Gen Con 50 Early Event Submission Begins January 22nd, 2017
Jan 6, 2017
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I’m certainly looking forward to returning to my favorite gaming convention this year and the folks at Gen Con are gearing up as well.
I’m certainly looking forward to returning to my favorite gaming convention this year and the folks at Gen Con are gearing up as well.
Earlier today Gen Con announced they had reached an agreement to extend their stay in Indianapolis through at least 2021.
I personally believe no matter what sort of gaming you may be invested in – be it LARPing, table top, or video games – we should always be exceptionally open and inviting in order to include people of all walks in our hobbies.
Jeff once again has a chance to talk with Todd Rowland about the latest at AEG including Mystic Vale, Automobiles, Fantahzee, Love Letter, Thunderstone Third Edition, Smash Up, and more.
Dominic McDowall joins Jeff for our annual chat about the latest at Cubicle 7 Entertainment including Dalek Dice, Adventures in Middle Earth, Doctor Who The Card Game, World War Cthulhu and more!
Modiphius Entertainment founder Chris Birch joins Jeff from the floor of the Gen Con 2016 to talk about Conan: Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of, John Carter Warlord of Mars, Thunderbirds, and – what’s sure to be the premiere RPG release for next Gen Con – Star Trek: Adventures, along with current systems available through the company.
Julie Ahern joins Jeff to talk about all the latest going on with Greenbrier Games including upcoming titles Grimslingers and Burger Up as well as three new Yashima expansions. You’ll also learn about what’s on the horizon for Greenbrier too!
This year’s Origins Award winners were announced.
Jeff takes a look at what you’ll find with the latest wargame in the COIN series from GMT.
It might come as a surprise to some that last week’s announcement of the Gen Con featured industry presenters being comprised of a female majority has lead to overwrought hand ringing and blacklash across the internets.
While the convention scene normally comes to a close in late summer, folks in California will have an opportunity to squeeze in the joy of one more con onto their calendars.
While visitors to The Gaming Gang know I don’t cover a ton of Kickstarter projects, I felt Nightmare Forest: Dead Run was an interesting game worthy of sharing with our audience.
Wizard World, Inc has announced the first of their planned game shows, scheduled for next month in Atlanta, is being canceled.
The Wizard World Comic Con tour had its last stop of the year at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center (November 17th-19th). As for their second year, the convention had a lot to live up to after a successful kickoff and had the Northern Nevada area showing up with high expectations.
My favorite gaming convention continues to grow and it has just been announced Gen Con will expand into Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium for events in 2016. Gen Con takes place August 4th-7th, 2016.
