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Podcast #180: Gen Con 2026: The news, the games, the almost-tornado

It was a whirlwind of a show!

Gen Con 2026 was eventful. We saw some big shifts in the tabletop industry, we previewed a trillion new games, and we even got a close call with a tornado. Yes, a real-life tornado. As cool as it would've been to see thousands of cards, dice, cubes, and other pieces swirling into the heavens, we were thankful no precious games got hurt. Oh, and people, too.

We're back from North America's largest tabletop gaming convention and sat down to chat about all the fun and excitement.

Chapters:

  • Gen Con recap
  • The news out of the show
  • Noteworthy games
  • Games we want...NOW

* Correction: Cyberpunk TCG made over $28M on Kickstarter, not $23M as Shoe stated on the show.

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