Imaginarium 2026 Gaming
Hosted by Bloat Games!
Bloat Games will be hosting open gaming and our gaming room during Imaginarium 2026, our 13th year!
They will have a large library of games on site that will be free to play. Just come on into the game room anytime during the convention weekend, if you want to take a break, and enjoy some card, board, and tabletop role-playing games!
Game Room Hours with Open Gaming & Events
Friday, July 17th: Noon-Midnight
Saturday, July 18th: 10 AM–Midnight
Sunday, July 19th: 10 AM – 5 PM
Get ready for the best gaming environment that we have had yet!
Imaginarium 2026 Games Schedule
Demos/ Open Play All Weekend
The game room will have dozens of classic and new board games, card games, and role-playing games for free play all weekend. Come into the game room and play a game, check out a demo, or chill out.
The game library will feature: Scrabble, Chess, Scattergories, 7 Wonders, Exploding Kittens, Uno, Wingspan, Betrayal at Hill House, Dune, Azul, Evolution, Dead of Winter, Settlers of Catan, Parks, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Roll Player, King of Tokyo, Zombies, Munchkin, Axis & Allies, Trivial Pursuit, Quacks, Space Race, Citadels, Are You a Werewolf?, Man Bites Dog, Huggermugger, Sequence, Checkers, and many more.
Bloat Games Tabletop Role-Playing Game Demos and Information
Bloat Games will be set up next to the game room with all of their awesome RPG games for sale and available for demo at any time during the convention.
Bloat Games RPGs
Dark Places & Demogorgons: Teens in the 1980s in a paranormal and cryptid-filled Kentucky.
Bloody Appalachia: Survive the horrors of Appalachia, where strangers are not welcome. 2024 Imadjinn Award winner!
Camp Blood: Play as teen counselors as they attempt to make it through the night at an isolated summer camp.
We Die Young: Supernatural horror meets Grunge in a 1990s Seattle filled with vampires, werewolves, fairies, ghouls, and much more.
Survive This!! Zombies: Survive in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world.
Evolved: Superhero Time Traveling game for DCC (Dungeon Crawl Classics).
Dead West: Role-Playing in the Wild West with a supernatural twist.
Greasers & Ghouls: Role-Playing in the 1950s world of hot rods, hula skirts, and huge monsters.
. . . and many more!
bloatgames.squarespace.com
List Off Demos
A trivia game that plays like Uno meets Trivial Pursuit! You can learn the game in a few minutes. Come playtest demos for current and upcoming List Off expansions with the game’s designers. Demos will be held all weekend: List Off Movies, Music, 80s, Horror, Pro Wrestling, Sci-Fi/ Fantasy, and more.
Demos anytime on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
bloatgames.squarespace.com
Play, Rewind, Eject Demos
It’s a quick-paced card game in which you decide which movies should be remade, erased from history, or kept just the way they are!
Demos anytime on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
bloatgames.squarespace.com
Bluffaneer Card Game
All landlubbers, come put your coin on the line for a good time. Roll the bone to see how much gold you can get….or lose. In a game of bluffing, it’s all or nothing!
Come check out the fast-paced card game by Imaginarium guest, Baryn Lore. He will have a booth in the exhibitor hall, and the game will be available to demo in the game room.
facebook.com/barynlore
Cat Magic and Outflanked Demos
Cat Magic and Outflanked are two great games created by Imaginarium Spotlight guest David Sherrer!
Cat Magic is a friendly (mostly) card game for lovers of cats, snark, and magical fun. Based on the bestselling Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus book series.
Outflanked: Looking for a quick, fun game to enjoy with family and friends? You’ll love this deceptively simple game of territory takeover based on the bestselling Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Universe.
Demos anytime on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
store.lydiasherrer.com/collections/merchandise
Evidential Myths Card Game Demo
Evidential Myths Game Overview
Fast-paced mobile card battle game (5–10 min matches)
Target: Kids, casual players, mobile-first audience
Unique: 1v1, 2v2, 4-player chaos modes
Presented by game designer Da’Rell Miller
Friday before 4 p.m. or Saturday before 2 p.m. or Sunday before 2 p.m.
Magic the Gathering Commander/ EDH
Bring your favorite Commander/ EDH deck and test your skills anytime during convention hours. If you do not have a deck, we will have several for guests to play. We will have fun, casual decks, and hardcore competitive decks. All levels of players are welcome. Bring your trade binder!
Friday – Sunday All Day
magic.wizards.com/en/formats/commander
Gaming Events
Magic the Gathering Commander Super Battle
Time Friday 7-10 PM
Bring your own Commander deck, or play one of our decks. Proxies are welcome at this event. All participants will receive a door prize. Prize for the winner.
magic.wizards.com/en/formats/commander
Dark Places & Demogorgons Role Playing Game
Set in Kentucky in the 1980’s, you play teenagers trying to solve a monster mystery. Easy to play RPG designed by Kentucky’s own Bloat Games.
Time TBD
bloatgames.squarespace.com
Dungeons & Dragons 5E
The classic RPG that started it all! Come join in some high fantasy adventure.
Time TBD
dnd.wizards.com
Scattergories Super Battle
Fast-paced, knowledge board game.
Time Saturday 4-6 PM
Door Prizes for all players! Prize for the winner!
shop.hasbro.com/en-us/product/scattergories-game
8th Annual List Off Trivia Championship
A trivia game that plays like Uno meets Trivial Pursuit! You can learn the game in a few minutes.
This is the eighth year in a row that the List Off Championships will be held at Imaginarium! Hosted by the game’s creator!
Prize for the winner! Door prizes for all players!
Time Saturday 8-10 PM
bloatgames.squarespace.com
Bluffaneer Card Game
Awesome pirate-themed card game event. Come test your mettle against other scallywags and see if you can win all the gold. See the Bluffaneer booth during the Imaginarium for more information.
Time Saturday 10 PM
Prize for the winner.
Are You a Werewolf?
The infamous card game that draws a crowd every Saturday night at Imaginarium! This will be the 11th year in a row of the late-night madness!
Saturday 11 PM-Midnight
beziergames.com/products/ultimate-werewolf-deluxe-edition