Badges for one of the biggest tabletop conventions of the year will be making their way into attendees’ hands very soon.
The 2025 edition of Gen Con might be slated for this summer, but badges will be on sale in less than a month, organizers announced today. Gen Con, North America’s largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention, will run July 31 through August 3 in the Indiana Convention Center, Lucas Oil Stadium, and surrounding downtown hotels.
Badges for Gen Con 2025 will be available for purchase on Sunday, Feb. 9, at noon EST on the convention’s website. The convention will continue to feature thousands of ticketed in-person events, a sold-out Exhibit Hall, an outdoor Block Party with the Sun King Beer Garden, numerous food trucks, and live entertainment.
Badge Information
Gen Con 2025 4-day and single-day badges will be available for purchase beginning at noon EST on Feb. 9.
Badge Type and Price:
- Four-Day – $155
- Thursday – $78
- Friday – $78
- Saturday – $95
- Sunday – $39
- Trade Day (Wednesday) – $258
Event registration for ticketed events will open at noon EST on May 18. Attendee group housing registration will open at noon EST on Feb. 23 (“opening day”). Starting on that day, attendees can visit the online Gen Con housing portal to review guest room inventory and request a room assignment. Attendees desiring rooms in the Gen Con housing block must first purchase badges through Gen Con’s badge registration system. Upon purchase, Gen Con’s registration system will create unique links for housing registration and activate the links when housing registration opens. Rooms in the Gen Con housing block routinely sell out within hours of availability, so be sure to act quickly.
Gen Con is North America’s largest and longest-running annual event devoted to tabletop gaming culture. The convention, which began in 1968 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (which gave the event its name), takes place each summer in Indianapolis, Indiana. During the convention, attendees shop and demo games from hundreds of exhibiting companies and choose from thousands of ticketed events representing a wide array of board games, card games, roleplaying games, seminars, entertainment events, and more.
Dozens of card games, from independent publications to massive games, will have a presence at the yearly event, and Gen Con is routinely used by companies to make exciting announcements regarding their games. Be sure to check Card Gamer regularly for news about Gen Con as it becomes available.
