More pictures of what was available at GenCon 2014. Hopefully it will give you an idea of how awesome this con was, and all the gaming goodness that was to be had. If only we had more time.
In Episode 21 of our Podcast, we listed a wack of awesome titles that are going to be released at Gen Con. Here is a list of the games with links to their respective boardgamegeek.com descriptions (in no particular order):
- Lost Legacy - The Starship Designed b: Seiji Kanai, and Hayato Kisaragi; Alderac Entertainment Group .. Price: $10 - Sheriff of Nottingham Designed by: Seiji Kanai, and Hayato Kisaragi; Alderac Entertainment Group $35 - Shadowrun Crossfire Designed b: Seiji Kanai, and Hayato Kisaragi; Alderac Entertainment Group $60 - The Witcher Designed by: Seiji Kanai, and Hayato Kisaragi; Alderac Entertainment Group - Five Tribes Designed by: Seiji Kanai, and Hayato Kisaragi; Alderac Entertainment Group - Warhammer 40,000 - Conquest Designed by : Seiji Kanai, and Hayato Kisaragi; Alderac Entertainment Group - Shadows of Brimstone Designed by: Jason C. Hill; By Flying Frog Productions $100 -- 2 different base sets will be released @ Gen Con -- City of Ancients and Swamps of Death - Samurai Spirit Designed by: Anotoine Bauza; Published by: Funforge - Firefly: Blue Sun Designed by: Aaron Dill, John Kovales, Sean Sweigart; Galeforce Nine - Zombie 15 Designed by: Aaron Dill, John Kovales, Sean Sweigart; IELLO\ - Space Junk Designed by: Mike Friesen, Leif Steiestol; Published by: Lamp Light games Inc. $40 - Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Skulls and Shackels Designed by: Chad Brown, Tanis O'Connor, Paul Peterson, Mike Selinker, Gaby Weidling; Paizo Publishing $60 - Dead of Winter Designed by: Jonathan Gilmour, Isaac Vega; Plaid Hat Games $60 - Mice & Mystics: Downwood Designed by: Jerry Hawthorne; Plaid Hat Games $75 - Imperial Settlers Designed by: Ignacy Trzewiczek; Portal Games $50 - Student Bodies Designed by: Michel Grenier, Mattieu Regney; Smirk and Dagger Games $55 - Panamax Designed by: Gil d'Orey, Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro, Paulo Soledade; Published by: Stronghold Games $60 - Kembles Cascade Designed by: Anders Tyrland, Olle Tyrland; Z-Man Games $40 - Doomtown Reloaded Designed by: Dave Williams (II), Mark Wootton; Alderac Entertainment Group - Castles of Mad King Ludwig Designed by: Ted Alspach; Bezier Games - Subdivision Designed by: Lucas Hedgren; Bezier Games - Abyss Designed by: Bruno Cathala & Charles Chevallier; Asmodee - Cyclades: Titans Designed by: Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc; Matagot - Temporum Designed by: Donald X. Vaccarino; Rio Grande Games - 7 Wonders: Babel Designed by: Antoine Bauza; Repos Production GenCon 2013 is only 3 full days away. On Thursday, the "Best four days in gaming" will begin in Indianapolis and so will the madness. It will be four days of new games being sold to rabid connoisseurs of gaming, four days of coming soon hits (and flops) being demonstrated by publishers for avid gamers and four days of beer, food, con-flu and laughs. I can not wait to be 1 of the 45,000 plus people there. I have my list ready and it has been shorted down to less than a page after 2 weeks of edits. So without further ado, here is my Gencon 2013 most anticipated. Bruges - Designer: Stefan Feld Publisher: Z-Man I am a huge lover of Feld's designs. He just finds a way to mash mechanics together that do not seem to fit but he makes it work. After taking a break from dice in Rialto, Feld returns to dice in Bruges. This time around, the dice are not used for taking actions but to determine how hard the game will punish you in the form of threat or reward you in the form of cost for prestige. In an article with Spielbox, Feld had the following to say about dice when asked about his love for the little luck bringers, "... They lie well in your hand, are colorful and twirl across the table with loud clattering, and they generate emotions like hardly anything else." Well said sir, well said. Trains - Designer: Hisashi Hayashi Publisher: AEG This gem is finally being released in North America thanks to AEG updated graphics, artwork, and streamlined card abilities. This one has already received glowing recommendations from several reviewers and all it has done is boost my acquisition disorder for this one even higher. In Trains, you will lay track and build stations but instead of the stock mechanic that Steam or any 18xx game would provide this one uses a deck building mechanic. AEG had me at Deck building!! ... or was it trains? Either way, this is an insta-buy. Pathfinder Adventure Card Game - Designer: Mike Selinker Publisher: Paizo Another deck builder because honestly a person can never have too many deck builders. This one uses the deck building mechanic to replace the role of the Dungeon Master in Paizo's popular Pathfinder RPG to bring gamers an RPG like experience without the rules slog that an RPG would bring. Simply acquire a core set, and begin the campaign beating baddies, leveling your parties characters and achieving awesomeness. A few quick hits to finish up with.
- Spyrium by William Attia. - Prosperity by Reiner Knizia & Sebastian Bleasdale. - The Little Prince: Make me a planet by Antoine Bauza & Bruno Cathala. - Lewis & Clark by Cedrick Chabboussit - Suburbia Inc. by Ted Alspach - Relic Runners by Matthew Dunstan Cory |