About KennyCon

Almost 10 years ago, two friends, Dan and Aaron, decided to pull together a few people and have a board game night. This grew into a monthly board game night, with an attendance of close to 20 people not unheard of. Then, in 2017, Aaron decided to have a board game DAY, instead of just a board game night. He scheduled it from noon to midnight, and Megagame Day was created. A couple of dozen board gamers came together and had a great day.

The following year, Megagame day was rebranded as KennyCon 2018, and the rest is history. Actually, it’s the present. You know what I mean.

Now, post-pandemic, KennyCon has been resurrected. With the help of his friends Jeremy, Dan, and an army of volunteers from the gaming group, it has been revamped, expanded, and brought back better than ever.

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Now, you may be asking, “What’s with the name? KennyCon? Is that a South Park reference?” No. It is not.

You see, years before Dan and Aaron started hosting their monthly board game night, Aaron lived in Texas and often played games with his friend Kenny. Kenny is an awesome guy. But like every hero in a story, he has a flaw…his own personal kryptonite. Kenny likes to talk (so does Aaron, for that matter).

So, they would be playing a game, and eventually it would be Kenny’s turn. Kenny would pick up the dice, start shaking them, and then start relating an anecdote or telling a story. This would inevitably lead to someone saying, “Quit shakin’ the dice, Kenny!” Kenny would comply, dice would roll, and the game would continue.

Years ago, Aaron related this story to his current gaming group. Out of that, it became tradition to refer to someone by the name Kenny if they were taking too long on their turn.

“Let’s go, Kenny!”

“Your turn, Kenny!”

Or even just…”Hey! Quit shaking the dice.”

It’s just a little bit of extra fun that gets a lot of mileage among the group. To honor the legend of Kenny, and to just generally have fun with a bit of an inside joke, the name KennyCon emerged.