Category Archives: Convention Report

Two companies that typically go big on releases in the fall include the TLAs of AEG (Alderac Entertainment Group) and CGE (Czech Games Edition.) This year, AEG was showing off some previews of games coming later this year and next. … Continue reading →

Lots of variety in today’s rundown. Slugfest Games was showing off Positano, a pastel-filled bonanza of simultaneously bidding for draft order in three different areas, all in an effort to build buildings on the cliffside tall enough to look out … Continue reading →

I always enjoy a stroll through the “family fun pavilion” in the exhibit hall. There, the games are brightly colored, game explanations are quick, and it’s great to see younger kids saddling up to a booth and having a good … Continue reading →

I love the variety of games you get at Gen Con. There are the big name, high strategy games that appear on lots of lists but I have a soft spot for the slightly goofier titles and perhaps nowhere is … Continue reading →

At both ends of the alphabet and almost at both ends of the exhibit hall, I’m smooshing Bézier Games and Wise Wizard Games together in the same post anyway. Bézier had the kitchen-sink of mechanisms of The Game Makers on … Continue reading →

Another reliable color is the blue Kosmos booth. In addition to their popular line of Exit puzzle experiences (now with CATAN!) there were several other games on display. Astralis is a very fishy dice-drafting engine building game. The Crew: Family … Continue reading →