Wednesday
Badge Pick-Up: 2 PM for Diamond, platinum and Guests at Con HQs (aka Grand Ballroom Coat Check)
Badge Pick-up: 3 PM to 8 PM All pre-registered attendees at Con HQs (aka Grand Ballroom Coat Check)
Welcome Party! 7pm to 9pm. Free Spotted Cow, pizza and chips while supplies last. Please wear your badge so we know you are with Gary Con. We will show movies in the Swinghurst Room too.
Thursday
Theme: Sci-Fi Thursday. Show your spirit by dressing as your favorite sci-fi character. Gary Con Staff members will be handing out prizes for noteworthy costumes.
Yawning Portal GM Lounge: 7:30 am to 7:30 pm refreshments and resources for GMs Only
Convention HQ: 8 am to 10 pm
Opening Ceremony: 10 am in the Grand Geneva Lobby
Artists Alcove: 10 am to 5pm
Celebrity Metamorphosis Alpha with James M. Ward Noon to 4pm in the Geneva Boardroom
Chainmail Jousting: 8 am to 8 pm
Exhibit Hall: 10 am to 5 pm
Diamond Dinner: 6-7:30 pm
Gary Con VIG and Special Guests Party: 8pm to midnight in the The Chaldea Room (aka Grand Suite )
Movie Screening: Eye of The Beholder 8pm in the Yawning Portal GM Lounge (aka Loramoor A)
Friday
Theme: Fantasy Friday. Show your spirit by dressing as your favorite fantasy character. Gary Con Staff members will be handing out prizes for noteworthy costumes.
Yawning Portal GM Lounge: 7:30 am to 7:30 pm refreshments and resources for GMs Only
Convention HQ: 8 am to 8 pm
Artists Alcove: 10 am to 5 PM
Chainmail Jousting: 8 am to 8 pm
Exhibit Hall: 10 am to 5 pm
Happy Hour (Free Beer!): 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm – so make sure to buy your Gary Con Stadium Cup
Celebrity D&D with Mike Mearls 7pm to 11pm in the Geneva Boardroom
Movie Screening: The Secrets in Gary’s Basement 8pm in the Yawning Portal GM Lounge (aka Loramoor A)
Saturday—Hawaiian Shirt Day
Theme: Hawaiian Shirt Day. Gary Gygax was known for wearing his most stylish Hawaiian shirts at conventions. Join us by sporting your most colorful Hawaiian shirt in his honor Saturday!
Yawning Portal GM Lounge: 7:30 am to 7:30 pm refreshments and resources for GMs Only
Convention HQ: 8 am to 8 pm
Artists Alcove: 10 am to 5 PM
Chainmail Jousting: 8 am to noon
Exhibit Hall: 10 am to 5 pm
Chainmail Jousting Elimination: 1 pm to 6 pm
Group Hawaiian Shirt Day Picture: 2 pm, Lobby
** Gary Gygax Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: 2:30 pm, Lobby**
Charity Auction: 3 pm to 6 pm in the Grand Geneva Lobby Lounge
Happy Hour (Free Beer!): 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm – so make sure to buy your Gary Con Stadium Cup
TSR Alumni Party: 7 pm to midnight in the Lobby Lounge
Chainmail Jousting Championship: 8 pm
Celebrity AS&SoH with Jeff Talanian 8pm to midnight. Play alongside authors, designers and indutry notables in this special Gary con event.
Special Screening: D&D Cartoon presented by Ernest Gary Gygax Jr 8pm in the Yawning Portal GM Lounge (aka Loramoor A)
Sunday
Yawning Portal GM Lounge: 7:30 am to 3:30 pm refreshments and resources for GMs Only
Convention HQ: 8 am to 4 pm
Artists oAlcove: 8 am to noon
Exhibit Hall: 10 am to 1 pm
Chaplain’s Breakfast Service: 9 am to 10 am in the Games Library (aka Loramoor Room)
Dead Dog Volunteer Party: 9 pm