Big Bad Con

An Update from Big Bad Con Based on the current political climate, it is irresponsible to announce a physical convention in 2026. We assure you: Big Bad Con still exists. Things are happening behind the scenes. Internal conversations are ongoing and we are working hard on the future of our convention-what Big Bad Con will look like for the years to come, when we can return to hosting events, and what those will look like. We miss you too and from all of us at Big Bad Con, we hope you have a safe and peaceful holiday season. Our discord server is still available while our staff and volunteers rest for the remainder of 2025.

Big Bad Con announcement.

Announcement for 2025 After careful consideration, the Board, Leadership, and our Staff have concluded that we are unable to host our in-person convention this year. We discussed this thoroughly and this decision was not reached lightly. Our volunteer Staff and Rangers exceeded expectations in organizing last year’s convention. We thank them for their hard work.

Announcement for 2025.

More news to follow. Your patience is appreciated.

We hope everyone had a peaceful holiday season full of comfort and connection. Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful responses regarding BBO for 2025.

Big Bad Online will be on hiatus this year, to return refreshed in 2026. Until then, gratitude for your continued support.

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And with that last message, our volunteer staff is taking a well-deserved break until January 2025. This account may be checked sporadically but replies will not be timely. Take care and we will see y'all in 2025!

Crips for eSims for Gaza Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.

Donations to Crips for eSims for Gaza can be made here! (3/3)

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Donations to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund can be made here! (2/3)

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As we wrap up this year, we have matched our donations to both Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and Crips for eSims for Gaza! If you still wish to donate, the links will be provided in subsequent messaging.

Thanks to everyone who donated! (1/3)

Big Bad Con 2024 Feedback Thank you for your feedback. It helps us improve the con for next year! Note that you can edit your responses, so if you play a game and want to give feedback immediately, you can come back after your...

#BigBadCon2024 attendees! Give us your feedback so we can improve the con for next year! You can edit your responses, so if you recall something after you submit, you can return to add more. The form closes on 12/15 and we will analyze the data in January.

Big Bad Con 2024 (A Thought or Two) Continuing to Romanticize TTRPGs and the Space They Inhabit

#BigBadCon2024 (A Thought or Two) by @merrilee.bsky.social may give you all the feels about our past convention and we thank them for their kind words.

We love you too and we don't care who knows it!

#BigBadCon2024 has ended but we hope you take the fun, the games, and kindness you experienced over the weekend and pass it on to your friends, your gaming groups, and the world. You are a phenomenal community. We would not exist without you and we thank you for the support. 🫶🏼

We hope you get well soon and that we can see you for #BigBadCon2025!

Events

The final Phase is open for #BigBadCon2024! Build your schedules and sign up for those events!

Events

In 10 minutes, #BigBadCon2024 attendees can go full ham on events! Sign up for as many as you can make and have fun!

Wolf Run 2024

Soon it'll be time for #BigBadCon2024! Attendees are getting excited for their events as well as the #WolfRun2024! This year's donations will benefit @msf.bsky.social. MSF provides medical care in conflict zones with humanitarian projects in more than 70 countries.

Events

Phase II kicks in less than an hour! WHEE! Do you know what your next two events will be during #BigBadCon2024? #TTRPGs #larps #gaming

Events

Phase II happens TODAY at 6PM PDT!

#BigBadCon2024 attendees may sign up for an additional TWO events, a maximum of FOUR total. #TTRPGs #larps #gaming

Join The Rangers

We still have some Ranger spots available if you are interested in attending #BigBadCon2024! All the details can be found here and we hope to see you there!

Wolf Run 2024

#BigBadCon2024 attendees! Have you heard about the #WolfRun2024?

This year's run benefits @msf.bsky.social. MSF provides medical care in conflict zones with humanitarian projects in more than 70 countries.

#BigBad2024 Phase I status:

• We have discovered a deeper bottleneck that we are working to address.
• We are getting separate error specifically pulling up number of events available in quota and we are investigating that now.
• We are working with an AWs System Engineer to help troubleshoot.

Events

#BigBadCon2024 signups kick off in a few minutes! Get ready to sign up for your first two games!

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Are you ready to pick your first two events for #BigBadCon2024?

Signups start TODAY at 12:00 PM PDT (GMT-7:00). #TTRPGs #larps #gaming

We have reached an agreement with the boycott organizers ​& the boycott is not moving forward.​ We have posted a message regarding our Anti-Harassment & Community Standard policies.​ As part of our public statement, we decided to start two fundraisers to send direct aid to Palestinians. We donated $5,000 & we will match up to $5,000 more. Links to join the fundraiser can be found here: https://www.bigbadcon.com/blog/our-stance-in-support-of-palestinians/​ We gave $2,500 to ‘The Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund’ who airlift injured children out of Palestine to safe locations for medical care.​ We gave $2,500 to ‘Crips for eSims for Gaza’ who are providing eSims to Palestinians so their phones can access the internet. Phase I of event sign-ups are tomorrow at noon Pacific! You will be able to sign up for ​2 events at this time. Phase II is Wednesday, October 9 at 6 pm Pacific for 2 additional events.​ Phase III is Sunday, October 13 at noon for unlimited event signups.​

Current status update from Big Bad Con:

At Big Bad Con, we try to foster a community that cultivates our Community Standards of Respect, Support, & Kindness. This is easy to say in practice, but can be harder to do in the real world with its intolerances, conflicts & atrocities. Disagreement is not harassment, however disregarding someone’s boundaries or threatening violence is. As stated clearly in our Anti-Harassment Policy, we do not condone harassment or violence of any kind. We cannot moderate the world outside of our convention spaces, however this will not prevent us from taking action when appropriate. We do not monitor all conversations that occur in our convention spaces, but we do expect that everyone abides by our Community Standards & Anti-Harassment Policy. If you are concerned about a sensitive conversation, consider the following: Respect: We ask for consent before engaging in the conversation. We are sensitive to those around us, & consider our impact on them. Support: We check in regularly with each other

Policies reminder:

PoC Lounge Games

With the introduction of the #POCLounge this year, we wanted to give back to our community, specifically by supporting PoC game designers. Check out which games you can find in the PoC Lounge during #BigBadCon2024!

Our Stance in Support of Palestinians

Our public statement, Our Stance in Support of Palestinians, is now published on our website.

Some staff met with Rabbi Brant Rosen, an anti-Zionist Jewish consultant who helped us further embolden and clarify our public statement. We want to acknowledge that we have struggled to communicate outwardly about the intense work that responding to the demands has required. We fully recognize the negative impact that has had for those who have been waiting to hear our response. We commit to rebuilding trust with our community. Our public statement, Our Stance in Support of Palestine, is now published on our website here We are sharing our second response to the boycott organizers here, which individually addresses our renewed efforts to meet the demands. Discord will continue to be read-only until Monday. Next week we must return to convention preparation, but recognize that this work is not done. We commit to building better allyship with all of our community members, and will be identifying concrete next steps to continue that work moving forward.

Current status update from Big Bad Con:

Our fifth update: We submitted a response to the boycott organizers, which was rejected. We are continuing to work on addressing their demands.We’re holding off on making a public statement until that is done. It will be released before October 1st. We pushed the event signup dates back another week (first sign ups October 5 at 12PM Pacific) to give us more time to address the boycott demands. For more details on the signups and the other signup dates see our Scheduled Events FAQ https://www.bigbadcon.com/scheduled-events-faq/ We recognized that we don’t have sufficient moderation staff and so going forward, we will no longer host conversations about the boycott on our server. We encourage you to continue the discussion elsewhere. Additional details about our moderation policies will be posted in our #Server Details channel later this week We will reopen Discord on Monday September 30 to prepare for event sign ups.

Current status update from Big Bad Con:

Our fourth update: Met with Rabbi Menachem Cohen to consult on our public statement, event submission policies, and advice on other consultants to reach out to. We are continuing to reach out to Anti-Zionist and progressive Jewish consultants. Continued staff education about Zionism and Palestine. Revised and updated our anti-harassment policy Completed our response to the boycott organizers which was sent this afternoon. We also reached out to the panel host. Drafted a public statement which will be shared early next week.

Current status update from Big Bad Con: