Specialty Tracks and Groups
Open Gaming
Have an opening in your schedule? Visit our Open Gaming area in the back of the Main Ballroom. Bring your own game or borrow one from our amazing Game Library. Our library includes many games from a wide variety of publishers, including ElfinWerks, Zvezda, Sirius Games, and many others! See the Games Library Inventory for the most recent list. Borrowing games from the library is included with your convention badge!
Tekumel
Tekumel Track offers games and other events for fans of MAR Barker’s World of Tekumel. Fans of Tekumel from all over the world attend, making this the best place to meet other fans of this amazing and detailed setting. https://www.tekumelfoundation.org/
Puffing Billy®
Puffing Billy® Tournament Puffing Billy offers numerous train-related games like Ticket to Ride. Games may be played individually or as part of a point based tournament. Find their events under the Board Games category. More…
SHE – Super Heroines, Etc
SHE – Super Heroines, Etc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, built on the vision of a world where all identities are celebrated in the nerdy community. https://www.superheroinesetc.org
Pathfinder Society (PFS)
Pathfinder Society (PFS) is a worldwide fantasy roleplaying campaign using the Pathfinder (second edition) ruleset. Take on the role of an agent of the Pathfinder Society, a legendary league of explorers, archaeologists, and adventurers dedicated to discovering and chronicling the greatest mysteries and wonders of an ancient world. Starfinder Society (SFS) is a worldwide science fantasy campaign that puts you in the role of an agent of the Starfinder Society. The Society is a group of explorers who travel out into the galaxy in search of lost knowledge and technologies, bringing what they learn back with them to share with the people of the Pact Worlds.
In both Pathfinder Society and Starfinder Society, your characters are “portable.” After you play at U-Con you can go anywhere in the world and play a new adventure with totally new people under the same rules! Find their events under the Organized Play category. https://paizo.com/pathfindersociety
D&D Adventurers League
D&D Adventurers League is an ongoing official organized play campaign for Dungeons & Dragons. It uses the fifth edition of the Dungeons & Dragons rules, and features the Forgotten Realms setting. You can play D&D Adventurers League games at any place that features adventures bearing the D&D Adventurers League logo. You can create a character and bring that character to games anywhere D&D Adventurers League is supported. Find their events under the Organized Play category. https://www.adventurersleague.info/
Amorphous Blob Games
Amorphous Blob Games has been bringing new and interesting board/card games and role-playing events to the convention scene for over 20 years. We warmly welcome our friends! Stop by one of our events and see our experience in action! Find their events under the Board Games and Roleplaying categories.
Matinee Adventures
Matinee Adventures was founded in 2009 by a trio of gamemasters looking to provide consistent, entertaining roleplaying games at conventions. We have since grown to 20+ gamemasters who offer an incredible variety of games and systems. We seek to give players a next-level gaming experience. Find their events under the Roleplaying category. https://matineeadventures.com/
Untold Stories Project
We are a group of gamers dedicated to bringing attention to the games and voices that don’t receive the attention they deserve. Games that don’t have millions of dollars for their marketing budget or a cast of voice actors with thousands of weekly viewers. We want the world to know that there are other ways to describe RPGs than “It’s like D&D but with superheroes.” We also want to showcase that the gaming community is diverse and has a place for everyone to play. Gaming is for everyone. https://untoldstoriesproject.com/
We Hate Bards
We Hate Bards is West Michigan’s premier gaming organization. Started by three nerds with a dream of a larger, more diverse, and active roleplaying group, We Hate Bards over a decade later is now the go to group for RPG and tabletop gaming. To join our roleplaying community of over 1,000 members head over to https://www.meetup.com/We-Hate-Bards
Ypsilanti Gaming Group
The Ypsilanti Gaming Group (YGG) is a friendly weekly gaming meetup on Tuesday nights from 6:45pm -10pm. We play a wide range of games from light to heavy with a broad range of themes. We welcome diversity among our gamers. Most Tuesdays we gather at the Ypsi Alehouse on Pearl Street. Folks are always welcome to schedule to run their own games, but can also rest easy as there will also always be somebody running something you can join in. The Ypsilanti Alehouse is on Pearl Street. To join the weekly game sign up message, email blackwellreynolds at gmail.
Oakland County Gamers
Oakland County Gamers is a 100% volunteer-run 501c(3) charity organization that focuses on utilizing board games as an avenue to build essential social skills and strengthen personal connections. Our volunteers can teach games on a wide spectrum, from simple card games to complex strategy games. OCG has an ever-growing local and online community to support our local charities through donations and proceeds from large events. OCG runs Game Day events at the Wixom VFW every 2nd Saturday of the month and at the Farmington Community Library on the 4th Saturday of the month. You can find OCG events here at U-Con under the Board Games and Card Games categories.
National Community of Gamers
National Community of Gamers is a group of fun-loving gamers who play many types of table top games. Our goal is to foster a healthy in-person atmosphere for folks to get together and enjoy a good game. The club began as a daughter organization of Social Interactions Inc, a 501c3 non-profit that promotes fun activities in social settings to enhance the ability to develop interpersonal interaction skills.