On October 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the Gygax Memorial Fund was in Gary's hometown of Lake Geneva for our 2nd annual, Dragon Days Fantasy Festival, a celebration of his legacy of making the town the Birthplace of Fantasy for millions of people around the world.
Our attendance this year was over 2,000, with more than 400 of those adventurers being children under the age of 13!
The local museum broke their all time attendance record (the last one being set at Dragon Days 2024!) with over 491 Dragon Days adventurers, 109 of those children 12 and under!
Similar levels of Dragon Days adventurers could also be found at the local Public Library for activities, literary displays, and readings, Horticultural Hall for Dragon Days Gaming, and Geneva Stage for D&D cartoons and movies. What other event brings that many people into the local institutions within the city?
There were also over 2,000 adventurers at Library Park for our Fantasy Faire, 475 adventurers, including 100 children under 13 at Center Street Dungeon: Birthplace of DND, and most importantly, over 2,000 adventurers visiting many local restaurants and shops and staying at local hotels--all in the City of Lake Geneva!
As a result we have had over $5k in pledges to this Kickstarter directly from adventurers attending Dragon Days! Thank you so much to all you for joining our party in our quest for the Table of Gygax!
So let's keep the quest going! Reach out to your fellow adventurers and get them to join the party! We can't succeed unless everyone takes a seat at the table!
This is it, the final room, the boss fight! Time to level-up!