Metatopia 2025 (4-Day Convention near NYC)

METATOPIA is the place to unveil new ideas and new additions to existing material, and to share them with friends and peers, old and new. Join scores of Designers and Publishers for 40+ hours of scheduled playtests, seminars, panels and discussions. Events will include hundreds of role playing games, story games, LARPs, board games, card games and wargames.

METATOPIA is both a freeform exchange of gaming AND a tightly scheduled Double Exposure convention. Rather than having the gamemasters focus on the attendees, we have turned the tables and are creating an environment where the Players are there to focus on the Designers! It is unlike any of our other conventions, all tied together by the top-notch Double Exposure staff.

Publishers and Designers will be cross-playtesting as part of a community peer schedule that ONLY Double Exposure could coordinate!
Even if your game idea consists of three pencils and a cat, you'll want to be at this exciting festival, where every Designer is treated as a star. Dust it off, show it off, and let your peers help you get it ready for the 2026 convention season!

You can pre-register for the events you want to attend on the Tabletop Events schedule here, which shows the specific time slots and presentation titles - https://tabletop.events/conventions/metatopia-2025/schedule#

* NOTE: Event registration (which allows you to reserve seats in scheduled events) will open at 1:00PM EST on Sunday, November 2, 2025.

So far they have playtests for various indie RPGs:
A Tale of Myth & Legends (Powered by the Apocalypse variant)
Dead Internet Theory (Powered by the Apocalypse variant)
Fool's Hope (inspired by Forge in the Dark and Rooted in Trophy)
Glorious Fate (FATE Accelerated Edition variant)
KNOCKABOUT!
Severance RPG
Solarpunk Naturalists
Sapiens
Kill Your Darling
The Mountain Dream
For the Badge
Deeply Felt

There will be several seminars on game design & the business side of game development, including "How to Run a Successful Playtest," "How To Be a Great Playtester," "Mapping Your Mechanics," "Marketing Your Game," and "Art for Your Game Without Breaking the Bank".

NOTE: Since my free time is constrained as a new dad and I'm not sure I can go, this will be unhosted - i.e. you shouldn't expect to see me there. However, if you plan to go, I encourage you to connect & coordinate with our other group members who plan to go via comments on this event and/or through direct messaging.

## Here's the Convention Times for Each Day:

- Thu, Nov 6 2025, 6:00pm - 4:00am
- Fri, Nov 7 2025, 8:00am - 4:00am
- Sat, Nov 8 2025, 8:00am - 4:00am
- Sun, Nov 9 2025, 8:00am - 7:00pm

## Ticket Pricing is as follows:

## Pre-registration will be $20.00 for Players and $109.00 - $175.00 for Designers. You can pre-register for METATOPIA 2025 as a Designer until Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 4:00PM EDT, and as a Player until Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 6:00PM EST.

Details on the convention can be found here (registration requires a TableTop Events account, but creating one is free): https://tabletop.events/conventions/metatopia-2025

And here's the event's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/hyatt-regency-morristown/metatopia-2025/1267694561687253/