Gen Con at Home

Last year, hot off our excitement from our first board game convention (Origins Game Fair) and subsequent sadness we weren’t attending the largest U.S. board game convention (Gen Con) we decided to create a special board gaming weekend at home.

For Gen Con at Home 2022, (which was VERY impromptu) we did the following activities:

Our (then) 6 year-old created badges for the family to wear.
We set up a board game store where she created price tags and a shopping experience for us so we could practice money math.
We picked up meals from local vegan food trucks.
We played a giant stack of games throughout the weekend.
We watched Gen Con coverage on YouTube.
Our 6 year-old made a list of board games played to practice writing skills.

From August 3 – August 6, with a Saturday emphasis for our activities, join us in celebrating Gen Con from the comfort of your own home.

Here’s what we will be up to:

Creating lists of our current top 10 favorite games.
Making badges for our family using our old con lanyards. (the 7 year old)
Watching Gen Con coverage on YouTube.
A Saturday morning coffee run and carry-out meals all day. Junk food will also be on hand.
Playing a massive stack of games from Friday-Sunday. Hopefully learning 1-2 new games as well.
Playing games we don’t own on Board Game Arena.
Sharing our weekend through many posts on social media @brownhouseboardgames on IG.
Using the following printables and social media graphics to track our stats:

Printables and Social Media Graphics (see below)

Tag me in your IG posts so I can share them! @brownhouseboardgames

Other Ideas for Gen Con at Home Challenges

It you take on your own challenges, please tag me in your posts so I can see what you’re up to!

“Number Challenge” Set a goal for how many games you’d like to play in a day and see how far you get.
Do a “Designer/Publisher Challenge”, playing through the ones you own and ranking them.
Have a Roll & Write marathon and play a stack of games from this genre.
The “Kids Pick Challenge” – Let the kids pick all the games to play in a day.
The “I Miss You Challenge” – Play the 3 or 5 games in your collection you have neglected the longest.
Play the lightest game in your collection followed by the heaviest.
“New Game Challenge” – tackle that Unplayed Shelf!
The “Indecisive Challenge” – write game titles on slips of paper or add to a spinner on the internet and let the fates decide what you play.
The “Rainbow Challenge” – Get your ROYGBIV on and play a game with a box of each color of the rainbow.

Card and Dice Game Challenge

Print out this sheet to keep track of the card and dice games played throughout Gen Con at Home. Have the kiddos practice writing the game titles in the boxes.