GM Rewards and COVID Updates
GM Rewards and COVID Updates For the 2nd year in a row now, the Grand has had to hold back rooms due to the ongoing improvements to the hotel. While we love the results of the room improvements, the impact on available space at the Grand is an inconvenience for many and especially our hard-working…
Grand Geneva and Timber Lodge Reservations Live Monday
Greetings Gary Con XV Goers! The room reservation links for both the Grand Geneva Resort and Timber Ridge Lodge open up at 10 AM Central time on Monday September 19th, 2022. As the veteran attendees know, rooms will very likely sell out in minutes. So if you want to stay in the Grand or in…
WWP Recap of the Gary Con XIV Charity Auction
Greetings Fellow Gamers, As you know, we love to play games while celebrating the life and works of Gary Gygax in Lake Geneva every March at Gary Con. Besides high adventure, shaking dice and making new friends , we also work to raise money for charity. The Gary Con community is made up of a…
We Want To Hear From You
Greetings Seekers! We are a month or so past the celebration and work has begun once again, this time with prepartions for Gary Con XV. Fifteen?!?- has it really been that many years? It has, and we aim to bring another top quality experience to all of our attendees in 2023 to celebrate the…
The Tournament Winners are in!
There are many tournaments that run at Gary Con. Two of these are the Legends of Roleplaying Tournament (LoRPT) and The Gary Con Open Tournament (GCOT). Winners receive Silver badges for GC XV. Legends of Roleplaying Tournament Paul Stormberg organizes the LoRPT and this year and here’s his and the GMs report: The winning team…
GC Ticket Release Process
The Big Picture At Gary Con, we use a gradual release cycle with tickets for certain event types (RPGs, Board Games, Card Games, Miniatures and Seminars). Every time a new ticket tier opens, another percentage of tickets become available. While not a perfect system, it allows for every tier a chance to get a ticket…
Badge Conversion Policy
If you are unable to attend and wish to convert your physical badge to a virtual one, here’s how to do it: email [email protected], with the email used for your TTE account and badge number and we can take care of it for you. The conversion go as follows: SILVER and YOUTH badges: We’ll convert those badges to an ETHEREAL badge GOLD or higher badges:…
Update: Food Service, Guest and Event Submissions Reopened
Greetings Fellow Gamers, I wanted to give you a short update on developments as we are rapidly closing in on the start of Gary Con XIV! In cooperation with the management of the Grand Geneva we decided to implement changes to some Gary Con traditions. We are suspending GM Concierge and tableside food service…
Last Call for Events, Get GC Merch and A New Tom Wham Games Company!
Greetings Gary Con Goers, I can’t believe 2021 is drawing to a close already. Its been a bit of a roller coaster for me persoanlly and I suspect many of you as well. I am excited for 2022 for many reasons one of which is the prospect of seeing you in Lake Geneva celebrating at…
Gary Con XIV CV-19 Stance
Greetings Gary Con Goers, We are about 6 months out from Gary Con XIV. We plan on gathering at the Grand Geneva in beautiful Lake Geneva Wisconsin March 24-27, 2022 to Celebrate A Life Well-Played. We have some important dates coming up soon. Hotel room reservations at the Grand open up on Wednesday, September 1st at…