We have a discord server too.
https://discord.com/invite/cqd4kRRJUV
Gen Con 2025 Important Stuff
(July 31 thru August 3, 2025)
Pre-registration Dates
- May 10, 2025: Open
- July 19, 2025: Final day to register live auction items
- July 26, 2025: Final day to register store items
Auction Events
- Thursday, July 31
- 8pm: Crowdfunding Auction
- Friday, August 01
- 8pm: Collectibles Auction
- Saturday, August 02
- 4pm: TOVA Auction
- 7pm: Charity Auction
Changes for 2025
- Tag Costs are increased by $1 ($3 for Auction and $2 for Store items)
- For each item sold, $1 will be refunded to the seller
- Maximum Store Item Amount is increased to $100
- Auction Item Review – items not approved for the live auction may be recommended to submit as a store item
- During item check-in, no one will be permitted to join a line unless all items are tagged and ready to be processed.
Artist Spotlight
Artists that have worked with our auction!
Tom Wham
http://www.tomwham.com/
Travis Hanson
https://lotprpg.weebly.com/
Alexander Gustafson
https://www.illustratedpixels.com/
James E. Shields
Gen Con 2024 Schedule
Consignment Store
| Thursday | 10am – 10pm |
| Friday | 9am – 10pm |
| Saturday | 9am – 7pm |
Item Drop Off
Reminder: You will need your badge before you come to the auction!
| Wednesday | Noon – 6pm |
| Thursday | 10am – 8pm |
| Friday | 9am – 5pm (Consignment store items only – and dependent upon inventory) |
Seller Payouts
| Thursday | 11am – 9pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups) |
| Friday | 9am – 9pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups) |
| Saturday | 9am – 6pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups) |
| Sunday | 10am – 2pm (Final payouts & unsold item pickup) |
Live Auction (Tentative)
This is the Day and Times when specific item types will be sold. It is important to remember that this is TENTATIVE. This tentative schedule is based on the items being pre-registered for the Live Auction. The actual schedule for the day will be posted outside the auction room – so be sure to check there each morning for the most up-to-date information.
Thursday (10 am – 10pm)
| 10:00 am | Board Games: Family |
| 12:00 pm | Board Games: Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 1:00 pm | Board Games: War and Historical (SPI, S&T) |
| 2:00 pm | RPGs: TSR |
| 4:00 pm | Board Games: Family |
| 5:00 pm | RPGs: Fantasy |
| 6:00 pm | Board Games: War and Historical (AH, MB) |
| 7:00 pm | Board Games: Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 8:00 pm | RPGs: General |
| 9:00 pm | Board Games: General |
Friday (10 am – 11 pm)
| 10:00 am | Board Games: Family |
| 11:00 am | RPGs: Science Fiction |
| 12:00 pm | Board Games: War and Historical (GMT, ASL) |
| 1:00 pm | Board Games: Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2:00 pm | Miniatures: Pre-painted Plastic |
| 3:00 pm | Miniatures: Unpainted |
| 5:00 pm | Games Workshop |
| 6:00 pm | Miniatures: Painted |
| 7:00 pm | RPGs: TSR |
| 8:00 pm – ??? | Collector Section |
Saturday (10 am – Midnight)
| 10:00 am | Board Games: Family |
| 11:00 am | Board Games: Train Games and General |
| 12:00 pm | Collectible Card and Dice Games |
| 1:00 pm | RPGs: Mythos, Supernatural and General |
| 2:00 pm | Board Games: War and Historical |
| 3:00 pm | Any Game that Still Remains (before TOVA) |
| 4:00 pm | TOVA (Toys, Oddities, Videogames, Art) |
| 7:00 pm – ??? | Charity Section (including Ace of Aces) |
Gen Con 2023
Gen Con 2023 Auction Report
Here’s some quick statistics :
| Number of Items in the Auction | 14,078 |
| Number of Items Sold | 12,513 |
| Value of Items Sold | $321,771 |
| Number of Items Auctioned (non-Consignment Store) | 3,888 |
| Number of Items Sold from the Consignment Store | 8,625 |
| Percent items Registered in the last week | 52% |
|
Amount Raised for Charity Indy Reads and Game Pathways |
$20,556 |
We removed the approval process for this year to see how things would go. We managed to get through all the items and most of the Consignment store items were also sold.
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Here’s a down-loadable spreadsheet of every item in the auction. Make sure to save with an extension of XLS. |
Thank You Note
One of the Auction attendees took the time to write us a thank-you note. Here it is!
Gen Con 2023 Schedule
Consignment Store
| Thursday | 10am – 10pm |
| Friday | 9am – 10pm |
| Saturday | 9am – 7pm |
Item Drop Off
Reminder: You will need your badge before you come to the auction!
| Wednesday | Noon – 6pm |
| Thursday | 10am – 8pm |
| Friday | 9am – 5pm (Consignment store items only – and dependent upon inventory) |
Seller Payouts
| Thursday | 11am – 9pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups) |
| Friday | 9am – 9pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups) |
| Saturday | 9am – 6pm (Advance Partial Payouts – no unsold pickups) |
| Sunday | 10am – 2pm (Final payouts & unsold item pickup) |
Live Auction (Tentative)
This is the Day and Times when specific item types will be sold. It is important to remember that this is TENTATIVE. This tentative schedule is based on the items being pre-registered for the Live Auction. The actual schedule for the day will be posted outside the auction room – so be sure to check there each morning for the most up-to-date information.
Thursday (10 am – 10pm)
| 10 am | Boardgames (Family) |
| 11:30 am | Boardgames (Historical) |
| 1 pm | War Games incl SPI, S&T, Wargamer, Against the Odds |
| 2 pm | RPG (TSR, D&D 1st & 2nd Ed) |
| 3 pm | Boardgames (Fantasy) |
| 4 pm | Boardgames (Party / Casual) |
| 5 pm | RPG’s (Fantasy) incl Pathfinder, D&D 3, 3.5, & 4 |
| 6 pm | War Games incl Avalon Hill, Milton Bradley |
| 7 pm | Boardgames (Sci-Fi) |
| 7:30 pm | RPG (Fantasy, supers, misc) |
| 9 pm | Boardgames (Fantasy) incl supers, Heroquest, Dark World, D&D, Pathfinder |
Friday (10 am – 11 pm)
| 10 am | Boardgames (Family) |
| 10:30 am | Boardgames (Historical) |
| 11 am | RPG (Sci Fi) incl FFG, Traveller, FASA, Starfinder |
| 11:30 am | Boardgames (Sci Fi) incl GDW, GMT, Metagaming |
| 12:30 pm | Wargames incl GMT, ASL |
| 1:30 pm | Boardgames (Fantasy) incl Fantasy Flight, Mythos |
| 2:30 pm | Pre-Painted Plastic Minis incl Heroscape, Heroclix, X-Wing etc |
| 3 pm | Miniatures (unpainted) |
| 5 pm | Games Workshop |
| 6:30 pm | Miniatures (painted) |
| 7 pm | RPG’s (TSR, D&D 1st & 2nd) |
| 8:00pm – ??? | Collector Section |
Saturday (10 am – Midnight)
| 10 am | Boardgames (Family) |
| 11 am | Boardgames (Trains) |
| 11:30 am | LCG / CCG / TCG Collectible cards & dice |
| 12:30 pm | RPG’s (Mythos & supernatural themes) Chaosium, White Wolf, Modiphius, Pinnacle |
| 1:30 pm | RPG’s incl D&D 5E, LOTR, NOVA |
| 2 pm | Wargames incl NOVA, Iron Crown, TSR |
| 2:30 pm | Boardgames (Fantasy) incl LOTR, supernatural themes |
| 3 pm | Boardgames (Misc) |
| 3:30 pm | Boardgames (Party/Casual) |
| 4 pm | TOVA (Toys, Oddities, Videogames, Art) |
| 7:00 pm – ??? | Charity Auction (incl Ace of Aces) |
Gen Con 2023 Important Dates
Pre-Registration Deadlines
Registration Opens
Item Submission Ends
May 1st
July 23rd (Midnight Eastern)
New Auction Location for 2023
We are now on the 2nd Floor of the Marriott hotel – in the Marriott Ballroom, sections 5 and 6. Use the parking garage level 2 to easily unload the items you are selling at auction.
Auction Location
We have a new location this year. Bigger and Better – and much easier for sellers to drop off their items.
We are now on the 2nd Floor of the Marriott hotel – in the Marriott Ballroom – sections 5 and 6.