News, Updates, & Reminders

Greetings, adventurers! We have a bunch of announcements before badge sales and event submissions go live this weekend. 

This email may contain: details about badges, an epic adventure-quest alert, GMing for goodness info, finding your name to reveal your true identity, seizing the loot, locating Luke, and how to seek the Sea Lich. Read on and adventure heartily!!

Badge sales open on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 12:00pm (NOON) Central Time. Be aware of the date, time, and time zone to plan accordingly. 

One hour prior, at 11am Central Time, badge sales will be SUSPENDED while we get everything setup. During that time, using the “Buy badges here!” button below, you’ll be able to see the available badges on TTE: Platinum Non-Renewable, Gold, Silver, Youth, Spectator, and a special “Hero of the Realm” badge (scroll down for more info).  

IMPORTANT BADGE SALES REMINDERS:

1. Buying badges is a 2-step process. If you don’t check out after adding a badge to your cart, you will LOSE it after about two (2) hours–it will then return to the pool of available badges.
2. If you have an issue with badge purchasing on TTE, let us know via the following outlets: (1) Discord help desk or (2) e-mail us at [email protected]. We’re online at the helpdesk during badge release.
3. You may think you have added a badge to your cart, but if it isn’t there when you look in your cart, you didn’t get it. Error messages that briefly appear are easy to miss.
4. REMEMBER Badges are a 2-step process. If you don’t check out after adding it to your cart, you will LOSE it after about two (2) hours. We mention this again because it’s important. Every year people ask why they did not get the badge they had in their cart and every year it’s the same reasons: (1) They never went to the cart to finish checking out, or (2) The badge errored out and didn’t add it to their cart in the first place. This is particularly common for Gold Badges, and we don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, so double-check your cart.

Join an assortment of adventurers in traveling through the editions of D&D in our Founders & Legends Tournament—Incarnate: Descent! 

Returning Heroes, and newly minted ones, may purchase a “Hero of the Realm” badge on the Gary Con XVII TTE site. Your Hero badge includes access to the exclusive Founders & Legends Tournament consisting of four (4) sessions of up to 4-hours in duration with the winners playing in the fifth epilogue session, meal vouchers for breakfast and lunch Monday and Tuesday, social mixers Sunday and Monday night, select merchandise, and premier access link to the Grand Geneva hotel from March 16-24, 2025–so you can book your room for the entirety of the tournament and Gary Con. 

GMs are the backbone of our convention. Event submissions open at the same time as badge sales, so have a look at the GM rewards and get hyped to run some games at Gary Con.

Last year, TTE changed how your name is displayed. If you’re a GM, you might want to think about how you want to appear in TTE, which may make it easier for players to find your events.

Click here for an overview of where you set your name(s) on the TTE site. 

You can pre-order the Official Gary Con XVII shirt, metal dice, stadium cup, and event guide or buy them all in a single cost-saving bundle!

Chet Minton’s beautiful artwork will be featured on the shirt and event guide, the new-and-improved stadium cup (gets you free beer/soda during happy hour and provides discounts on beer/soda at the drink stations), and the beautiful Gary Con XVII metal dice set by Norse Foundry.

Please Note: You must buy your badge before you can purchase merch. Pre-ordered merch must be picked up at GCXVII. 

Keep your eyes open for Luke Gygax at the following upcoming events:

1. San Diego Comic Con – July 26-27 @ San Diego, CA
   • You can find Luke at the “Celebrating 50 Years of D&D” panel on Saturday at 10am.
2. Gen Con – Aug. 1-4 @ Indianapolis, IN
   • Luke will be attending as a Guest of Honor. You can find him running games, streaming D&D, and at seminars and meetings.
3. Dragon Con – Aug. 29-Sept. 2 @ Atlanta, GA
   • Luke will be attending as a Guest of Honor. You can find him running games and signing products.
4. Gamehole Con – Oct.17-20 @ Madison, WI
   • Luke will be attending as a Guest. You can find him running the Founders & Legends Tournament – Incarnate: Ragnarök, as well as at seminars, and gaming tables.
5. Lucca Comics and Games – Oct. 31-Nov. 3 @ Lucca, Italy.
   • Luke will be attending as a Guest of Honor.

The Wrath of the Sea Lich, a reimagining of the hit series Oculus of Senrahbah, is a gritty adventure being reworked for the Shadowdark RPG. The prelaunch page is up so you can read about it and sign up to be notified when it goes live!

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