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Visit Arcane Wonders at Booth 529 this year to checkout some recent additions, hot new exclusive releases, and preview our newest game: Call of Duty the Board Game at Gen Con 2023! Our featured release this year is World Wonders. Take on the role of the great leaders of the past to build your […]
We have known Para Bellum’s Conquest to grimly twist familiar fantasy tropes. This year, they may have outdone themselves with the most bizarrely compelling con-exclusive yet! Taking humble poultry and turning them into nightmarish minis and deadly encounters, Conquest’s con-exclusive Angry Chickens are coming to Gen Con 2023! These insatiable fowls are not only the […]
Modiphius is incredibly excited to announce that we’ll be attending Gen Con. Find us at booth 3053 this year where you’ll be able to chat with the team, learn more about our lines, and purchase that book or miniature you’ve been keeping your eyes on! Gen Con will see the launch of our newest in-house […]
That’s right, gamers! Avalon Hill will be back at Gen Con in 2023 with more excitement to share, again taking up residence in Hall D. Last year was the first appearance at Gen Con for the Avalon Hill team, and the crowd made us feel so incredibly welcome we just had to come back. We’ve […]
Hello from Flat River Group! We are excitedly counting down the days to Gen Con 2023! We’ve got some exciting new releases that we will be rolling out at the show, so be sure to visit our booths (1321, 1429, & 1521) and event rooms (140 & 141). Redwood by Sit Down! Games At the […]
Gen Con and CMU are back to give you a look at the upcoming course in applied tabletop game design, “Finding Your Niche: Expanding Your Skillset Across Five Different Gaming Genres.” Below, instructor and game designer Travis D. Hill gives four reasons to take “Finding Your Niche.” “Finding Your Niche: Expanding Your Skillset Across Five […]
Jeffrey Roth, Director of Experiential Analytics with Booz Allen Hamiltion, and lifelong “Dungeons & Dragons” fan, talks about a few important lessons he learned when he was younger from the world’s most popular tabletop RPG. Dungeons & Dragons, or D&D for short, is a tabletop role-playing game that has been around for over 40 years. […]
Our friends at The Op Games have some exciting news! In case you missed the first Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliances championship tournament at last year’s Gen Con, you’ll be excited to hear that Disney and Pixar fans and gamers alike are still heading to their local game stores to take part in The Op […]
Gen Con has partnered with CMU for another exciting virtual class, “Using Games to Teach: What You Can Convey Through Play.” Meet Liz Davidson, the designer and instructor behind the class. Teaching is my day job, but when I got a chance to teach a class as part of a collab between Gen Con and […]
If you haven’t heard, Central Michigan University, in cooperation with Gen Con, started offering classes focusing on Applied Game Design. These six-week online courses make it easy to learn new game design techniques and pursue a new gaming passion, learning from RPG Industry Experts of all stripes. The next and newest class begins on January […]