What is

FriendCon

FriendCon is a cosplay, video game, and board game convention that is run, supplied, and made possible by friends. We are committed to maintaining a welcoming and friendly atmosphere while running both casual and competitive events.

All FriendCon attendees must be 21+ years of age.

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WE’VE GOT GAMES

Video! Board! Tabletop! Card! FriendCon focuses on games and the friendships and communities born around them.

WE’VE GOT PEOPLE

FriendCon started out as a small group of friends wanting to try their own hand at a convention, bringing together old friends, meeting new ones, and sharing and bringing the experiences from other conventions that we all love.

WE’VE GOT FUN

FriendCon has tournaments to ruin strengthen friendships, exhibitions to showcase new games and ideas, and an overall game encompassing all parts of the convention where attendees can earn points and glory!

COOL STUFF TO DO

Our Events

Video Gaming

Battle it out in a variety of games, genres, consoles, and experiences. From old-school retro tournaments, to arcade and VR challenges, our gaming selection brings the heat.

Board Games

From the wide range of Monopoly spinoffs, to homebrew and in-house developed games, our tabletop gaming offers a wide selection of classics and indie hits.

Tabletop and Role-Playing Games

Ready to roll for initiative? Various tabletop campaigns and minis are run throughout the event!

Cosplay, Arcade, and More!

Rhythm games, fighters, Flying Power Disc, cosplay contests, showcases, speedruns, and countless other attendee-run activities make FriendCon unique!

BE A BOSS

Want to run an event?

Events at FriendCon are run by attendees with a passion for, well, whatever!

Tournaments, panels, showcases, you name it! If you want to show off your skills, through discussion, gaming, tournaments, or anything in-between, submit your topic or event in our form below to be considered!

Click here to go to our Event Submission Form!

Schedule

Con Schedule

Friday

July 22

9:00am

Doors Open

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4:00 PM

Main Stage

Opening Ceremonies

LEARN SOMETHIN’, WILL YA?

Main Stage

4:30 PM

Game Room

Mario Kart: Double Dash Tourney

Mario Kart Double Dash Tournament, with a twist!

Character selection fully unlocked, item balancing potentially nullified. Chaos ensues.

Game Room

6:30 PM

Main Stage

Mario Kart: Double Dash Finals

Finals for DD tournament on main stage.

Main Stage

7:00 PM

Tabletop Room

2 Rooms and a Boom

Playing the party social deduction game two rooms and a boom.

Tabletop Room

8:30 PM

Main Stage

Friendcon Gamer Challenge Qualifier

After passing our qualifying challenges, gamers will test their mettle against the gnarliest of challenges that our Game Master could cook up. Pick up a controller and show us that you are the truest of True Gamerz. Will you be crowned the Ultimate FriendCon Gamer?

Main Stage

Saturday

July 23

9:00am

Doors Open

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10:00 AM

Tabletop Room

EGG DROP EGGSTRAVAGANZA

Ultimate Egg Drop Challenge from when you were a kid! If you’ve never done it before, even better.

Goal is to build a device that can protect an egg while being dropped from some significant height. Highest survived drop wins.

Tabletop Room

11:30 AM

Main Stage

Amnesia: Justine Speedrun Race

1v1 competition of who can beat Justine the fastest. Hold onto your babies!

Main Stage

1:00 PM

Tabletop Room

Clay Creatures: Calamitous Confrontation! Tournament

Welcome to the Clayrena: You will be given a lump of clay, with which to sculpt a mighty beast of battle! Give it as many legs, arms, teeth…. and whatever that thing is… as you’d like! Then based on your critter’s features you will gain stats, choose your abilities, and go head to whatever that is against your fellow contestants in a no holds barred brawl. Only one monster will survive; all others will be squished viciously by their conquerors!

Brackets to be set up based on number of participating players, with the victors facing off against each other in an extra special final match to determine the ultimate CLAY CREATURE!

Tabletop Room

2:30 PM

Fighting Cabs

Lethal League Blaze Tournament

It’s a tournament, for Lethal League.
Hopefully only Lethal in Minecraft.

Fighting Cabs

3:30 PM

Main Stage

Friendcon Gamer Challenge Qualifier

Main Stage

4:30 PM

Consoles

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament

you know what this is

Qualifiers and eliminations.

Consoles

5:30 PM

Main Stage

It's Trivia, With Steve!

Just like your standard pub trivia, but with a nerdy twist????

Main Stage

7:00 PM

Tabletop Room

Bad Fanfiction

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Tabletop Room

8:30 PM

Main Stage

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Finals

Finals for Smash!?

Main Stage

9:00 PM

Main Stage

FriendCon Gamer Challenge Final

FIND OUT WHO IS THE ULTIMATE?

Main Stage

10:30 PM

Main Stage

Fitness Challenge

Come one come all! The annual Friendcon Fitness challenge rounds out the convention to see who’s the fittest con goer of 2022.

Main Stage

NewsNewsNews

Latest News

Updated COVID policies for Friendcon 2022

In regards to our COVID policies and procedures, we’re making some changes this year, trying to keep your safety in mind.

Similar to last year, we will be requiring masks in the convention space, with allowance to take it off momentarily in order to drink from a beverage. In addition, vaccination will be required to attend the convention.

A slight change this year is that no foods will be allowed in the convention space, and no space will be set aside to sit and eat in the convention, there is plenty of seating in the hotel lobby area that can accommodate you.

One new requirement this year is that we will be requiring a negative COVID test prior to attendance of FriendCon.

Friendcon 2022 News!

FriendCon 2022 dates are out!

You read that right! FriendCon 2022 will officially be July 22 – 24th at the Hyatt Place in State College, PA.

COVID-19 Policies for Friendcon 2021

To all friends of FriendCon:

We are so excited to come back this year for FriendCon 2021! As we continue to navigate uncertain times, we want to make sure that the event is as safe as possible. Our attendees’ safety and well-being are paramount to the experience that we want FriendCon to be.

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STATE COLLEGE

Hotel and room block info

Room block information

Attendees of FriendCon can get a discounted rate at our official hotel where the con itself takes place, the Hyatt Place State College.

Group Code: G-FRIE
Reservations can be made by either calling Central Reservations at 1-888-492-8847 and referencing the group code G-FRIE or going online at https://statecollege.place.hyatt.com.

When booking online, type in group code G-FRIE to ensure that you receive the group discount under the “Corporate or Group Code” option from the drop-down menu beneath the dates.

The cutoff date for booking reservations is July 8th, 2022.

Contacts

Venue Contact

Hyatt Place State College
219 W Beaver Ave, State College, PA 16801
(814) 862-9808

General InquiriesQuestions? Comments? Concerns?
Wish to be a sponsor?

admin@friendcon.com

COME TO FRIENDCON!

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

JOIN THE FUN!

VIDEO, BOARD, AND TABLETOP GAMING!

PLAY IN TOURNAMENTS.

SHOW YOUR SKILLS.

GET THE GLORY.

What is

FriendCon

All FriendCon attendees must be 21+ years of age.

WE’VE GOT GAMES

WE’VE GOT PEOPLE

WE’VE GOT FUN