Dire Wolf Events at Gen Con ’25

May 2, 2025

The Best Four Days in Gaming return to Indianapolis this summer, and Dire Wolf is heading back to Gen Con with new releases and 100+ events throughout the weekend!

If you’re making the trip, be sure to add these to your Gen Con Event Wishlist!

Gen Con Pre-Release: Lightning Train

The just-announced new bag-building train game will be available early at Gen Con in limited quantities each day at the Dire Wolf booth in the exhibit hall. If you want to make sure you get the chance to ride the rails before Lightning Train comes to retail this fall, sign up for one of our learn-to-play full games in the Dire Wolf Event Room!

This is a casual event; rules will be taught. (It would be kinda weird if you already knew how to play.)

Clank! Catacombs: “Escape from Dracotraz!” & “A Royal Rescue!”

When the exhibit hall closes, join us for special Gen Con-exclusive Clank! Catacombs events in the Dire Wolf Event room, with 72 players running the Catacombs dungeon in two new story-driven scenarios!

Escape from Dracotraz! – You begin the game locked in a special Prison zone in the depths of the dungeon. Find your way to the exit to escape…with whatever loot you find along the way, of course!
A Royal Rescue! – You made it out of Dracotraz…but you left the Princess behind! Time to head back for a daring royal rescue!

Each scenario is different, and can be played independently of one another. Special scenario rules will be taught, with giveaways and prizes.

Dune: Imperium North American Championship

The largest Dune: Imperium event in North America returns to Gen Con for the fourth straight year, with 256 players battling it out for the right to be called Champion!

Sign up for one of the Qualifier events Thursday – Saturday; win your game and advance to the Top 64 on Saturday afternoon, with the championship round played on Sunday!

All games use Dune: Imperium – Uprising, with the Bloodlines expansion introduced for the Top 64 and beyond…and the Top 16 and Finals introducing an expanded pool of Leaders!

This is a competitive event with prizes. Rules will be enforced by the tournament staff.

Dune: Imperium – Uprising Six-Player Team Battle!

The war for Arrakis rages on, and the stakes are higher than ever! Two teams of three go head-to-head in epic six-player team battles throughout the weekend!

Casual play for experienced players, with giveaways and prizes.

Learn to Play Invincible: The Hero Building Game

Learn the ropes of Invincible: The Hero-Building Game in a fun, casual, learn-to-play scenario that sees would-be superheroes team up to take on the latest bad guy to show his ugly head.

Open to heroes of all levels of experience. Rules will be taught.

Learn to Play Wild Tiled West

A frontier of hardworking critters and cheatin’ varmints awaits in Wild Tiled West! Draft tiles to build new towns across the prairie and help your settlement grow. Defend your citizen from no-good-rotten outlaws. Strike it rich in the mines, or risk it all at the card table! The West is wilder than ever! And it’ll take clever strategy and a bit of luck to come out on top!

This is a casual, learn-to-play event open to gamers of all levels of experience. Rules will be taught.