September 24-27, 2026 · Portland, Oregon

The podcast pulls up a chair.

WABCON brings WeAreBoard listeners together for four days of live shows, open gaming, and new friends across the table.

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A convention table crowded with board games mid-play

First, there was the show.

WeAreBoard is a weekly podcast about board games and the people who play them. WABCON is what happens when the listeners finally meet.

Listen to the show
Two hosts recording a podcast episode at a long wooden table

Four days, one very long table.

A stage lit up for a live podcast taping

Live shows

Two live tapings with the whole crew, and questions from the floor.

Shelves of board games in an open play library

Open play, all weekend

A library of hundreds of games, with volunteers happy to teach any of them.

Meet the designers

Playtest unreleased prototypes and tell a designer what you really think.

Tournaments

Casual brackets every afternoon. Winners take home a trophy meeple.

A dimly lit hotel lounge set up for late night games

After dark

Party games and bad decisions until the hotel asks us to stop.

Your hosts, in the flesh.

The three voices in your headphones, live on stage all four days.

Portrait of Marisol Vega
Marisol VegaHost and rules explainer in chief
Portrait of Dev Okafor
Dev OkaforCo-host and heavy euro devotee
Portrait of Priya Raghunathan
Priya RaghunathanProducer and party game evangelist
The WeAreBoard meetup at Gen Con felt like a family reunion. A whole weekend of that? I am in.

Renata Kowalczyk, listener since 2021

Grab a seat at the table.

A full pass is $20 and covers all four days. Every pass comes with:

  • A WABCON badge to wear all weekend
  • This year's collector token
  • A raffle entry for a free board game

Want the con T-shirt too? Add one for $30 at checkout.