Convention will run from October 25-28th 2024, at the Crowne Plaza, Northwood, Dublin 9.
🎟️ Tickets now live!
On-the-door prices:
Weekend – €55 Concession – €35 Kids (10-17) – €25
Day (all) – €15 Kids – €7.50
LARPs/RPGs/PF – €4
Merch (badge, sticker, dice) – €2/item, 3 for €5
Tees – €18
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
📖 Program of events here
RPG and Larp Schedule here
🛏️ Need accommodation for the con? Hotel link
Latest:
Special events include – Divergent and Dragons; a full program of Battletech and more to come. The Gaelcon Paint & Take returns after its popular debut last year. Guy Sclanders of GreatGM is our guest of honour.
Our Trade Hall is packed, from art to jewellery, to plushies, retro games and more. Full listing on this page.
Fingal Community Gaming will be offering specially written D&D games for 8-12 year olds and 13-17 year olds both in the main hall and in a dedicated sensory-friendly rpg room.
The 4-day schedule for the boardgames area is now live for Gaelcon 2024. Math trade is now open.
This year the Charity Auction – on Sunday night – will benefit Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland and BeLongTo. Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland will also have an ambassador visit at the event.
Convention Opening Hours:
🕒 Friday from 5pm to 1am
🕒 Saturday from 9am to 1am
🕒 Sunday from 9am to 1am
🕒Monday from 9am to 5pm
We are delighted to announce that GMT Games (https://www.gmtgames.com) has sponsored our boardgames events and raffle prizes all weekend. Make sure to rent or prebook a boardgame over the weekend to be in with a chance to win. Raffles will be held at 5pm Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
We will also be demoing some of these fantastic games in the board game room over the weekend.
Charity Partners:
Updates on Gaelcon
Boardgame Schedule Announced
The 4-day schedule for the boardgames area is now live for Gaelcon 2024. Pick out the games you want to play and comment on the geeklist for soft pre-bookings. All details can be found here: https://iga.ie/boardgames-schedule-2024/
Die of the year poll winners announced
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We’re ramping up for the Con
The poster is out, and it’s awesome: see what you see here. It’s led to a particularly fetching T-shirt for the merch-hungry. The Urgent: Wanna run/demo/teach a boardgame at Gaelcon 36? Deadline for applications is fast approaching. This is of tremendous interest to that community and they’re super encouraging if you want to try something. Here’s the link.…