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ABOUT THIS EVENT




MILWAUKEE MARRIOTT WEST - SEPTEMBER 5, 6, 7 2025 - WAUKESHA, WI


The core purposes of the Strong Tower Gaming Convention is to bring people together and build friendships through gaming. Attendees can connect with old friends, make new ones, reignite their passion for gaming, and experience the thrill, anticipation, and excitement of matching wits with fellow gamers. Come join us!



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WHERE DO I START?


You will be able to purchase attendee badges, submit games to run and sign-up for games to play all on Tabletop.Events--sign up today!


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IN THE MEDIA





Strong Tower Gaming Convention is in the media! A fantastic video has been put together by Randy and Ellen of We Game Together, if you have not seen it yet, you can view it online here: Strong Tower Gaming Convention Video





2025 SCHEDULE!





​​FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 - 9:00AM - 12:00AM
Registration opens at 9AM. Scheduled Games, Open Gaming, Game Library, Raffle, Vendors, Special Guests and more!


SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 - 8:00AM - 12:00AM
Registration opens at 8AM. Scheduled Games, Open Gaming, Game Library, Raffle, Vendors, Special Guests and more!


SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 - 8:00AM - 4:00PM

Registration opens at 8AM. Scheduled Games, Open Gaming, Game Library, Raffle, Vendors, Special Guests and more!





NOTE: Closing Ceremonies commence at 2PM Sunday--please plan to pause your games and activities accordingly!


*Please note, due to Milwaukee Marriott West conference center requirements there is a hard-stop

for all games at 11:30 PM on Friday and Saturday,

no exceptions!

Please plan late games accordingly.



announcing our
2025 special guests!



stop by and say hello!





ANDREW LOWEN



Board Game Designer & CEO of Lowen Games



Andrew Lowen is the designer of Deliverance--the highest-grossing Christian crowdfunded board game of all time. He set out to make something that would be everything he wanted in a board game without compromise. Andrew is also the CEO of Lowen Games and founder and CEO of Next Level Web, a digital marketing agency



KANE KLENKO



Board Game Designer & Art Director



Kane Klenko is a game designer living in the Madison, WI area. He has also directed art on projects and is the designer of over a dozen hit games. His credits to-date include: Nunatak, Covert, Dead Men Tell no Tales, Flatline, Flip Ships, Fuse, Pandemic: Rapid Response, Space Invaders, and many more!





JEREMY HOWARD



Content Creator and Game Reviewer



Jeremy Howard started covering games under his Jambalaya Plays Games handle in 2016, with videos on his YouTube channel dating to May 2018. In mid-2019, Jeremy joined the board game coverage team at Man vs Meeple. He can't stop sharing his love of solo games with everyone. For Jeremy there is something about the puzzle of a big euro, pulling out a card game on a table in an airport or chucking 10 dice at once and hitting it big......all by himself.



RANDY AND ELLEN
We Game Together



Content Creators and Game Reviewers



Randy and Ellen Kirby love the board game industry and have been a part of the Dice Tower for almost 3 years, contributing short segments to Board Game Breakfast and game previews. They also have a YouTube and Instagram account under the handle We Game Together that are filled with live plays, posts on what they're currently playing, unboxings and other shenanigans.





Ben “Conesy” and Suzanne Cone



Content Creators and Game Enthusiasts



Ben Cone, or better known as Conesy, started out gaming with Dungeons and Dragons when he was 12. After a dabble with Magic the Gathering, he broke into miniature gaming. When the local True Value Hardware store decided to stock the Games-Workshop product line he dived into Warhammer. Forever, that decision would dominate his destiny. Now with an extensive miniature collection that includes Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40k, Blood Bowl, Battlefleet Gothic, Mordhiem, Flames of War, Bolt Action, Batman Miniature Game, Marvel: Crisis Protocol, Malifaux, and many others there may be no end to his miniature collecting madness!



RYAN AND BETHANY
Board Game Reviews



Content Creators and Game Reviewers



Ryan and Bethany are a husband and wife duo who love board games. They play them, review them, and design them. Their goal is to have viewers play games, live healthy, and create moments! They love talking about new hot board games, and older classic games too. They even bring their superhero daughter on board to talk about kid’s games!





KEITH MATEJKA



Board Game Designer & Creative Lead at Thunderworks Games



Keith is the creative lead at Thunderworks Games and handles design, development, art direction, customer service, and manufacturing. Before founding the company, Keith worked in the video game industry for 15 years in both development and publishing. His primary roles included managing teams of artists, programmers, animators and sound engineers. He has a bachelor’s degree in music recording and has had a lifelong passion for playing and exploring music. He enjoys time with his wife Claire, and son Isaac.



ED MARRIOTT



Board Game Designer and Content Creator



He has designed the popular games Scoville and Embarcadero. He maintains Boards & Barley, Ed's blog for all the things he does related to board gaming and beer. He is a game designer. He is a home brewer. He likes to drink beer when he plays board games. These two things go hand in hand for Ed.





More to come!



Content Creators and Game Enthusiasts to be announced!



We will have additional guests to announce soon!



WHO WE ARE





Strong Tower Gamers is a coalition of Christian board gaming communities looking to put our passion for board games into action to create positive change in the world. We meet in smaller groups during the year throughout Southeastern Wisconsin and then band together once a year to host the Strong Tower Gaming Convention in September.


The primary purpose and mission of Strong Tower Gamers is to bring the love, hope, and peace of Jesus Christ to gamers and nerds in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, and eventually the wider world.


BUT! It is also a chance to raise money for charity!


In 2025, we are thrilled to announce we will once again be donating proceeds from the Strong Tower Gaming Convention to

Safe Families for Children Wisconsin:

"Keeping children safe and families together."


You can learn more about Safe Families for Children Wisconsin and their mission at the website: https://safefamilieswi.org/about/


#gamewithpurpose



Strong Tower GAming Convention - September 5 - 7, 2025


Badge sales and event submission Open AS OF april 5
Event Registration (sign up to play the games!) opens June 7




Nerds and gamers have a specific culture and as such may have been alienated, demonized, dismissed, or simply ignored by Christians. We want to change that by providing a different approach through fun gaming events where we can create a community where we can speak redemption, hope, truth, and love into nerd culture.


Proceeds from the Strong Tower Gaming Convention will be donated to charity!

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Strong Tower Gaming Convention 2025

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Returning September 5 - 7, 2025

Milwaukee Marriott West

Waukesha, WI


"The name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous run to it and are safe"

- Proverbs 18:10