Gen Con 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Join us at Gen Con, July 30 to August 2, 2020. We need lots of volunteer GMs to run Delta Green, our Swords & Sorceries adventures for Dungeons & Dragons, Godlike, Monsters and Other Childish Things, Puppetland, or any of our games.
GM Rewards
Each RPG session is scheduled for four hours (including a little time at the beginning to introduce everyone to each other and the game) and should be open to either five or six players (your choice). The more games you run, the more rewards you get.
1 game—swag! $20 in credit toward Arc Dream Publishing products at our Gen Con 2020 booth, including fun Delta Green collectibles like T-shirts and patches.2 games—better swag! As above, but now it’s $40 rather than $20.3 or more games—free badge and awesome swag! As above, and get a free Gen Con badge, and get a March Technologies swag bag made just to reward awesome GMs like you! (Or another $20 in booth credit if you prefer.) For each additional game you run, you get yet another $20 in booth credit.
We must submit your Arc Dream games in Gen Con’s system for you to qualify for these rewards. If you submit Arc Dream-related games on your own, that’s great! Tell us about them and we’ll spread the word. But those won’t count toward these rewards.
Why submit games through us? Ordinarily, getting a free GM badge requires running three games for six players each, each lasting four hours. But that doesn’t get you a March Technologies swag bag and booth credit for more free stuff from us. And an Arc Dream game that you submit on your own might not be placed in the same location as all ours. And it doesn’t help us rack up those sweet, sweet Priority Points with our friends at Gen Con. Choose, mortal!
GM Resources
Click here for tons of scenarios and pregenerated characters that make it easy to run our games.
Dates & Deadlines
Early event submissions January 12 – February 8, 2020Event submissions February 9 – March 8, 2020Late event submissions March 9 – June 18, 2020Badge registration begins January 26, 2020Housing registration begins February 9, 2020FINAL DEADLINE for submitting your events to Arc Dream is April 25, 2020Event registration begins May 17, 2020
We strongly encourage you to submit events by March 8th to make sure the events make it into the printed program book.
Step 1: Sign Up at Gen Con
Before you send us your event details, set up your account with Gen Con and make sure you know their policies.
Set up an account with Gen Con.Read Gen Con’s tips and hints for event hosts.Read Gen Con’s Event Host Policy.Do not register your Arc Dream events in Gen Con’s system. We have to do that for you.
Step 2: Register Your Events With Arc Dream
Enter the data for each event in this form.If you run three or more events for us, see “Step 3: Get Your Free Badge.”
Step 3: Get Your Free Badge or Badge Reimbursement
IMPORTANT: Housing registration begins well before the time for us to request GM badges. In order to reserve a hotel room on 9 FEB 2020, you must already have a Gen Con badge. If you are reserving a room, you must get a badge on your own, first.
Purchase a Gen Con badge and get your room.Plan your events for Arc Dream Publishing and request a complimentary badge from us.Gen Con will reimburse you the cost of the badge you paid for.
GETTING YOUR BADGE FROM US: If you need to pick up your GM badge from us at Gen Con, make arrangements to pick it up. It’s best to pick it up from one of our staff at Exhibitor HQ, outside the exhibit hall, at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 30 JUL 2020. If you need to get the badge before 10:00 a.m. Thursday, please email your contact information to rachelkivey@arcdream.com. Our staff will reach Indianapolis on Wednesday, 29 JUL 2020.
Step 4: Get Supplies From Us
Before each event, come to the Arc Dream Publishing booth in the exhibit hall. We will give you supplies and/or promotional materials to give players at your event, such as maps to the booth and coupons they can redeem there.
If your game is scheduled before the Exhibit Hall opens on Thursday, email rachelkivey@arcdream.com about it ahead of time. We’ll give you the supplies Wednesday.
Step 5: Run Your Games
Collect tickets from all players.Hand out pregenerated characters and other game materials.Play the game!Give the promotional materials to each player, particularly their booth coupons.Make sure the players know how to find our booth in the Exhibit Hall.
Step 6: Turn In Your Tickets
After the game, bring the players’ tickets to our booth and collect your rewards!
Have Fun!
Gen Con gamers are amazing. Whether you run games for us or sign up as a player, it is always a fantastic time. We can’t wait. Thank you.
