Cardboard Caucus 2021

Welcome to Cardboard Caucus!

This is our second year and we are hoping to make it even greater than the first! We want to provide an event that will give you a great place to sit down with friends, or maybe someone new, and play some great games! We are very excited to be returning a tabletop convention to Des Moines!

Badges

Badges are on sale now! Full weekend and single day badges are available by clicking the "Buy Badges" button to the right.

Special Guest - Our Family Plays Games

Mik, Starla, and Grant Fitch, from the YouTube channel Our Family Plays Games will be joining us to hang out, play games, and do a LIVE show from Cardboard Caucus! Once you have your badge, click here to get a ticket to the show.

Game Library, Play-to-Win, and Prizes

We are excited to bring back Board Game Wagon to provide our game library. They will have a selection of more than 1700 games for you to choose from!

We will also have play-to-win games (play a designated game and be entered into a drawing to win a copy of that game), tournaments with prizes, and prizes for volunteers!

Children

All children need to be registered and accompanied by a badged adult. Children 0-3 are free, but should be indicated as an "unbadged child" on one adult's registration. Children 4-10 can register for a $5 kids badge or get a regular badge. Kids badges cannot be used to checkout games or be entered into the Play-to-Win drawing. Children 11+ will need a full badge.

Parking

The best place to park is on the north end of the building, where there is a separate entrance for our convention!

Policies

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, masks will be required in all convention spaces for all badged attendees. For more details on this policy and to see all our attendee policies, click here.