August 24th, 2012Top Story The Coolest Games, Cosplay and More from Gen Con 2012 By Ed Grabianowski Gen Con is the biggest game convention in North America, held each August in Indianapolis — this year, it set a new attendance record, with a weekend turnstile number of 134,775 and more than 41,000 attendees. Feast your eyes on our exclusive photo gallery of amazing costumes, incredible games... and crazy gamer parties. We'll have more detailed coverage next week on some of the big news coming out of Gen Con — like the future of D&D and Star Trek Catan. For now, soak in the atmosphere... including the dry-ice and heavy metal infused D&D keynote address, the outlandish Iron GM World Championship, giant game boards, zombies galore, a hand-sculpted giant Death Star battlefield, and custom brew pub offerings. Additional photography by Eric Alderman and Meg Helmes.

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