Venting About a Terrible Game Organizer
Quick name and shame:
Chivalrous Arts: The Raging Infernos of Tarzarus
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Company - Alchemist Elite
This was my first game for Gen Con 2026, 10 AM Thursday. The organizers sent me a message at 9:50, after I'd already arrived at the game table, the game was cancelled due to not enough players.
I understand one can't run a game without enough players. But cancelling it 10 minutes before the event starts is absurd and careless. It was too late to digitally refund the ticket, too late to line up a new activity in the same timeframe, and wasted my time getting to the location.
The worst part was the organizer showed up 15 minutes around 10:15 and asked if I got the cancellation notification. I said "yeah, the one you sent 10 minutes before the game was supposed to start."
They shared with me that they'd also probably need to cancel the 11AM game for the same reason. Meaning they still hadn't notified the next group their game was cancelled 45 minutes before the game was supposed to start.
Really set a bad tone for the start of the con. It got better after that, but starting the con by waiting in line for a refund was a huge bummer.
Posted Aug 1, 2026, 3:49 AM UTC