Gen Con 2026 Diviners Run Divination at Gen Con and earn a free four-day badge! Night Goddess Games is seeking to fill a few additional paid positions for its Gen Con 2026 event offerings! A free 4-day Gen Con badge (value $180) will be provided to anyone who can run eight hours of games for us (two four-hour sessions), and either serve as an emergency backup for one additional game* or scan badges at one of our other events. * FWIW, this is our seventh year running Divination at Gen Con and we’ve never needed to call upon the services of a backup Diviner. To apply, please complete the form below. No previous experience is required with Divination RPG or with tarot to submit for this opportunity. We will provide all table materials for your session (including a tarot deck), and will send out game rules, preparation materials, and a session module well in advance of Gen Con. Night Goddess Games is actively seeking submissions from all ethnicities and gender identities.About YouYour Name(Required) First Last Your pronouns(Required)Email(Required) Enter Email Confirm Email Your GM experienceTell us about your experience as a GM(Required)Please include things like how long you’ve been GMing, what systems you have experience with, and anything else that might be relevant.Have you ever GMed at a con before?(Required)Running a game in a convention setting has some unique considerations such as time limits, teaching the game as you play, managing strangers of all personalities, etc. In order for us to best prepare you, it helps to know if you have experience in this area. Yes, I have GMed at least one game at Gen Con or another convention Not at a con, but other comparable one-shot-with-stranger events (like at your FLGS) No, never in a con-like setting, only with friend groups or people I know I haven’t GMed before, but I’m confident I can (and am happy to run a practice session for the Div community if necessary) What is your preference between running a scenario that's been provided for you versus running a scenario you write/create yourself?(Required) I strongly prefer running a pre-written scenario I slightly prefer running a pre-written scenario No preference I slightly prefer running a scenario I write myself I strongly prefer running a scenario I write myself Tell us about any experience you have with teaching a game to new players(Required)If you don’t have any experience with this specifically, please feel free to tell us about any other relevant teaching experience instead, or anything that supports your confidence in being able to teach the game to new players as you play.Have you played Divination before?Previous experience with the game is not necessary to apply, this simply helps us plan how best to prepare our GMs. Yes No Your tarot experienceHow familiar are you with tarot?(Required)No familiarity is required to submit; this question simply helps us plan for how best to prepare our GMs. Very; I can read for myself and/or others without looking up meanings Somewhat; I sometimes have to look up meanings if I’m reading Casually; I kind of know how the deck is structured, and could probably read cards with a book or cheat sheet, but don’t have much or any experience doing so Not very; I don’t really know much about how the deck is structured or how the meanings work Gen Con specificsHave you already purchased a Gen Con badge?(Required)If you have already purchased a badge and we assign you a GM badge, Gen Con will issue you a refund for the one you purchased. Yes, a 4-day badge Yes, one or more single-day badges No Do you have lodging secured for Gen Con?(Required) n/a: I live in/near Indy and don’t require lodging Yes, I have booked and confirmed lodging in place already Not yet, but I plan to attend regardless and will work it out Not yet, and my attendance at Gen Con is dependent on finding suitable lodging Sessions(Required)Below are the sessions we still need to fill, please select any you would be willing to be considered for. You’ll have an opportunity to tell us about any preferences in a later question. NOTE: We will NOT assign anyone to run both of the Friday back-to-back games unless you specifically request that in the preferences below! Thursday 6-10pm Friday 2-6pm Friday 6-10pm Saturday noon-4pm Additional Responsibility(Required)In order to qualify for a badge, we need you to help us out with one additional item: either serving as an emergency backup for one other Div session, or scanning badges at one of our other events. Please select any you would be willing to be considered for. backup Diviner Thursday 6-10pm backup Diviner Friday 2-6pm backup Diviner Friday 6-10pm backup Diviner Saturday noon-4pm backup Diviner Sunday 10am-2pm scan badges Thursday approx 3:45-4:15pm scan badges Thursday approx 6:45-7:15pm scan badges Sunday approx 9:45-10:15am Session preferences(Required)Out of everything you chose above, let us know here if you have any preferences (such as your first and second choice time slots, previous experience with electronic badge scanning, etc). We’ll do our absolute best to assign folks to their top choices, but we also need to balance and make sure all games and jobs are covered.Anything else we should know?This can be additional clarification about any of the questions above, or anything else you’d like us to know in considering your submission.
