So I am almot back to the non-convention mindset, feeling rather rested, and decided to see what all games did I actually bring back from GenCon. I know I got some in trades, got some with credit that I had with companies, got a review copy or two, and bought a few. Shouldn’t be too many, right? Right?
I’ll be taking some pictures of the games we brought back, doing some write-ups, and planning some reviews soon. For now, I’m recovering from GenCon 2012. I had an absolutely awesome time. I got to hang out with friends, meet people I’ve only talked with on Twitter, and try some new games like Farmageddon, Forge, Dungeon Heroes, Mars Needs Mechanics, Morels, Sentinels of the Multiverse, and A Fistful of Penguins. There will be a review of Farmageddon hopefully by the end of the week. If there are any other games from that list you’d like to see reviewed, just let...
There’s just one day before I drive all the way to Indianapolis and play board games for 4 days straight! I’ll be posting pictures to my Twitter account, and they should automatically put themselves in the GenCon photo album on Facebook. If there’s something you want to see more of, just leave comments or tweet at me and I’ll see what I can do.
After two days at the World Boardgaming Championships, I am happy to say that I played 16 new games and expansions. I got to hang out with some friends, meet some people from Twitter, and tried a lot of games I’ve been aching to learn. There will be a more in-depth post later, and reviews of several of the games, but here are the new games (not expansions) that I got to play over the last two days: Château Roquefort Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War Crows Eruption Fürstenfeld Leaping Lemmings Lost Cities: The Board Game Mammut Revolver:...
Before I went to Origins, I saw some information online for a game called Compounded. I didn’t know much about the game, but I knew it was about Chemistry, and I knew it was very pretty. I don’t want to say I’ll buy a game just cause it’s pretty, but I have to admit that I have done just that in the past. I also really wanted to get a look at it, as one of my good friends is a Chemistry Grad Student. I saw that the game was coming out through Dice Hate Me Games and that they...
So I meant to have a post up here every night after the day’s events. However, when the hotel’s internet is flaky at best and coming back after talking and running around all day makes you want to just sleep, it becomes a little hard. However, if any of you are following the @demo_ken Twitter account, you’ll have seen lots of pictures and updates during the con. I’ll lay out the main events and things of note below the cut.
