Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, and strategy games. Gen Con also features computer games. Attendees engage in a variety of tournament and interactive game sessions. In 2019, Gen Con had nearly 70,000 unique attendees.
Part of the exhibit hall space during Gen Con Indy 2010.
A game of The Settlers of Catan being played at Gen Con Indy 2003
The Gen Con Indy 2003 exhibit hall
Cardhalla at Gen Con 2005
A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. It was introduced with Magic: The Gathering in 1993.
Assorted CCG cards
Players engaged in a game of Magic: The Gathering with sleeved cards
A cardboard booster pack for the Moekana educational card game, containing nine additional cards
Allegheny's prototype of The Baseball Card Game from 1904, a precursor to the CCG that was never released