2025 GM Policy
1. New GM’s:
GM’s that have never run a scheduled game event that appeared in the onsite game program book at a previous DieCon and would like to schedule a game event for DieCon 2025 have a base rate of $25 for a weekend membership.
- All first time DieCon GM’s will need to schedule a minimum four hours of game event time for this rate.
- GM’s must meet DieCon GM qualifications.
- Partial refund of GM membership fee is available if GM schedules additional hours of game events.
- Partial refund will be provided on site after the completion of your last scheduled game event.
- Partial refund will be based on the number of additional scheduled event hours.
- Only scheduled event hours will be eligible for partial refund.
Game event hours must be scheduled in Sessions 2 – Session 7.
2. Returning DieCon GM’s in Good Standing:
‘Good Standing’ GM’s that have run a scheduled game event at a previous DieCon, DieCon 1-24, who schedule a minimum of eight game event hours at DieCon 2025 have a flat rate of $20 for a weekend membership.
- A Good Standing GM does not have a “No Show” history with DieCon.
- GM must meet DieCon GM qualifications.
- Additional partial refund may be available based on total scheduled game event hours beyond the initial 8 event hours.
- Only scheduled event hours will be eligible for partial refund.
A maximum of four game event hours may only be scheduled in Session 1 or 8 with approval of DieCon Event Director.
3. Game Company rep’s/demo team member.
- Discount will be determined on a case by case basis based on the following criteria.
- Number of Event hours scheduled.
- Number of participating Game Company rep/demo team members.
- Prize support provided for games, raffles, charity auction and/or door prizes.
- Game Company representatives/demo team member must meet the DieCon GM qualifications.
4. GM Qualifications for discount membership rate:
- GM must be pre-registered with DieCon by April 30, 2025. Pre-registered is defined as Payment in full of DieCon 2025 GM membership fee.
- All scheduled Game Event information for all Game Events scheduled by the GM must be provided to DieCon by April 30, 2025
- All scheduled Game Event information must appear in the online DieCon 2025 event program book.
- All scheduled game Event information must appear in the final posted web event schedules and DieCon 25 online event program book found on the DieCon website.
- GM will perform all GM Onsite Responsibilities as directed by DieCon staff.
Each Game Event has a single unique GM.
5. GM onsite responsibilities:
- Provide all materials to run event unless game description includes what players are required to supply.
- GM is at assigned event table a minimum of 10 minutes before start time of game event.
- Game is setup and ready to start within 10 minutes of scheduled start time.
- Check each player’s program cover passport for event ticket seating for event in following order.
- Accept all players with standard DieCon Event ticket for specific game.
- If after 10 minutes there are open seats, the GM may accept anyone who would like to play.
- If the event is a Tournament, then all new players must pay all event fees.
- Insufficient players for event.
- Contact DieCon Game HQ if after 5 minutes you have insufficient players to run your game.
- DieCon HQ staff will see about recruiting player(s) for your event.
- If after 15 minutes from original start time DieCon staff has been unable to recruit players then your game will have two options.
- Game event may continue with current players.
- Game event is cancelled.
- Failure to meet those guidelines will result in no credit for scheduled event toward GM discount/refund.
6. GM credit for cancelled events due to low attendance:
- GM must meet all guidelines for GM onsite responsibilities.
- Failure to meet those guidelines will result in no credit for the cancelled game event.