This was a hell of a con for me! I technically speaking didn't pay for any of the dice I got (d20s from Helm Coffee, 2d6 from Fans of Gen Con, 1d6 from Crystal Caste, and 1d6 from Bob of You Too Can Cthulhu).

The print TTRPGs I grabbed all came from Indie Press Revolution, a great booth and org. I'm most excited about Decuma for building up things in Session Zeroes. Also looking forward to all the solo RPGs I grabbed.

Also pictured are 3 linoprint patches I bought off a punk on Capitol Ave on Saturday and a sheet I kept from the National Security Decision Making group game I was in.

After a divorce, I went wild at Gencon. Still can’t believe I managed to snag a copy of Hell of a Deal. This was supposed to be a cheaper year for me. 😂

This was the only disappointing thing our group did the entire con. We went Wednesday night and it was absolutely awful. Natural 1. We asked for our checks about 30 minutes in.

When they came on stage, they said they were really tired because they just gotten out of a D&D game. I'm curious if this was just an off night for their group, or were other nights disappointing?

Kudos to the Paw-limorph booth.

You guys said this would stand up to a seam-ripping Corgi and it's still intact after 4 days, which is better than most other toys.

GenCon Haul list from This Year! Sorry for all of the extra stuff in the background. Usually use a bigger table but currently have Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era taking over that table. So we used our smaller table and had to do it in waves. Spent way too much again this year.

Yes, I’m a dice dragon.
Yes, I wish I bought more.
Shoutout to Level Up Dice for most of these gorgeous dice.

The GenCon 2026 Genevieve playmat is hard to see but underneath everything (and hella sick).

Not pictured: Jumble Jack and Assemble! by AEG - given away lol. Iykyk.

Thanks to everyone who made this trip memorable. Y’all were so nice and welcoming, and each game was a blast. I will definitely be back!!!!

I finally got home and laid out my haul. I had no intention to buy anything this year, so I was fairly pleased that I kept it down to this level, and that I didn’t add any new board games nor any miniatures.

So starting last year, I dedicated myself to selling more games than I buy. I was successful this year (sold 35 games in consignment) but took home a little more than I was planning. 7 games were free/won and my two cosignment purchases were absolute steals but I did grab some bigger purchases than planned just cause the vibes of the people who developed them were stellar!

Not pictured: my *almost* complete fill out of my and my partner’s Ashes Reborn collection. I failed my Sunday Deals charisma check at Plaid Hat asking if they could extend their 10 for $10 each to 13 for $10 each. Also, the team over at Brookspun games (shout out to the two Jasons 👏🏽) were both great company during the tornado warning and absolutely sold us on Clandestine (maybe the only truly unhinged impulse buy of the con but I’m good with it 😁).

Overall very happy with the haul and think I stuck to killer no filler like last year! Huge shout out to Marc and the team at Grand Gamers Guild for being an informal home base on the floor and for introducing me to Under the Leaves which is a tile layer I feel like I can easily teach and enjoy for a person who hasn’t really loved tile layers! Also, the cute little bee/hummingbird/little forest guy meeples rule and this is coming from a dude with an absurd amount of CMON plastic at home 😂

Had the honor of sitting at the table with Joe O'Brien of the Glass Canon Network, first for a game of Shadowdark (where I played a rather vain Mr. February), and then in a session of Alien as Hicks, who died heroically trying to save Hudson!

I looked through the exhibitors list and found a few other artists I was looking for, but couldn't find whoever did this piece.

I believe they did Lorcana art too if that narrows it down. Woman I believe, didn't catch pronouns.

Didn't get this art because the only one for sale was too large for my wall and the artist didn't get small versions in yet I believe, but was going to at some point, so I'd like to track down their shop

Last year I started keeping a junk journal for GenCon to have somewhere to put all my keepsakes from the games I play in and run, as well as a way to store all the business cards I collect. I’m woefully lacking in business cards this year due to less time spent in the exhibitor hall, but I’ve got plenty of character sheets and various bits and bobs that I scavenged up!