Gen Con 2019 is officially over, but our minds and bodies are still recovering. The epic convention simply gave us too many games to play (and take home) -- so many that we need two industry guests to help us process it all. Joining us this week: Lizzy Funkhouser (content creator at Board Game Spotlight) and Derek Funkhouser (board game development manager at Skybound and also a content creator at BG Spotlight). Between the four of us, we got to check out roughly 5 trillion new board games. So join us for an hour-long discussion about (some of) those.
Our four topics:
- Christina: Our Gen Con games of the show
- Lizzy: What we're willing to buy full-price at the show vs. waiting to get online discounts later
- Derek: Why it's important for content creators to build community at conventions
- Shoe: Our favorite early prototypes from the show (games we'll have to wait a long-ass time to see a retail version of)
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Here's a full list of the games mentioned on the show:
Intro:
- The Walking Dead: Something to Fear
Christina's topic: Our Gen Con games of the show
- Dead Man's Cabal
- Abomination
- Medium
- The Mind
- Unmatched
- Star Wars: Epic Duels
- Foundations of Rome
- Letter Jam
Lizzy's topic: What's worth paying for at Gen Con, and what do we wait to buy later?
- Black Angel
- Troyes
- Solenia
- Sininster Six
- Welcome to...
- Draftosaurus
- Quacks of Quedlinburg
- Silver
- Nine Tiles Panic
- Team3
- Time Chase
- Ishtar
- Funkoverse Strategy Game
- Century: Golem Edition
- Era: Medieval Age
- SHOBU
Derek's topic: The importance of building community at conventions
- Just One
- Lisboa
Shoe's topic: Our favorite prototypes/games to look forward to
- Foundations of Rome
- Namiji
- Tokaido
- Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game
- Wonderland's War
- Adventure Tactics
- Time of Legends: Destinies
- Time of Legends: Joan of Arc
- Chronicles of Crime
- The Isofarian Guard
- Holi: Festival of Colors
- Tidal Blades
- Fossilis
- Detective: City of Angels
Final Thoughts
- Point Salad
- Deck Building: The Deck Building Game
- Q.E.