Event Description
The Convention For Gaming Industry Professionals!
METATOPIA is the place to unveil new ideas and new additions to existing material, and to share them with friends and peers, old and new.
Join scores of Designers and Publishers for 40+ hours of scheduled playtests, seminars, panels and discussions. Events will include hundreds of role playing games, story games, LARPs, board games, card games and wargames.
METATOPIA is both a freeform exchange of gaming AND a tightly scheduled Double Exposure convention. Rather than having the gamemasters focus on the attendees, we have turned the tables and are creating an environment where the Players are there to focus on the Designers! It is unlike any of our other conventions, all tied together by the top-notch Double Exposure staff.
Publishers and Designers will be cross-playtesting as part of a community peer schedule that ONLY Double Exposure could coordinate!
Even if your game idea consists of three pencils and a cat, you'll want to be at this exciting festival, where every Designer is treated as a star. Dust it off, show it off, and let your peers help you get it ready for the 2027 convention season!
Pre-registration will be $109.00 - $175.00 for Designers and $20.00 for Players. You can pre-register for METATOPIA 2026 as a Designer until Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 4:00PM EST, and as a Player until Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 6:00PM EST.
Event registration (which allows you to reserve seats in scheduled events) will open at 1:00PM EST on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
If you would like to submit a Panel, Seminar, Workshop or Roundtable for the METATOPIA 2026 schedule, please us this link:
https://forms.gle/eTNexUCck7gTjrME8
On-Site badge pickup opens 6:00PM EST Thursday night (November 5th). Join us at 7:00PM for a Meet & Greet, featuring open gaming and lots of schmoozing.
Parking is FREE each day for attendees; $10/night for Hotel guests.
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Event Days
All times in New York, United States — GMT-5