Gaelcon

All are welcome at our table; we even accept monopoly players, though we don’t own it.

Trans rights are human rights. #ProtectTheDolls

If you are interested in gaming, usually of the board-type variety, our community is open to you. You do not need to have experience, you do not need to own 20+ different sets of dice (they call to me), and you do not need to have played in any RPG to be a part of our community.

The IGA has a DEI Policy that strictly prohibits discrimination on the grounds of gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.

The gaming community is built from diversity, with people from all backgrounds contributing to this hobby we share. The IGA wouldn’t be where it is without the contributions of countless volunteers, many of whom are in the LGBTQ+ community.

I think it’s obvious to say that we are seeing an increase in intolerance and hate in the world. Between the US being what it is, the UK putting laws into place that negatively impact all of our sisters, and intolerance rearing its ugly head elsewhere, there is no room for silence.

Your newly elected IGA Chair here with a few words to say.

This past week (13th – 19th) was Trans Awareness Week and Trans Day of Remembrance is here, November 20th.

BattleTech at Gaelcon 2025 BattleTech returns to Gaelcon for a full weekend of unique and exciting games and other events in the Gaelcon main hall. After a year of incredibly successful events across the entire island, we’re c...

#Battletech is Back at @gaelcon.bsky.social Ireland this weekend.

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Want to plan your weekend's laughter and merriment (and take a few games/home to EXPERIMENT)? Weekend's program now on iga.ie and from our link in bio.
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RIP Tom Lehrer, btw.

IGA Gaelcon Community Gaming Group Ad This form is to collect information from community gaming groups in Ireland so that they can be advertised in the Gaelcon 2025 Brochure being printed by the Irish Games Association (organisers of Gael...

@gaelcon Are you a community gaming group? Would you like a shout-out in our convention program? Link below so that you can give us the deets!

Important! The 2025 LARP schedule is now available
iga.ie/roleplaying-...

@gaelcon IGA Charity Officer Anton Sweeney receiving a lot for the Gaelcon Charity Auction from renowned Celtic artist, Jim Fitzpatrick. If you have a lot for donation, please contact charity@iga.ie.

This year, our charity partner is Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland.

@gaelcon we have a map - view it in all its interactive finery here: gaelcon37.conmaps.com

Colm is also the director of MOGI - the Museum of Games Ireland, in Killarney, which is dedicated to archiving and recording the hobby.
He will be participating in panels over the weekend, a special MOGI collection will be on display, and will also GM Heroquest for a select group over the weekend.

Our Special Guest has been announced!

Colm Lundberg.

Colm is a game designer and a writer: Designer of Love2Hate: A Party Game for Inappropriate People, contributor to The Munchkin Book, Pathfinder Bestiary 2, (2nd edition), Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide (2nd edition),and much more.

Now that we've seen off the snow, this Thursday's (Jan 16) Thursday night gaming will feature Carcasonne - usual venue (Ryan's), kick off 7pm. Let's get some tiles rolling in the new year, with some important questions like 'is it really worthwhile putting my last meeple there?"

Now that we've seen off the snow, this Thursday's (Jan 16) Thursday night gaming will feature Carcasonne - usual venue (Ryan's), kick off 7pm. Let's get some tiles rolling in the new year, with some important questions like 'is it really worthwhile putting my last meeple there?"

Charity giving update – Gaelcon Irish Games Association https://iga.ie/charity-giving-update/

We plan on making these payments before Christmas. If you have ideas for future charity engagement, we can take suggestions from our members via our policy; details on our site. https://bit.ly/49CsFDO

The IGA are pleased to announce that we are making the following payments on our members' behalf to our charity partners:
Temple Street - €1350 via Kris and Lynn so they can double the payment via Google
Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland - €4,915.20
BelongTo - €15,938.80

Right, we're going to do one of these Irish Cons and Gaming starter pack things here on Bluesky; please reskeet and @ us if you want to get included

Gaelcon Feedback Please help the IGA plan for future Gaelcons by letting us know your thoughts on Gaelcon and providing feedback on your past experiences and desires for future years. All data collected is anonymous.

As always, we're interested in event feedback so that next year's event is better - you can give us feedback here: https://bit.ly/4hKEEmt

Gaelcon 36 – Gaelcon Irish Games Association https://iga.ie/gaelcon/archive/gaelcon-36/

The IGA Archivist has been hard at work - and now, set in electrons rather than stone, is the post-event record:
https://iga.ie/gaelcon/archive/gaelcon-36/

Someone who was attending Gaelcon on Saturday has informed us they just tested positive for covid.
They had tested negative before attending, please be aware of potential symptoms emerging and take care of yourselves.

Gearing up for my final game of @gaelcon.bsky.social - the charity auction run of The Goat-Man is Coming!

Gaelcon's charity auction in aid of BelongTo and Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland begins at 8pm in the main hall, featuring 40 great lots from our wonderful donors.

Check out some our lots for this evenings Charity auction, T-shirts from Larian Studios, A Pendragon Starter set from Chaosium Inc. and a particularly great set of the Doctor Who RPG from Cubicle 7 Entertainment

The Ambassadogs from Autism Assistance Ireland will be in the main hall at 2pm.
If you have a fear of or allergy to dogs please be mindful they will in that area

Image dispalying our fabulous T-shirt, magnificent dice, splendid badges and luminous sticker merchandise.

Our merchandise stand full of wonderful things is just beside the main stage!
Come get some shines!

Cards from the game horrified, a d20 and a mysterious boardgame token featuring a painted image of a lady dressed in blue robes and a pointy blue hat

Bit of lost and found from last night, they were all found in the bar area beside the main hall, the cards are from a game called Horrified, the d20 is a d20 but we have no idea what the token is from.
They can be collected from the boardgames room.

Folks, unfortunately the convention centre parking is full, alternative options are park at the airport and take the Crowne Plaza's shuttle bus here or park at the Omni and make you way down from there.
We're not saying this because of the marathon but there wasn't one yesterday and it was fine....

One of the lovely things @gaelcon.bsky.social have done is name many of the rooms after the Rivers of London. Mama Thames is hosting a positively bouncing board games library