Friday September 28th, 2018 - Sunday September 30th, 2018
Here Be Dragons!
Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites
5151 East Grant Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85712
The theme this year is dragons, so get ready for epic adventures! Come in your best dragon themed cosplay, run a themed game, paint a dragonslayer, or bring your hero to defeat the dragon. Of course, we’ll also have our outstanding lineup of tournaments, special programming, boardgames, RPGs, and miniatures games, as well as our Kids’ Track programming for gamers 6 and up. So, bring the whole family and enjoy a weekend of gaming, camaraderie, and spectacle!
Special Guests
- Jessica Feinberg, Artist Guest of Honor (Artlair)
- Marissa Kelly, RPG Guest of Honor (Magpie Games)
- Sarah Reed, BG Guest of Honor (Resourceful Games)
- Michael Coe (Gamelyn Games)
- Mark Diaz Truman (Magpie Games)
- James Ernest (Cheapass Games)
- Brandish Gilhelm (Runehammer)
- Darrell Hayhurst (Torg Eternity)
- Seth Jaffe (Tasty Minstrel Games)
- Brendan LaSalle (Goodman Games)
- Dante Lauretta (game designer, PI of NASA's OSIRIS REx mission)
- Meeple Lady (game blogger, rulebook editor)
- Officially Late to the Party (vloggers)
- David Short (Planes, Automobiles)
- John Wick (John Wick Presents)
- Ben Woerner (World of Dew)
- Camdon Wright (Gnome Stew)
Special Programming
- NEW THIS YEAR: Women's gaming area! A place for women to learn and play games hosted by women.
- NEW THIS YEAR: RPGs On Demand! Choose from the latest indie RPGs, try something new.
- Kids' Track programming for your mini-gamer 6-12 years of age. Co-op drop-off program, so you can play your games and they can play theirs.
- Fundraiser RPG: Special Guest Brendan LaSalle hosts a madcap improv session of Dungeon Crawl Classics, to benefit IGDN's Metatopia scholarships
- Giant Games! Play life-sized versions of some of your favorite boardgames.
- UnPub Mini: Playtest new game prototypes from local game designers, help them bring their ideas to production.
- Panels, workshops, and demos from our illustrious special guests
- GMs' Conference: A series of short presentations from some of our best GMs, keynote by GoH Marissa Kelly
- Texas Hold 'em With Zombies charity tournament: Proceeds go to benefit the Southern AZ Community Food Bank
- Live-streamed session of Laughing Moon's Wheelhouse system, run by the creator
- Murder mystery LARP
- Pizza party mixer: Meet 'n' greet with this year's special guests
- Tournaments, open lending games library, Play-to-Win, raffles, prizes, and much, much more!
Links
Volunteer at RinCon: We need logistical help prior to the convention, contact us to talk about how to get involved and get a free or reduced-cost membership. Volunteer for 4 hours at the event, and the rest of that day you get in free.
Submit to run an event at RinCon: This will be open from 5/19/2018 (our first fundraiser game day) to 9/1/2018 (our last fundraiser game day). People running games can get a discounted admission by submitting them before 8/1/2018.
Register here: Pre-registration discount is available from June 23rd to September 1st. From September 2nd through September 23rd, online registration is still available at door prices.
View the RinCon2018 schedule: The schedule is now viewable. And keep checking back - we're adding new content all the time!
Reserve a hotel room: This link gives you access to the RinCon room block prices. If for any reason you make a reservation in another manner, please be sure it gets associated with our block so that we get credit for it.