Gen Con
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936Episode 016: Conventions The Homescape
This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller talk about at home conventions like SDCC and Gen Con. – Everybody, Rock your body...
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1.5KFantasy Flight Games announces first expansion for Twilight Imperium 4E during annual Flight Report
Gen Con may be online this year, but that wasn’t about to stop Fantasy Flight Games from getting the weekend started with...
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2.2KIt’s time to reroll — Gen Con 2020 cancelled this year, Gen Con online announced as replacement
If you were planning on heading to Indiana to celebrate tabletop gaming’s biggest event this August, we’ve got some bad news. Today,...
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1.9KEpisode 006: Dungeons and Dragons
This week Erica Echlin and Jon Miller are joined by Mike Dunn, John Farrell, and Steven Starkey to talk about Dungeons and...
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2.6KSuper Fantasy Brawl brings fast-paced arena combat to the table
Mythic Games knows how to make miniatures games. They have had several successful Kickstarter campaigns including Solomon Kane, Reichbusters, and Joan of...
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2.3KRob Daviau and Isaac Childres on how they collaborate on Return to Dark Tower
Rob Daviau and Isaac Childress are two giants in the board gaming community, and in some ways they couldn’t be more different. ...
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2.3KOathsworn: Into the Deepwood aims to bring monster hunting to legacy gaming
Jamie Jolly of Shadowborne Games introduces us to Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood, going into detail about its branching story-line and ‘battleflow’ combat...
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1.4KWe find out what’s in store for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms
Chris Birch of Mophidius took some time to talk about their Fallout and Elder Scrolls based miniatures games, and how they are...
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2.0KEvery town has a weirdo in Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay
Panda Cult Games walks us through their light-hearted dungeon-crawler board game, Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay. If Gloomhaven is too dour...
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1.4KLincoln faked his death and runs a spy organization in Warcradle’s Dystopian Age
Warcradle Studios’ Stuart Mackaness explains the shared world of their Wild West Exodus and Dystopian Wars games, where Abraham Lincoln faked his...
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1.4KPenny Arcade wallowing in their crapulence, hints at more Acquisitions Incorporated material to come
We got a chance to chat at Gen Con this year with Ryan Hartman and Dabe Alan from Penny Arcade about the...
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1.6KBuilding a better monster in Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein — Gen Con 2019 preview
The idea of life and consciousness has fascinated scientific minds for many years. It also has been taken up by science fiction...
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1.5KUnreliable programming from Quirky Circuits — Gen Con 2019 preview
We expect our electronics to work properly. However, there seems to be times when those electronics seem to be finicky and act...
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2.3KUpgrading tech in Decrypto with the Laser Drive expansion — Gen Con 2019 Preview
Decrypto has become an alternative to Codenames. In Decrypto, two teams sit on the opposite side of a table. A sequence of...
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1.9KWyrmwood’s handcrafted wooden accessories and furniture set the bar for luxury gaming
The striking exotic wood dice towers and vaults, the opulent chairs and tables, the beauty of the booth itself- Wyrmwood stands out at...
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1.5KJetpack 7 wants to give you the best dragons, gods, and big bads for your D&D game
Fresh off of publishing their latest 5E supplement Legendary Dragons, Jetpack 7 tells us about their other books, their collaboration on the...
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2.3KLevel Up is always looking on the dice side of life
Dice are the most common and most versatile tool of tabletop gaming, and consequently one of the most intriguing avenues of self-expression...
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1.6KDueling, dice, and dark magicks- Sorcerer isn’t just another deck game
Rob Dougherty of White Wizard Games walks us through the mechanics of their new hybrid card-based/board game Sorcerer. Set in Victorian London,...
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1.2KPipeline brings a refined experience to the table
Clay Ross of Capstone Games gives us a quick look at one of the hottest games at Gen Con: Pipeline. The refinement...
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2.6KFate of the Norns: Ragnarok wants you to stop asking your dice for permission to play
When Andrew Valkauskas is asked why his RPG Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok doesn’t use dice, he talks about narrative, and how...
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1.9KShovel Knight: Dungeon Duels is a side-scrolling tabletop experience that’s hard not to dig
Heath from Panda Cult Games gives us a demo and walkthrough of their upcoming game based on the Shovel Knight video games-...
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6.2KPlay as an Egyptian God in the newest board game Ankh from CMON!
CMON recently announced Ankh a game for 2 to 5 players coming to Kickstarter later this year. Ankh is the third game...
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2.2KFantasy Flight announces new LCG in the Marvel Universe coming later this year
Fantasy Flight Games recently announced Marvel Champions: The Card Game, their newest Living Card Game which takes place in the Marvel Universe....
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1.7KNew games, expansions, and more — Gale Force Nine at Gen Con
It’s just about August of 2019 and that means one thing, Gen con is about to be in full swing in Indianapolis,...
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1.8KKill the zombies before they kill you with Zombicide 2nd Edition on Kickstarter next year
CMON and Guillotine Games have just announced that they will bring over the second edition of the popular zombie-slaying board game Zombicide...
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1.3KKingdom building and magical monsters head to the table as Ni no Kuni II: The Board Game is announced
Yesterday, Steamforged Games announced that it will release a board game adaptation of Ni no Kuni II soon, with a playable build...
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1.3KTake over game night with Crusader Kings the Board Game next month
Free League Publishing seizes the day and has announced that it will release Crusader Kings the Board Game on August 1. The...
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8.8KIt’s time to Return to Dark Tower with Restoration Games at the helm
Today at Gen Con, Restoration Games announced that it plans to release an updated version of the 1981 game Dark Tower, with...
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2.3KThe crust is a must! New York Slice Legacy to be released later this year
Ask for cheese, please! Today, Bézier Games announced a gooey good game to appease all the pizza loving fans in your life:...
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3.2KWhen the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore! New York Slice Legacy designers on development
We’re busy people, and sometimes we don’t have time to play games after we eat. It seems that Bézier Games has caught...
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2.6KCrazy Eights: Jon Gilmour and the disappearing Dinosaur Island prototype
This year’s Gen Con was one of busiest ever since it was the 50th Anniversary and completely sold out for the entire...
