GenCon 2017 Mega Rundown – Digital

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Handelabra getting a bit too much into character.

Among all the boards and dice at GenCon are those who are working towards eliminating those same things.  Not that there’s anything wrong with physical games, but sometimes it is difficult to get all the players you need together in the same room.  In fact, digital boardgaming has been drawing non-boardgamers over into the boardgaming fold.  For those like me, who are often opponently-challenged, being able to play a favorite boardgame against my tablet (or an online opponent) is a big deal.  Since digital games cost far less than their physical counterparts, it allows me to own and play far more different boardgame titles than I could typically afford (or even afford to store.)  Here’s a few of the digital offerings headed your way or already released into the wild.

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GenCon 2017 Mega Rundown – H to Z

winning moves brynk 3Post number 2 of my main 2017 convention coverage. Once again I cover games, in rough alphabetical order by publisher, that inspired me enough to snap a few photos.

*As always standard disclaimers apply. After learning the gist of the rules for over 100 games in two days, I will most likely mess up a small rule here or there, misspell a title, or attribute an incorrect publisher. Please humor me. At least I’m fairly sure I have the right names associated with the right photos… The following are alphabetical by publisher.

 

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GenCon 2017 Mega Rundown – A to G

gale force 9 ascendancy borg thumbnailTime to head wholeheartedly into the meat of my 2017 convention experience.  In rough alphabetical order by publisher, here are a few of the games that caught my eye enough to snap a few photos.

 

 

*As always standard disclaimers apply.   After learning the gist of the rules for over 100 games in two days, I will most likely mess up a small rule here or there, misspell a title, or attribute an incorrect publisher.  Please humor me.  At least I’m fairly sure I have the right names associated with the right photos…  The following are alphabetical by publisher.

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GenCon 2017 Mega Rundown – RPGs

GenCon is traditionally a mecca for role playing (it was started by the D&D folks) and this year was no exception.  I already mentioned a few kid-friendly titles yesterday, but the following include those targeted at a slightly older audience.  For good measure, I’ve also included some of the (many) digital offerings available to help you run your choice of role playing games.

 

First, the RPGs, then the digital utilities….

 

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GenCon 2017 Mega Rundown – Kids

Women and children first, well children anyway.  This year’s barrage of GenCon photos starts with all the games that I deemed best fit for kids, and there were a lot of them this year (mostly thanks to HABA and Peaceable Kingdom.)  I’m sure there are games in my other GenCon posts that would work well with some kids (the party games, in particular) the following games (and role playing games) seemed to really target a younger age group.

*Standard disclaimers apply.   After learning the gist of the rules for over 100 games in two days, I will most likely mess up a small rule here or there, misspell a title, or attribute an incorrect publisher.  Please humor me.  At least I’m fairly sure I have the right names associated with the right photos…  The following are alphabetical by publisher.

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Dale Yu: First Impressions of Fate of the Elder Gods

Fate of the Elder Gods

  • Designers: Richard Launius, Darrell Louder, Chris Kirkman
  • Publisher: Fabled Nexus / Greater Than Games
  • Players: 1-4
  • Ages: 13+
  • Time: 60-120 minutes
  • Times played: 2, with preview copy provided by Greater Than Games

When I first opened up this shipping crate and looked at the box, I thought to myself “Oh no! Another Cthulhu game…”  I’ll admit that in the past few years, there have been a glut of games about the Ancient Ones, Elder Gods and Cthulhu.  As I read the description on the back of the box, I noticed an interesting twist though – in this game, you are a cultist trying to awaken your Elder God and bring on the destruction of mankind!  For once, at least I’m not trying to stop the end of the world.  Also, thankfully, it’s not another freaking cooperative Cthulhu game.  I’ve already got a shelf-full of those, and I really don’t need another.

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