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Gen Con 2025 – One Post to Rule them All

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Matt J Carlson

OK, after 24 different posts (25, if you count this), 44 different companies, and some number X (where X is large, I refuse to count) different boardgames, it’s time to tie all the posts together. What follows is a list … Continue reading →

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Gen Con 2025 – Finis

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Matt J Carlson

Gen Con was once again sold out for all four days. Nearly 72.000 attendees and, despite some absences due to crazy economic conditions, more than 574 exhibiting companies. They keep building hotels in downtown Indy but the Con is using … Continue reading →

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Matt Carlson: The Dice of Gen Con

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Matt J Carlson

As I mentioned previously, for many years Gen Con was a mecca for role-playing aficionados. As with any pastime, players grow fond of their tools and toys. Role-playing is no different and one can look no further than a player’s … Continue reading →

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Collective H-Indices

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Joe Huber

The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given author/journal has published h papers that have each been cited at least h times.  So, applying it to board games, the h-index is defined as the … Continue reading →

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All Fun and Games

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Joe Huber

I play games to have fun. The problem with that statement, of course, is that having fun means different things to different people.  What might be fun for me might not be fun for others; further, as Wei-Hwa notes, maximizing … Continue reading →

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Culling a Collection

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Brandon Kempf

Warning, ramblings ahead. I wanted to document what it was like for me over the year of 2019 to massively shrink my collection of games to a far more manageable and playable amount. Some of this will resonate with some … Continue reading →

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