columbus-based Science Oriented Literature, Art, and Education Foundation, a non-profit educational corporation.Marcon offers a dozen...
– Columbus, Ohio around Memorial Day - Marmalade DogMarmalade DogMarmalade Dog is an annual gaming convention operated by the Western Michigan Gamers Guild and held on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan each spring....
– Kalamazoo, Michigan in the first quarter - MichiCon - Rochester, Michigan, in mid-summer
- Origins Game Fair – Columbus, Ohio in late June
- PenguiconPenguiconPenguicon is a convention in the United States that deliberately brings together the often-overlapping communities of science fiction fandom and Linux User Groups...
– Troy, Michigan in April - PentaConPentaconPentacon is the company name of a once-important camera manufacturer in Dresden, Germany.The name Pentacon is derived from the brand Contax of Zeiss Ikon Kamerawerke in Dresden and Pentagon, as a Pentaprism for Single-Lens Reflex cameras was for the first time developed in Dresden...
- Fort Wayne, Indiana in November - StarConStarConStarcon is a gaming convention run by the Gaming Guild of Oakland University from 1973 until the present. The convention was originally run under the name Novacon, but had its name changed in 2000 when the Order of Leibowitz became the Gaming Guild....
– Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Michigan in March - U-ConU-ConU-Con is a gaming convention held annually in November in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the campus of the University of Michigan. It has been sponsored by several different University of Michigan student organizations since its inception, the current one being the UCon Gaming Club. UCon developed out of...
– Ann Arbor, Michigan in November - WinterCon - Rochester, Michigan in December
- Winter War - Champaign, Illinois in February
- Wolfcon - Chicago Illinois in November the three days after Thanksgiving
- A&G Ohio
West North Central
- Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
- Masquerade SocietyMasquerade societyIn White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games vampires are staunch creatures ruled by tradition passed on for millennia. These traditions over time shaped a form of society broken into three separate sects, each with their own laws and traditions...
- Farmington, Missouri in late September. - GamiconGamiconGamicon is Iowa's longest-running game convention, currently held at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City, Iowa.Gamicon's attendance averages 250-300 people, and is the longest running gaming convention in Iowa. It is supported by the Mindbridge Foundation, which also supports Icon and AnimeIowa....
– Iowa City, Iowa in February - Fields of HonorFields of HonorFields of Honor is an annual Game convention held in Des Moines, Iowa.The last few years the convention has been held at the Hotel Fort Des Moines in the downtown area. Fields of Honor 2009 will be held at the Stoney Creek Inn from September 25–27, 2009. The convention is a mixture of miniature...
– Des Moines, Iowa in September - Nuke-ConNuke-ConNuke-Con is a not-for-profit organization, formed in 1990 in Omaha, Nebraska, dedicated to promoting the positive social, educational, and entertainment aspects in all types of gaming hobbies through their game days and annual convention....
– Omaha, Nebraska around the first of October - Con of the North – St. Paul, Minnesota in late February.
- Gamer's Reunion – Rochester, Minnesota around the end of April.
- Masquerade Society
South Atlantic
- Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
- Bayou Wars - New Orleans in June
- CharCon - Charleston, West Virginia late October
- Con Carolinas - Charlotte, North Carolina - early June
- DragonCon – Atlanta, Georgia on Labor Day weekend
- Euro Quest (EQ) – Maryland in early November
- Heat of Battle - New Orleans In August at the WWII Museum
- MACEMACE (gaming convention)MACE is an annual gaming convention held in High Point, North Carolina. Founded in 1996 as ROC 96.5, the convention has been called MACE since 1997, when it moved to High Point....
– High Point, North Carolina - November - Mini MACE - Greensboro, North Carolina - September
- MAGFestMAGFestMAGFest is an annual convention held in Virginia that celebrates video games and video game music, as well as their surrounding culture...
– National Harbor, Maryland - MegaConMegaConMegaCon, short for Mega Convention, is a large convention that caters to the comic book, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, gaming, and multi-genre community, occurring between late February and early March at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA.An attendee will find over of exhibit...
– Orlando, Florida - MomoconMomoconMomoCon, is a fan convention in held in March in Atlanta, Georgia. From its beginning through 2011, it was held on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology; in its first year, MomoCon was held in the Georgia Tech Student Center. In 2006 it expanded to include several events, mostly video...
– Atlanta, Georgia in March - PeliCon - Pensacola,FL In July Pelicon.info
- http://www.trianglesimsociety.org/?page id=6 Southern Front – Raleigh, North Carolina
- Stellarcon – High Point, North Carolina - March
- SynDCon - Washington, DC area in the spring
- Trinoc*con – Raleigh, North Carolina
- WaterlooWaterloo, South CarolinaWaterloo is a town in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 203 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Waterloo is located at ....
– Greenville, South Carolina for boardgame Napoleonic Wars - Winter Activation Meeting (WAM)Winter Activation Meeting (WAM)The Winter Activation Meeting is a "genre" convention sponsored by the Boardgame Players Association, featuring tournament play of two-player historical card-driven games . It began in 2003. In 2007, tournaments included Twilight Struggle, Paths of Glory, and Wilderness War...
– Maryland
East South Central
- Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee
- CoastConCoastConCoastCon is Mississippi's oldest and largest science fiction, fantasy and gaming convention. It is the main sponsored event of CoastCon, Inc., a non-profit literary organization run by a ten-member volunteer board who give their time during the year to develop events and gatherings to promote...
- Biloxi, Mississippi (typically in early March) - HypericonHypericonHypericon is a speculative fiction convention held yearly in June in Nashville, Tennessee. Hypericon is presented by Frontiers-Nashville, a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of the fannish community and all their myriad interests...
– Nashville, Tennessee - MidSouthConMidSouthConMidSouthCon is an American science-fiction convention held each March in Memphis, Tennessee, since 1982, evolving from similar events in the late 1970s. Focusing mainly on science fiction literature, it provides basic programming geared to other genres: fantasy, science, comics, horror, and gaming...
– Memphis, Tennessee - MOBICONMOBICONMOBICON is an annual fan convention held in Mobile, Alabama. Named for an earlier convention known formally as the Mobile Comic Art and Science Fiction Festival, MOBICON was re-founded in 1998 and its membership has steadily grown since its inception...
– Mobile, Alabama in May - Tennessee Game DaysTennessee Game DaysTennessee Game Days is an open gaming convention held annually in Nashville, TN. Attendees from all over Tennessee and surrounding states gather for three days of open gaming...
- Nashville, Tennessee (Late Spring) - ChattaconChattaconChattacon is an annual science fiction convention held in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The convention is organized by the nonprofit Chattanooga Speculative Fiction Fans, Inc. First held in 1976, the convention drew more than 1,000 attendees to the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in 2010.Chattacon was...
- Chattanooga, Tennessee, end of January - PlayOnCon - Birmingham, Alabama, (typically in July)
- Memphis]- Memphis, TN in late Sept
- CoastCon
West South Central
- Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas
- Texicon http://www.texicon.net General Gaming Convention - Fort Worth, Texas 3rd weekend of May
- ScrewAttackScrewAttackScrewAttack . is a video game-related website that showcases original entertainment for an audience of video game enthusiasts. Its content is also shown on GameTrailers and IGN...
Gaming Convention (SGC) - Texas in Summer - BGG.CON - Irving, Texas in late November
- TrollCon - Little Rock, AR - mid summer
Mountain
- Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
- Phoenix Vul-Con - Phoenix, AZ (February)
- GEEX Show - Utah
- NeonCon - Las Vegas, NV (November)
- Genghis Con - Denver, CO (February)
Pacific
- Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington
- BlizzConBlizzCon"BlizzCon" is an annual convention held by Blizzard Entertainment to celebrate their major franchises: Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo...
– Anaheim, California in October - computer gaming (Blizzard Entertainment, creators of World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo) - DunDraConDunDraConDunDraCon is a four day gaming convention run by Dundracon Inc. It is held each Presidents' Day weekend in San Ramon, California, with open registration and the first games starting on Friday morning, concluding on Monday evening...
– San Ramon, California on President's Day weekend in February - primarily RPGs and LARPs, but also includes some card and board gaming - Celesticon – Redwood City, California on Labor Day Weekend - RPG, SciFi/Fantasy/Historical Miniatures, Euro/Family/Historical Boardgames, CCG/CMG and a War College
- E For All – Los Angeles, California in October
- Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) – Los Angeles, California in July - computer gaming
- GameStormGame StormGameStorm is a fan-run not-for-profit annual gaming convention held in the spring in the Portland, Oregon metro area.-History:GameStorm started in 1998 as a fan-run event at the Clackamas, Oregon Denney's Convention Center...
– Portland, Oregon in March - Games DayGames DayGames Day is a yearly run convention sponsored by Games Workshop. It has its origins in 1975, following the indefinite shelving of another games convention scheduled for August that year and a decision by Games Workshop to fill the resulting gap by running a gaming day of their own...
– Los Angeles, California in May - Gamex – Los Angeles, California in May
- Gateway – Los Angeles, California in September
- Kublacon - Burlingame, California on Memorial Day weekend in May - Large convention for RPGs, LARPs, card games, miniatures, and tabletop board games. Has a room and several events dedicated exclusively to younger players.
- Enfilade - Olympia, Washington on Memorial Day weekend in May - Northwest Historical Miniature Gaming Society annual wargaming convention
- MineCon - Las Vegas, Nevada in November - computer gaming
- Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show Northwest Pinball and Gameroom ShowThe Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show is an annual pinball and arcade game festival held in Washington state, USA.The Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show draws between 2,500-3,000 collectors and fans each June to the Seattle Center...
– Seattle, Washington in June - OrcCon – Los Angeles, California in February
- [Pacificon Game Expo] - Santa Clara, California, Labor Day Weekend, Over 30 years of gaming! Approximately 1200 attendees.
- Penny Arcade ExpoPenny Arcade ExpoThe Penny Arcade Expo is a semi-annual gamer festival held in Seattle and Boston. PAX was created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the Penny Arcade webcomic, because they wanted to attend a show that gave equal attention to console gamers, computer gamers, and tabletop...
(PAX) Prime – Seattle, Washington on the last weekend in August or Labor Day Weekend - RadCon, Science Fiction and Fandom Convention, Pasco, WA Annually on President's Day Weekend
- BlizzCon