Gen Con Gives Board Games a Kickstarter Boost

Gen Con Gives Board Games a Kickstarter Boost

Gaming convention Gen Con 50 broke every record in the book.

Everyone expected the 50th occurrence of the tabletop-gaming convention started by Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax to attract a big crowd, but few expected anything this big. For the first time in history, Gen Con sold out literally every ticket it had for sale. Turnstiles clicked over 207,979 times in four days in August, and even the football field of adjacent Lucas Oil Stadium (home to the Indianapolis Colts) had to be annexed to accommodate the roughly 60,000 attendees at the convention.

Visit Indy CEO Leonard Hoops called Gen Con an "epic experience" for attendees, according to a press release from the gaming organizers. But here's something you might not know: Gen Con is turning into an experience incubator for small businesses.

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