Comic-Con 2026: Full Schedule

10:00am PDT

Dark Horse & Dungeons & Dragons & Comics

Thursday July 23, 2026 10:00am - 11:45am PDT

Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

Dark Horse and Dungeon Master Mayanna Berrin of WOTC's Dungeon Masters live-play series leads comics creators Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Amy Chu, and Becky Cloonan in a quick-and-dirty (and hilarious) one-shot inspired by Dark Horse Dungeons & Dragons comics, including Total Party Killers. The panel concludes with details on what is coming soon from Dark Horse Comics and Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast.

Thursday July 23, 2026 10:00am - 11:45am PDT
Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

1: Programs, Comics, Games, Omni Programs, TTRPG

11:00am PDT

Bringing Licensing to Tabletop Games in 2026

Thursday July 23, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Room 29AB

Licensing is expanding to the tabletop, with brands from Cyberpunk 2077, The Lord of the Rings, Marvel, and more. These licenses are making their way to the tabletop, and publishers are working with more brands than ever. What does it take to bring a favorite license to a tabletop game, and how do designers capture the feel and story? Deirdre Cross (WiT—Women in Toys, licensing & entertainment, board member), Justin Gary (Stone Blade Entertainment, CEO), Luke Peterschmidt (Asmodee, head of active category management), Erica Hayes-Bouyouris (Spin Master, lead designer), and Anais Morgan (Renegade Games, production development) share their experiences working with licenses and tabletop games.

Thursday July 23, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Room 29AB

1: Programs, Games, TTRPG

12:00pm PDT

Exquisite Corpses: The Game and Beyond

Thursday July 23, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT

Room 5AB

Exquisite Corpses: The Game makes its debut as the heads of the Corpse Crew explore the dark and twisted world of Exquisite Corpses and demonstrate gameplay. Co-creators James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh discuss the game's inception, their creative process, and what's next for Exquisite Corpses. Moderated by Jazzlyn Stone (Tiny Onion director of communications).

Thursday July 23, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Room 5AB

1: Programs, Comics, Games, TTRPG

12:00pm PDT

Titan West: A Daggerheart Actual Play

Thursday July 23, 2026 12:00pm - 1:45pm PDT

Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

Deep in the dust-choked Drylands, the only safety is found within the massive, wandering mechanical Titans. But a new fear has taken root in the gears when a small onboard frontier town is besieged by a vampire nest. It's up to a posse of hunters armed with iron, grit, and hope to purge the fanged threat before the sun sets on the moving frontier that is the Shadows of the Drylands. GM Kevin Roy (Hunters Entertainment, Play The Table), Kim Wong (actress, Play The Table), Shaun Leonard (tabletop creator, Play The Table), KC Stone (actor), and Sam Lopez (actual play performer, DungeonSamster).

Thursday July 23, 2026 12:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

1: Programs, Action/Adventure, Games, Omni Programs, TTRPG

12:30pm PDT

Creators Assemble: Adapting and Pitching Your Game for TV and Film

Thursday July 23, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT

Room 10

Translating your story across media can be tricky, which is why so many game-to-film adaptations feel poorly conceived. But when done well, you get The Expanse, Fallout, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and countless others. But how do you do it without a massive IP everybody's heard of? How do you determine your lead characters? Do you need a pitch deck? A completed script? Six seasons of story arcs? This panel of film industry professionals explores what studios generally look for, how meetings get set up, and what pitfalls to avoid when adapting a game for the screen. Ryan Omega (TaskmasterLA, Darkness Emergent), Lauren Cipollo (Parallax, Dark and Zarus), Matt Conant (Mystery Science Theater 3000), Jenni Powell (Emmy Award–winning producer, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries), and moderator Joe Barrette (Creators Assemble president) participate.

Thursday July 23, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Room 10

1: Programs, BIPOC, Education, Fandom, Games, Television, TTRPG, Writers & Writing

1:00pm PDT

Tabletop Roleplay Game Design in 2026

Thursday July 23, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT

Room 32AB

Did you bring your dice? Tabletop role-playing games are more popular than ever, and new games are coming to shelves every quarter. What does it take to make a role-playing game? Should designers focus on mechanics, world-building, or storytelling? What brings players to the table and makes it inviting for those just starting out? Expert tabletop role-playing game designers share current trends, game design insights, and a Q&A.

Thursday July 23, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Room 32AB

1: Programs, Games, TTRPG

2:00pm PDT

Slugblasting Is Not a Crime 3: The Train Job

Thursday July 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:45pm PDT

Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

In this actual play of the award-winning Slugblaster by Mythworks, four teenagers hoverboard the multiverse yet again, and this time the stakes couldn't be higher. Players Jackson Lanzing (Star Trek: The Last Starship), Mayanna Berrin (Dungeon Masters, Dispatch), Alex Klimavitch (Hasbro, Nerdist), and David Tilstra (Story Quest, The Dice Decide), and perhaps a surprise guest or two take on the challenge. Can they hijack the M-Train for an evil crime syndicate and be back in time to study for finals? SlugMaster Edward Doty (Life Is Strange: Two Moons Rising, Little Nightmares: Sickly Sweet) will help them find out in the third and final actual play in the L0ZRS trilogy.

Thursday July 23, 2026 2:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

1: Programs, Mysteries & Crime Dramas, Omni Programs, Science Fiction & Fantasy, TTRPG

4:00pm PDT

No Latency LIVE: Cyberpunk Red Live Play

Thursday July 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:45pm PDT

Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

The No Latency crew tackles another one-shot mission in its continuing TTRPG adventures in Night City. Paris Arrowsmith (CPR writer/designer; GM), Tracie Hearne (CPR/VTM writer, MagiRPG), Jade (Save the D8), Evan Christopher (Save the D8), and Peter D.M. Castro (System Switch) are joined by panelists Dayeanne Hutton (Life Is Strange, ISD) and Anais R. Morgan (Renegade, ISD) for a live play of Cyberpunk Red by R. Talsorian Games.

Thursday July 23, 2026 4:00pm - 5:45pm PDT
Omni San Diego Hotel, Omni Grand Ballroom ABC, 4th Floor

1: Programs, Action/Adventure, Fandom, Games, LGBTQIA+, Omni Programs, Podcasts, Science Fiction & Fantasy, TTRPG, Writers & Writing

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