Entrepreneurs Avenue
Entrepreneurs Avenue is a dedicated space in the convention’s Exhibit Hall for companies to make their debut at Gen Con. Groundbreaking startups promote their first game to established brands you know and love that have yet to grace The Best Four Days in Gaming!TM
Gen Con 2026 marks the 17-year anniversary of Entrepreneurs Avenue. Demo hot new games, discover up-and-coming publishers, and help us welcome the best and brightest newcomers to the tabletop gaming industry!
2026 Marketing Fellowships
Six top applicants accepted into Entrepreneurs Avenue are awarded Marketing Fellowships, which provide them with greater exposure through expanded booth space and additional marketing. Read below to learn about this year's Marketing Fellows!
About Chris Couch Games
At Chris Couch, we invite you to Kick Back and Play, making game night the highlight of your week! Our games are sneakily strategic and built to surprise you while keeping the fun front and center. Whether you’re cheering a winning roll or plotting the perfect comeback, we create worlds that turn ordinary nights into unforgettable moments.
Our catalog includes Kraken Skulls (a pirate dice game filled with over 25 mini games), Holiday Hills (a delightfully strategic Christmas game where you decorate trees with ornaments, candy canes, and string lights to spread festive cheer), and Jingle Bell Roll (a cozy, push your luck Christmas game perfect for family game night).
Our upcoming titles include Garden Club (a tile-laying two-player game), Haunted Hills (a spooky sequel to Holiday Hills about candy collection), Vector (a polyomino deck-builder), and more on the way! Enjoy demos, events and more at our Gen Con booth!
About Ludoliminal
Ludoliminal is thrilled to make our first Gen Con appearance in 2026, where we’ll be featuring our debut titles Diatoms and Uh Oh, Dino!
Diatoms is a beautiful, multi-award-winning game inspired by the real art of arranging microscopic algae. It offers puzzly pattern-making fun for 1–4 players in about 45 minutes, wrapped in luxurious Victorian-science style. At Gen Con, we’ll also have Diatoms accessories and a special 2026 commemorative solo commission.
Uh Oh, Dino! is a cute, chaotic cooperative dinosaur game with a shifting board, a drawbag of danger, and an adorable family of chunky wooden dinos. It brings big fun for adults and kids in a small-box game that plays in under 30 minutes. We’ll also be showcasing the Meteors & Meat-Eaters expansion, new for 2026.
Ludoliminal is an independent game design and publishing studio based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Find us at ludoliminal.com. We can’t wait to see you at Gen Con!
About Moon Saga Workshop
Moon Saga Workshop is an independent board game studio founded by game designer, Chris Eastridge, which focuses on creating inclusive, thematic tabletop experiences with strong replay value. Each game is built around a clear theme that guides the mechanics, artwork, and overall structure, ensuring that gameplay and setting support each other directly. The studio emphasizes replayability through meaningful systems that encourage everything from variable setups to different strategies in each session.
Moon Saga Workshop also designs with inclusivity in mind. Rules are written to be accessible to a wide range of players, and games are structured so that both casual and experienced players can participate comfortably. They prioritize clear language, straightforward onboarding, and gameplay that remains welcoming without reducing depth.
About Pegasus Games
Pegasus Games is an indie tabletop game company dedicated to making games that are thematic, funny, and welcoming to everyone. At Gen Con, Pegasus Games will showcase their latest game: Love, Career & Magic, a chaotic 12-minute roleplaying game where fantasy meets reality TV. Designed to be beginner-friendly, GM-less, and easy to teach, it’s the perfect gateway game for introducing new players to the joy of roleplaying without the large setup or prep required in traditional TTRPGs. The goal is simple: to spread laughter, inspire creativity, and prove that great games don’t need big budgets—just big imagination and heart.
About Pink Hawk Games
Pink Hawk Games creates whimsical strategy games that weave charming themes into surprisingly deep strategic gameplay. We bring friends and family together for fun yet competitive game nights.
We are thrilled to showcase our flagship product Pirates of the High Teas, winner of BostonFIG’s Best Hobby Game of 2024. Enter a delightful world where tea-loving pirates compete to serve their Captain the perfect afternoon tea! Grab your cannon and monkey as you prepare for mayhem, smashing food together to create culinary masterpieces and monstrosities.
We’re also excited to demo two upcoming releases, Good Kitties and Super Chonk. In Good Kitties, a cooperative campaign game for 1-4 misbehaving cats, play as scheming house cats performing secret missions while their humans sleep. In Super Chonk, a quick card game for 2-6 hungry kitties, compete to eat the choicest kibble while avoiding chaotic collisions at the bowl.
About Storybrewers Roleplaying
Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon are the award-winning designers and married duo behind Storybrewers Roleplaying, an Aussie indie studio known for emotionally rich ttrpgs starring underrepresented themes—romance! drama! feelings! Our games explore history, literature, and queer narratives, bringing players together for heartfelt, collaborative storytelling.
Come visit us for a first look at the new edition of our beloved bestseller, Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG, brimming with regency romance, rumour, and scandal. Peruse our full lineup, from the Littlebox series (oneshots packed with story), to Fight with Spirit (sports drama with innovative card-driven play), and much more!
Following back-to-back wins at PAX Aus Indie Showcase, and two Game of the Year awards at the ARPIAs, we’re stoked to be at Gen Con sharing the games we’ve poured our hearts into. Drop by for a friendly chat, free promo cards, and rpgs that will hit you right in the feels.