The POC Programming team is continuing our work to support POCs at Big Bad Con through financial aid, a community dinner, and an industry meet and greet event. This year we’re also working with local gamers in India, South East Asia, and Latin America to bring more international POCs to the con!

More information about the POC Scholars, Meet & Greet, and Dinner.

We’re excited to announce a new microgrant program focused on helping marginalized game designers create, publish, and monetize games on the Story Synth platform! Each microgrant is a $300 award. In addition to those funds, game developers will receive proceeds generated by their games through micropayments.

The grant window is between January 24, 2022 and October 20, 2022 (when we hope to have the games complete) so apply now

24 hours of amazing, free-to-view panels on a diverse array of TTRPG-related topics! Your fundraising support helped us amplify the voices of marginalized designers, professionals, and players in our TTRPG community.

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Morgan will continue on in our memories of him. This year, Big Bad Online is dedicated in memory of Morgan Ellis. We are also creating an award in his name, the Big Bad Morgan Ellis Award (or BigBad-ME!)

Morgan Ellis Awards

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