Cosplay Frequently Asked Questions

What is RetroGameCon’s policy on cosplays that may be considered revealing?

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Nipples (regardless of gender), butts, and genitals must be covered at all times while at the con.

 

What is RetroGameCon’s policy on props? What about cosplay weapons?

  

Attendees, guests, exhibitors, staff, and volunteers are prohibited from bringing, buying, or selling anything that could maim, damage, or cause serious bodily harm. These items are absolutely forbidden at RGC:

 

• Functional firearms (including air soft guns, BB guns, cap guns, paintball guns and pellet guns)

• Realistic replica firearms (including reproduction, fake or toy guns that can be confused for functional firearms) 

• Functional projectile weapons (including blow guns, crossbows, long bows, silly string, slingshots, water balloons and water guns)

• Metal-bladed weapons even if they are dull (including axes, daggers, hatches, knives, kunai, shuriken, swords, sword canes and switch blades)

• Explosives (including firecrackers and fireworks)

• Chemical weapons (including mace and pepper spray)

• Blunt weapons (including brass knuckles, clubs and nunchaku)

• Hard prop weapons (including props made of metal, fiberglass, wood and glass)

• Instruments that cause excessive noise levels like vuvuzelas, grenade whistles and grenade horns

• Whips

• Aerosol mustard

• Any cosplay prop (weapon, wings, etc) over 6.5' in length.​

 

If you have a cosplay prop over 6.5' in length, it can still be used only for the STAGE WALK portion of the cosplay contest, provided it breaks down into parts. 

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Prop weapons, including prop guns, will be allowed providing they are composed of foam, hollow/lightweight plastic, or cardboard only. Prop firearms are allowed only if they cannot be mistaken for real weapons. Prop bows will be allowed providing they cannot be fired and all arrows have soft tips.

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*COSPLAYS THAT IMPEDE VISION WILL NEED A HANDLER AT ALL TIMES*